Is it just me or is the cuda 4.2 WUs 30-40 percent faster than the 3.1s are.
It seems amazing the difference is so extreme.

Also, is it a good time now to get a 680 ? now that the project will support it ??

Is it just me or is the cuda 4.2 WUs 30-40 percent faster than the 3.1s are.

It seems amazing the difference is so extreme.

Also, is it a good time now to get a 680 ? now that the project will support it ??

every host? i still get app 3.1 wus on the 285gtx O.o is it because cc1.3? or must i reattach?

on the 560ti i got 4.2 and i was supprised it done a short WU in 4 hours (before i think it was 5,5h?), so nice speed there ^^
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Hi: All tasks are downloaded 4.2 CUDA GTX295 mistake on my Ubuntu 12.04-64bit driver 295.59 the CUDA 3.1 are working perfectly.

Switched to cuda4.2 units for today.... so far 2 completed units and 3 have failed exit code - 98 (0x62)

If you updated the driver after starting a task, that task will probably fail.

Now had 6 failures and 2 completed.

Hi, I reinstalled the Nvidia 295.59 driver without problem, the OS works perfectly and the GTX295 is two tasks normally CUDA 3.1.ACEMD2

We'll see if any task more CUDA 4.2.

Now had 6 failures and 2 completed.

The CUDA4.2 failures could be caused by overclocking adjusted for CUDA3.1 tasks.
My GTX 480s need 25mV more for crunching CUDA4.2 tasks without failures, also my GTX 590s had to be set to 625MHz instead of 725MHz (I don't want to raise their voltage).

I still have errors in CUDA 4.2, Nvidia driver 302.17 installed new, not GTX295 OC.

CUDA 3.1 is working perfectly

Error: "process exited with code 247 (0xf7, -9)"

i am here with XP and 301.42, still getting errors with 2x 460 GTX.

Now its some new on cuda 4.2 PAOLA, a bluescreen, tell that:

nv4_disp

0x000000EA
0x89788770
0x89FC06C8
0xB84DBCBC
0x00000001

Could that say someting !?

Edit:

ok, raised the voltage by 25mV, now waiting and watching.

ok 30 minutes , and no error. yeepee !!!

No one answered me for some days now, hope it was only a overreading ^^ Are the cuda 42 apps only for fermi&kepler, because i get only cuda31 apps (yes i tested short WUs) on my 285gtx or must i reattach this machine? (what i must time right because its a unattended machine)
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4.2 CUDA tasks keep getting error on my GTX295 Linux.

Can anyone confirm if they only work the FERMI and KEPLER ... is to avoid wasting time, yours and mine. Thank you.

I tried both long and short. So this shouldnt the problem. But ok it seems there are still some probs with cuda 42 apps when i read the threads and i need valid results not wasting time :) only wanted to try one if it works or not as info for the team.
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Should we migrate our Fermi cards to Cuda 4.2 compliant drivers? What drivers are required? Do we have a new recommendation on the driver version to be used?

The 301.42 drivers work well on one of my systems. Is it recommended that I upgrade all of my systems?

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Thx - Paul

Note: Please don't use driver version 295 or 296! Recommended versions are 266 - 285.

No, I had problems with my GTX570 SC card. More from the office.

MJH:

No doubt it's fast. First time I've ever seen that short queue get depleted so quickly ;)

Seems like the hopper needs more added in quite often now...


As a side note, any idea one when we can finally start taking a crack at those long queue tasks. Seems like, from what I read in the forums, that everything seems to being a-ok!!

Cheers

PS, Yours seem to have the greatest speed difference gain. Congrats!!

No, I had problems with my GTX570 SC card. More from the office.

I only see two workunits which have failed with energies have become nan. Maybe increase the voltage slightly and see if this helps stability? Or of energy usage is a concern you could try underclocking it as well.

I recently had some issues with work units causing the computer to hang or freeze. The only way to clear the condition was a reset of the computer (or power cycle). It happened a couple of times to one of my systems that never has issues. I did not change drivers or any of the OC settings on the system. I assumed it was a couple of bad work units.

Try the 570 SC with the new drivers again. I bet you will find it was bad work units and nothing to do with the driver.

Best of Luck!
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Thx - Paul

Note: Please don't use driver version 295 or 296! Recommended versions are 266 - 285.

Paul i had/have that too with some nathans rps ( perhaps it was nathan too in your case??) at the time, some units freeze the machine in a special way. Desktop with no icons but windows is running. Often @ the beginning of a new computation while he uploads the finished wu. Good to hear they are the wus perhaps but itcomputes to finishing line after reboot. Strange. Changed fan to manual to bring it from 90 to 80 degrees. Will see how it works over weekend bacause this is litle annoing on a unaatended machine.
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Wow - 90 is hot! I flashed my EVGA GTX cards with the newest BIOS and it unlocks the fans to 100%. I have them set at 90% at 70C and my 580s are down to 72C - 74C

This summer is going to be a challenge to keep these systems cool.

