Posts by juice3

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1) Questions and Answers : Windows : Distributed.net has stopped working .. (Message 2785)
Posted 29 Feb 2012 by juice3
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That doesn't spread the GPU work though, still need app_info for that. I've had PL for months.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : 7970, Validation Inconclusive ~ (Message 2781)
Posted 27 Feb 2012 by juice3
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7970s just don't warrant their prices. Especially here. I can't get them stable in SWTOR either.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : 132k sec. to finish a wu? (Message 2759)
Posted 24 Feb 2012 by juice3
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Help a non script guy in windows with that script! ;)
4) Questions and Answers : Windows : Distributed.net has stopped working .. (Message 2735)
Posted 21 Feb 2012 by juice3
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Yeah, I attribute the problem to having more then 2 GPU's in a system and running 2 WU's per GPU during the fragmentation period(s) and the main culprit being Windows and driver problems.

I was having the issues when I had (8) GPU's in the system it was outta control on the APPCRASH's, if I left them to crunch 1 WU on the 8 GPU's together it was just too slow and the time from a WU finishing, and starting another one was almost 2.5 minutes, about half the time it took to complete a single "HUGE" WU with 8 5870s.

This meant the system was getting only 1/2 of what it could and just wasn't going to work for me. I made almost $400 profit on the (4) 5970s I had so it allowed me to get (2) 7970s, which honestly are great cards, but for the price, on this project, you could do 300% more work with (4) 5970s in 2 different boxes.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : 132k sec. to finish a wu? (Message 2734)
Posted 21 Feb 2012 by juice3
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The other thing I've seen is that WU's will get up to 80+% complete and then a new WU will start with High Priority, yet they are due at he same time..

Driver Issue in the end.
6) Message boards : Number crunching : 132k sec. to finish a wu? (Message 2723)
Posted 20 Feb 2012 by juice3
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I'd have aborted it.

I don't find that ATI projects are set it and forget it. I micro-manage my crunchers a little too much I guess.
7) Questions and Answers : Windows : Distributed.net has stopped working .. (Message 2709)
Posted 19 Feb 2012 by juice3
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That was the problem but that was the only way I knew to run one GPU per WU. Do you know of a better way?

Thanks again


There is a small program, let me look for it and I will get back to you.



Interesting...
8) Message boards : Number crunching : 7970, Validation Inconclusive ~ (Message 2705)
Posted 19 Feb 2012 by juice3
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Hi,

Looking at the logs, it seems checkpoint files get corrupted during a restart/shutdown/crash(?) that the computer is doing. It might be a client bug or there's really something awfully wrong with disks or the system, depending on what you are doing. One thing might be that it doesn't allow files written fully during a workstatin shutdown/restart.

-w


I've been restarting the computer a good bit trying to get the drivers right. I also have(had, just changed) tasks checkpoint to disk every 1800 seconds. I wasn't trying to get a ton of writes to the SSD. Guess I could move my BOINC folder off the SSD too...
9) Message boards : Number crunching : 7970, Validation Inconclusive ~ (Message 2690)
Posted 17 Feb 2012 by juice3
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I just sold my 5970's and picked up Two XFX Double Dissipation Black Edition 7970's. I know the drivers aren't exactly cooperative right now, but is there anything I can do to help not have 1 in 4 of my work units not validate?
10) Message boards : Number crunching : App_info..xml (Message 2678)
Posted 16 Feb 2012 by juice3
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I was getting the same crashes.

1)Drivers
2) Power
3) Overclock isn't Stable
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Let's Discuss Various GPU(s) ~ (Message 2617)
Posted 11 Feb 2012 by juice3
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I completely rebuilt the box 4 times today from scratch for each version of the Driver I was trying.

I took it to a whole different level.

But normally I use Driver Sweeper and CCCleaner with a combination of safe boots and manual verification.

;)

I'm trying to get rid of the distributed.net has stopped working messages.
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Let's Discuss Various GPU(s) ~ (Message 2615)
Posted 11 Feb 2012 by juice3
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What drivers do you use for your 5970s?

I'm having issues with the (4) 5970 box, the installer causes the screen to just fade to a black screen and never come back, I've tried a myriad of things to load the drivers and nothing's working 100% right.

I've been trying the 11.10, 12.1, 12.2.

