What's the best graphics card to use for Folding @ Home?

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Andy Hilal: Some Ati cards are supported (I should say AMD actually - they purchased Ati and rebranded it).

But it seems that the nVIDIA cards dominate the performance and price/performance charts for Folding, possibly because the CUDA APIs are reputed to be quite nice to work with.

The GeForce GTX 460 chipset will give you a really good combination of Folding performance, energy efficiency, and low cost. I don't think you can go wrong with one (or more) of these in your Folding box.
23 months ago
Don Thest: Actually the first folding GPU client was for Radeon cards. But it's true. NVIDIA cards are much better for folding these days. For a little more $ this card will give you a good 20% more points per day than the one above. And it has a great reputation for power efficiency. Watch your cooling! Folding is SUPER demanding and heat-intensive. You should seriously consider water cooling if you are going to pursue GPU folding in a big way.
22 months ago
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