Posts by Dirk Broer

21) Message boards : News : We have badges! (Message 6316) Posted 10 Dec 2014 by Dirk Broer Post: Great news, this should help get a nice bump to the project for those badge hunters. Nope, I -and many fellow badge hunters- do not hunt temporary badges, especially not the generic kind where you cannot distinguish one project from another. FreeDC Signature: signature.statseb.fr signature: And I would want a badge that I can display, those badges based upon RAC are not recognized as such by the two main signature sites -mainly because you cannot distinguish those RAC badges from another-.
22) Message boards : News : We have badges! (Message 6233) Posted 7 Oct 2014 by Dirk Broer Post: Great news, this should help get a nice bump to the project for those badge hunters.[/b] Any news on this? And preferably badges for obtained levels of achievement -as with other projects-, not for present rate of achievement -which gives only the generic 'bages' that you can get for lots of other projects as well (Seti, Seti Beta, even NFS hands them too alongside to their real badges)
23) Message boards : News : We have badges! (Message 6131) Posted 30 Aug 2014 by Dirk Broer Post: Hi Phil, What OS are you using that has missing OpenCL for HD 79xx? Win8.1 complains my HD 7790 has no CAL+, but merrily reports OpenCL. Ubuntu 14.04 gives big trouble with OpenCL for all my AMD cards.
24) Message boards : News : We have badges! (Message 6129) Posted 29 Aug 2014 by Dirk Broer Post: Please let me know if you have any ideas for other badges. Preferably with cool icons to use. What about this thread?
25) Message boards : News : We have badges! (Message 6125) Posted 29 Aug 2014 by Dirk Broer Post: Great news, this should help get a nice bump to the project for those badge hunters. Nope, I -and many fellow badge hunters- do not hunt temporary badges, especially not the generic kind where you cannot distinguish one project from another. FreeDC Signature: signature.statseb.fr signature:
26) Message boards : Number crunching : Dual GPU setup with the latest BOINC client (Message 5741) Posted 18 Dec 2013 by Dirk Broer Post: Provided you can download GPU WUs for your system -does not seem to work with HD7xxx GPUs- you can easily crunch more at a time by setting the right parameters in the app_config.xml, but you need to modify (in case ot two GPUs) <gpu_usage>1.00</gpu_usage> to <gpu_usage>0.50</gpu_usage> and <max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent to <max_concurrent>4</max_concurrent With three GPU the last line becomes <max_concurrent>6</max_concurrent
27) Message boards : Number crunching : Dual GPU setup with the latest BOINC client (Message 5731) Posted 16 Dec 2013 by Dirk Broer Post: I run Moo! on different boxes, with different experiences: 1. Ubuntu 13.10 box with APU and two GPUs, using Catalyst 13.4, running six WUs at a time; 2. Win8.1 box with APU and one GPU, using Catalyst 13.4, running four WUs at a time; 3. Lubuntu 13.10 box with APU and one GPU, using Catalyst 13.4, refusing to download work: 'don't need'; 4. Win8.1 box with both AMD -HD 7790, using Catalyst 13.4- and nVidia GPU, refusing to download work: 'don't need'.
28) Message boards : Number crunching : In need of app_info.xml (Message 5668) Posted 22 Nov 2013 by Dirk Broer Post: Just want to follow up regarding this! Would this help resolve the issue of multiple Nvidia GPUs or ATI GPUs in a system? Because I tried using app_config.xml with this configuration below: <app_config> <app> <name>dnetc</name> <gpu_versions> <gpu_usage>0.25</gpu_usage> <cpu_usage>0.05</cpu_usage> </gpu_versions> </app> </app_config> And I am getting one graphics card doing two WU rather than two graphics card doing their own single WU. IF not, please guide me on how to do rectify it! Thanks! Try: <app_config> <app> <name>dnetc</name> <max_concurrent>2</max_concurrent> <gpu_versions> <gpu_usage>0.50</gpu_usage> <cpu_usage>0.05</cpu_usage> </gpu_versions> </app> </app_config> or <app_config> <app> <name>dnetc</name> <max_concurrent>4</max_concurrent> <gpu_versions> <gpu_usage>0.25</gpu_usage> <cpu_usage>0.05</cpu_usage> </gpu_versions> </app> </app_config>
29) Message boards : Number crunching : GPU NVIDEA Tasks Never Run on dual GPU setup (Message 4769) Posted 10 Apr 2013 by Dirk Broer Post: You will have a significantly better result using this: <app_config> <app> <name>dnetc</name> <gpu_versions> <gpu_usage>0.50</gpu_usage> <cpu_usage>0.15</cpu_usage> </gpu_versions> </app> </app_config> This is for GPUs with 1 Gb or more of memory. Note the higher value for cpu_usage; not changing the gpu_usage this alone will drop mean computing time down with a significant amount. Adding the gpu_usage value makes better use of the GPU and will drop the mean time even further. If you have two GPUs like Mickey this app_config.xml will let you run 4 WUs at a time.
