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Crunching Cuda = Killing CPU jobs?
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VSeven Send message Joined: 25 Nov 99 Posts: 9 Credit: 4,929,679 RAC: 0 |
Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.2Ghz. HT turned off. 12Gb RAM. GTX260 55nm w 896Mb of ram. I "was" processing Seti packets at about a 1h 54m clip, consistantly for weeks now. I upgraded to 6.6.20 and got a hundred or so Cuda WU's downloaded. The Cuda WU's are flying along at like 10 - 14 minutes per WU but now the CPU WU's are taking around 10 hours each. Is this normal to have that much cpu "overhead" for the Cuda apps? |
Andy Williams Send message Joined: 11 May 01 Posts: 187 Credit: 112,464,820 RAC: 0 |
It sounds like you're running Astropulse work units on the CPU. Is that the case? If so, let 'em go. The credits per flop are better for Astropulse. -- Classic 82353 WU / 400979 h |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
I see that you aren't running rasitmers opt app v10. The VLAR deletion rule on the app may be unnecessary for 6.6.20 but it also optimizes the CPU which you aren't getting with the standard app. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
perryjay Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3377 Credit: 20,676,751 RAC: 0 |
Skildude, 6.6.20 still gives VLARs as 6.08s so the killer is still very much needed. It looks like Raistmer is working on something to rebrand them so they will be sent to the CPU as 6.03s but it isn't quite there yet. PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC |
VSeven Send message Joined: 25 Nov 99 Posts: 9 Credit: 4,929,679 RAC: 0 |
Actually I had a bunch of regular WU's queued up when I upgraded (what should have been about a days worth but took 4 or 5 because of the cuda app) so those had to crunch through. As of right now I'm crunching 4 AP WU's and I have queued up what looks to be about 230 Cuda WU's. No I'm not running a "optimized" app. I update BOINC every so often and let it do it's thing, don't really have time to hunt down optimized apps and keep them upgraded. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66199 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Skildude, 6.6.20 still gives VLARs as 6.08s so the killer is still very much needed. It looks like Raistmer is working on something to rebrand them so they will be sent to the CPU as 6.03s but it isn't quite there yet. So far You must have 500 or less WU's in Your cache or the Perl script won't do the job. Yesterday I had about 877, Now I have 668. Of course to do this I had to set Boinc to NNT and I've since run out of 6.08 WU's, I just have 6.03 WU's now or about 6.5 days worth. Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST |
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