TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[HammerON]

I'm coming back, fellas. I should have 2 or 3 systems running WCG in the next few days. May not be 24/7, but I'll make some of those decisions based on next months power bill.

Glad to hear it!!! Welcome back

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Calling me out? Well, funny you should mention it. I was wondering when my points will start showing. I've got a 5600x and i7 10700k going 24/7 for the last 48 hours. Within the next few days I'll be adding an i5 10600k and maybe my wife's office's first gen Ryzen.

Are you not using your old account?

 

[mstenholm]

It seems like I'm the only one that picked up that a GPU version for OPN is running atm. 1000 points for 2-5 minutes works. My 2070 averaged 87 W during the last run so not that taxing.

The x570 and 4790x are folding at the same time but with a points hit.
GPU beta issue thread

Your GPU needs to be 1.2 OpenCL able. GT730s are a gray-zone it seems and some have problems with Intel iGPUs. The load is fluctuating but way lower than folding, 50 % tops. A new batch is promised within some hours. Not just serve me the best piece of the pie, join.

 

[HammerON]

Looks like I have 9 pages of Valid results for this Beta so far from today:

Thanks for pointing this out @mstenholm

 

[mstenholm]

Looks like I have 9 pages of Valid results for this Beta:
View attachment 194785

I was just going through the team results and noticed that your 3080 most have picked some up , but you and me seems to be the only ones that have.

 

[HammerON]

Shhh - let's keep it our secret

Sadly I do not have a GPU worthy of crunching in my second 3900X rig

But here is what Free-DC is showing as of now for my numbers. Normally the two rigs show about the same numbers:

 

[mstenholm]

Shhh - let's keep it our secret

Sadly I do not have a GPU worthy of crunching in my second 3900X rig

But here is what Free-DC is showing as of now for my numbers. Normally the two rigs show about the same numbers:
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I noticed your jump on one PC, the second AMD might not be OpenCl 1.2 good. I got 400,000 points today...normally it would have been less than 40,000 at the second Free-DC update, sweet and close to the good old days of HCC GPU.

 

[Deleted member 202104]

I was just going through the team results and noticed that your 3080 most have picked some up , but you and me seems to be the only ones that have.

Shhh - let's keep it our secret

Secret's out

I've enabled the beta option, and set the client to enable GPU use, but when I check the client logs, there's this error:

Also, noticed this in the log as well:

Any ideas?

 

[mstenholm]

Secret's out

I've enabled the beta option, and set the client to enable GPU use, but when I check the client logs, there's this error:

View attachment 194787

Also, noticed this in the log as well:

View attachment 194788

Any ideas?

GPU? Check with GPU-Z if it is OpenCl OK. I have an problem with a driver on a Linux system but since it is GTX 970 I decided not to act. The install is not good and I should start over.....GPUs not usable hints that they are not OpenCl 1.2 ready. Remote desktop? Your guess is as good as mine. Do you remote-in constantly?

 

[windwhirl]

GPU? Check with GPU-Z if it is OpenCl 1.2 OK. GPUs not usable hints that they are not. Remote desktop? Your guess is as good as mine.

Regarding Remote desktop, at least AnyDesk uses hardware acceleration. WCG might disable GPU work to not interfere with someone trying to remote in, I guess.

 

[Deleted member 202104]

GPU? Check with GPU-Z if it is OpenCl 1.2 OK. GPUs not usable hints that they are not. Remote desktop? Your guess is as good as mine.

Thanks, it's a 1070 and the log recognize it as 1.2 compatible. I'll read through the beta forum at WCG and see if I can find anything.

Regarding Remote desktop, at least AnyDesk uses hardware acceleration. WCG might disable GPU work to not interfere with someone trying to remote in, I guess.

Thanks, I'll look at some alternatives to RDP and see if that might be the issue. RDP functions with folding@home running, so it might be specific to WCG.

 

[stinger608]

That's odd, the Beta OPNG has been running since March 26th.

I don't even see it anywhere? Am I missing something?

 

[mstenholm]

New beta batch is expected shortly

 

[mstenholm]

OPNG is now open. Well I got four on one out of three PCs so maybe it was a small tester. I was folding at the same time on the GPU....

Edit: Got them on all four (forgot one before) and turned of folding on my dual 2060. Anyone know how to make a app_config.xml? I know how to make it but how to set 2 jobs for one GPU?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I know how to make it but how to set 2 jobs for one GPU?

Would that be like the last time we had GPU work? I think there was a thread about that.

I don't even see it anywhere? Am I missing something?

You know what I missed? I had deselected OPN as a project that I would work on!!!!!!

@mstenholm , maybe this??? https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/guide-to-running-multiple-gpu-work-units.174138/

 

[mstenholm]

Would that be like the last time we had GPU work? I think there was a thread about that.

You know what I missed? I had deselected OPN as a project that I would work on!!!!!!

I'm sure that it works the same way as back then.
Running 1 WU on my 2070 without folding takes less than 90 W but it shaves a bit off the time. Points are in the 800-1200 range for 2-7 minutes work.

Edit:
I will give
<app_config>
<app>
<name>OPNG</name>
<max_concurrent>4</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>.25</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
</app_config>
a go when my last folding WU has uploaded. I need to re-start the PC I think.

Edit: No luck. It didn't like <gpu_usage>
Edit 2:No it was something it found in cc_config.xml from a previous attempt I made last week.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

????? https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...g-multiple-gpu-work-units.174138/post-2829441

 

[mstenholm]

It might work but right now I don't get anything.....

Edit: The little program that you linked to above @thebluebumblebee is specific for hcc. I will try again with my homemade xml-file. I will report back when I get it to work.

 

[windwhirl]

Planned Maintenance on Thursday, April 8 [Completed]

We are updating the operating system on our servers on Thursday, April 8, beginning at 15:00 UTC.

www.worldcommunitygrid.org

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Welp, got the second X5670 back into fighting shape. Was trying to clone the OS to a new drive manually (it never works out; don't know why I keep attempting it), but I don't think the drive is what's ailing it. In any case, it's now chugging along at 4.32 GHz (vs. 2.93 stock), trying to hit some more milestones before summer arrives. There might be more in it, but the 212 EVO I just
installed is about tapped, I think.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

FYI:
GTX 660 Ti is OpenCL 1.2
GTX 460 is OpenCL 1.1

 

[mstenholm]

FYI:
GTX 660 Ti is OpenCL 1.2
GTX 460 is OpenCL 1.1

You learned that the hard way I assume
Learned that even with the same profile two different PCs don't get the same amount of OPNG work. My twin 2060s get a third of the work my 2070s does. I also leaned that the guy that get the most points does it on some AMDs, old ones. Nanoprobe if you care to check, I will not provide the link.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Just for fun, I tasked the CPUs on my two FAH machines to run WCG in a bid to generate as much as possible before it's time to enable the ol' A/C. Fingers crossed for half a million!

 

[phill]

Planned Maintenance on Thursday, April 8 [Completed]

We are updating the operating system on our servers on Thursday, April 8, beginning at 15:00 UTC.

www.worldcommunitygrid.org

Make sure you have some extra work on board everyone just in case!! Thanks @windwhirl !!

 

[HammerON]

April 8th was last week...
Are they doing another one this week?