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Here's a quick post with some results I'm seeing and get
comments on your results. For reference, I've got a 8600 GTS installed
in a Athlon x2 based system running Vista 32b. (thanks John ) Driver version is 177.35 with the modd'd inf .
This system is worth about 1,900 ppd running the GPU2 client (6.12 beta 8) only and
is used for gaming. I wanted to gauge the impact of F@H on the GPU
while gaming so I tested using 3dMark06 while folding and without
folding. Here's the results:
While Folding: 3,334 3dMark06 score
Without Folding: 5,630
Results from ORB indicate normal scores are 5,400 for this setup so you
can see a 2,100 point drop from ORB and a specific drop of 2,300 while
folding on this system. Ouch.
So, based on this particular system it certainly would be a good idea
to pause the GPU2 client before doing any gaming. Are you seeing
anything different in your testing?
Also, should we be looking to see client improvements that detect
gaming and automatically pause folding until its over? Or, am I missing
something. Hit up the comments link and post your thoughts.
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