Dry Ice could be a solution!

BTW - is dry ice safe for the computers?
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Thx - Paul

Note: Please don't use driver version 295 or 296! Recommended versions are 266 - 285.

I only see two workunits which have failed with energies have become nan. Maybe increase the voltage slightly and see if this helps stability? Or of energy usage is a concern you could try underclocking it as well.

Yes it might be that the CPU task cause the problems. Unfortunately my computer knowledge is very limited, so what goes behind Boinc Manager, will have to be explained step by step. So I will be able to try it on my own, which I would be willing to do.

The GTX670 on the 8-core does not worry me that much, because it is true, I changed the GPU, and the other might happen ones in a while.

The 9800GT will not crunch GPUGRID anymore as intend to use only GTX570 and GTX670 for this project, lower end cards I will use for Primegrid, as these do not work very well with GPUGRID.

Which really worries me is the GTX570 on the 6core computer.

All CPU cores are crunching CPU projects, I have seen that you disable one core for the GPU with Svan_sync (I think), which I am willing to do but I do not see how. However with climateprediction.net (my main focus) I never had any issues with using GPUs, as well as write to disk times.

That said I normally running climteprediction.net on all computers, malariacontrol.net is only my “back-up” project, if the first runs out of work.

So if you are willing to guide me, you are welcome!

8core, has solid state disk and normal hard disk – but if I remember correctly I am writing boinc to solid state disk as I assumed this will improve speed. 6core has a small solid state disk for the programs as all data is loaded to an external disk.

When you reattached to the project you lost any GPU tasks that were running. These must just appear as 'Aborted by user'.
Did you reattach twice?

Should i have something besides boinc 7.0.25 and 301.42 drivers to get cuda 4.2 tasks

Currently the CUDA 4.2 app is only being used for the Standard WUs and it looks like you are only processing the Longs. Hopefully GDF will release it next week? for the Longs also.
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Thanks - Steve

Should i have something besides boinc 7.0.25 and 301.42 drivers to get cuda 4.2 tasks

Hi all,
my pc is running first longqueue WU with Cuda 4.2 (a Paola RND).
The expected time on GTS450 (with GF116) under windows xp will be 17 hours !
Here the result of Gpu-z
url]http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/12/06/25/3aa.png[/url]
Good work, great !
K.
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WinXP32, BOINC 7.0.25, GTX480, GTX295 301.42

I am running the 4.2 app on my 480 and 295 (same box) and the MJHARVEY WUs are at 99% utilization!

I don't have accurate runtime estimates as the 480 is 2x as fast as the 295 so my numbers are all over the place :-) but I will do a comparison to the 3.1 WUs once I have completed some of the 4.2 WUs.

No re-attach was necessary.


Win7 x64, BOINC 7.0.25, GTX680 301.42
Now running an 78-IBUCH_mutTRYP at 95% utilization WOOT. Uses a full CPU core but I'm good with that :-)
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Thanks - Steve

Hi, All Tasks CUDA 4.2 give me error on my Ubuntu 12.04 GTX 295 driver 302.17.

The tasks are CUDA 4.2 only for KEPLER or FERMI...?

My first completed 4.2 on GTX680 is a NATHAN_RPS on Win7 x64 = 13,945.16!
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Thanks - Steve

670 rig:

MJH long run 5%@ 15 minutes.

EDIT: using 92-94 GPU (non-HT rig) with a 67% Power draw according to Precision.

With a 170W spec from NVIDIA, this puts the card at 114W (not read from wall)

EDIT 2x:

Interestingly, my 680 is running a MJH long as well, and is getting about the same utilization (HT rig) but with 87% draw?

Oh wow i got my first cuda 42 app on my 285gtx without reattach. :) will see how good it works.
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Eight CUDA 4.2 long apps completed. Zero errors so far on my gtx570's. Seem to be 30-40% faster than like pointed CUDA 3.1 work done previously. I made no changes since updating drivers to 301.42. They just started showing up.
So far I gotta say that I'm loving them!

On my laptop's GT 630M a CUDA4.2 NATHAN_RPS ran 93% faster than the CUDA3.1 (122252 sec vs 236314 sec). This way it could even catch the 48h bonus. :) That's really amazing! Could it be that the lesser cards gain more than the high end ones?

My 570s appear to gain more than my 580s so CUDA 4.2 might help the lesser cards the most.
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Thx - Paul

Note: Please don't use driver version 295 or 296! Recommended versions are 266 - 285.

Any news on the shorter openCL WU's? Have they become stable and/or available?

PPD really rocks!!! I think within a couple of days we will have much more defectors from primegrid or something like this. Strengthen your servers)

OpenCL? This is all CUDA.

MrS

Been running the updated driver for a couple of weeks and 3.1 tasks (long) have been running ok.

Now had 6 failures and 2 completed.

My crunchers will be going offline whilst I jet off for a family holiday. Will see how things run when I get back.