GPU upgrade question... I was thinking about upgrading from my 1060 6gb at the end of the year and was wondering about some of the newer Nvidia cards. How many work units would a 1660Ti handle at one time? 3 or 4?

It's not a question of how many WUs a card can handle, it's a question of how many WUs per hour can it process.

I have to agree about it been the amount of work that the GPU can process. If you're adventurous (unlike me) you could convert to Linux and run the special app which is a lot faster on GPU you just have to monitor the temperatures as it pushes your hardware more

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Just finished watching the live feed of the total solar eclipse from ESO's La Silla observatory. Very symmetrical corona compared to our NA 2017 eclipse.

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Just finished watching the live feed of the total solar eclipse from ESO's La Silla observatory. Very symmetrical corona compared to our NA 2017 eclipse.

The Bing homepage has a nice picture of the 2017 eclipse for today.

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SETI@home classic CPU time 34,348 hours

Is there an optimal Nvidia driver version for Linux depending on which card you use?

Not sure if it would affect the stock app or the special sauce flavor.

I couldn’t glean this info easily. Thanks for any input!

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No any modern Nvidia driver can handle just about any card unless it is from the Fermi or Kepler families. The new Turing cards require the 418 series drivers at minimum. Same holds true for the CUDA101 special sauce app which needs the 418 series drivers for the CUDA10.1 support. You can run the older CUDA versions just as well back to the CUDA9.0 libraries with the special sauce app.
This list shows the minimal driver version.
CUDA 10.1: 418.39
CUDA 10.0: 410.48
CUDA 9.2: 396.xx
CUDA 9.1: 390.xx (update)
CUDA 9.0: 384.xx
CUDA 8.0 375.xx (GA2)
CUDA 8.0: 367.4x
CUDA 7.5: 352.xx
CUDA 7.0: 346.xx
CUDA 6.5: 340.xx
CUDA 6.0: 331.xx

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https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=6813106

Tbar's box has made it past 525,000 RAC!

Hurray!!!

Tom

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Thanks Keith. I had browsed other machines and tried associating the driver soon with the associated card and saw a myriad of combinations; none of which seemed “odd”.

Someone mentioned one version was “slower” than another version but I didn’t see any evidence supporting that claim from others so I disregarded it.

On a semi-unrelated note, I’ve experienced the -nobs option quite beneficial.

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Ian maintains the "beta" 0.98 CUDA10.0 version he was not supposed to hang onto after testing and runs on driver version 410 is actually faster than the 0.98 CUDA10.1 application that requires driver version 418.

But since that version is not available to anyone, a moot point. I'm curious whether the implementation of -nobs on elec999's quad 2080Ti machine was what pulled the crunch times down fourfold from running without -nobs or whether he also reduced the cpu usage to achieve the much larger reduction in crunch times you normally see with the -nobs parameter. In any regard a great improvement from what he was running before.

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Greetings,

Who'd a thunk one could work up a good sweat getting a laptop running SETI? lol ;) I could work up a sweat reading a book, unless I had a fan blowing on me. It's hyperhidrosis.

I now have my dinosaur laptop, 13 years old, running SETI. No co-processor, only CPU. We'll see how well it does against my tablet and Pis. :)

Have a great day! :)

Siran

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

I now have my dinosaur laptop, 13 years old, running SETI. No co-processor, only CPU. We'll see how well it does against my tablet and Pis. :)

Would that happen to be Computer 8747611? If so, I challenge you with MY old laptop, Computer 8513868! Even if your processing power is half of mine, my guess is your RAC will be higher than the Pis

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I now have my dinosaur laptop, 13 years old, running SETI. No co-processor, only CPU. We'll see how well it does against my tablet and Pis. :)

Would that happen to be Computer 8747611? If so, I challenge you with MY old laptop, Computer 8513868! Even if your processing power is half of mine, my guess is your RAC will be higher than the Pis

Hi Bill,

Yep, that be the one. It's got a Pentium dual core CPU, 1.73 GHz, 2 GB RAM and Win7 Home Premium 32bit. I believe it has an 80GB HDD.

I got that laptop in 2006 at Best Buy. First time ever buying from them. :)

How old is your laptop? The most I used mine was in 2012 when we had to go to the library to do stuff. That was about a 6 months stretch. Other than that, I hardly used it. Just had it just in case. :)

Have a great day! :)

Siran

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

As the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing approaches, here is a look at the navigation computer that helped make it possible.
The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC).

When Apollo 11 touched down in the Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969, it was more than a triumph of the human spirit, it was also the story of a cybernetic wonder called the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC), which helped the Apollo astronauts safely navigate to the Moon and back. It was a computer so advanced for its time that the engineers who created it said they probably wouldn't have tried to do so if they'd known what they were getting themselves into.

