GPU challenge

[Bigred]

Our team on this project is currently at #72 for total credit. My gaol is to reach 100,000,000 and see where we are. For those of you on the team who are not running GPUs it appears that this project will run on older and less powerfull ones. This could be your chance to make a lot of credit without investing in new hardware.:D

Laurenu2 and JohnWayne the clock is ticking and your headstart will soon be over.
http://bestsmileys.com/cowboy1/19.gif

[LAURENU2]

Laurenu2 and JohnWayne the clock is ticking and your headstart will soon be over.

Not a head start :weggy:
It just takes me longer to set it up:umm:
Give the old fart a brake :geezer:

:Pokes:Bok Are you in on this:dunno:

100 Million points, thats is a lot points hope we can hit that mark

mmmm it took you 4 years to get to 178 Mil :evil:
And me even longer for 1/2 that:blush:

We better get the whips out :whip:

[JohnWayne]

Good thing GPU projects generate so many points.

The real question is how fast will we be able to move up the stats.:clap::clap:

[LAURENU2]

:Pokes:Bok Are you in on this:dunno:

We better get the whips out :whip:

Andy Brady just :train: Bok

:roadkill: Andy Brady is now in the teams #1 seat

[LAURENU2]

:guntotin::guntotin::guntotin:
Opportunities
Rank ........Team Score ..Average ......Daily Gain ...Days to Overtake
51 ...Dutch Power Cows ..3,897,768... 0 30,814........ 75.92

[Bigred]

Ok guys, times up.
http://bestsmileys.com/scared/8.gif
Ready or not here I come.
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BTW nice collection of milestones (http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=teammilestones&team=Free-DC) yesterday.:thumbs:

[enderak]

OK, for whatever they are worth, I'll throw in my two 4870's into the fray as well.

[enderak]

Does anyone else have problems with tasks erroring out? So far 2 out of 6 tasks have had errors. The application being used is "DNETC@Home v1.27 (ati14)" and I have 2x 4870's being used to crunch the tasks.

EDIT: I am on Vista 64-bit, and my driver version is 8.01.01.961... maybe a driver update is warranted, looks like the latest drivers are 10.something... :-/

[Bigred]

Does anyone else have problems with tasks erroring out? So far 2 out of 6 tasks have had errors. The application being used is "DNETC@Home v1.27 (ati14)" and I have 2x 4870's being used to crunch the tasks.

EDIT: I am on Vista 64-bit, and my driver version is 8.01.01.961... maybe a driver update is warranted, looks like the latest drivers are 10.something... :-/

I would start with updating the driver. I haven't had time to read through the message boards but I'll see what I can find. And thanks for helping out.:D

[Bigred]

We've moved up to #64 with 2,291,377 credits.
:bigtrain::bigtrain::bigtrain::bigtrain:
Looks (http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=teammilestones&team=Free-DC) like it's going to be another great day for milestones.
:clap::clap:

JohnWayne please move to the right and prepare to be passed. I'm trying to chase down Laurenu2. He can run but he can't hide.
http://bestsmileys.com/cars/2.gif

[enderak]

I looked through the message boards as well. It looks like some people have problems with various models/drivers/app. version combinations but nothing specific.

I've updated my drivers to the latest, so I'll see how it goes. I've heard some projects have issues with the newer drivers, but that doesn't seem to be the case with this project as far as I can tell.

