HowTo Installing Folding GPU Client on ATI X1900 Series Video Cards

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This thread will guide you through the process of installing Folding's newest GPU client.

As some of you know, Stanford has been working on a new, GPU, client for over a year now and its finally here! This client has proven to generate more power to the folding client than anyother client Stanford has ever put out.

OS Type ******* Current TFLOPS ******* Active CPUs ******** Total CPUs
Windows *********** 150************** 158478 *********** 1525083
Mac OS X ************* 4**************** 7958 ************* 90655
Linux **************** 21 ************** 17422 ************ 194057
GPU ***************** 27 **************** 424 *************** 678
Total *************** 202 ************* 184282 *********** 1810473

The new GPUs are very very powerful when compared to the CPU and thus are a big help when it comes to folding.

How can I help?

To be able to run the GPU client you must have one of the following video card from ATI:

X1900GT
X1900AIW
X1900XT
X1900XTX
X1950PRO (use 6.10 beta drivers)
X1950XT (use 6.10 beta drivers)
X1950XTX (use 6.10 beta drivers)

No other video cards are supported as of this posting. I dont look for them to ever support any video card lower than, say an X1600. Thats just my opinion and could be wrong but I doubt it. Nvidia is said to be added to the list of supported cards soon but is currently not on the list.

You will need:

1. The latest DirectX
2. The ATI Radeon Catalyst Drivers
3. GPU client (beta only)

Installing:
Download, extract and install DirectX.

Download ATi drivers.
Uninstall old drivers from Add/remove programs.
Reboot.
Say "No" when Windows tries to find new video drivers.
Install downloaded ATI drivers.
Reboot.

GPU text-only (console) Install
Download from Stanford.
Create a new folder (C:\Program files\FAH is what i use)
PLace downlaoded file in new folder
Run the program and answer the questions (user name, team number 13761, etc)
*DO NOT install as a service, this beta version runs much better as a standard application.*
Select "yes" to change advanced options.
If you are running a single core/cpu system set the Machine ID to 2 and for a dual core/cpu system set the ID to 3.
Finish the questions and your finished. Hit Ctl+C and the program will close.

This client requires 1 core/cpu to "feed" the GPU with data. What this means is that if you have a single core/cpu system then you can ONLY run either the CPU version or the GPU version, not both. For a dual core/cpu system you can run 1 CPU and 1 GPU or 2 CPU and 0 GPU but NOT 2 CPU and 1 GPU version. This is still in beta and hopfully this problem will be resolved soon.

Happy Folding!

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Might I recommend that this is stickied.