NVIDIA Tesla C1060

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N0ADM Send message Joined: 17 Jun 11 Posts: 4 Credit: 44,440 RAC: 0	Message 1123045 - Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 17:50:39 UTC
Has any one used this GPU board NVidia Tesla C1060? would be compined with 2)GeForce GTX 560 Ti Video Cards, ASUS Rampage III Black Edition ROG Motherboard, Intel Core i7-990X 3.46 GHz, 24GB of DDR3 Ram, 2) 1TB sata drives, looking for more computing power. thanks for the advice
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 12012 Credit: 19,604,194 RAC: 43,522	Message 1123053 - Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 18:16:38 UTC - in response to Message 1123045.
It is estimated that the nVidia Tesla C1060 is about as powerful as a GTX 285, but consumes considerably more power. If you're looking for more computing power, I'd suggest going with triple-SLI and get another GTX 560 Ti. Make sure your power supply can handle it first, of course.
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Lint trap Send message Joined: 30 May 03 Posts: 854 Credit: 20,384,168 RAC: 3,816	Message 1123097 - Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 20:49:25 UTC - in response to Message 1123053.
If you're looking for more computing power, I'd suggest going with triple-SLI and get another GTX 560 Ti. Make sure your power supply can handle it first, of course. I think the 560 Ti (like too many of Nvidia's later offerings) only does 2fer-SLI; there's just one connector on it. Martin
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N0ADM Send message Joined: 17 Jun 11 Posts: 4 Credit: 44,440 RAC: 0	Message 1123111 - Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 21:53:32 UTC
the GT 560 series i have can only run in 2 way SLI configuration, one reason i was thinking of adding the tesla to the system.
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 12012 Credit: 19,604,194 RAC: 43,522	Message 1123117 - Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 22:23:56 UTC - in response to Message 1123111.
Then don't run it in SLI, just run all three individually.
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Ageless Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 11761 Credit: 2,076,370 RAC: 2,435	Message 1123124 - Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 22:40:23 UTC - in response to Message 1123117.
Have you seen the width of those things? How do you add 3 next to each other in one system? Mustn't be a tower of sorts either, as how do you hang three of those things underneath each other without ripping your motherboard to pieces? I see an Asus GTX560 TI DCII TOP/2DI/1G weighs in at 2.87lbs, that's 1.29 kilos. You sure you want 4 kilos of videocard in your tower? ;-) ____________ Jord - BOINC FAQ Service - BOINC User Wiki Real is just a matter of perception.
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N0ADM Send message Joined: 17 Jun 11 Posts: 4 Credit: 44,440 RAC: 0	Message 1123125 - Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 22:41:02 UTC - in response to Message 1123117.
bionc will see all 3 cards and utilize all 3 in that way? if so thanks for the help.
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N0ADM Send message Joined: 17 Jun 11 Posts: 4 Credit: 44,440 RAC: 0	Message 1123127 - Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 22:44:05 UTC - in response to Message 1123125.
i figure while im am still in the building of this system mind as well utilize all features that i paid for and its for a good cause. figured my budget for this build was 7K and i am about 5K currently
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[seti.international] Philip J. Fry Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 6633 Credit: 51,255,602 RAC: 17,299	Message 1123150 - Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 23:11:07 UTC Last modified: 30 Jun 2011, 23:14:41 UTC
If you are a gamer it's an other topic.. But for CUDA calculation you need to disable SLI for max performance. Newer driver should do this automatically. So if you would like to build a crunching machine, you could add different cards in one PC case. But you shouldn't combine non- (8xxx to GTX2xx series)/ & Fermi (GTX4xx+) cards in one PC case, because BOINC can't send different numbers of WUs to different (non-/&Fermi) GPUs. Because with the currently available CUDA apps you would need to let run 2+ WUs/GPU simultaneously for whole Fermi chip usage. On non Fermi GPUs this isn't possible, there only 1 WU/GPU. *- Best regards!* -** Sutaru Tsureku, team seti.international founder. - Optimize your PC for higher RAC. - SETI@home needs your help. - ____________ >Das Deutsche Cafe. The German Cafe.<
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 12012 Credit: 19,604,194 RAC: 43,522	Message 1123183 - Posted: 1 Jul 2011, 1:06:32 UTC - in response to Message 1123125.
bionc will see all 3 cards and utilize all 3 in that way? if so thanks for the help. Yes, BOINC will see all three cards and utilize all 3.
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Greg W Jones Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 29 Credit: 24,153,633 RAC: 1,327	Message 1139514 - Posted: 12 Aug 2011, 18:39:15 UTC - in response to Message 1123183.
So, you're saying that it is not recommended to combine a GTX260 and a GTX560Ti in the same computer for boinc crunching? I currently have a GTX260 and was planning to add a GTX560Ti in the same computer. I am just starting to read and learn about optiziming my GPU crunching. So, I have not yet enabled multiple WUs per GPU yet. Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks Greg ____________
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BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 2093 Credit: 3,272,842 RAC: 8,238	Message 1140663 - Posted: 15 Aug 2011, 1:55:43 UTC - in response to Message 1139514.
Better move the GeForce GTX 260 to another computer (Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz) and put the GTX 560Ti in "this" (Core 2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz) computer. (unless you want to use the GTX 260 as PhysX card for gaming) It is possible to use the mixed GTX 260/560Ti configuration with both standard and optimized apps (which I see you use now: "Multibeam x38g Preview, Cuda 3.20" (Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe)) but GTX 260 is not capable of running effectively 2 tasks at once. If you want to test it - do it now before adding the GTX 560Ti : Suspend all tasks Exit BOINC Go to ....\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\ Make copy of app_info.xml (for easy undo of changes) Edit app_info.xml with Notepad Make the changes (info bellow) and save the file Start BOINC Resume 2 CUDA tasks Look closely for the running times and possible errors The changes to make: In the following section change the all 6 occurrences of: <count>1</count> to: <count>0.5</count> <app_info> <app> <name>setiathome_enhanced</name> </app> <file_info> <name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</name> <executable/> </file_info> <file_info> <name>cudart32_32_16.dll</name> <executable/> </file_info> <file_info> <name>cufft32_32_16.dll</name> <executable/> </file_info> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>610</version_num> <platform>windows_intelx86</platform> <plan_class>cuda_fermi</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>609</version_num> <platform>windows_intelx86</platform> <plan_class>cuda23</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>608</version_num> <platform>windows_intelx86</platform> <plan_class>cuda</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>610</version_num> <platform>windows_x86_64</platform> <plan_class>cuda_fermi</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>609</version_num> <platform>windows_x86_64</platform> <plan_class>cuda23</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>608</version_num> <platform>windows_x86_64</platform> <plan_class>cuda</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> </app_info> ____________ - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)
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Has any one used this GPU board NVidia Tesla C1060? would be compined with 2)GeForce GTX 560 Ti Video Cards, ASUS Rampage III Black Edition ROG Motherboard, Intel Core i7-990X 3.46 GHz, 24GB of DDR3 Ram, 2) 1TB sata drives, looking for more computing power.

