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BOINC 7.0.28 is now the RECOMMENDED version for Windows, Mac and Linux.
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Keith T. Send message Joined: 23 Aug 99 Posts: 962 Credit: 537,293 RAC: 9 |
This should be news for those who don't like to run Beta versions of BOINC. http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php Not sure when it happened, but I noticed on another project forum (Rosetta) that 7.0.28 is now Recommended. It seems to have slipped out "under the radar" over the last few days, as there does not seem to have been an announcement on BOINC or project News but 7.0.28 is now the recommended version for: Windows x86 Windows 64 bit Linux x86 Linux 64 bit Mac OS X (Intel) I have been running 7.0.28 since 25 May (released 15 May as Beta), as I was having work fetch problems with 7.0.25 Keith. |
Ex: "Socialist" Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 3433 Credit: 2,616,158 RAC: 2 |
I've been wondering when this would happen. I had no real issues with 7.0.28 on Windows or Linux, Still running 7.0.28. Thanks for the update. #resist |
Keith T. Send message Joined: 23 Aug 99 Posts: 962 Credit: 537,293 RAC: 9 |
I found the release date as a Recommended version http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/VersionHistory shows this as 29 June '12. The download page shows the release date as 21 May, which I think was the Beta release. I thought new recommended versions usually got announced officially rather than in forum posts, but I might be wrong about that. [NOTE TO MODS] Please could this thread be made Sticky for a few days, as many 7.0.25 users have complained of problems. [/NOTE TO MODS] |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
I found the release date as a Recommended version http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/VersionHistory shows this as 29 June '12. The download page shows the release date as 21 May, which I think was the Beta release. I don't think I have ever seen any kind of "official" notice about a new release. I would guess they rely on the built in notification system in BOINC informing users of a new version. However, You can always find the recommended version on the BOINC download page. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
Fred J. Verster Send message Joined: 21 Apr 04 Posts: 3252 Credit: 31,903,643 RAC: 0 |
I found the release date as a Recommended version http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/VersionHistory shows this as 29 June '12. The download page shows the release date as 21 May, which I think was the Beta release. Well, this evening I changed BOINC versions from 7.0.25 --> 7.0.28, on 3 hosts and my LT, took 20 minutes. No High Priority. Looks good. Noticed a warning unrecognized <zero_debt> in cc_config, well I remove it. |
JohnDK Send message Joined: 28 May 00 Posts: 1222 Credit: 451,243,443 RAC: 1,127 |
7.0.28 on Ubuntu, so far no problems. |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
[NOTE TO MODS] That doesn't work. You have to use the Red X function and make your request there. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Dave Send message Joined: 29 Mar 02 Posts: 778 Credit: 25,001,396 RAC: 0 |
Sticking with 6.12.34 for now. Will there be an RAC improvement with 7.0.28? |
Josef W. Segur Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0 |
Sticking with 6.12.34 for now. Will there be an RAC improvement with 7.0.28? The only real way for a version of BOINC to improve RAC would be for it to steal fewer CPU cycles from crunching. Let's see, I did restart BOINC about 47 hours ago, and it has used 34 seconds of CPU time since then. So for CPU crunching there's a potential speedup of 0.02% if there were a version of BOINC which didn't use any CPU time at all. I do run with BOINC Manager actually shut down most of the time, it tends to use more CPU than BOINC itself, and the frequent updates of information to display would increase BOINC CPU usage too. None of that makes a practical difference with recent desktop systems. Joe |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
Sticking with 6.12.34 for now. Will there be an RAC improvement with 7.0.28? The CPU usage for BOINC seems consistent with my systems. With 109 seconds after 6 days of it running. Although I do have Manager running on this system it has clocked in with 40 seconds in the same amount of time. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
blueviking Send message Joined: 14 Aug 01 Posts: 6 Credit: 114,409,447 RAC: 20 |
Been running 7.0.28 on Windoze 7 (64-bit) for a few days now with no problems... HOWEVER, I've got an i7 machine that seems to only want to download CUDA tasks. That's fine and dandy for my two cuda cards, but the 8 cores in my CPU are just sitting there twiddling their thumbs. I have other machines downloading non-cuda tasks... anyone have any idea why my workhorse isn't getting any? |
Fred E. Send message Joined: 22 Jul 99 Posts: 768 Credit: 24,140,697 RAC: 0 |
Been running 7.0.28 on Windoze 7 (64-bit) for a few days now with no problems... HOWEVER, I've got an i7 machine that seems to only want to download CUDA tasks. That's fine and dandy for my two cuda cards, but the 8 cores in my CPU are just sitting there twiddling their thumbs. I have other machines downloading non-cuda tasks... anyone have any idea why my workhorse isn't getting any? Is BOINC asking for CPU work? As long as BOINC is asking for both CPU and GPU work, Scheduler will fill the request for the most capable device. Thus, trick is to get BOINC to temporarily stop asking for GPU work. Easiest way is to turn it off in Project preferences on website. That will be sent to BOINC on next update, and you'll see a line "don't fetch Nvidia GPU tasks" on your project properties in BOINC. When you get enough cpu work, turn gpu fetch back on. If it isn't asking for CPU work, you may need to change your cache settings. With BOINC 7.0.xx, cache settings are different from prior versions, but initially the old settings are carried forward which causes a lot of problems. You'll need to make sure they are correct - now the first number is a minimum and the sum of the two is a max. BOINC tries to fill up to max, then won't ask until you reach min. I also upgraded today and I'm still working that out. Another Fred Support SETI@home when you search the Web with GoodSearch or shop online with GoodShop. |
blueviking Send message Joined: 14 Aug 01 Posts: 6 Credit: 114,409,447 RAC: 20 |
Is BOINC asking for CPU work? As long as BOINC is asking for both CPU and GPU work, Scheduler will fill the request for the most capable device. Thus, trick is to get BOINC to temporarily stop asking for GPU work. Easiest way is to turn it off in Project preferences on website. That will be sent to BOINC on next update, and you'll see a line "don't fetch Nvidia GPU tasks" on your project properties in BOINC. When you get enough cpu work, turn gpu fetch back on. It is asking for both, but only gets cuda tasks. I increased my minimum buffer (from 0) and will try to stop the GPU fetch for a bit to see if that helps. Thanks. |
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