Posts by MadMaC
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Number crunching :
Got an AP WU for my NVIDIA GPU!
(Message 1279270)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by  MadMaC
Post: [quote] Just checking, doesn't the lunatics installer update the app_info? Wanted to check or it means I have to go off and edit mine... |
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Optimize your GPU. Find the value the easy way.
(Message 1279192)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by MadMaC
Post: What an absolutely brilliant bit of software - hats off to you my man, and thx for the effort :-) |
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Is there an issue with reporting work??
(Message 1276601)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by MadMaC
Post: The site is out of date as I upgraded to 7.0.28 this morning when I arrived as I thought that might be the issue. I downgraded to 6.10.58 a while back when there was the work fetch issue, as 6.10.58 was much better at getting wu's than the newer code. Im now on the newest version available. Fred, Richard, the <max_tasks_reported> fix you both suggested has worked just fine and I am reporting as we speak, so I am happy, will see how the new client works out, if it causes issues, then I will run down all my wu's and then install 6.10.58 again, but for now Im willing to give it a go. Many thanks guys for your prompt replies and help - it is appreciated |
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Is there an issue with reporting work??
(Message 1276587)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by MadMaC
Post: Just got back from 3 weeks leave and when checking my rig, noticed that it hasn't been reporting work, or at least 90% of my work, as I have nearly 5500 taks completed and ready to report on. I keep getting 28/08/2012 08:39:18 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: HTTP internal server error Is there an issue reporting work at the moment, as when I check other peoples stats, they seem to be getting work through OK?? Im on the latest client... |
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Slow gpu comlpetion times
(Message 1069094)
Posted 21 Jan 2011 by MadMaC
Post: Freds rescheduler app isn't seeing them as vlars, maybe it is just a bunch of slow ones.. As Mark said, someone has to crunch them, just wish it wasn't me... |
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Slow gpu comlpetion times
(Message 1069036)
Posted 21 Jan 2011 by MadMaC
Post: Im seeing some really slow completion times on my fermi's, have been since last night. look at the gpu usage - averaging 10% with 3 wu's per card.. It's the same if I drop to one wu per card  Have I just got a dodgy batch or is anyone seeing this??? |
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Is the GTX 295 still the best card for CUDA? (Better than a GTX 470?)
(Message 1050400)
Posted 22 Nov 2010 by MadMaC
Post: Yes, the 295 is still the card to beat. Although on some projects, ATI is a killer. Mark, you can run upto 3 wu's per card on fermi - that will bump your RAC up :-) |
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Oh no - my PC has gone!
(Message 1039163)
Posted 7 Oct 2010 by MadMaC
Post: We donate our used macines to charity, and if I bought it Id have to take it off site and there is no way I would get any more machines past the missus! As for moving to another case, nothing is standard about a Dell, so it would be a nightmare job.. I have already asked for my old machine back, but they want lower power draw from all machines, so no hope there, and it is known that I have seti set to use 100% of everything, so Im a prime candidate to save the money :-) Looks like I will be putting the 250 on the bay, it's been a good little card, and a faithful machine - 3 million is not to be sniffed at.. I will check out the other cards, but I doubt they will be worth it.. |
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Oh no - my PC has gone!
(Message 1039090)
Posted 7 Oct 2010 by MadMaC
Post: Damn PC upgrades! Work have replaced my 3yr old desktop with a nice new shiny Dell Optiplex 380 Not only am I dropping from a dual Pentium D to a dual celeron, my nvidia GTS250 no longer fits! I do have a pci-e slot in the machine, but it will need to be a half height card to fit in the chassis Do Nvidia do any half decent half height cards suitable for crunching seti Sad to see the old machine go - it had crunched 3.2 million credits for me and was a trusty workhorse |
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Number crunching :
Application: Ghost Detector - find out how big your Ghost Army is
(Message 1035554)
Posted 24 Sep 2010 by MadMaC
Post: Im sure they will get it sorted eventually, apart from their server resources, there is no real harm done  Looks like I have a few, just keep on crunching, they will disappear eventually :-) |
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Quick fundraiser for SETI's new server
(Message 1034449)
Posted 19 Sep 2010 by MadMaC
Post: I will still try and contribute to the warranty next month, but for now... Thank you for your gift of $10.00 via Mastercard on 09/19/2010. You gift was assigned to the following areas: SETI@home - $10.00 Your confirmation number is: 63018 |
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Quick fundraiser for SETI's new server
(Message 1033955)
Posted 18 Sep 2010 by MadMaC
Post: If you can hang on until the end of the month (payday for me) I am happy to help... |
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GTX460 or 465, what's faster @ S@H CUDA?
