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Send message Joined: 12 Jan 16 Posts: 38 Credit: 289,647 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I've downloaded r3578 and re-activated s@h Beta.  BOINC downloaded setiathome_8.21_windows_intelx86__opencl_nvidia_SoG.exe.  Should I be testing this or MB8_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_NV_SoG_r3578.exe?  Or are they identical (file sizes are =)? |
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I've downloaded r3578 and re-activated s@h Beta.  BOINC downloaded setiathome_8.21_windows_intelx86__opencl_nvidia_SoG.exe.  Should I be testing this or MB8_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_NV_SoG_r3578.exe?  Or are they identical (file sizes are =)? For Windows builds Raistmer said : I expect r3571 for non-SoG and r3578 for SoG builds, please docheck that. For Linux builds Urs said: r3566 for iGPU and r3570 for all others. The build number should be present in the stderr. You can view it from your slow folder once the app start running if you don't want to want for a task to finish. Unless explicitly directed to do otherwise by one of the developers you should always be using the version provided by the server for Beta. |
Send message Joined: 12 Jan 16 Posts: 38 Credit: 289,647 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I should have waited for the Stderr output. Unless explicitly directed to do otherwise by one of the developers you should always be using the version provided by the server for Beta.Understood On a side note, there is something wrong with this site since the 'change'. When I opened this thread, I saw your post as: For Windows builds But when I selected "Reply", your post looked like this: For Windows builds |
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I wonder if there is an issue with edited posts displaying the most resent information, or if there was an internet caching issue. It may be hard to reproduce that kind of issue. |
Send message Joined: 12 Jan 16 Posts: 38 Credit: 289,647 RAC: 0 ![]() |
The server only provided me with VLARs. GPU is not OC’d, it’s strictly stock with default vendor settings.  1 WU/GPU. Name:                     GeForce GTX 950 Vendor:         NVIDIA Corporation Driver version:  359.00 Version:    OpenCL 1.2 CUDA >  stock
WU true angle range : 0.007806 Run time : 15m 44s CPU time : 15m 34s Task 25475723 WU true angle range : 0.007806 Run time : 15m 10s CPU time : 14m 59s Task 25475668 WU true angle range : 0.007806 Run time : 15m 03s CPU time : 14m 52s Task 25483471 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 07s CPU time : 14m 44s NOTES -- GUI lag unacceptable while playing a non-action game.  Also, noticeable while surfing web and switching between apps.
WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 06s CPU time : 14m 53s Task 25483337 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 08s CPU time : 14m 59s Task 25483246 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 11s CPU time : 14m 59s NOTES -- Mouse movement is choppy.  Toggling between screens lags.
WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 05s CPU time : 14m 51s Task 25483693 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 02s CPU time : 14m 53s Task 25483154 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 02s CPU time : 14m 53s NOTES -- Mouse movement is choppy.  Toggling between screens lags.
WU true angle range : 0.007806 Run time : 15m 03s CPU time : 14m 46s Task 25483553 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 08s CPU time : 14m 50s Task 25483555 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 06s CPU time : 14m 49s Task 25483718 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 12s CPU time : 15m 02s NOTES -- Could not play "Hover."Â Â Win7 notified that game stopped working, then locked up rig.
WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 03s CPU time : 14m 55s Task 25483160 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 01s CPU time : 14m 53s Task 25483688 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 02s CPU time : 14m 53s Task 25482948 WU true angle range : 0.007806 Run time : 14m 59s CPU time : 14m 50s Task 25483673 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 00s CPU time : 14m 51s Task 25483575 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 02s CPU time : 14m 52 NOTES -- There was some lag while surfing web and toggling among browser tabs.
WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 06s CPU time : 14m 50s Task 25483664 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 03s CPU time : 14m 44s Task 25483584 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 03s CPU time : 14m 50s NOTES -- Still a GUI lag.  For example, it is noticeable with the animation of minimizing a window.
WU true angle range : 0.007977 Run time : 15m 02s CPU time : 14m 50s Task 25483739 WU true angle range : 0.007977 Run time : 15m 02s CPU time : 14m 51s NOTES -- Still a GUI lag.  GUI lag noticeable while playing a non-action game.
