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Message 1015702 - Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 23:06:04 UTC

We are beta testing a change whereby VLAR WUs are not scheduled onto GPUs. We hope to move this to the main project next week.
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Message 1015704 - Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 23:13:18 UTC - in response to Message 1015702.  

Thanks for the update Jeff,

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Message 1015711 - Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 23:27:08 UTC

This is indeed a good news, thanks Jeff.

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Message 1015721 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 0:22:16 UTC - in response to Message 1015702.  

thank you thank you thank you for testing it first!!! :D

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Message 1015729 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 1:12:18 UTC - in response to Message 1015702.  

We are beta testing a change whereby VLAR WUs are not scheduled onto GPUs. We hope to move this to the main project next week.


Excellent! Thank you so much!
Good job.
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Message 1015746 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 2:37:52 UTC - in response to Message 1015702.  
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We are beta testing a change whereby VLAR WUs are not scheduled onto GPUs. We hope to move this to the main project next week.


Thank you very much! *thumb up*


BTW. Which BOINC version at least is needed for this function? Or is the BOINC version not important?


[EDIT: This means 0.12x+ ARs only to GPUs?]
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Message 1015747 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 2:45:59 UTC - in response to Message 1015746.  
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Which BOINC version at least is needed for this function? Or is the BOINC version not important?

It's a BOINC server code change. BOINC core client doesn't matter.

Edit: Yes, the criteria is at 0.12 AR.
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Message 1015754 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 3:42:20 UTC
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Excellent!!
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Message 1015812 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 11:46:56 UTC

Thanks for this.

Just a question about the 0.12 upper AR limit, though. I had a bunch of WUs a short while back that were about 0.18 AR, and they were quite slow on the GPU as well. Well, I suppose even if the limit is hard-coded, it's still better than the current state of allowing VLAR WUs through to the GPU.
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Message 1015815 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 12:02:54 UTC - in response to Message 1015721.  

thank you thank you thank you for testing it first!!! :D


Yes, please test the heck out of it.
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Message 1015816 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 12:08:01 UTC

Of course, this change will mean that we non-GPUers' will suffer, won't it? Actually the question is whether we non-GPU hosts will get a fair credit for dealing with the more difficult wu's.

Conversely, will there be enough wu's produced to keep the GPUers' happy, because the VLAR bottleneck will essentially vanish?

And, finally, does this change have any implication for the AP crunchers?
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Message 1015820 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 12:16:55 UTC - in response to Message 1015816.  

Of course, this change will mean that we non-GPUers' will suffer, won't it?


Doens't it mean that the VLARs will only go to CPUs? That should mean a larger pool of WUs for us non-GPU crunchers to chase.


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Message 1015821 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 12:17:29 UTC - in response to Message 1015816.  

Of course, this change will mean that we non-GPUers' will suffer, won't it? Actually the question is whether we non-GPU hosts will get a fair credit for dealing with the more difficult wu's.

Actually after my calculations VLARs are the best paid WUs on CPU. Here example for my AthlonXP 2000+:

- VLAR (< 0.013): about 350 CPU-seconds / 1Cr
- AR ~ 0.38: about 365 CPU-seconds / 1Cr
- AR ~ 0.4x: about 470 CPU-seconds / 1Cr
- VHAR: about 500-700 CPU-seconds / 1Cr
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Message 1015828 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 12:30:38 UTC - in response to Message 1015821.  
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Woohoo! Send me your VLARS please.

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Message 1015862 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 14:56:10 UTC - in response to Message 1015828.  

Actually after my calculations VLARs are the best paid WUs on CPU. Here example for my AthlonXP 2000+:

- VLAR (< 0.013): about 350 CPU-seconds / 1Cr
- AR ~ 0.38: about 365 CPU-seconds / 1Cr
- AR ~ 0.4x: about 470 CPU-seconds / 1Cr
- VHAR: about 500-700 CPU-seconds / 1Cr



Are these figures, really all from your AthlonXP 2000+ , on my Q6600's, it's
vice versa.
OTOH, I never crunch VHAR's on CPU.

Ehh, sorry I didn't pay attention to the credits per seconds, not really interrested in credits, only processing time, credits
have a low priority, in my crunching ability/scheme.


And you've little influence on the Angle Range of WU's sended to you, maybe this will change if the new AR-Function-Scheduler, is in place and works as it supposed to.
Then you would be able to ask only work for CPU (<0.013 AR) or GPU (>0.013 AR).

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Message 1015873 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 15:34:21 UTC - in response to Message 1015816.  

Of course, this change will mean that we non-GPUers' will suffer, won't it? Actually the question is whether we non-GPU hosts will get a fair credit for dealing with the more difficult wu's.

Conversely, will there be enough wu's produced to keep the GPUers' happy, because the VLAR bottleneck will essentially vanish?

And, finally, does this change have any implication for the AP crunchers?

Seems most of us with GPU's also have CPU's in our machines...Why would you do all the hard work?
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Message 1015875 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 15:40:17 UTC - in response to Message 1015873.  

Obviously, I'm addressing the relative amount of work for the host in total.
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Message 1015878 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 15:45:14 UTC - in response to Message 1015820.  

Of course, this change will mean that we non-GPUers' will suffer, won't it?


Doens't it mean that the VLARs will only go to CPUs? That should mean a larger pool of WUs for us non-GPU crunchers to chase.


Not understanding this reply. There are cpu only and gpu+cpu crunchers. If the VLAR's are blocked from the gpu's, then the non-VLAR wu's will be sopped up by the gpu's, leaving the cpu's with a strongly biased ratio of VLAR's.

I suppose it's a sh.ty job, but someone has to do it.
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Message 1015879 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 15:48:27 UTC

BTW.

Nice to know that the admins have an opened ear for suggestions of the members for to make better the project (for to get the max performance of all hosts for accelerated science)..

Who said this won't work? X-D

O.K., now I can switch on again my PC.. :o)

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Message 1015885 - Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 15:53:32 UTC

Current I can't post some examples of my E7600, because the new Cr.-System isn't finished balanced.

But, AFAIK, the VLAR WUs get more Cr./hour on CPU, than normal AR WUs.

So CPU only (and of course CPU & GPU) hosts will have increased RAC. This isn't well?

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