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kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51507 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
Thanks guys, I bit the bullet and went back to windows and it appears the GPU is still not working. Ozz, perhaps i picked you up wrong but i was really asking how i should get around the problem. OK....you're back to Windows...alas, Vista is not one of their best, but........ Shut down Boinc and restart. Post the first part of the startup messages so we can see what it tells us. Then maybe we can get ya running and maybe even optimize ya. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ![]() |
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'He' has a handle to his Jug Claggy and this question was more specific to the card and not to the theory behind GPU crunching. If your going to jump on peoples threads with pointless observations i.e which threads i have posted on before, then think about it before doing so. Clearly 'I' posted the thread and 'I' wasnt happy enough with the original answer. My second post was more specific to try and get an answer from one of these GPU gurus running Linux. As someone suggested in my first post. So to wrap up. If you have nothing useful to say Claggy, dont say anything |
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I noticed yesterday after installing BOINC to windows that i dont have a 'messages' tab. I have a 'notices tab' but it never says anything! |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51507 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
I noticed yesterday after installing BOINC to windows that i dont have a 'messages' tab. I have a 'notices tab' but it never says anything! I don't have any experience with that, as I am running 6.10.58 on everything here. I know things have been rearranged a bit in newer versions. Which some folks are not too fond of...LOL. So I don't know how to tell you to proceed posting the Boinc messages. Somebody else will have to chime in. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ![]() |
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Yeah on Linux app, the messages tab is up along with projects and tabs etc. On here its Event viewer. Here is what i get 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Starting BOINC client version 6.12.34 for windows_intelx86 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.21.6 OpenSSL/1.0.0d zlib/1.2.5 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Running under account Ricky 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz [Family 15 Model 6 Stepping 5] 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Processor: 2.00 MB cache 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni cx16 lm pbe 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Ultimate x86 Edition, (06.00.6000.00) 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Memory: 1022.75 MB physical, 2.25 GB virtual 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Disk: 149.05 GB total, 133.98 GB free 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Local time is UTC +1 hours 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 8400 GS (driver version 28026, CUDA version 4000, compute capability 1.1, 244MB, 29 GFLOPS peak) 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 6175238; resource share 100 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 17-Sep-2011 16:37:43) 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | SETI@home | Host location: none 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | SETI@home | General prefs: using your defaults 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Reading preferences override file 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Preferences: 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | max memory usage when active: 511.38MB 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | max memory usage when idle: 920.48MB 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | max disk usage: 74.52GB 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | | Not using a proxy 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | SETI@home | Restarting task 12jl11ac.24571.3748.3.10.232.vlar_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 18/09/2011 09:26:36 | SETI@home | Restarting task 12jl11ab.26913.2930.10.10.247.vlar_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 |
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18/09/2011 09:30:11 | SETI@home | update requested by user 18/09/2011 09:30:14 | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. 18/09/2011 09:30:14 | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA GPU 18/09/2011 09:30:18 | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 18/09/2011 09:30:18 | SETI@home | A minimum of 254 MB (preferably 384 MB) of video RAM is needed to process tasks using your computer's NVIDIA GPU 18/09/2011 09:30:18 | SETI@home | No tasks sent 18/09/2011 09:30:18 | SETI@home | No tasks are available for SETI@home Enhanced I got this after a user requested update. Maybe memory is the problem? |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51507 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
Looks OK so far... Boinc sees your GPU and you have a good driver installed. You don't have any GPU work downloaded yet. It's a little hit and miss to come by right now. Do your work requests say 'requesting work for CPU and GPU'? "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ![]() |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51507 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
18/09/2011 09:30:11 | SETI@home | update requested by user My last post was made whilst you posted this one. That may be a showstopper. Your Boinc messages show 244MB available VS the 254MB Seti wants. Small difference, but I don't know how to get around it. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ![]() |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51507 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
Try downloading GPU-Z and see what it says about the memory on the card. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ![]() |
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I ran it and it says 256MB, is there no way we can lend RAM in the way the onboard graphics work. I cant understand however why windows cant see 10Mb or so. Ive had this card laying around for long enough and im determined to get it going without shopping! |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51507 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
I ran it and it says 256MB, is there no way we can lend RAM in the way the onboard graphics work. I cant understand however why windows cant see 10Mb or so. Ive had this card laying around for long enough and im determined to get it going without shopping! LOL...I know the feeling. Might be some way to change settings in Vista to free up some of that memory, but I have never had the problem or run Vista. Maybe try some lower resolution monitor settings or something. Maybe a bios setting. Perhaps somebody else will have some other suggestions or know more than I do about it. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ![]() |
