I have what appears to be the same problem as Bigchrome as seen at the following locations:
http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=757993
http://forums.pcpitstop.c...-gtx-570-folding-help/
http://foldingforum.org/v...c.php?f=59&t=17142
I've read all the threads and none of the suggestions have worked for me either, so I decided to make my own thread and hope for the best.
If you don't want to click the above links, all you really need to know is I'm getting a little over 13k PPD when the average is at least 2k higher, all with the project number of 6801. This is according to regular people on forums and websites doing reviews.
 
Diagnostics I've done:
-Run Memtest for GPU
-Check clocks; are all at default according to GPU-Z, sensors tab reports 99% GPU load, temps fine.
-Run with SMP client on/off
-Uninstall drivers, run driver sweeper in safe mode and install drivers again. 263.09 of course
-Reset bios to defaults
All of which returned expected/default results and no change in PPD.
 
Here are some screenshots to help understand my system:
System specs screenshot from my overclock.net profile

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FAH GPU Tracker V2 GPU0 status

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I don't see how that will fix my problem. The reports I'm comparing my PPD to are those of which explicitly state they are running at default clocks like me.

I live in Florida, United States. I'm beginning to think my card might be fine because other benchmarks I've tried (Heaven and 3DMark11) seem to be returning expected results, so it may just be our WUs are in some way different even though they are the same project number.

So apparently it was something to do with our WUs and not our cards themselves.


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I'm happy

Notice it was yellow, that's the because the program didn't have enough data to give a reasonably accurate estimate yet. It's now in the low 20s (still decent). As for the GTX 570, it got another 6801 project WU and it's back down to 13k PPD : \
My CPU is an i7 950 @ 4025MHz btw.

I'm geeting arounf 18k with my slighlty oc'ed 570. Is you card stuck in 2D mode when you fold?

1st question:
Do you have the -advmethod checked in the tracker, if so that will give you the 6801 WUs. Currently 6806 WUs are the only ones I have been getting.
2nd question:
What % does the GPU show usage wise?

I dont know if youve seen it yet but there is a Beta driver out now....worth a shot...
http://www.nvidia.com/obj...66.35-beta-driver.html
 
I have to add I do not have a 570, just trying to help sort this out.

Open the nvidia control panel, then manage 3d settings.  Make sure CUDA- GPU's is set to all, and the power management mode is set to prefer maximum performance.  Also, try setting the priority for fahcore_15 process to high and see if it makes any difference.

Have tried all the above stuff! Adaptive or maximum performance doesn't make a difference and the priority doesn't seem to either. These cards are out of stock at the retailer I purchased from so it's going to take ages to get a decent card out of this... fairly pissed off tbh :(

My TPF is 1:23 at 800 core, and more like 1:28 at the stock 730 core. This is on p6806 but I'm pretty sure the TPF for p6801 was identical!

Yeah it really is frustrating. As for the other things I'm running aside from folding, they make very little noticeable difference PPD wise. I also get 1:28 TPF at stock clocks btw.

I probably had a bunch of tabs in Firefox open. To test for yourself monitor memory usage in GPU-Z while opening and closing Firefox with websites loaded in tabs.

It's not bad but it should be higher according to a lot of people. I'm still folding pretty much 24/7 on it and my CPU, but if I don't figure it out by the time Bigchrome gets his RMA; I may RMA this one too.

Yep I already did the same, forgot to update this thread. I did an EAR and the new card (or hopefully new since I bought it less than 30 days ago) will arrive Monday. The only thing I am worried about is the serial number on the replacement is earlier than my current card; so I'm hoping it's like you said: a faulty card, and the early serial number won't mean anything negative. The reason I think the early serial number is bad is because the early BIOS seems to have been common among other people with low PPD, as well as possibly meaning the card was re-certified. Of course I could be completely wrong and the serial number isn't consecutive /shrug could be lots of reasons.