Folding@Home releases GPU Client

SB_SamuraiSam writes: "Today the Folding@Home Group at Stanford University is releasing a client that allows participants to fold on their ATI 19xx series R580-core graphics cards. While this may be only a small set of current participants, Stanford is claiming performance advantages nearing a 20-40 times increase in power. At 12:00 PST the Folding@Home group will release the client to their download page. AnandTech reports, 'With help from ATI, the Folding@Home team has created a version of their client that can utilize ATI's X19xx GPUs with very impressive results. While we do not have the client in our hands quite yet, as it will not be released until Monday, the Folding@Home team is saying that the GPU-accelerated client is 20 to 40 times faster than their clients just using the CPU.'"