Onward and upward! :D

[Bigred]

:guntotin::guntotin::guntotin:
Opportunities
Rank ........Team Score ..Average ......Daily Gain ...Days to Overtake
51 ...Dutch Power Cows ..3,897,768... 0 30,814........ 75.92

That's now down to 15.16 days.:spank:

[LAURENU2]

We've moved up to #64 with 2,291,377 credits.
:bigtrain::bigtrain::bigtrain::bigtrain:
Looks (http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=teammilestones&team=Free-DC) like it's going to be another great day for milestones.
:clap::clap:

JohnWayne please move to the right and prepare to be passed. I'm trying to chase down Laurenu2. He can run but he can't hide.
http://bestsmileys.com/cars/2.gif

Well it's all your fault Bigred you got me started with the GPU stuff
:guntotin:Well I Just got the last 5850 on-line now:thumbs:
So now it time to change fifth gear to OVERdrive
That should keep you off my :weggy: Until I can Order another 5850:lmao:

AND I Want:cow: Beef:cow: for the weekend BBQ :Pokes: BOK:Pokes:

[JohnWayne]

I have pulled over, but watch out, I may have absolutely no way to catch up.:dunno::whistle::banana::banana::banana:

I have had only one problem and that was with an Nvidia card. One GPU got stuck running it's first work unit. It was there for almost 9 hours with 0% done. I aborted, updated the drivers with the exact same driver and it has been fine since.

The odd thing I have noticed is that my ATI's take 26 and 30 minutes to complete a WU compared to my Nvidia's that take 9 minutes. Yet, my ATI's are out scoring the Nvidia's by 3 times. They must have combined multiple WU's because the ATI's are so fast.

[Bigred]

Run Lauren, run.
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Bok and Andy Brady bite the dust.
:train:

Bok you suggested this project. Where are you?http://bestsmileys.com/poking/3.gif

If I understand what I read, there are different WUs for different cards. There are smaller one for less capable cards that get about 1500 credits and larger ones for cards like the 5850 that get about 5000 credits.
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1,410,114 so far today. Possibly a new single project record.
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[LAURENU2]

Run Lauren, run.
http://bestsmileys.com/computer2/8.gif

Bok and Andy Brady bite the dust.
:train:

Bok you suggested this project. Where are you?http://bestsmileys.com/poking/3.gif

If I understand what I read, there are different WUs for different cards. There are smaller one for less capable cards that get about 1500 credits and larger ones for cards like the 5850 that get about 5000 credits.
http://bestsmileys.com/computer2/7.gif

1,410,114 so far today. Possibly a new single project record.http://bestsmileys.com/cheering/5.gif
Not Realy
PBToyz= 8,707,355 there doing 6.1 X our output
But give me a couple weeks and we will see

[Bigred]

Not Realy
PBToyz= 8,707,355 there doing 6.1 X our output
But give me a couple weeks and we will see

I was thinking about our team.
:guntotin:

[Bigred]

:guntotin::guntotin::guntotin:
Opportunities
Rank ........Team Score ..Average ......Daily Gain ...Days to Overtake
51 ...Dutch Power Cows ..3,897,768... 0 30,814........ 75.92

We should pass those cows sometime today. Currently we're at #60.
:train::train::train:

[Paladin*]

Not Really
PBToyz= 8,707,355 there doing 6.1 X our output
But give me a couple weeks and we will see

:cheers: ... It's hard to slow a Fast Train down ... :train:

[enderak]

Well, still having errors - so far 5 out of about 82 WU, so right around 6% error rate. Not sure what the deal is, but at least it still continues to crunch new WU's.

Looking at the WU's, other people are erroring out on them as well, so I'm guessing it's something wrong with the WU's themselves, not necessarily my computer/video cards.

[yoyo]

I wonder that here are no big complains regarding credit stealing against this project as it was in the past against me.
Is it because dnetc@home is paying much more credits?
Or what is different or better?
I'm a bit confused.
yoyo

[Bigred]

I wonder that here are no big complains regarding credit stealing against this project as it was in the past against me.
Is it because dnetc@home is paying much more credits?
Or what is different or better?
I'm a bit confused.
yoyo

I think you will find that the only one who complained is not involved in this challenge and has made no posts here. This was started to have a little fun and friendly competition. I don't know why you feel the need to turn this sour and I don't care.

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[Bigred]

OK Laurenu2, we've tipped the Cows.
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Team is at #52 4,114,989 credits.
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Which team should we shoot for next?