-sbs 192 -spike_fft_thresh 2048 -tune 1 64 1 4 -high_prec_timer -high_perfand the VLAR run times are from ~1232 sec to ~1384 sec.  At this point, VLARs on Beta are running from ~899 sec to ~911 sec (nearly identical ARs). For quite some hours, I've been getting this message: 12/4/2016 8:09:13 PM | SETI@home Beta Test | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 12/4/2016 8:09:13 PM | SETI@home Beta Test | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA GPU 12/4/2016 8:09:15 PM | SETI@home Beta Test | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks |
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To reduce GUI lag you need decrease target time value (-tt N ). -tt 1000 means 1s of continuous kernel run allowed - lag just guarantied for such setting if enough data for GPU (not too fast GPU) can be provided at all. Try -tt 15 for example. Then adjust -period_iterations_num N (here N should be increased to reduce lag) News about SETI opt app releases: https://twitter.com/Raistmer |
Send message Joined: 12 Jan 16 Posts: 38 Credit: 289,647 RAC: 0 ![]() |
GPU is not OC’d, it’s strictly stock with default vendor settings.  1 WU/GPU. Name: GeForce GTX 950 Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation Driver version: 359.00 Version: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA >  -tt 15 -period_iterations_num 20
WU true angle range : 0.007806 Run time : 15m 19s CPU time : 15m 07s Task 25492620 WU true angle range : 0.007806 Run time : 15m 17s CPU time : 15m 08s Task 25492397 WU true angle range : 0.007806 Run time : 15m 20s CPU time : 15m 08s Task 25492581 WU true angle range : 0.007806 Run time : 15m 20s CPU time : 15m 07s Task 25492869 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 21s CPU time : 15m 08s NOTES -- Slightly noticeable mouse lag while playing a non-action game.
WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 22s CPU time : 15m 07s Task 25492905 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 23s CPU time : 15m 07s Task 25493283 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 23s CPU time : 15m 07s [url=]Task [/url] WU true angle range : Run time : CPU time : [url=]Task [/url] WU true angle range : Run time : CPU time : NOTES -- Slightly noticeable mouse lag while playing a non-action game.
WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 22s CPU time : 15m 08s Task 25493526 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Run time : 15m 28s CPU time : 15m 05s Task 25493930 WU true angle range : 0.007977 Run time : 15m 18s CPU time : 15m 08s Task 25493898 WU true angle range : 0.007977 Run time : 15m 20s CPU time : 15m 09s Task 25494160 WU true angle range : 0.007977 Run time : 15m 19s CPU time : 15m 08s NOTES -- Improved response from mouse and scroll wheel
WU true angle range : 0.007977 Run time : 15m 22s CPU time : 15m 08s Task 25494415 WU true angle range : 0.007977 Run time : 15m 20s CPU time : 15m 08s Task 25494857 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Run time : 15m 22s CPU time : 15m 10s Task 25494987 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Run time : 15m 20s CPU time : 15m 09s NOTES -- No noticeable lags
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Please look for memory usage with different -tt N values and -sbs N values. News about SETI opt app releases: https://twitter.com/Raistmer |
Send message Joined: 12 Jan 16 Posts: 38 Credit: 289,647 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Please look for memory usage with different -tt N values and -sbs N values.Is the memory usage located on the Task page above the Stderr output, or within the Stderr output? |
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Please look for memory usage with different -tt N values and -sbs N values.Is the memory usage located on the Task page above the Stderr output, or within the Stderr output? Actual fields in bold: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=5342593694 Ð˜Ð¼Ñ 20au09ac.29508.476.15.42.66_0 News about SETI opt app releases: https://twitter.com/Raistmer |
![]() Send message Joined: 11 Dec 09 Posts: 74 Credit: 1,248,766 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Please look for memory usage with different -tt N values and -sbs N values.Is the memory usage located on the Task page above the Stderr output, or within the Stderr output? So we need to be looking at application memory & not GPU memory usage? I was reporting GPU memory values from GPUz previously. |
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So we need to be looking at application memory & not GPU memory usage? Ah, I see... Yes, host/system RAM, not GPU. GPU will allocate more with -sbs N increase, it's definitely correct behavior. News about SETI opt app releases: https://twitter.com/Raistmer |