(Message 1033917)
Posted 18 Sep 2010 by MadMaC
Post: The point of view 465's are in fact bios limited 470's http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18181584 |
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Orbit at Home is now giving out WUs!
(Message 1030823)
Posted 4 Sep 2010 by MadMaC
Post: Nein Sutaru. This is homebase for most Setizens who listen. Have a backup project. I have Einstein@home Milkyway@home lhc@home Rosetta My GPU's crunch seti 24/7, but my cpu's share resources... Seti is and always will be my primary project, but for all the crunching, there have been no results, and I have no idea if the data has actually achieved anything so I do other projects to try and maximise my contribution to science in case seti draws blank |
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Panic Mode On (38) Server problems
(Message 1030789)
Posted 4 Sep 2010 by MadMaC
Post: Ran cache dry to install v0.37 on C2D with GT 240. How can you tell if you have a ghost unit??? |
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Concerned over cudu wu completion times??
(Message 1030422)
Posted 3 Sep 2010 by MadMaC
Post: Might have spoken too soon Im seeing my gpu usage drop back down for extended periods, even though everything seems to be OK Is this normal for 3 cards running 3 wu's per card??? 
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Concerned over cudu wu completion times??
(Message 1030415)
Posted 3 Sep 2010 by MadMaC
Post: OK, its early days, but I think after 2 days of testing that I might have got to the bottom of my GPU workunits taking 40-50 mins. I went down the whole reducing clock speeds route, which did diddly squat.. Watching the task manager, all 4 cpu's were maxed out 100%, and the clue came from watching the load time for the cpu to pass a wu to the gpu, on some wu's, it was taking 2 mins before I saw any sign of crunching. This coupled with some earlier comments over gpu usage levels (mine were all over the place!) made me think that the cpu was possibly the cause Playing around with the <avg_ncpu> value, it would seem that the long workunit times was down to a cpu bottleneck, one cpu couldn't keep the gpu's fed fast enough. After playing around with multiple wu/card combo's I have set the following <avg_ncpu>0.223333</avg_ncpu> This means I have 2 cpu's crunching and 2 feeding the gpu's I lose an additional processor, but in 12 hrs I have not had a wu take longer than 28:49 :-) at stock clocks Task manager is showing average cpu usage of around 92-95%, that is with 2 cpu cores crunching and 2 feeding the gpu's which are running 3 wu's each My gpu usage is also steady at around 90% though it does dip to the 60% mark every now and then This means that I have slightly more playing around with the <avg_ncpu> value as there is a 5% headroom, which is wasted at the moment. I will of course be ramping the clocks on the gpu right back up to the 800's as soon as I can.. Thank god for that - it was really bugging me! |
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Concerned over cudu wu completion times??
(Message 1030052)
Posted 1 Sep 2010 by MadMaC
Post: Thanks Tim.. This machine is purely used for crunching.. I dont think they are all from the same range..  I will keep any eye on it for the next day and see how things go... |
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Concerned over cudu wu completion times??
(Message 1030044)
Posted 1 Sep 2010 by MadMaC
Post: Ok - here is another - at least it isn't the 480 this time result> <name>01jn10ac.760.68450.16.10.91_1</name> <final_cpu_time>324.201300</final_cpu_time> <final_elapsed_time>3667.743784</final_elapsed_time> <exit_status>0</exit_status> <state>4</state> <platform>windows_intelx86</platform> <version_num>608</version_num> <plan_class>cuda</plan_class> <fpops_cumulative>95706580000000.000000</fpops_cumulative> <stderr_out> <
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