Message boards : Graphics cards (GPUs) : Problems with Boinc 6.6.2
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Currently one Wu is running. And I want to have a second one. CPU-Usage is at 100 percent for my Dual-Core. | |
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MarkJ  Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 24 Dec 08 Posts: 738 Credit: 200,909,904 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications       | |
Currently one Wu is running. And I want to have a second one. CPU-Usage is at 100 percent for my Dual-Core. The last line would suggest that it doesn't think you'll be able to finish it in time. Do you have a slow graphics card and/or a big cache setting? ____________ BOINC blog | |
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I use a 8800GTS512@760/1900/100. Fast enough. So what do you mean with big cache setting? | |
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 Paul D. BuckSend message Joined: 9 Jun 08 Posts: 1050 Credit: 37,321,185 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications | |
I use a 8800GTS512@760/1900/100. Fast enough. So what do you mean with big cache setting? How big is your work cache setting? Your work buffer settings as set in preferences. Resource share can also play a part because BOINC Manager may not be correctly distinguishing between GPU resource allocations and CPU allocations. This is supposed to be one of the fixes in the 6.6.x series, but, it is a work in progress. To this point, I think most of us have settled in on 6.5.0 as being the best compromise ... at least, I have seen no major complaints and it is the version I am using ... You may have to delve into the archive to get this version as it was not one of the recommended versions. ____________ | |
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Maintain enough work for an additional | |
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester  Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications | |
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Is the projected run time of your one GPU-WU way off? | |
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No, it takes 6.8 Hours to finish it. While 6 Hours are elapsed to reach 55 %. | |
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MarkJ Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 24 Dec 08 Posts: 738 Credit: 200,909,904 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
Maintain enough work for an additional Under previous incarnations of BOINC it used to add the cache size (10 days in your case) and check the deadline, before downloading the wu. As GPUgrid has 4 day deadlines that means unless you have a smaller number in the cache setting (say 3 days) it won't think its able to finish in time. I said "previous incarnation" because they changed the whole work-fetch stuff in 6.6.2 so it may not work that way any more. ____________ BOINC blog | |
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Rabinovitch  Send message Joined: 25 Aug 08 Posts: 143 Credit: 64,937,578 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications  | |
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http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=3542&nowrap=true#22631 | |
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Paul D. Buck Send message Joined: 9 Jun 08 Posts: 1050 Credit: 37,321,185 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
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My first thought is to suggest to revert to 6.5.0 which I have had the best luck with ... you should be able to access it thiough the archive link on the DL page. | |
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Rabinovitch Send message Joined: 25 Aug 08 Posts: 143 Credit: 64,937,578 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
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I just rolled back to 6.4.5. Now I am not in good feel to something else. If it doesn't work, I don't need it. | |
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GDF Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 14 Mar 07 Posts: 1957 Credit: 629,356 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications | |
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newer version of the client like 6.6.2 are probably not 100% compatible with the server version of GPUGRID. We will do a project update next week. I hope that it will be smooth for users with older clients. | |
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MarkJ Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 24 Dec 08 Posts: 738 Credit: 200,909,904 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
newer version of the client like 6.6.2 are probably not 100% compatible with the server version of GPUGRID. We will do a project update next week. I hope that it will be smooth for users with older clients. I'd probably hold off a bit on that. It would seem the server side changes at seti are causing too much work fetch, even when set to NNW in the client. It does this to both new and old BOINC clients (reports of 5.10.45, 6.2.19 and 6.6.2). ____________ BOINC blog | |
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Now it's running good. I removed everything via deinstall and manual deletion of directories. Before I tried the 6.5.0, where I had to pause the other projects to getting work for GPU-Grid. The Boinc Beta-Versions are the biggest zone of error, obviously. Since 2 month of manual updating, which is very annoying, the project runs fine on my 2 pc's, now. If I had more pc's or faster systems, it would be quite safe to become insane in this time. | |
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