TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[mstenholm]

I need to set this .xml on all PC's now. And set some limits in MSi Afterburner again.
How many concurrent GPU workunits would a 1080 Ti be able to handle?


I saw this error message too, after the workunit had run 100%.

I had 4 errors today and around 60 valid or pending

 

[Jacky_BEL]

I see there were errors earlier this day too, on my other PC's , 6 in total.

 

[mstenholm]

I see there were errors earlier this day too, on my other PC's , 6 in total.

autogrid4: ERROR: The number of atom types found in the receptor PDBQT (8) does not match the number specified by the "receptor_types" command (7) in the GPF!

autogrid4: ERROR: Sorry, AutoGrid cannot continue.

If this is what you get then it is a project error.

 

[Jacky_BEL]

autogrid4: ERROR: The number of atom types found in the receptor PDBQT (8) does not match the number specified by the "receptor_types" command (7) in the GPF!

autogrid4: ERROR: Sorry, AutoGrid cannot continue.

If this is what you get then it is a project error.

I saw the errors on the status page on the WCG website

I wouldn't know where to look for the errors , I can't find a local log-file on the PC.

 

[mstenholm]

I saw the errors on the status page on the WCG website

I wouldn't know where to look for the errors , I can't find a local log-file on the PC.

@Jacky_BEL , press on Error at status.....

 

[phill]

Sometimes I get the invalid ones... Or the computing errors, no idea how since everything is stock but.... Hopefully don't see those errors very much at all....

Everyone else all running and alright themselves?

 

[mstenholm]

Sometimes I get the invalid ones... Or the computing errors, no idea how since everything is stock but.... Hopefully don't see those errors very much at all....

Everyone else all running and alright themselves?

The errors came with the 86000 series OPNG, you are not alone. I got 21 but I also have 45 pending validation OPNG adding up to 60k points for one day.

 

[Jacky_BEL]

I am halting GPU work for a while
I have 42 OPNG that returned an error.

 

[debs3759]

I seem to have had continuous opng work for at least the last 6 hours. Only running one at a time on my GTX 1060 3GB. What is the benefit of running more than one at a time?

Might have a 1080 Ti in a few days. Someone in the f@h forums who has been folding for coin has offered 3 to the folding community, and says they will be posting one to me tomorrow. If it is for real, I'll be putting that with my i7 6700K, and building a system with the FX 8150 I have lying around, to go with the 1060. So if I get as many opng units as tonight, my ppd will rise significantly Got to benchmark and stress test the 1080 Ti first though, and it certainly justifies looking for a waterblock, to extend its life

 

[mstenholm]

I am halting GPU work for a while
I have 42 OPNG that returned an error.

And I didn’t have a single one since they stopped issuing the 86000 series. You are aware that since you hit the second place in daily production you just can’t stop . The team needs you.

I seem to have had continuous opng work for at least the last 6 hours. Only running one at a time on my GTX 1060 3GB. What is the benefit of running more than one at a time?

Might have a 1080 Ti in a few days. Someone in the f@h forums who has been folding for coin has offered 3 to the folding community, and says they will be posting one to me tomorrow. If it is for real, I'll be putting that with my i7 6700K, and building a system with the FX 8150 I have lying around, to go with the 1060. So if I get as many opng units as tonight, my ppd will rise significantly Got to benchmark and stress test the 1080 Ti first though, and it certainly justifies looking for a waterblock, to extend its life

@debs3759 Yesterday was special with longer units that yield higher points. Under normal situations there are no real benefit from running more than one at the time since that only speed up the processing of the units but leaves you with long periods where the GPU is doing nothing. If/when you get the 1080 Ti you could make the app_config.xml file and be prepared to handle all the WU they send your way but since it is so much faster than the 1060 it most likely won’t be a problem.

 

[debs3759]

Thanks. I have the config file, will probably set it to 3 units at a time for the 1080 Ti.

 

[Jacky_BEL]

And I didn’t have a single one since they stopped issuing the 86000 series. You are aware that since you hit the second place in daily production you just can’t stop . The team needs you.

I'll leave the top spots for the dedicated senior crunchers.
Well, I still have a backlog of workunits pending validation.

When stressing the PC this much, an old problem pops up with my webbrowser jumping back and forth a page randomly (due to Cloudflare Rocket Loader ?).

 

[mstenholm]

I'll leave the top spots for the dedicated senior crunchers.
Well, I still have a backlog of workunits pending validation.

When stressing the PC this much, an old problem pops up with my webbrowser jumping back and forth a page randomly (due to Cloudflare Rocket Loader ?).

My X57 (daily driver) ain't to happy folding, streaming and doing OPNG on top of WCG but for some reason I don't get that many OPNG units on that one so I survive. The other two are dedicated Linux chruncers so I don't notice if they act up
OK I will take your place now that @HammerON for some reason are taking a break.

