Thank you for continuing the support, EVGA! I had quite a stockpile of EVGA bucks earlier this year but cashed them in to help several friends build or upgrade their machines. I think at one point I got a 4gb 960 FTW and 750w PSU for one friend and a GT 740 and 500w PSU for another setting me back a whopping $14 for shipping. I thank you again for being so supportive and my friends are thankful, too!

I'll keep the old 780s cranking while I wait and save up for pascal. :)

MattyMattMatt
I feel like 3 million is a tad high, putting it out of reach for some folders stuck on older hardware. That said, I appreciate the EVGA bucks I earn. Slowly they'll add up to enough to make buying a card direct worth it as a Canadian.
 
I like folding, even if I can't be doing it 24/7.

I'm in the same boat, it's great incentive for the 980 folks to not get complacent, but not so much for me.  I would fold regardless and appreciate the bucks, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't slightly disappointed.  The 750 Ti FTW is no slouch, but 3M is way out of reach.

Oh well, still better returns than my interest on my savings account....
 
-jason

maj28

MattyMattMatt
I feel like 3 million is a tad high, putting it out of reach for some folders stuck on older hardware. That said, I appreciate the EVGA bucks I earn. Slowly they'll add up to enough to make buying a card direct worth it as a Canadian.
 
I like folding, even if I can't be doing it 24/7.

I'm in the same boat, it's great incentive for the 980 folks to not get complacent, but not so much for me.  I would fold regardless and appreciate the bucks, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't slightly disappointed.  The 750 Ti FTW is no slouch, but 3M is way out of reach.

Thank you maj28 for Folding and under Team EVGA

Well I would say we are Not Complacent with our GTX 980 Cards we only update to the current technologies.
A lot of us Fold Full Time and that is why we buy newer cards to keep up with newer projects form Stanford.
Myself I now Fold 1/4 and Crunch 3/4 time with my hardware, call it self gaming. 
I would be happy to give you (MattyMattMatt) my old GTX 690 Cards and even my GTX 780 Cards, I have already given away my GTX 680 Classified Graphics Cards.
 
By the way; Stanford has already told us users not to buy new hardware to Fold, they have stated that you Fold on OLD hardware.
But then none of us listen and got new hardware anyway, just like users who have 2P and 4P rigs that were built to run Big Advantage Tasks.
Now most 2P and 4P run some SMP Task but a lot of us now run BOINC tasks and are now Crunching Rigs. *But Not All Users Have Done This.
 
EVGA Bucks are only an extra to Folding and that is all, your thought for Folding is the Cure and Bucks are only an added bonus to the user.
Ask yourself if you only Fold for EVGA Bucks then the time to complete the amount needed should not bother you.
Now if you Fold for Finding a Cure then the time to complete each task becomes closer completion of finding that cure no mater how long it takes.

Well said as always
 
Cheers

So if anyone wants to gauge how long it will take their card to fold 3m points, my pair of 680 FTW cards just finished after running for 15 days straight save for two computer lockups where I lost a couple hours. I suppose it depends on what work units I get but it's a rough estimate.

DustoMan
So if anyone wants to gauge how long it will take their card to fold 3m points, my pair of 680 FTW cards just finished after running for 15 days straight save for two computer lockups where I lost a couple hours. I suppose it depends on what work units I get but it's a rough estimate.

Were you running them set to FULL in the client software?
Are you running the current client software?
What do you have your Client Type Set to?
Did you have SLI Enabled or Disabled?
What Graphics Driver Version are you running?
Are is your Graphics Cards Overclocked?
And is your CPU Overclocked?
 
I have some 690 cards and everyone know that they are two GTX 680 GPU in one Graphics Card.
I will fire them up and see how long they take to complete 3 Million Points.
 
I have a better Idea DustoMan, I will do the same test using 2 GTX 980 Cards.
But I will fold for Both the 1.5 Million and the 3 Million for a total of 4.5 Million Points.
My CPU is Overclock but I WILL NOT Overclock my GPUs, my normal overclock setting for Folding is 1500MHz.
I have posted many times saying that Folding on the 6xx and below Graphics Card is not really worth the cost to power to Points so for the most part I do not Fold on them.
I do Fold once in a while on my GTX 780 Cards. It is an End Point of Points NOT EVGA BUCKS why I do not Fold on Older Cards.
 
You can review my running tasks here: HFM
  * Sub Total (Day 01 is really a half day)
Points as of:
 
Day 01)  03.17.16  341,624
Day 02)  03.18.16  786,879
Day 03)  03.19.16  787,454
Day 04)  03.20.16  818,695
Day 05)  03.21.16  796,925
Day 06)  03.22.16  638,959
Day 07)  03.23.16  564,658  *4,735,194 Test Completed Test Now Ended for the GTX 980 Cards.
 
So my compare shows me that the GTX 980 Cards (Stock Settings) are Two to Three Times Faster then your GTX 780 Cards.
I account this for two things 1) New GPU Core 2) Stanford Change in Projects for the Maxell and not so much for the older the older Kepler GPU Core.
 
 
Next Test I will see how long it will take Two AMD R9 290X Graphics Cards.
Why because I can and they have always beaten out the GTX 780 Cards when it come to Folding.
 

My 970 and 760 Combo put 3 million out by the 10th day.  Of course, I wasn't gaming too much then.

Moved to http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2464913

i think it took me about 10 days to get 3 million, including gaming for a couple hours a couple nights
 
disclaimer: i do not fold at 1601mhz, that is just the max ive achieved for benching, lol

un4givn85
i think it took me about 10 days to get 3 million, including gaming for a couple hours a couple nights
 
disclaimer: i do not fold at 1601mhz, that is just the max ive achieved for benching, lol

Do you mean on your AMD Cards or your GTX 970 SSC+ Cards?