Laurenu2 your in luck for now. One of my 4890s isn't playing and I won't be able to do anything until Thursday. http://bestsmileys.com/video/1.gif

[Bigred]

One million done (http://dnetc.net/show_user.php?userid=1228) 99 to go.
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[enderak]

Well the team at the next big milestone, 10M, is BOINCstats - sounds like a decent goal before we start catching up to the big boys. :D

[LAURENU2]

OK Laurenu2, we've tipped the Cows.

I LOVE BEEF:blush:




Which team should we shoot for next?
All of them


Laurenu2 your in luck for now. One of my 4890s isn't playing and I won't be able to do anything until Thursday.
Well there go's your only hope of catching me :moon:

I am bringing a new 4850 that I got today on line now and more cards are on the way:guntotin:

Like I said I can fill up to 25 of my X2's with the HD cards
AC will be working in about a week

[LAURENU2]

:cheers: ... It's hard to slow a Fast Train down ... :train:

I can see right now I will have to ad a 2nd GPU tower just to Keep up with you:hair:
PoorBoy 8 MIL A DAY IS OUTSTANDING:thumbs:

[Bigred]

Well the team at the next big milestone, 10M, is BOINCstats - sounds like a decent goal before we start catching up to the big boys. :D

At our current rate we should hit 10,000,000 in about 3 days. Yesterday we did 1,813,563 and JohnWayne moved into third place.

:roadkill:

[Bigred]

Laurenu2 please move into the right lane. I should be passing you soon.
:clap::Pokes::guntotin::guntotin::Pokes::clap:

Rank--name--RAC--total
188 laurenu2 158,498 1,873,993
190 Bigred 159,358 1,806,911
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[LAURENU2]

:notworthy :yourock: I see you fixed yout down node :thumbs:

[Bigred]

:notworthy :yourock: I see you fixed yout down node :thumbs:

Nope, didn't happen. I haven't been to work yet. That machine runs for about two hours and then shuts down. I'll put the card in a different machine tomorrow and then we'll be smoking. The weather here has been cooler and the airconditioners can keep up. When it gets hot the cards throttle down and when it cools off they throttle back up.:D

I have one machine that has 3 GTX260s in it and I was think of replacing them with 4 HD5850s. That would double my output.
:guntotin::guntotin::guntotin:

[LAURENU2]

:woot: FedEx came with a 5830 that should balance things out
The next one should tip our output levels
8Th gear 2 more t0 go

[Bigred]

:woot: FedEx came with a 5830 that should balance things out
The next one should tip our output levels
8Th gear 2 more t0 go

:bang::bang::bang:Just when I was about to catch you. At least I got my wayward HD4890 crunching again.:clap:

Team has moved to #45 with 6,002,353 credits.:guntotin::guntotin:

Rank - Name - RAC - Total
168 - laurenu2 - 189,820 - 2,287,189
171 - Bigred - 192,190 - 2,237,050

2 Mil. done 98 to go.:eat:

[Bigred]

OK teammates here is your chance to join in. Unlike most GPU projects that require the latest and greatest this one runs on any Nvidia Cuda or ATI Cal graphics card. The following is a list from Nvidia.

GeForce 8, 9, 100, 200, 400-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB of local graphics memory.
GEFORCE DESKTOP PRODUCTS
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 470
GeForce GTX 295
GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 285 for Mac
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 275
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 220*
GeForce GT 340*
GeForce GT 330*
GeForce GT 320*
GeForce 315*
GeForce 310*
GeForce 210*
GeForce GTS 150
GeForce GT 130*
GeForce GT 120*
GeForce G100*
GeForce 9800 GX2 GeForce 9800 GTX+
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9600 GSO
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9500 GT
GeForce 9400GT
GeForce 8800 Ultra
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8800 GS
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 8400 GS
GeForce 9400 mGPU
GeForce 9300 mGPU
GeForce 8300 mGPU
GeForce 8200 mGPU
GeForce 8100 mGPU

