Guide to running multiple GPU work units

t_ski · Nov 20, 2012

i haz a sad

mstenholm · Nov 20, 2012

^^So I have to pull an all nighter.

Yes Seti-G has 287 active users and only a few of them uses GPU. We would lose big time on CPU power alone.

Norton · Nov 20, 2012

mstenholm said:
^^So I have to pull an all nighter.

Yes Seti-G has 287 active users and only a few of them uses GPU. We would lose big time on CPU power alone.

I just brought everything I have here up and running...... I should be able to pull in another 10-15k ppd.

Considering "borrowing" my son's laptop for another 2c/4t but I don't think the wear and tear from crunching on it for 2 days will bring that much to the Team :ohwell:

mstenholm · Nov 20, 2012

Norton said:
I just brought everything I have here up and running...... I should be able to pull in another 10-15k ppd.

Considering "borrowing" my son's laptop for another 2c/4t but I don't think the wear and tear from crunching on it for 2 days will bring that much to the Team

Don't underestimate laptops. I have one that have done close to 1.2 M. Ok the back plate is off and I have a big fan 2" away. Ion is running one 24/7 too I think. But I wouldn't use other peoples (son's) laptop for the noble cause.

Norton · Nov 20, 2012

mstenholm said:
Don't underestimate laptops. I have one that have done close to 1.2 M. Ok the back plate is off and I have a big fan 2" away. Ion is running one 24/7 too I think. But I wouldn't use other peoples (son's) laptop for the noble cause.

I also have his new one (Christmas present

) in the closet.... Soooo tempted to "test" it for a day or two.

manofthem · Nov 21, 2012

So I'm down to running on my 2600k only, and I feel so slow. I guess this is the real cruncher life; I was spoiled starting out. I'm now doing things other than just HCC though, which is nice I guess. I do feel though that HCC was perfect because I've had more family members fight, struggle, and lose to cancer than anything else I can think of, put together. Sucks!
Anyway, I suppose that til the gpu WUs are back in full force, I'll be just putting along. The only plus side is I'm back on my Windows 8 installation, which is nice to be on again. :toast:

Norton · Nov 21, 2012

manofthem said:
So I'm down to running on my 2600k only, and I feel so slow. I guess this is the real cruncher life; I was spoiled starting out. I'm now doing things other than just HCC though, which is nice I guess. I do feel though that HCC was perfect because I've had more family members fight, struggle, and lose to cancer than anything else I can think of, put together. Sucks!
Anyway, I suppose that til the gpu WUs are back in full force, I'll be just putting along. The only plus side is I'm back on my Windows 8 installation, which is nice to be on again.

2600K is no slouch in WCG

Keep a watch out for more gpu wu's to appear.... maybe WCG will rollout a beta for gpu's to test some aspect of them for another project. There are quite few crunchers on the WCG forum following the gpu threads atm and a lot of them want their wu's back. :twitch:

t_ski · Nov 21, 2012

I have one rig left running them, and it won't last long. Went to WCG and enabled all projects for now.

dude12564 · Nov 21, 2012

t_ski said:
Went to WCG and enabled all projects for now.

Same here.

Norton · Nov 21, 2012

One of the Tech's at WCG posted an update:

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,34290_offset,40

WCG is working with the HCC researchers to get some work back into the system.... 1 day to 1 week is the initial estimate and this is not the end of the project.

Unfortunate for our current challenge but not for the project itself :eek:

[Ion] · Nov 21, 2012

mstenholm said:
Don't underestimate laptops. I have one that have done close to 1.2 M. Ok the back plate is off and I have a big fan 2" away. Ion is running one 24/7 too I think. But I wouldn't use other peoples (son's) laptop for the noble cause.

Three, actually. A Core 2 Duo Dell, a Core 2 Duo Thinkpad, and my new i7 Thinkpad. Both of the C2Ds do just fine--but the i7 does run a bit warm.

Norton said:
One of the Tech's at WCG posted an update:

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,34290_offset,40

WCG is working with the HCC researchers to get some work back into the system.... 1 day to 1 week is the initial estimate and this is not the end of the project.

Unfortunate for our current challenge but not for the project itself

Thanks for the update :toast:

I'm really hoping that it's more towards the 1 day than the 1 week...oh well. I'll switch the i7-920 over to other projects when it runs out of WUs tomorrow :ohwell:

Norton · Nov 21, 2012

[Ion] said:
Three, actually. A Core 2 Duo Dell, a Core 2 Duo Thinkpad, and my new i7 Thinkpad. Both of the C2Ds do just fine--but the i7 does run a bit warm.

I have 2 laptops that I may still run- both have 2 core/4 thread CPU's

Older one (2010)
Core i3-350M w/AMD dedicated gpu
Newer one (2012)
Core i5-3210M w/NV dedicated gpu

Have no idea how well they would crunch???

[Ion] · Nov 21, 2012

Norton said:
I have 2 laptops that I may still run- both have 2 core/4 thread CPU's

Older one (2010)
Core i3-350M w/AMD dedicated gpu
Newer one (2012)
Core i5-3210M w/NV dedicated gpu

Have no idea how well they would crunch???

