Hey guys,
Well obviously I'm trying to catch up and pass all of you in the ranks so I'm interested in hints and tips for increasing my PPD.
I am running the ATI gpu client, with a 3870 clocked to 1Ghz. I get about 1700 PPD, which is a bit low from what I have read even for a stock 3870. Is the GPU client CPU speed dependant? I have found that the higher I clock the 3870, the lower its useage goes. at stock speeds, I see about 95% GPU useage, but at 1Ghz, I get only 70%. Does that mean it is not taking advantage of the higher clock speed? My phenom is only running at stock because it refuses to OC. Is the low CPU clock holding back the GPU client?
I sometimes run a CPU client at the same time. It seems to actually lower my total PPD, compared to running the GPU client alone. Why would that be?
Also, the SMP client refuses to install on my Vista 64 box. When it is supposed to give me the 2 messages that say everything is all good, it gives me a single message that says it is not good. 'Could not initialize' or something. I am using an admin account with a username and pass, put everything in properly, but it never works. Would the SMP client give me any benefit anyways?
I'm interested in what hardware you guys are using that are getting 3000-5000 PPD.
Well obviously I'm trying to catch up and pass all of you in the ranks so I'm interested in hints and tips for increasing my PPD.
I am running the ATI gpu client, with a 3870 clocked to 1Ghz. I get about 1700 PPD, which is a bit low from what I have read even for a stock 3870. Is the GPU client CPU speed dependant? I have found that the higher I clock the 3870, the lower its useage goes. at stock speeds, I see about 95% GPU useage, but at 1Ghz, I get only 70%. Does that mean it is not taking advantage of the higher clock speed? My phenom is only running at stock because it refuses to OC. Is the low CPU clock holding back the GPU client?
I sometimes run a CPU client at the same time. It seems to actually lower my total PPD, compared to running the GPU client alone. Why would that be?
Also, the SMP client refuses to install on my Vista 64 box. When it is supposed to give me the 2 messages that say everything is all good, it gives me a single message that says it is not good. 'Could not initialize' or something. I am using an admin account with a username and pass, put everything in properly, but it never works. Would the SMP client give me any benefit anyways?
I'm interested in what hardware you guys are using that are getting 3000-5000 PPD.