Send message Joined: 12 Jan 16 Posts: 38 Credit: 289,647 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Name: GeForce GTX 950 Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation Driver version: 359.00 Version: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA >Â Â -tt 30 -sbs 192
WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 143.75 MB Peak swap size : 171.43 MB Run time : 15m 08s CPU time : 14m 54s Task 25495128 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 143.28 MB Peak swap size : 170.91 MB Run time : 15m 10s CPU time : 14m 56s Task 25495048 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 143.70 MB Peak swap size : 171.40 MB Run time : 15m 09s CPU time : 14m 56s
WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 141.93 MB Peak swap size : 169.64 MB Run time : 15m 03s CPU time : 14m 58s Task 25495647 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 141.93 MB Peak swap size : 169.61 MB Run time : 15m 00s CPU time : 14m 55s Task 25495762 WU true angle range : 0.25495762 Peak working set size : 141.98 MB Peak swap size : 169.63 MB Run time : 15m 01s CPU time : 14m 56s
WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 141.84 MB Peak swap size : 169.55 MB Run time : 15m 00s CPU time : 14m 54s Task 25495971 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 132.00 MB Peak swap size : 159.67 MB Run time : 15m 10s CPU time : 15m 02s Task 25495925 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 142.44 MB Peak swap size : 170.13 MB Run time : 14m 59s CPU time : 14m 55s Task 25495966 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 142.00 MB Peak swap size : 169.61 MB Run time : 14m 57s CPU time : 14m 53s
WU true angle range : 0.009111 Peak working set size : 138.09 MB Peak swap size : 165.79 MB Run time : 15m 11s CPU time : 15m 03s Task 25495956 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 141.93 MB Peak swap size : 169.65 MB Run time : 14m 58s CPU time : 14m 53s Task 25495826 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 141.98 MB Peak swap size : 169.70 MB Run time : 14m 57s CPU time : 14m 52s More to follow. |
Send message Joined: 12 Jan 16 Posts: 38 Credit: 289,647 RAC: 0 ![]() |
>Â Â -tt 1000 -sbs 192
WU true angle range : 009111 Peak working set size : 142.16 MB Peak swap size : 169.80 MB Run time : 14m 56s CPU time : 14m 53s Task 25496409 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Peak working set size : 142.27 MB Peak swap size : 169.96 MB Run time : 15m 03s CPU time : 14m 56s Task 25496672 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Peak working set size : 141.95 MB Peak swap size : 169.65 MB Run time : 15m 04s CPU time : 14m 56s Task 25496569 WU true angle range : 0.009111 Peak working set size : 142.32 MB Peak swap size : 169.96 MB Run time : 15m 01s CPU time : 14m 55s |
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Target kernel sequence time set to 1000ms Fftlength=32,pass=3:Tune: sum=30500.9(ms); min=5.767(ms); max=87.06(ms); mean=42.78(ms); s_mean=66.61; sleep=60(ms); delta=822; N=713; usual Seems only few kernels on your GPU can exceed ~100ms length so any -tt N with N bigger than 150 - 200 will act the same (saturated). (for details look: http://lunatics.kwsn.info/index.php/topic,1808.msg61251.html#msg61251 ) Try to lower -tt value instead. Let say -tt 10 -tt 5 -tt 1 I expect drop in performance for those values, but what will be with memory consumption? That's the aim of testing. News about SETI opt app releases: https://twitter.com/Raistmer |
Send message Joined: 12 Jan 16 Posts: 38 Credit: 289,647 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Seems only few kernels on your GPU can exceed ~100ms length so any -tt N with N bigger than 150 - 200 will act the same (saturated).I saw that post on Main, but I haven't read it yet.  I've read everything else on that page. Try to lower -tt value instead. >  -tt 30 -sbs 256
WU true angle range : 0.007977 Peak working set size : 143.72 MB Peak swap size : 171.40 MB Run time : 15m 05s CPU time : 15m 01s Task 25497272 WU true angle range : 0.007977 Peak working set size : 143.70 MB Peak swap size : 171.39 MB Run time : 15m 09s CPU time : 15m 06s Task 25497714 WU true angle range : 0.007806 Peak working set size : 143.80 MB Peak swap size : 171.52 MB Run time : 15m 05s CPU time : 15m 02s
WU true angle range : 0.007806 Peak working set size : 321.66 MB Peak swap size : 349.45 MB Run time : 16m 47s CPU time : 16m 43s Task 25497508 WU true angle range : 0.007977 Peak working set size : 322.57 MB Peak swap size : 350.38 MB Run time : 16m 52s CPU time : 16m 48s Task 25497753 WU true angle range : 0.007806 Peak working set size : 321.95 MB Peak swap size : 349.72 MB Run time : 16m 49s CPU time : 16m 46s