I pull about 1k PPD/C2D and just shy of 4k from my i7. I'd say you should get a bit over 2k from the i5--not counting the GPU. A tad less from the i3-maybe 1.6-1.8k

What are the GPUs?

Norton · Nov 21, 2012

[Ion] said:
I pull about 1k PPD/C2D and just shy of 4k from my i7. I'd say you should get a bit over 2k from the i5--not counting the GPU. A tad less from the i3-maybe 1.6-1.8k

What are the GPUs?

512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 560v
(upgraded between ordering/shipping was supposed to be a HD 4530 originally)

and

Nvidia GeForce GT 650M 2GB

Daimus · Nov 21, 2012

Norton said:
I also have his new one (Christmas present ) in the closet....

All parents in the world seem to hide the gifts to children in the closet (me too) :laugh:

Jokes aside, Seti-Germany has a chance to win.
EDIT:
I've borrowed daughter's dual-core, son's dual-core and wife's dual-core notebook.
I'm afraid it will do little. :mad:

Norton · Nov 21, 2012

Daimus said:
All parents in the world seem to hide the gifts to children in the closet

Jokes aside, Seti-Germany has a chance to win.

Shhhh!.... don't tell them

Agreed that SG has a chance to win but remember this:
- We rocked their world for nearly 5 days of this challenge
- We did what we did with 1/3 of the active members they have
- If they want it, they will have to earn it.
- They are not Team TPU so we win.... Automatically! :toast:

Daimus · Nov 21, 2012

Norton said:
Shhhh!.... don't tell them

Agreed that SG has a chance to win but remember this:
- We rocked their world for nearly 5 days of this challenge
- We did what we did with 1/3 of the active members they have
- If they want it, they will have to earn it.
- They are not Team TPU so we win.... Automatically!

Remember:
-we do not have two Ion's crunchers
-our Team's ppd before starting GPU WU was (Shhhh!).
Сorrect me, if I forgot something.
Anyway we have no right to give up. :toast:

Norton · Nov 21, 2012

Daimus said:
Anyway we have no right to give up.

That's what I was trying to say :toast:

Keep em crunching!!! :rockout:

** EDIT- will also get a chance to find out what this FX-8350 Vishera chip can do w/o hiding in those gpu wu's **

Daimus · Nov 21, 2012

Norton said:
will also get a chance to find out what this FX-8350 Vishera chip can do w/o hiding in those gpu wu's

Unfortunately my Vishera's delivery is delayed.

[Ion] · Nov 21, 2012

Daimus said:
All parents in the world seem to hide the gifts to children in the closet

Jokes aside, Seti-Germany has a chance to win.
EDIT:
I've borrowed daughter's dual-core, son's dual-core and wife's dual-core notebook.
I'm afraid it will do little.

Thanks for adding those new dual-core rigs, I appreciate it

Norton said:
Shhhh!.... don't tell them

Agreed that SG has a chance to win but remember this:
- We rocked their world for nearly 5 days of this challenge
- We did what we did with 1/3 of the active members they have
- If they want it, they will have to earn it.
- They are not Team TPU so we win.... Automatically!

We've done an amazing job for a team our size :toast:

Daimus said:
Remember:
-we do not have two Ion's crunchers
-our Team's ppd before starting GPU WU was (Shhhh!).
Сorrect me, if I forgot something.
Anyway we have no right to give up.

Unfortunately so. I'm down to two i7s now and that's it :ohwell:

But we still have a bunch of pending GPU WUs that will buffer us for a little while

Chicken Patty · Nov 21, 2012

Even if we don't hold them off, the push we gave in the last month or so with the amount of active members we have is just remarkable. Definitely something I know rocked the DC world!

Norton · Nov 21, 2012

Daimus said:
Unfortunately my Vishera's delivery is delayed.

Man that sucks!

Hope the delay is not too long.

This Vishera vs Bulldozer feels like the PII Thubans felt vs the PII Denebs (the C2 revisions)...much smoother/snappier performance and cooler running :toast:

FYI- I will also have at least one laptop crunching tonight (probably the newer one). Needs to be "tested" right?

Norton · Nov 22, 2012

Warm up your gpu's Team- let's get them All

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,34290_lastpage,yes#lastpost

Great news everyone. We are in the process of downloading new work from the researchers. Instead of sending out a trickle as they arrive because everyone is starving for work today. We will more than likely be able to release them and set the project back to full weight tomorrow. This is barring any delays of course. We will try to keep you up to date and informed of any changes that may happen.

Thank you for your patience,
-Uplinger

manofthem · Nov 22, 2012

Norton said:
Warm up your gpu's Team- let's get them All

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,34290_lastpage,yes#lastpost

Well I might as well game the rest of today, so I can throw my gpus back into HCC tomorrow. At least it didn't take a week :toast:

mstenholm · Nov 22, 2012

app_info will be reinstated tomorrow morning UTC :toast:

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Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
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Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp U2518D/2408WFP
Case	Corsair 800D / Lian test bench/NZXT 500
Power Supply	AX 850 Titanium/AX 860i/AX 760
Software	Dual boot/Win 10 / Linux / Win 10+Linux

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Power Supply	EVGA 750 G3- SeaSonic DGC 750- EVGA P2 850 and etc...
Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
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