30) Questions and Answers : Windows : No New GPU work with 7.0.25 (Message 3096) Posted 29 Apr 2012 by Dirk Broer Post: Hi Bernt, On my Llano system I am running Windows 8 64-bit Consumer preview. I have installed BOINC as a protected application (there is no other way to install BOINC in Windows 8 without errors). When the system starts: I stop the BOINC manager, because it reports not seeing a single GPU. (Note that when you have no GPU you are already in bussines now!) I also stop BOINC.exe. Then I re-start Boinc.exe and the Boinc manager manually. This has to be repeated sometimes, but as soon as BOINC.exe reacts you're in bussines.
31) Questions and Answers : Windows : No New GPU work with 7.0.25 (Message 3058) Posted 17 Apr 2012 by Dirk Broer Post: I use both. It is an AMD Llano System I was having troubles with. The mobo, an ASUS F1A75 has no video output of its own, so you have to use a discrete video card. To take maximum profit out of the Llano system I bought a HD 6670. But I needed a cc_config.xml to let BOINC know that I wanted to work with both GPUs. cc_config> <options> <use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus> </options> </cc_config> Under 6.12.34 Moo! crunched 1 WU using the combined HD 6690D2 (=HD 6670 + HD 6530D), under 7.0.25 it is crunching 2 WUs using both GPUs seperately. <app_info> <app> <name>dnetc</name> <user_friendly_name>Distributed.net Client</user_friendly_name> </app> <file_info> <name>dnetc_wrapper_1.3_windows_intelx86__ati14.exe</name> <executable/> </file_info> <file_info> <name>dnetc518-win32-x86-stream.exe</name> <executable/> </file_info> <file_info> <name>dnetc-gpu-1.3.ini</name> </file_info> <file_info> <name>job-ati14-1.00.xml</name> </file_info> <app_version> <app_name>dnetc</app_name> <version_num>103</version_num> <platform>windows_intelx86</platform> <avg_ncpus>0.05</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>1.0</max_ncpus> <plan_class>ati14</plan_class> <flops>1157115231469.729200</flops> <file_ref> <file_name>dnetc_wrapper_1.3_windows_intelx86__ati14.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>dnetc518-win32-x86-stream.exe</file_name> <copy_file/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>dnetc-gpu-1.3.ini</file_name> <open_name>dnetc.ini</open_name> <copy_file/> </file_ref> <file_ref> <file_name>job-ati14-1.00.xml</file_name> <open_name>job.xml</open_name> <copy_file/> </file_ref> <coproc> <type>ATI</type> <count>1.0</count> </coproc> </app_version> </app_info>
32) Questions and Answers : Windows : No New GPU work with 7.0.25 (Message 3051) Posted 13 Apr 2012 by Dirk Broer Post: I have zeroed my debts, a new WU has been downloaded and now just sits there doing nothing. I have TWO GPUs waiting to crunch it. 6.12.34 would assign both GPUs to the WU, crunching it together. So I wrote an app_info.xml, and now my GPUs are happily crunching on both Collatz and Moo! at the same time. Phew!
33) Questions and Answers : Windows : No New GPU work with 7.0.25 (Message 3047) Posted 13 Apr 2012 by Dirk Broer Post: Since I installed 7.0.25 BOINC has finished the GPU tasks that were there, but does not ask for new. It is even pausing Moo! while there is still a queue of WUs waiting to be processed.

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