The Apollo Guidance Computer is one of the unsung successes of the Space Race. This is probably because it was so phenomenally successful, having had very few in-flight problems – and most of those were due to human error. Carried aboard both the Command Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM), it flew on 15 manned missions, including nine Moon flights, six lunar landings, three Skylab missions, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Mission in 1975.

At the time it was the latest and most advanced fly-by-wire and inertial guidance system, the first digital flight computer, the most advanced miniature computer to date, the first computer to use silicon chips, and the first onboard computer where the lives of crew depended on it functioning as advertised.

And another bit of space history- Apollo 11 Mission Control restored & re-opened.

Visitors will hear the real voices of the flight controllers from 50 years ago just as Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were preparing to begin their descent to the lunar surface. Taking a seat in the same glassed-in viewing gallery where the astronauts' families and other guests witnessed the mission unfold live in 1969, the public will watch as the consoles and screens play back the first moon landing, moonwalk and the astronauts' return to Earth.

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Great read, thanks. Loved the bit about "Rope Memory". :-)

Greetings,

I had forgotten just how "joyous" doing Windows 7 updates were. But, got them done and even got the message from Micro$oft that Windows 7 will no longer be supported by them after January 14th, 2020. Oh well... That laptop cannot get Windows 10 and I had some kind of problem trying to get Linux on it which is why it has Win7 Home now. It originally came with Vista. I hated that OS with a passion.

I tried for over an hour to get remote access to the laptop. Nothing worked. I did some searching and come to find out, Windows 7 Home Premium does NOT have remote access capability from another PC. Oh great! It can get Remote Assistance, but another PC on the home network cannot access it.

My Win7 had Anytime Upgrade so I searched for info on that. I got an upgrade key and am now in the process of upgrading to Win7 Professional. Woohoo!!! Let me check on it's progress... Well, great! First time failed. I hope it's not trying to install 64bit Win7 Pro. Ain't gonna work dudes! It's gone through the key verification and is now upgrading... again. Better stick this time. ;)

Have a great day! :)

Siran

[edit]
Well, it failed again. I guess I'm gonna have to fork over some dough and get an OEM or retail Windows 7 Professional. Wish me luck in finding it. ;)
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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

Greetings,

I had forgotten just how "joyous" doing Windows 7 updates were. But, got them done and even got the message from Micro$oft that Windows 7 will no longer be supported by them after January 14th, 2020. Oh well... That laptop cannot get Windows 10 and I had some kind of problem trying to get Linux on it which is why it has Win7 Home now. It originally came with Vista. I hated that OS with a passion.

I tried for over an hour to get remote access to the laptop. Nothing worked. I did some searching and come to find out, Windows 7 Home Premium does NOT have remote access capability from another PC. Oh great! It can get Remote Assistance, but another PC on the home network cannot access it.

My Win7 had Anytime Upgrade so I searched for info on that. I got an upgrade key and am now in the process of upgrading to Win7 Professional. Woohoo!!! Let me check on it's progress... Well, great! First time failed. I hope it's not trying to install 64bit Win7 Pro. Ain't gonna work dudes! It's gone through the key verification and is now upgrading... again. Better stick this time. ;)

Have a great day! :)

Siran

[edit]
Well, it failed again. I guess I'm gonna have to fork over some dough and get an OEM or retail Windows 7 Professional. Wish me luck in finding it. ;)
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you can always use VNC for remote access, that works on Home.

P.

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Greetings,

I had forgotten just how "joyous" doing Windows 7 updates were. But, got them done and even got the message from Micro$oft that Windows 7 will no longer be supported by them after January 14th, 2020. Oh well... That laptop cannot get Windows 10 and I had some kind of problem trying to get Linux on it which is why it has Win7 Home now. It originally came with Vista. I hated that OS with a passion.

I tried for over an hour to get remote access to the laptop. Nothing worked. I did some searching and come to find out, Windows 7 Home Premium does NOT have remote access capability from another PC. Oh great! It can get Remote Assistance, but another PC on the home network cannot access it.

My Win7 had Anytime Upgrade so I searched for info on that. I got an upgrade key and am now in the process of upgrading to Win7 Professional. Woohoo!!! Let me check on it's progress... Well, great! First time failed. I hope it's not trying to install 64bit Win7 Pro. Ain't gonna work dudes! It's gone through the key verification and is now upgrading... again. Better stick this time. ;)

Have a great day! :)

Siran

[edit]
Well, it failed again. I guess I'm gonna have to fork over some dough and get an OEM or retail Windows 7 Professional. Wish me luck in finding it. ;)
[/edit]

you can always use VNC for remote access, that works on Home.

P.