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It is estimated that the nVidia Tesla C1060 is about as powerful as a GTX 285, but consumes considerably more power.

If you're looking for more computing power, I'd suggest going with triple-SLI and get another GTX 560 Ti. Make sure your power supply can handle it first, of course.

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If you're looking for more computing power, I'd suggest going with triple-SLI and get another GTX 560 Ti. Make sure your power supply can handle it first, of course.

I think the 560 Ti (like too many of Nvidia's later offerings) only does 2fer-SLI; there's just one connector on it.

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the GT 560 series i have can only run in 2 way SLI configuration, one reason i was thinking of adding the tesla to the system.

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Then don't run it in SLI, just run all three individually.

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Have you seen the width of those things? How do you add 3 next to each other in one system? Mustn't be a tower of sorts either, as how do you hang three of those things underneath each other without ripping your motherboard to pieces?

I see an Asus GTX560 TI DCII TOP/2DI/1G weighs in at 2.87lbs, that's 1.29 kilos. You sure you want 4 kilos of videocard in your tower? ;-)
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bionc will see all 3 cards and utilize all 3 in that way? if so thanks for the help.

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i figure while im am still in the building of this system mind as well utilize all features that i paid for and its for a good cause. figured my budget for this build was 7K and i am about 5K currently

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If you are a gamer it's an other topic..

But for CUDA calculation you need to disable SLI for max performance. Newer driver should do this automatically.

So if you would like to build a crunching machine, you could add different cards in one PC case.
But you shouldn't combine non- (8xxx to GTX2xx series)/ & Fermi (GTX4xx+) cards in one PC case, because BOINC can't send different numbers of WUs to different (non-/&Fermi) GPUs.
Because with the currently available CUDA apps you would need to let run 2+ WUs/GPU simultaneously for whole Fermi chip usage.
On non Fermi GPUs this isn't possible, there only 1 WU/GPU.

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bionc will see all 3 cards and utilize all 3 in that way? if so thanks for the help.

Yes, BOINC will see all three cards and utilize all 3.

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So, you're saying that it is not recommended to combine a GTX260 and a GTX560Ti in the same computer for boinc crunching?

I currently have a GTX260 and was planning to add a GTX560Ti in the same computer. I am just starting to read and learn about optiziming my GPU crunching. So, I have not yet enabled multiple WUs per GPU yet.

Any advise would be appreciated.

Thanks
Greg

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Better move the GeForce GTX 260 to another computer (Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz)
and put the GTX 560Ti in "this" (Core 2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz) computer.
(unless you want to use the GTX 260 as PhysX card for gaming)

It is possible to use the mixed GTX 260/560Ti configuration with both standard and optimized apps (which I see you use now: "Multibeam x38g Preview, Cuda 3.20" (Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe))
but GTX 260 is not capable of running effectively 2 tasks at once.

If you want to test it - do it now before adding the GTX 560Ti :

Suspend all tasks
Exit BOINC

Go to ....\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\
Make copy of app_info.xml (for easy undo of changes)
Edit app_info.xml with Notepad
Make the changes (info bellow) and save the file

Start BOINC
Resume 2 CUDA tasks

Look closely for the running times and possible errors

The changes to make:
In the following section change the all 6 occurrences of:
<count>1</count>
to:
<count>0.5</count>

<app_info> <app> <name>setiathome_enhanced</name> </app> <file_info> <name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</name> <executable/> </file_info> <file_info> <name>cudart32_32_16.dll</name> <executable/> </file_info> <file_info> <name>cufft32_32_16.dll</name> <executable/> </file_info> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>610</version_num> <platform>windows_intelx86</platform> <plan_class>cuda_fermi</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>609</version_num> <platform>windows_intelx86</platform> <plan_class>cuda23</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>608</version_num> <platform>windows_intelx86</platform> <plan_class>cuda</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>610</version_num> <platform>windows_x86_64</platform> <plan_class>cuda_fermi</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>609</version_num> <platform>windows_x86_64</platform> <plan_class>cuda23</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>608</version_num> <platform>windows_x86_64</platform> <plan_class>cuda</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <file_ref> <file_name>Lunatics_x38g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name> </file_ref> </app_version> </app_info>

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