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wait, Am i being really dumb here. Should i be using the inbuilt graphics to run my monitor leaving the graphics card free? |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51507 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
wait, You could try it, but I think it depends a lot on the mobo and bios. I believe some folks have had trouble trying to get Boinc to recognize and crunch on the offboard GPU when enabling the onboard. Again, I have no experience with this, as I never had a mobo with onboard graphics. Well, my friend....it's 4AM here, and I am getting rather squinty-eyed. Good luck with it until the morrow. Must be off to sleep with the kitties. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ![]() |
Blake Bonkofsky ![]() Send message Joined: 29 Dec 99 Posts: 617 Credit: 46,383,149 RAC: 0 ![]() |
wait, You could try that, but you might need to mess with the BIOS settings. Most motherboards disable onboard graphics when a graphics card is installed. ![]() |
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Thankyou! |
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I dunno if i want to try and mess around with it. Surely there is a way to make windows see it as 256MB |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 ![]() |
If your GPU doesn't report enough Memory for the Server to send you one of the Stock Cuda apps you can try to lower the resolution, i doubt that will help, turning off Vista's Aero effects should help a bit, The Best way is to run Anonymous platform instead, this Bypasses the Server memory requirement, I used it to prove Collatz's Cuda app will run on a 128MB 8400M GS, then got them to lower the Server's memory requirement, as long as you have more than 220Mb available the Stock Seti Cuda 6.08 app will run, here's a suitable app_info.xml for the Stock apps, make sure you use use Notepad to make it, and save it with ANSI encoding: <app_info> <app> <name>setiathome_enhanced</name> <user_friendly_name>SETI@home Enhanced</user_friendly_name> </app> <file_info> <name>setiathome_6.03_windows_intelx86.exe</name> <executable/> </file_info> <file_info> <name>setigraphics_6.03_windows_intelx86.exe</name> <executable/> </file_info> <file_info> <name>libfftw3f-3-1-1a_upx.dll</name> </file_info> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>603</version_num> <platform>windows_intelx86</platform> <avg_ncpus>1.000000</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>1.000000</max_ncpus> <file_ref> <file_name>setiathome_6.03_windows_intelx86.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>setigraphics_6.03_windows_intelx86.exe</file_name> <open_name>graphics_app</open_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>libfftw3f-3-1-1a_upx.dll</file_name> <open_name>libfftw3f-3-1-1a_upx.dll</open_name> </file_ref> </app_version> <file_info> <name>setiathome_6.08_windows_intelx86__cuda.exe</name> <executable/> </file_info> <file_info> <name>cudart.dll</name> </file_info> <file_info> <name>cufft.dll</name> </file_info> <file_info> <name>libfftw3f-3-1-1a_upx.dll</name> </file_info> <app_version> <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name> <version_num>608</version_num> <platform>windows_intelx86</platform> <avg_ncpus>0.04</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>0.04</max_ncpus> <plan_class>cuda</plan_class> <file_ref> <file_name>setiathome_6.08_windows_intelx86__cuda.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>libfftw3f-3-1-1a_upx.dll</file_name> <open_name>libfftw3f-3-1-1a_upx.dll</open_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cudart.dll</file_name> <open_name>cudart.dll</open_name> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>cufft.dll</file_name> <open_name>cufft.dll</open_name> </file_ref> <coproc> <type>CUDA</type> <count>1.000000</count> </coproc> <gpu_ram>209715200.000000</gpu_ram> </app_version> </app_info> You'll need to download and drop the following files into your Setiathome project directory: http://boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/download_fanout/setiathome_6.08_windows_intelx86__cuda.exe http://boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/download_fanout/cudart.dll http://boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/download_fanout/cufft.dll Once you have the files and the app_info.xml in your setiathome project directory, Restart Boinc, in your startup messages you should get the following: 18/09/2011 10:34:23 SETI@home Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform Claggy |
Terror Australis Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 1817 Credit: 262,693,308 RAC: 44 ![]() ![]() |
Hi Ricky To help get this thread back on track. For Windows For early series cards (i.e. Non-Fermi) Nvidia driver V191.07 combined with the V6.09 Standard SAH app has proved to be the fastest combination for crunching and the most memory efficient although V275.xx plus the Lunatics 38g app is starting to give the older drivers a run for their money. Both the above apps are faster than the current "stock" GPU app and the Lunatics AK_v8 CPU app is way faster than stock for both Windows and Linux. For Linux You never came back with the info as to whether you're running a 32 bit or 64 bit system so please note. The 32 bit Linux GPU app is broken and has been withdrawn. If you have a copy of this app, do not use it as it produces nothing but errors. For 64 bit, there is this app from Arkayn's site. It's written by arronhaviland. There are still a few bugs (e.g. Support for multiple GPU's is broken), but it works well with crunching times not too far behind the Lunatics Windows app. You will have to adjust the "Niceness" of the program to get reasonable crunching times times out of it though. The default setting is way to low. See this thread for more details Hope this helps. T.A. |
OzzFan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 ![]() ![]() |
I ran it and it says 256MB, is there no way we can lend RAM in the way the onboard graphics work. I cant understand however why windows cant see 10Mb or so. Ive had this card laying around for long enough and im determined to get it going without shopping! It isn't a Windows thing, it has to do with your drivers. Newer nVidia drivers seem to reserve more video RAM (though I don't know what the technical reason is). If you revert to an older version, I know that it will report more free video RAM to Windows. The only problem is, since I am not an nVidia user, I don't know which version of drivers it was that reported more video RAM. |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51507 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
I ran it and it says 256MB, is there no way we can lend RAM in the way the onboard graphics work. I cant understand however why windows cant see 10Mb or so. Ive had this card laying around for long enough and im determined to get it going without shopping! I think the x38g opti app also has a smaller RAM footprint than some earlier versions. I highly suggest trying the Lunatics installer... "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ![]() |
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