GEFORCE NOTEBOOK PRODUCTS
GeForce GTX 285M
GeForce GTX 280M
GeForce GTX 260M
GeForce GTS 360M
GeForce GTS 350M
GeForce GTS 260M
GeForce GTS 250M
GeForce GTS 160M
GeForce GTS 150M
GeForce GT 335M
GeForce GT 330M
GeForce GT 325M
GeForce GT 240M
GeForce GT 230M
GeForce GT 130M
GeForce G210M
GeForce G110M
GeForce G105M
GeForce G102M
GeForce 310M
GeForce 305M
GeForce 9800M GTX GeForce 9800M GT
GeForce 9800M GTS
GeForce 9800M GS
GeForce 9700M GTS
GeForce 9700M GT
GeForce 9650M GS
GeForce 9600M GT
GeForce 9600M GS
GeForce 9500M GS
GeForce 9500M G
GeForce 9400M G
GeForce 9300M GS
GeForce 9300M G
GeForce 9200M GS
GeForce 9100M G
GeForce 8800M GTS
GeForce 8700M GT
GeForce 8600M GT
GeForce 8600M GS
GeForce 8400M GT
GeForce 8400M GS

I'm still looking for the ATI list. Questions, doubts or problems just let me know.:Pokes:

[Bigred]

Here is the ATI list.

ATI Radeon™ HD
5970
5870
5850
5830
5770
5750
5670
5570
5450
48902
4870 X22
48702
4850 X22
48502
48302
47702
46702
46502
45502
43502

ATI FirePro™
V8800
V87502
V87002
V7800
V77502
V5800
V57002
V4800
V3800
V37502

AMD FireStream™
92702
92502

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD
5870
5850
5830
5770
5750
5730
5650
5470
5450
5430
48702
48602
4850X22
48502
48302
46702
46502
4500 Series2
4300 Series2

ATI Mobility FirePro™
M7820
M77402
M5800

ATI Radeon™ Embedded
E4690 Discrete GPU2

:guntotin::guntotin::guntotin:

[LAURENU2]

:bang::bang::bang:Just when I was about to catch you. At least I got my wayward HD4890 crunching again.:clap:


Ya and you were this close :Hugger: to

Well you have a wee before my next expansion point good luck

But after the AC is in there will be no stopping me :guntotin:
I will have 18 slots to Fill with cards

I might even have a taste for a PoorBoy sandwich :eat:

[enderak]

Strange, last night I connected to my computer I've got running DNETC on via Windows Remote Desktop, did my thing, and disconnected with just as I always do. But then I come in this morning and since I disconnected, I've errored out on every task with no computation done at all. Now it says I've hit my daily quota of 400 tasks so I guess I'm not going to get any work done today. :-(

[Digital Parasite]

Strange, last night I connected to my computer I've got running DNETC on via Windows Remote Desktop, did my thing, and disconnected with just as I always do. But then I come in this morning and since I disconnected, I've errored out on every task with no computation done at all. Now it says I've hit my daily quota of 400 tasks so I guess I'm not going to get any work done today. :-(

Are you using an ATI card?

I have noticed the same thing on my system. I have an ATI 4870 and when I use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to that machine for whatever reason BOINC can no longer see the GPU. If you open BOINC and look at the message log you will see some kind of "Can't find GPU or lost GPU" error. When that happens every single task you have queued errors out. Once you log out of Windows Remote Desktop, the GPU is found again (most of the time) and assuming you didn't burn through your daily quota, you can keep going.

Any one else with ATI or NVIDIA experience this? I'm not sure if this is an ATI driver thing or a Windows Remote Desktop thing.

Jeff.

[alpha]

Yep, this happens for me with ATI/RDC also.

I've heard others say this doesn't happen with VNC.

[enderak]

Yes, this is with an ATI card (2x 4870's).

In my message log, there's a message when I logged in says GPU has become unusable, and then a message when I logged off saying GPU has become usable followed by the erroring tasks.

