Posts by Alex Storey
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Number crunching :
GTX Titan's Little Brother!
(Message 1370949)
Posted 11 hours ago by  Alex Storey
Two more links:) http://anandtech.com/show/6973/nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-review http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_780/ |
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I see the whispers are now starting ... NVIDIA Geforce 7 series cards
(Message 1360287)
Posted 30 days ago by Alex Storey
(Same source as original post's link) Geforce GTX 780, 770 coming in May |
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I see the whispers are now starting ... NVIDIA Geforce 7 series cards
(Message 1357460)
Posted 37 days ago by Alex Storey
The questions becomes: is it new or is it rebadge? Rebadge. Both Intel and Nvidia work on a tick-tock model.  Only difference is Intel has a more conservative approach of going for a an architecture change on an established process. Nvidia changes both architecture (Kepler) and process (28nm) in the same year (2012). Nvidia also appears to target Intel releases to coincide with their own and since Haswell is coming out in June, chances are so will the 700 series (plus/minus a month or two). I'm sure one (or both) of the companies will miss that target someday but when it happens it will be the exception rather than the rule. |
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Gripes and Kudos III
(Message 1356950)
Posted 39 days ago by Alex Storey
Gripe: Want to see a NTPCkr up and running 24/7 I think the last update was that it is actually up, running ,but not visible. 2 out of 3 ain't bad;) Especially since it probably really is working. |
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Laptop too hot?
(Message 1354996)
Posted 44 days ago by Alex Storey
Most people here are going to have a heart attack when they see those temps:) But that's just because most have desktops and running at those temps would be PC suicide. Laptops vents OTOH get blocked far too easily so they are built to handle the abuse. How else would it work on your goose-down duvet?:P Anyway, yeah the temps are too high. GPU might even be throttling just to stay at those temps (which are probably maxed out). If it's not some thin&light ultrabook style laptop I can't imagine temps going above 80 'cause Toshiba usually know what they're doing. But unless you fired up GPUz and SETI on the first day you got the thing, it's hard to say what your baseline temp should be. Chances are it really is the vents that are blocked. Fan may be doing its job but if the air inside has nowhere to go... I always stick a 2000W vacuum cleaner (Hoover in UKspeak) on the outlet vent and that almost always does the trick. But on a public forum like this, that has to come with a disclaimer of "don't try this at home". Most laptops are hard to open up these days, but if you are comfortable with a screwdriver and Toshiba haven't gone crazy on the screws you might wanna try to open it up. Probably not worth it though as it can't be that old (and therefor not dirty enough to warrant the hassle). Edit: you have to be careful not to go past any stickers that would void your warranty! Or when I'm feeling adventurous and confident I wont drop the thing, I turn it upside down (keyboard facing the floor) with the screen open. Then like the lady in that Bogart film suggests, I put my lips together and blow (at the air-intake vent). This seems to work best with the laptop turned on. Again, don't try this at home. So to re-iterate, unless it's really a MacBook and not a Toshiba, chances are it really is the air circulation so: D) Find a way to clean the vents E) If that doesn't work then something far more serious and far more rare could be going on with the GPU and you might need to RMA the thing. But again that's considering it's a normal laptop and not an Ultrabook type. |
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Technical News :
Moving on... (Apr 08 2013)
(Message 1354827)
Posted 45 days ago by Alex Storey
Matt, you sound... happy!:D Congrats!! And like Steve said, awesome! |
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Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1354081)
Posted 47 days ago by Alex Storey
I'm going to try opening this one up in the next day or two and see if it is just a capacitor or 10 that I can replace. Good luck! Highly recommended course of action BTW:) Had great success with an LG monitor brought back to life by 2x50 (euro)cent caps. The six year plus timeframe fits too. Wasn't that around the time of The Great Cap Plague? Try Googleing your model number + "cap replacement". Worked for me:) (Only one of the two was bulging) |
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Open beta for OpenCL AstroPulse for Intel GPUs started
(Message 1352618)
Posted 53 days ago by Alex Storey
http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/31/intel.prepping.hd.4000.firmware.update.for.april.will.boost.performance.10.percent/ |
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Smartphone Crunching (Reprise)
(Message 1352019)
Posted 55 days ago by Alex Storey
 Professor Enlists Android Phones in Search for Black Holes Use your phone to find alien life, research diseases with BOINC for Android Android to join the search for black holes |
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Number crunching :
Seti android app
(Message 1351538)
