Ubunutu 8.10 64bit, I think I have CUDA working (using the CUDA app from Crunch3r) but I'm not sure. It shows two WU being worked, but it feels pretty slow (been an hour and one is at 43%, other been going for 50 min and at 2.7%). Only one GPU has had a temp increase (a pretty significant one, from around 60C to 90C), the other one is still sitting at 54C.

Last night I ran it with a bad app_info.xml, I thought I had to change the CUDA count to 2 since I had 2 cards... it ran about 30 WU that way, each taking 3-8 minutes... is there something wrong, or do I just happen to have two REALLY big WU?

Looks like those might just be some crazy big WU, I paused them both and the next set completed in about 10 minutes.

Do a search on VLAR. You probably have those.

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Ah, I had heard about those. 2+ hours (GTX 260) would be normal for one of those? Most WU seem to range from about 3 to 10 minutes.

Ah, I had heard about those. 2+ hours (GTX 260) would be normal for one of those? Most WU seem to range from about 3 to 10 minutes.

Yes, VLARs can to over 2 hours on a GPU to crunch, making them less efficient for those types of workunits.

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This seems like a suitable thread to put my question in.

I am wondering if you can find something strange about this host: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=5030038

It has Ubuntu 8.10 x64, NVIDIA driver version 185.18.14 and BOINC 6.6.20 (tried also 6.4.5). It does not seem to get SETI@Home CUDA tasks. At the same time my other host: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=5026728 seems to get those CUDA-tasks just fine.

Edit: I have not installed any special optimized cuda clients, do I need to install this client by Crunch3r ??

This seems like a suitable thread to put my question in.

I am wondering if you can find something strange about this host: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=5030038

It has Ubuntu 8.10 x64, NVIDIA driver version 185.18.14 and BOINC 6.6.20 (tried also 6.4.5). It does not seem to get SETI@Home CUDA tasks. At the same time my other host: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=5026728 seems to get those CUDA-tasks just fine.

Edit: I have not installed any special optimized cuda clients, do I need to install this client by Crunch3r ??

Yes. SETI@Home does not have a CUDA client for Mac or Linux yet, so the only way to get it to work is through third-party apps, such as Crunch3r's app for Linux. I don't believe Macs have that option yet.

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Got everything working, so does this sound like a good setup?

6/8 CPU crunching 603
2x GTX 260-216 (OC) crunching 608
Other two CPU for loading the GPUs and general computer use.

It seems to take about 1 minute for the GPU to get loaded, is that normal or is there something I need to change to speed that up?