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lunkerlander Send message Joined: 23 Jul 18 Posts: 82 Credit: 1,353,232 RAC: 4 |
Thanks for the reply. I read the read-me files and still don't know what settings I should change to increase the gpu times on my RX560 and RX570. I do like the increase in CPU times that came from this new app. How do I set my computing preferences to revert back the the v8.22 app that comes stock with boinc, and still use the lunatics CPU app? |
Stephen "Heretic" Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 |
Thanks for the reply. . . The current release of Lunatics does not support v8.22, and like Grant I do not know which of the several AMD versions is the best implementation of SoG v8.20 for those two cards. Hopefully an AMD user will read this soon and be able to help make that choice. The other option is to run the Lunatics installer again chosing a different version and seeing how well it performs, repeating this for each of the versions until you know which works the best. It will be a slow process requiring you to run each version for long enough to establish an accurate idea of performance, but may be quicker than waiting for the right person to read and respond to your question. . . You do not need to fear running the right app for your cards using SoG v8.20 compared to v8.22 as for cards younger than 4 or 5 years v8.22 has no performance improvement. . . There is an uninstall option for lunatics but using that will revert to the stock CPU app as well and lose that advantage. Though since your GPU's are far more productive than CPUs you may find that an appealing option. Stephen . . |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Please use this comandline -sbs 384 -period_iterations_num 30 -spike_fft_thresh 2048 -tune 1 64 1 4 -oclfft_tune_gr 256 -oclfft_tune_lr 16 -oclfft_tune_wg 256 -oclfft_tune_ls 512 -oclfft_tune_bn 32 -oclfft_tune_cw 32 -cpu_lock Edit: There is no difference for AMD cards between v8.20 and v8.22. All modifications are Nvidia only. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
lunkerlander Send message Joined: 23 Jul 18 Posts: 82 Credit: 1,353,232 RAC: 4 |
Thank you all for your help! Which BOINC file should I change to the command line that Mike suggested? A short step-by-step would be great. |
Stephen "Heretic" Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 |
Thank you all for your help! . . The file is a text file in the folder /Program Data/BOINC/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu . . I use nvidia so the name will be different, but may be similar to ... 'mb_cmdline_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_NV_SoG.txt'. (may be AMD not NV) . . Use a purely text editor like Notepad to edit it. . . Enter the info as given and as one line, no CR or LF. Stephen . . |
Kissagogo27 Send message Joined: 6 Nov 99 Posts: 716 Credit: 8,032,827 RAC: 62 |
in a file in your seti project mine is "D:\BOINC_DATA\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\mb_cmdline_win_x86_SSE2_OpenCL_ATi.txt" your start with mb_cmdline_win_x86_XXXXXXXXX.txt or comething like this ;) |
lunkerlander Send message Joined: 23 Jul 18 Posts: 82 Credit: 1,353,232 RAC: 4 |
Thank you all for your help! I had a hard time finding it but I finally did. It was under C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu The ProgramData folder didn't appear when I opened my C:\ drive folders. I had to use the search function. I made the edit under the file called mb_cmdline_win_x86_SSE2_OpenCL_ATi_HD5 and pasted in what Mike wrote. Was that all I needed to do? Thanks again! |
lunkerlander Send message Joined: 23 Jul 18 Posts: 82 Credit: 1,353,232 RAC: 4 |
Now the GPUs are stopping making any progress at certain points. For example they will pause at a certain percent (such as 87%), and the timer still runs and runs but the percent doesn't get any higher. Is there a way that I can remove the lunatics GPU app, and keep just the lunatics CPU app? Basically, I'd like to use the Lunatics CPU app, and the regular v8.22 BOINC GPU app. |
lunkerlander Send message Joined: 23 Jul 18 Posts: 82 Credit: 1,353,232 RAC: 4 |
Update: I deleted the command line text and restarted BOINC and now the GPU tasks are moving again. |
lunkerlander Send message Joined: 23 Jul 18 Posts: 82 Credit: 1,353,232 RAC: 4 |
If I set BOINC to No New Tasks, let all the tasks finish, then delete the BOINC data, then reinstall BOINC and Lunatics, but only select the CPU app in lunatics, will BOINC use the stock GPU v8.22 app? |
lunkerlander Send message Joined: 23 Jul 18 Posts: 82 Credit: 1,353,232 RAC: 4 |
Update #2: Everything is working fine now. I've been running for an hour and tasks are completing just fine. If this keeps up I'll leave everything as is, with leaving the command line blank. Thanks again everyone for your assistance! |