WU true angle range : 0.007977 Peak working set size : 185.30 MB Peak swap size : 213.04 MB Run time : 15m 39s CPU time : 15m 35s Task 25496970 WU true angle range : 0.007977 Peak working set size : 184.92 MB Peak swap size : 212.81 MB Run time : 15m 43s CPU time : 15m 38s Task 25497704 WU true angle range : 0.007806 Peak working set size : 184.81 MB Peak swap size : 212.62 MB Run time : 15m 42s CPU time : 15m 36s
WU true angle range : 0.007806 Peak working set size : 159.49 MB Peak swap size : 187.25 MB Run time : 15m 38s CPU time : 15m 31s Task 25497492 WU true angle range : 0.007977 Peak working set size : 159.26 MB Peak swap size : 187.06 MB Run time : 15m 32s CPU time : 15m 28s Task 25497890 WU true angle range : 0.007806 Peak working set size : 159.35 MB Peak swap size : 187.04 MB Run time : 15m 35s CPU time : 15m 28s
WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 105.63 MB Peak swap size : 135.22 MB Run time : 08m 35s CPU time : 05m 03s Task 25558820 WU true angle range : 0.010364 Peak working set size : 433.75 MB Peak swap size : 461.62 MB Run time : 26m 25s CPU time : 26m 14s Task 25559398 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 105.74 MB Peak swap size : 133.47 MB Run time : 08m 33s CPU time : 05m 02s More to follow. |
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>Â Â -tt 5 -sbs 192
WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 1,009.49 MB Peak swap size : 1,072.76 MB Run time : 08m 09s CPU time : 04m 43s Task 25559356 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 103.78 MB Peak swap size : 131.46 MB Run time : 08m 23s CPU time : 04m 53s Task 25559290 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 103.82 MB Peak swap size : 131.53 MB Run time : 08m 32s CPU time : 05m 02s Task 25559281 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 104.01 MB Peak swap size : 131.68 MB Run time : 08m 34s CPU time : 05m 04s NOTES -- Why such a huge difference in mem usage between first and other WUs? |
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>Â Â -tt 10 -sbs 192
WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 105.14 MB Peak swap size : 135.16 MB Run time : 08m 33s CPU time : 05m 02s Task 25559431 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 103.78 MB Peak swap size : 131.45 MB Run time : 08m 36s CPU time : 05m 05s Task 25559320 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 103.32 MB Peak swap size : 134.91 MB Run time : 08m 42s CPU time : 05m 11s
WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 103.19 MB Peak swap size : 134.89 MB Run time : 08m 13s CPU time : 04m 44s Task 25559407 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 102.82 MB Peak swap size : 130.53 MB Run time : 08m 31s CPU time : 04m 44s Task 25559168 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 102.84 MB Peak swap size : 130.57 MB Run time : 08m 31s CPU time : 04m 43s
WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 141.54 MB Peak swap size : 169.27 MB Run time : 15m 01s CPU time : 14m 50s Task 25494892 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 141.09 MB Peak swap size : 168.86 MB Run time : 15m 00s CPU time : 14m 49s Task 25494718 WU true angle range : 0.008056 Peak working set size : 141.50 MB Peak swap size : 169.29 MB Run time : 15m 04s CPU time : 14m 47s
WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 104.55 MB Peak swap size : 104.55 MB Run time : 08m 33s CPU time : 04m 47s Task 25559392 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 104.53 MB Peak swap size : 132.27 MB Run time : 08m 35s CPU time : 04m 53s Task 25559408 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 106.63 MB Peak swap size : 106.63 MB Run time : 08m 14s CPU time : 04m 29s
WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 104.30 MB Peak swap size : 132.03 MB Run time : 08m 08s CPU time : 04m 25s Task 25559178 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 103.74 MB Peak swap size : 135.08 MB Run time : 08m 29s CPU time : 04m 50s Task 25559268 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 104.34 MB Peak swap size : 132.03 MB Run time : 08m 32s CPU time : 04m 44s
WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 103.37 MB Peak swap size : 131.10 MB Run time : 08m 32s CPU time : 05m 01s Task 25559400 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 103.37 MB Peak swap size : 131.10 MB Run time : 08m 32s CPU time : 05m 01s Task 25559327 WU true angle range : 0.848491 Peak working set size : 107.64 MB Peak swap size : 134.91 MB Run time : 08m 33s CPU time : 05m 01s |
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>Â Â -tt 5 -sbs 192 Single thing I could spot in stderr- task was restarted from checkpoint. News about SETI opt app releases: https://twitter.com/Raistmer |
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I am crunching v8.22 on my Linux box. Tullio |
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