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Folding@Home on ATI GPU's

SlompOchomp   on 03 October 2006 - 09:35 · 7 comments & 2687 views

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The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):
  • Folding@home
  • Catalyst Beta 6.10 Display Driver
  • Radeon® X1950 series
  • Radeon® X1900 series
  • Windows XP Professional
  • Windows XP Home Edition
Folding@Home is a project developed by Stanford University that uses the power of your graphics processor to simulate protein folding. With a thorough understanding of how protiens fold, the scientific community will better understand the causes for many diseases and cancers - the first steps required for finding the cure.

You must download and install Catalyst Beta 6.10 to run the GPU accelerated Folding@Home client on your PC.
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(2 replies) #1 Shadowdruids on 03 Oct 2006 - 09:51
nice, why not nvidia though?

also spelling error: protiens [should be proteins]
#1.1 Xerxes on 03 Oct 2006 - 10:36
Well they already are doing it as the PS3 is also part of the "Folding@Home" initiative. While I think the CELL does most of the work, the RSX is still needed, I think? or have it got that wrong?

EDIT: Ok the main reason why on PC it's only ATI is cause they are only trailing it, before I think it was done exclusively by the CPU and now they are experimenting with offloading onto the GPU and for the time being they are only using ATI so once it's out of testing there probably will be Nvidia version as well, I think?
#1.2 machorro on 03 Oct 2006 - 17:48
Quote - Xerxes said @ #1.1
Well they already are doing it as the PS3 is also part of the "Folding@Home" initiative. While I think the CELL does most of the work, the RSX is still needed, I think? or have it got that wrong?

EDIT: Ok the main reason why on PC it's only ATI is cause they are only trailing it, before I think it was done exclusively by the CPU and now they are experimenting with offloading onto the GPU and for the time being they are only using ATI so once it's out of testing there probably will be Nvidia version as well, I think?



heres why, quoted fromt he FAQ page

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What about video cards with other (non-ATI) chipsets?
The R580 (in the X1900XT, etc.) performs particularly well for molecular dynamics, due to its 48 pixel shaders. Currently, other cards (such as those from nVidia and other ATI cards) do not perform well enough for our calculations as they have fewer pixel shaders. Also, nVidia cards in general have some technical limitations beyond the number of pixel shaders which makes them perform poorly in our calculations.
#2 SlompOchomp on 04 Oct 2006 - 00:27
(1 reply) #3 CrisCr0ss on 04 Oct 2006 - 02:30
at least this is more useful than the stupid SETI thing where they try to find if aliens exist, Id much rather have my computer try to find cure for cancer than find the final digit for Pi or identify whether aliens exist or not.

Finding a cure is more important.![font=Times New Roman]
#3.1 Sk_illed on 11 Oct 2006 - 19:46
if we find aliens maybe they could give us the cure!!

(lol)
#4 Z3r0 on 05 Oct 2006 - 03:56
yea same here...

It's just such a shame only the SETI@home project uses SSE1/2 instructions and the rest all use FPU

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