 

[Jacky_BEL]

Since I am using Win 10 Pro edition , I can use Sandbox mode with MSEdge to have a more stable browsing , but it is a habit opening firefox from the taskbar.
Maybe I just have to leave the sandbox window open all the time.

 

[phill]

Thanks. I have the config file, will probably set it to 3 units at a time for the 1080 Ti.

I had mine set to 8 I think @debs3759, no issues here that I'm aware of Set to 60% power and left it too it

 

[debs3759]

How efficient are Bulldozer CPUs (in particular the FX 8150 with 8 integer cores but only 4 FP cores) for wcg? Will I be better using an i3 4170 (2C4T @3.7 GHz, Haswell) or an i5 3570K (4C4T @3.4 GHz, max turbo 3.8, unlocked, Ivy Bridge), both with much lower TDP? One core will be used with the GTX 1060 for folding, the rest for crunching. The system the 1060 is currently in will have the 1080 Ti that's due on Monday, if it tests stable.

 

[mstenholm]

How efficient are Bulldozer CPUs (in particular the FX 8150 with 8 integer cores but only 4 FP cores) for wcg? Will I be better using an i3 4170 (2C4T @3.7 GHz, Haswell) or an i5 3570K (4C4T @3.4 GHz, max turbo 3.8, unlocked, Ivy Bridge), both with much lower TDP? One core will be used with the GTX 1060 for folding, the rest for crunching. The system the 1060 is currently in will have the 1080 Ti that's due on Monday, if it tests stable.

The team has one active 8150 but I’m to lazy to find out who run it. Personally I would go with the sockets 1150 (the i3 4170) since there you still have the possibility to upgrade to a 4970K which is decent CPU even by todays standard.

 

[debs3759]

That makes sense. I'll be building the best systems I can for each socket anyway, for testing purposes, but the 4790K is on my wish list (as is the 3770K). I'm not sure how to check what hardware the team has

Or what hardware the project has

 

[mstenholm]

That makes sense. I'll be building the best systems I can for each socket anyway, for testing purposes, but the 4790K is on my wish list (as is the 3770K). I'm not sure how to check what hardware the team has

Or what hardware the project has

Team CPUs
Project CPUs

 

[hat]

My pawn shop computer is finally running as of today. The card is mining right now, but the Ryzen 5 3500 is crunching for the team along with my Athlon II x4 630. Kinda. The Athlon II machine is developing a lot of problems lately.

 

[debs3759]

I just set up an account on boincstats, but can't seem to figure out how to connect it to my wcg account. I'm feeling a bit thick tonight When I try to add wcg, it says the password is wrong, but it never asks for my wcg details. Do I have to use the same password as in wcg? I know my results are there, or at least they were

 

[mstenholm]

I just set up an account on boincstats, but can't seem to figure out how to connect it to my wcg account. I'm feeling a bit thick tonight When I try to add wcg, it says the password is wrong, but it never asks for my wcg details. Do I have to use the same password as in wcg? I know my results are there, or at least they were

You don’t need an account on Boincstats unless you want to take part in the discussion. Your CPU is in the Team list just scroll down

 

[phill]

How efficient are Bulldozer CPUs (in particular the FX 8150 with 8 integer cores but only 4 FP cores) for wcg? Will I be better using an i3 4170 (2C4T @3.7 GHz, Haswell) or an i5 3570K (4C4T @3.4 GHz, max turbo 3.8, unlocked, Ivy Bridge), both with much lower TDP? One core will be used with the GTX 1060 for folding, the rest for crunching. The system the 1060 is currently in will have the 1080 Ti that's due on Monday, if it tests stable.

I'd probably just say that they aren't sadly. I believe they use a lot of power to get much done and whilst I say to people to run anything they wish to with WCG, I'd say Bulldozer is probably one you shouldn't. I think they are kinda like the X5690's type CPU, amazing in their own right but for WCG crunching, they just consume too much power and don't really return the points.

I'm with @mstenholm with this one and just say to try and run the newest CPU you can, it'll probably be more efficient and give you more points if you run it 24/7 but again, don't if you don't wish to. I don't and I don't expect anyone to in the team if they can't.

 

[hat]

Well, my server is getting an upgrade. The Athlon II x4 is getting replaced by an i5 10400. The power supply is fucked and the rest of it is pretty ancient anyway. I'm just rebuilding the thing...

 

[HammerON]

Finally got all the parts for the Threadripper build. Sadly I have been having stability issues with the motherboard at default settings so I have it set to 3.8 GHz and the ram speeds are set to default. I have a new ASUS ROG Strix TRX40 board coming this week. I do have a XSPC Raystorm Neo water block that I had on my EPIC build that will fit on the 3960X. Sadly it is not a mono block though. Hopefully the new board will fair better.
I did find something cool though. When I moved my old G.Skill Trident Z 32 GB set to the Hero board (I took out the Neo ram for the 3960X build), I found that they run at 3600 Mhz speeds just fine! They are a 3200 Mhz set.