Stephen "Heretic" Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 |
Update: I deleted the command line text and restarted BOINC and now the GPU tasks are moving again. . . I would have suggeste renaming it as 'nnnnn_old.txt' to keep it as a reference for the future but the result is the same. . . It seems that the settings given were too aggressive for your cards. Starting and stopping is a symptom typical of overcommitting your memory resources on the GPU, though often that wil result in the task going to 'waiting' status. But it begs the question, are you running 2 tasks or more at a time on the GPUs? Stephen |
lunkerlander Send message Joined: 23 Jul 18 Posts: 82 Credit: 1,353,232 RAC: 4 |
It was just one task at a time on each card. |
lunkerlander Send message Joined: 23 Jul 18 Posts: 82 Credit: 1,353,232 RAC: 4 |
Update: I deleted the command line text and restarted BOINC and now the GPU tasks are moving again. Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure what happened. The tasks would run and make progress but then would stop making progress on the percent completed. The running time would keep going however. |
Brent Norman Send message Joined: 1 Dec 99 Posts: 2786 Credit: 685,657,289 RAC: 835 |
You have to remember that when you change apps BOINC has no idea what the estimated runtimes will be, so it makes a best guess at it. I believe it is after 10 tasks have validated those estimates are readjusted, so that might mean completing 100 tasks first. During that time you can expect strange behaviour in the runtime/percentage/completed shown. EDIT: A good place to see how you apps are performing is by looking at your Application Details for Your host: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/host_app_versions.php?hostid=8549251 |
Dennis Peacock Send message Joined: 5 Dec 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 9,318,609 RAC: 2 |
I am trying to upgrade for a Radeon HD5450 to Radeon RX580. I am using the Lunatics program that i downloaded to run the 4550, not sure the version. Back then i managed to get the card to work. I have little understanding of how to generate a working app_info for this new card. The rx 580 is 8 gig unit. Looking for ideas on where to start to get this up and running. Thanks for the future help. |
Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 |
Just rerun the Lunatics Installer. It will generate the appropriate app_info file according to your choices for the ATI card type you select. [Edit]You can download the latest Lunatics Installer at Mike's World' http://mikesworld.eu/download.html Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
Dennis Peacock Send message Joined: 5 Dec 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 9,318,609 RAC: 2 |
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Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 |
Glad you got it working. You may have left more performance on the table. Right now you are running with the default parameters for the SoG OpenCL application. The app can be tuned to be more productive by modifying the parameters it runs with. In the /Docs directory in the Seti@home folder is a document Readme_MultiBeam_OpenCL.txt and at the end it has some suggested tuning parameters for the 3 card types, AMD, Intel and Nvidia. Your RX580 would be classified as a high-end card so you should choose the high-end suggested parameters. You need to edit the file mb_cmdline_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_NV_SoG.txt in the Seti folder and put in the command line parameters for the high-end AMD cards. Save the file and use the Boinc Manager to reread config files so it picks up the new parameters for the app. The next gpu tasks will be run with the optimized settings for the app and should reduce your run_times a bit more. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13736 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
You need to edit the file mb_cmdline_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_NV_SoG.txt in the Seti folder and put in the command line parameters for the high-end AMD cards. Save the file and use the Boinc Manager to reread config files so it picks up the new parameters for the app. No need to re-read the config files. The big advantage of using the command line file is once you save it, the next WU that starts processing will use the values in the command line file. However any settings made in app_config.xml require the Manager to re-read the config files (or exit & restart BOINC) for them to take effect. Grant Darwin NT |
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