Posts by Tim

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Error task since 2010 (Message 1367258)
Posted 9 days ago by

Tim

I have an error task since 2010.

Who shall I call to delete it? :-)

Machine ID: 6716400

Tim

2) Message boards : Number crunching : 590 vs 580 wu capacity problem (Message 1359684)
Posted 30 days ago by

Tim

On the GTX 580 I can do 3 wu's at a time with the Lunatics app and the 3 wu's take up about 950MB, yet from what I remember I could not do more than 2 wu's per gpu on the GTX 590 as they took up about 1000MB or so, which seems strange to Me, they should both use the same amount of ram on each gpu, regardless if this is a 580 or a 590 or a 690 card...

From my experience,

For 590:
Go for 3 when shorties, go for 2 when normal, and go for 1 when AP.

For 580:
Go for 3 all the time, except with AP.

Tim

3) Message boards : Number crunching : program has borked..... (Message 1348973)
Posted 62 days ago by

Tim

Uninstall it, clean everything from the installation location, and reinstall again,

You will only lose 5 wu’s.

Tim

4) Message boards : Number crunching : sli support? (Message 1346457)
Posted 69 days ago by

Tim

If you have 2 cards then follow the link...

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=70673

Tim

5) Message boards : Number crunching : GTX 590 questions (Message 1346413)
Posted 69 days ago by

Tim

Why does the 'recommended' version have this problem?, they should tell us about it when we download or install it, there is nothing in the release notes about the Nvidia GPU memory reporting Bug...

Anyway, that link suggests version 7.0.44, can't see it on the Boinc download page, only 7.0.28 or 7.0.56.

Is it better to go with the cc_config.xml fix or version 7.0.56?

Thanks

Go with 7.0.28 AND cc_config.xml fix.

Tim

6) Message boards : Number crunching : GTX 590 questions (Message 1346392)
Posted 69 days ago by

Tim

Check this one:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=70673

7) Message boards : Number crunching : GTX 590 questions (Message 1344603)
Posted 74 days ago by

Tim

Well I got it going without really doing anything....

Pulled them both out, swapped slots, rebooted and now device 0, 1, 2 and 3 shows in Boinc and Afterburner shows GPU 1 to 4.

I will have to change my motherboard so I can space them further apart. Running them back to back on this MB they are getting too hot. The bottom card stays at about 78-80 degrees but the top card hit 96 degrees. It's just sucking in all the heat from the card 1cm below it.

BTW I think 1000w PSU is fine for 2 x 590, Guru3D did a 590 SLI review and the system wattage with the GPU's in full stress was 890w, and that was with an overclocked core i7 965.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_590_sli_review,3.html

Any motherboard suggestions where I can space 2 x 590's as far apart as possible?

If you check more carefully, guru3d say that you need 700W for 1 GTX590, and 1000+ for 2. SLI or not.

You will have random restarts, and your computer will freeze at some point. ( hope not ).

Check this one:
http://s1343.beta.photobucket.com/user/Timol1/media/DSC_1920.jpg.html?
I added one more 1200 power suply to support it.Now i have 2X1200 for the 4 cards, and one 1000W just for the system. ( not in foto yet ).

Tim

8) Message boards : Number crunching : GTX 590 questions (Message 1344373)
Posted 74 days ago by

Tim

1000W is at the limit ( or above the limit ) for 2 GTX 590 and the system.

Also update to 7.0.28 version.

6.10.58 doesn’t know ‘’what’’ is a GTX 590.

Tim

9) Message boards : Number crunching : Windows TCP Settings - Follow up - Help with server communication (Message 1343470)
Posted 77 days ago by

Tim

Always reboot when you make changes to the registry for the changes to take effect.

Tim

10) Message boards : Number crunching : Windows TCP Settings - Follow up - Help with server communication (Message 1343460)
Posted 77 days ago by

Tim

Works perfect.

Great work guys.

Tim

11) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems? (Message 1343233)
Posted 78 days ago by

Tim

It is beginning to be a pain. I have 170 waiting on one machine. Then you have little incidents where three different hosts, using three different versions of the software, all arrive at the same general results yet the one using the most recent software is marked as 'Invalid'. Not very encouraging...

Someone care to explain why that was marked as Invalid?

The only thing I see it's the Boinc version.
You have .52 they have .28

Tim

12) Message boards : Number crunching : GTX 590 questions (Message 1342963)
Posted 79 days ago by

Tim

I run a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 590 and want to add a second one.
Can it be a different brand, such as EVGA, and use the gigabyte driver with no problems?
And do I have to use a dummy DVI plug?
Thanks

Do it, but disable SLI.
Download the driver from Nvidia directly, and you will be ok.
No dummy plug is necessary. Newer drivers don’t need them.

Tim

13) Message boards : Number crunching : AMD Radeon HD 6630M (GPU Usage) (Message 1342955)
Posted 79 days ago by

Tim

Because he and Urs Echternacht writing the apps.
Who else should know ?

:-)

14) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems? (Message 1342873)
Posted 79 days ago by

Tim

Until we figure out the bandwidth problem, I am going to eliminate AP work from my machines.366k downloads much better than 8MB.
My 660 kept getting locked out of SETI work because the AP work was getting stuck in backoff and I was already out of MB work.

Yup, i did that last week for the same reason :(

Don’t do that people… :-)
Someone must be my wingman.
I have over 270 AP wu’s pending.

Tim

15) Message boards : Number crunching : How About, Short and Long WU's? (Message 1341041)
Posted 85 days ago by

Tim

You do realise that you can select to do AstroPulse v6 workunits, they are larger and take longer to process.

Cheers.

With current conditions you can’t work AP wu’s.
Without proxy it takes over an hour to download, with lots of stops and restarts, causing the system dry from MB wu’s.
But yes if you manage to download it, take longer to process.

Tim

16) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems? (Message 1341034)
Posted 85 days ago by

Tim

Maybe someone needs to end the ongoing Shortie Storm?
It's been going on for a while :^)

Let's see, one minute per file, 3 files per card, 4 cards per machine. It adds up...

They can’t do that, but what they can is send sorties to CPU.

Tim

17) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (81) Server Problems? (Message 1340112)
Posted 89 days ago by

Tim

An hour and a half AP download… 10 mins, completion. :-)

Tim

18) Message boards : Number crunching : NV driver 314.07 WHQL (Message 1339558)
Posted 91 days ago by

Tim

No problems for me.

19) Message boards : Number crunching : REMOVE THE LIMITS (Message 1338948)
Posted 94 days ago by

Tim

BTW MilkyWay@home is very good example.

They give 40wu’s per GPU not per VGA and it is working perfectly well.

Tim

20) Message boards : Number crunching : REMOVE THE LIMITS (Message 1338947)
Posted 94 days ago by

Tim

Given the number of times the download servers are clogged I doubt that we will see any increase in the limits for the foreseeable future. I say this despite the fact that the 100WU per GPU won't see my fastest cruncher through an average Tuesday outage if I've just suffered a shortie dump - the gtx690 gets through them at more than one a minute...
(Why does BOINC report a GTX 690 as [2], but only give it one allowance???)

Because the dang limit is not per GPU. It's 100 no matter how many freakin' GPUs ya got.
Why do you think some of us are whining so loudly?

And that’s why I stop crunching AP, slowed down my pc, and went back to 6.10.60.

Tim

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