Yes, but you have to find an old version that doesn't require registration on Real VNC's server unless you want to pay $

Greetings,

I had forgotten just how "joyous" doing Windows 7 updates were. But, got them done and even got the message from Micro$oft that Windows 7 will no longer be supported by them after January 14th, 2020. Oh well... That laptop cannot get Windows 10 and I had some kind of problem trying to get Linux on it which is why it has Win7 Home now. It originally came with Vista. I hated that OS with a passion.

I tried for over an hour to get remote access to the laptop. Nothing worked. I did some searching and come to find out, Windows 7 Home Premium does NOT have remote access capability from another PC. Oh great! It can get Remote Assistance, but another PC on the home network cannot access it.

My Win7 had Anytime Upgrade so I searched for info on that. I got an upgrade key and am now in the process of upgrading to Win7 Professional. Woohoo!!! Let me check on it's progress... Well, great! First time failed. I hope it's not trying to install 64bit Win7 Pro. Ain't gonna work dudes! It's gone through the key verification and is now upgrading... again. Better stick this time. ;)

Have a great day! :)

Siran

[edit]
Well, it failed again. I guess I'm gonna have to fork over some dough and get an OEM or retail Windows 7 Professional. Wish me luck in finding it. ;)
[/edit]

you can always use VNC for remote access, that works on Home.

P.

Hi Phil,

No offense, but not gonna use VNC; tried it don't like it. :)

Have a great day! :)

Siran

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

Greetings,

I had forgotten just how "joyous" doing Windows 7 updates were. But, got them done and even got the message from Micro$oft that Windows 7 will no longer be supported by them after January 14th, 2020. Oh well... That laptop cannot get Windows 10 and I had some kind of problem trying to get Linux on it which is why it has Win7 Home now. It originally came with Vista. I hated that OS with a passion.

I tried for over an hour to get remote access to the laptop. Nothing worked. I did some searching and come to find out, Windows 7 Home Premium does NOT have remote access capability from another PC. Oh great! It can get Remote Assistance, but another PC on the home network cannot access it.

My Win7 had Anytime Upgrade so I searched for info on that. I got an upgrade key and am now in the process of upgrading to Win7 Professional. Woohoo!!! Let me check on it's progress... Well, great! First time failed. I hope it's not trying to install 64bit Win7 Pro. Ain't gonna work dudes! It's gone through the key verification and is now upgrading... again. Better stick this time. ;)

Have a great day! :)

Siran

[edit]
Well, it failed again. I guess I'm gonna have to fork over some dough and get an OEM or retail Windows 7 Professional. Wish me luck in finding it. ;)
[/edit]

you can always use VNC for remote access, that works on Home.

P.

Yes, but you have to find an old version that doesn't require registration on Real VNC's server unless you want to pay $

Hi Gary,

Yep, then there's that drawback too. I forgot about that.

No sweat, I found Win7 Pro 32bit at Amazon and ordered it. Newegg was out of stock or I'd get it there. ;) Gotta go set NNT on the laptop now and run the cache empty.

Have a great day! :)

Siran

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

I now have my dinosaur laptop, 13 years old, running SETI. No co-processor, only CPU. We'll see how well it does against my tablet and Pis. :)

Would that happen to be Computer 8747611? If so, I challenge you with MY old laptop, Computer 8513868! Even if your processing power is half of mine, my guess is your RAC will be higher than the Pis

Hi Bill,

Yep, that be the one. It's got a Pentium dual core CPU, 1.73 GHz, 2 GB RAM and Win7 Home Premium 32bit. I believe it has an 80GB HDD.

I got that laptop in 2006 at Best Buy. First time ever buying from them. :)

How old is your laptop? The most I used mine was in 2012 when we had to go to the library to do stuff. That was about a 6 months stretch. Other than that, I hardly used it. Just had it just in case. :)

Have a great day! :)

Siran

It has to be at least 9 years old. My wife had it before we met. I'm sure I can figure out how old it is but I'm too lazy at the moment to figure it out. Its been sitting around collecting dust for several years now so I thought why not let it crunch instead of doing nothing. I installed Ubuntu on it. Hopefully one of these days I'll play around with it more to get familiar with the OS. And if the machine dies out, its not like it was much worse off than when it was sitting on a shelf.

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It has to be at least 9 years old. My wife had it before we met. I'm sure I can figure out how old it is but I'm too lazy at the moment to figure it out. Its been sitting around collecting dust for several years now so I thought why not let it crunch instead of doing nothing. I installed Ubuntu on it. Hopefully one of these days I'll play around with it more to get familiar with the OS. And if the machine dies out, its not like it was much worse off than when it was sitting on a shelf.

Careful, you are showing additional signs of Seti addiction in conjunction with a higher power bill ;)

Tom

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