I'm currently downloading the 11.4 and 11.5 for testing.
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Let's Discuss Various GPU(s) ~ (Message 2604)
Posted 11 Feb 2012 by juice3
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I can't get past 1125 Core, the slider has no more to go, Same with Afterburner.
14) Questions and Answers : Windows : Distributed.net has stopped working .. (Message 2602)
Posted 11 Feb 2012 by juice3
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Anyone else get this. It used to be manageable, but now with all 4 GPUs in one box it's 16 of them at once.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: dnetc518-win32-x86-stream.exe
Application Version: 2.9103.509.0
Application Timestamp: 4d0a6e2d
Fault Module Name: aticaldd.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.14.10.1589
Fault Module Timestamp: 4e95edbd
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0017e048
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

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15) Message boards : Number crunching : Let's Discuss Various GPU(s) ~ (Message 2601)
Posted 11 Feb 2012 by juice3
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What are you running for voltage on Afterbuner with the aforementioned things in CCC?
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Let's Discuss Various GPU(s) ~ (Message 2593)
Posted 10 Feb 2012 by juice3
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Great Discussion!

I'm constantly watching the VRM temps, I've had two cards so far I had to RMA (I'm not into changing pads and regreasing with 3yr/warranty in place)

As soon as I get the time to work with it I'm picking up a x8 Extender for the rack but we haven't had time to test it with Xen/VMWare and just running it extended yet. It's definitely the way of the future for multi GPU systems.


Even with the ATI Catalyst Drivers 12.1 and 12.2 still had some issues with getting various boards to see more then 1 5970 when only using 2 of them in a system.



I got a XFX 7970 Black Edition for my main gaming rig last night so we'll see how that does.
17) Message boards : Number crunching : using app_info is causing me to get the "normal" 192 wu's (Message 2592)
Posted 10 Feb 2012 by juice3
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My points are going down a bit

What can I do to get back to "huge" wu's


Same here
I tried to change the app_info <flops> parameter as Teemu suggested but with no joy

A single HD5950 running 2 wus averages about 10 standard (192) wu's / hour
I also noticed that there are more fragmented wus (many takes 3x times longer)in the 192 range compared to the "huge"768 range I used to receive before the v1.03 update.

Any news on the user selecting what wu size option Teemu?

Even with the increased GPU usage & power consumption my RAC is still dropping :(


Same.
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Let's Discuss Various GPU(s) ~ (Message 2583)
Posted 9 Feb 2012 by juice3
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Yeah cooling has been a pain, but most of mine are hosted in a Data Center that's 60 degrees and I can run 250cfm fans in the cases to move air. But even stacked cards heat up.

I've had various issues with several boards not supporting the 5970 except in the first pci-e slot.

I built another z68 based intel vt-d machine that has 3 slots and I'm looking now at something like a pci-e extender. I've downclocked most of the cpu's running boinc at this point and really no longer do CPU tasks on them, seems pointless to me.

I'm getting the 5970's for sub 300 at this point, so they aren't that bad on price, but they hog some power.

I really like the 7970s, especially the 1000mhz ones. I hope the 7990's aren't too detuned.
19) Message boards : Number crunching : Let's Discuss Various GPU(s) ~ (Message 2579)
Posted 8 Feb 2012 by juice3
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I believe Zydor's top host makes use of 2xHD5970s on the same AMD PC. Also, but not sure, I get the impression he uses an app_info.xml file to get each of the 4 GPUs to run 1 WU each.


I've been doing the same thing, same setup, but I'm stuck getting "normal" wu's right now, so I'm working on that.

(2) 5870s are good for 750k/day - I really figured 2 5970s with overclock to at least 5870 core clock would give 1.4m/day
20) Message boards : Number crunching : Let's Discuss Various GPU(s) ~ (Message 2577)
Posted 8 Feb 2012 by juice3
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Zydor currently has the top host ~ With what looks like Dual 5970's or Quad 5870s. !? Which is it.

I have two boxes with Dual 5970s and if 1200w+ Power Supplies weren't so darned expensive I'd put all 4 of them in one host and go for top computer.

I found cheap 5970s and think I might get a few more but not sure yet, anyone got 6870s or 6990?

I had a 6990 for a few days and it wasn't working well (I didn't know about the fragmentation then and havent found any cheap 6990s since)


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