Posted 56 days ago by Alex Storey
I think it's time for someone to start an SoCUG (SoC Users Group) team;) In fact I bet a lot of GPUUG members were kicking and screaming about how they where never gonna abandon CPU crunching in the early CUDA days. And like those comments made five years ago in 2008, half the comments in this thread are most probably doomed to sound pretty funny in (say) five fears time. Don't forget OpenCL and CUDA might be breaking out on ARM in the next 12 months, while Intel seems to finally be taking its Atom procs seriously (they should be quite nice for SETI @around 14nm-10nm). But the future tech I'd really love to see for SETI would be the ability to hook up an external GPU (eGPU) to a tablet or smartphone (or at least a laptop for that matter). |
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Number crunching :
Open beta for OpenCL AstroPulse for Intel GPUs started
(Message 1350495)
Posted 59 days ago by Alex Storey
Just thought I'd leave this here: Compression Performance: 7-Zip, MagicRAR, WinRAR, WinZip Just because Windows can do something, that doesn't automatically make it a good idea. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and install something better. Revo Uninstaller would be another fine example of such a case. |
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News :
Server Relocation
(Message 1349034)
Posted 63 days ago by Alex Storey
Sounds great! Hope it's someplace convenient for you guys. Better network too? |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery Kitchen TOOL TWO
(Message 1329806)
Posted 122 days ago by Alex Storey
Non-entry post: What a trip down memory lane! Haven't seen this gadget in decades. We had one of these when I was a kid. Only reason I remember is because I used to stick my finger in it all the time:) Boys will be boys... Thanx for that J |
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Seti credit vs Einstein Credit
(Message 1328880)
Posted 125 days ago by Alex Storey
I'd be ecstatic if all the credit junkies moved to projects that gave out WORTHLESS credits. It might free up enough band width to make uploads/downloads a lot less painful. So would a Tylanol or two:) |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1325937)
Posted 134 days ago by Alex Storey
Every now and then it sure does feel like it. Then eventually lucidity gets the better of me and I realize that (as far as my little cruncher is concerned) Seti enjoys 100% uptime. Well, at least for the past 2 years it has... Now obviously to make a statement like that I must be bending the rules a little bit. And by that I mean I'm not counting a couple weeks of server replacements or a multi day power outage or any other scenario the Lab has no control over (though I can't remember any others in the 2yr timeframe mentioned). Now I know this is no consolation to anyone with a PC quick enough to burn through their cache in a matter of hours. But I'd be lying if I said my little netbook hasn't been crunching pretty much non-stop for a fraction over 24 months now. All that means is, a lot of people must be doing something right. And it's not just the people in the lab that care. What about Richard who's always looking out for us? What about Brad who just posted a wall-of-text of accomplishments for the lab? That's just a couple of the people going above and beyond so things run smoothly for us. But not a definitive list of people who care. What about the Raistmers and the Jasons? The Joes, Claggys and Mikes? I'm sure that's just the tip of the iceberg. In fact I think the reality is that everybody here cares for the project. |
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Number crunching :
Smartphone Crunching (Reprise)
(Message 1325511)
Posted 136 days ago by Alex Storey
Meh... Sorry guys, false alarm: "The GPU is non-unified. This almost certainly excludes OpenCL..." -Ryan Smith (AnandTech writer, response from comments section) http://www.anandtech.com/show/6550/more-details-on-nvidias-tegra-4-i500-5th-core-is-a15-28nm-hpm-ue-category-3-lte PS. Welcome back Mr Spoons:) |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery Kitchen TOOL TWO
(Message 1324422)
Posted 140 days ago by Alex Storey
Happy Birthday Grant & get well soon |
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Cafe SETI :
S@H Cook's Corner 2012....................
(Message 1324250)
Posted 140 days ago by Alex Storey
I think it is time to go to a mandolin next... and hope I keep my knuckles. http://www.icel.pt/index.php?id=340&c=35 Though maybe too Dexter Morgan for the ladies;) (By the way, these guys make awesome knives for the money. You know, for when a Wusthof or a Global is just overkill) |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery Kitchen TOOL TWO
(Message 1322818)
Posted 143 days ago by Alex Storey
Grant, Julie's right, you should give Photobucket a shot:) If you follow Chris' advice then for steps 2 and 3 (in Windows 7) you need to right-click on the image and select Properties. Then triple-click on the address (the http:// part) to select all of it, and right-click to copy. After that follow steps 4 through 7. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1322658)
Posted 143 days ago by Alex Storey
...next year starts like this :( NEWS If next year started any differently, I'd think I had entered the Twilight Zone! Situation Normal;) Happy New Year everybody! |
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