[Bigred]

Laurenu2, it looks like you're going to keep the lead. I tried my HD4890 in a different machine today and it dies after 3 to 4 hours.:mad: Looks like it's time to RMA it. At least it has a lifetime warranty.:D

I guess I'll just have to take it easy for a while.:couchsleep:

[LAURENU2]

:trash: Ya I hate when that happens :mad:

[LAURENU2]

Laurenu2, it looks like you're going to keep the lead.
Well for this GPU challenge Bigred your the leader right now with 266,214 points
I started 1.5 days before to make sure it all worked and made 400K
I Guess I will have to :whip: my Nodes to go faster

[Bigred]

Well for this GPU challenge Bigred your the leader right now with 266,214 points
I started 1.5 days before to make sure it all worked and made 400K
I Guess I will have to :whip: my Nodes to go faster

Your dominance is now assured. I came to work this morning and found that my HD5850 is dead. :mad:
It didn't even last 2 weeks.:bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang:

That is about 300,000 a day I'll be missing and if you figure they will be gone for 2 weeks that adds up to about 4.2 million.http://bestsmileys.com/frustrated/7.gif

Now for the good news. Team is now at #38 with 8,440,090 credits.:thumbs:

I've got 3 Mil. done and 97 to go.:cool:
I think I'll just have to chill out till the cards come back.:couchsleep:

[Bigred]

Game is back on.:D




My supplier replaced the HD5850 with a new one since I had it less than 2 weeks.:thumbs:





My Hd4890 is on its way and should be back in about 2 weeks.:cool:





Now for the good news, I passed Laurenu2 today. I don't know how long it will last but for now I'm ahead of him.

Rank - Name - RAC - Total
146 - Bigred - 263,907 - 3,290,486
147 - laurenu2 - 255,535 - 3,282,921
:clap::rotfl::clap::rotfl::clap:

Team is at #34 with 9,215,890
:guntotin:

[LAURENU2]

........Bigred
:allhail:

:guntotin: :guntotin: :guntotin:

[JohnWayne]

DNETC is down for maintenance. My GPUs will be out of work in less than an hour.:hair::hair::hair:

[Bigred]

Well it's still broke.:mad:
It didn't do me a lot of good to get that replacement HD5850.:hair:
It was probably Laurenu2 trying to catch up that caused this.:Pokes:


Rank - Name - RAC - Total
127 - Bigred - 284,654 - 3,762,070
145 - laurenu2 - 237,187 - 3,353,988
233 - JohnWayne - 89,554 - 1,255,003

Team is at #31 with 9,925,893 credits.:thumbs:

Looks like nothing to do now but have a drink and wait for them to fix it.:bar:

[Bigred]

Work seems to be flowing again.:D

[Angus]

I wonder that here are no big complains regarding credit stealing against this project as it was in the past against me.
Is it because dnetc@home is paying much more credits?
Or what is different or better?
I'm a bit confused.
yoyo

Nie wiem :confused: ;)

[LAURENU2]

Well it's still broke.:mad:
It didn't do me a lot of good to get that replacement HD5850.:hair:
It was probably Laurenu2 trying to catch up that caused this.:Pokes:


Rank - Name - RAC - Total
127 - Bigred - 284,654 - 3,762,070
145 - laurenu2 - 237,187 - 3,353,988
233 - JohnWayne - 89,554 - 1,255,003

Team is at #31 with 9,925,893 credits.:thumbs:

Looks like nothing to do now but have a drink and wait for them to fix it.:bar:
Ya can't blame everything on me Bigred :guntotin: My DSL line to the Garage
It Was down before you overtook me I just got it back today Look at my output

And now 20% of my nodes will not wake up:hair:
I have vary little Time to give CPR

[Bigred]

Ya can't blame everything on me Bigred :guntotin: My DSL line to the Garage
It Was down before you overtook me I just got it back today Look at my output

And now 20% of my nodes will not wake up:hair:
I have vary little Time to give CPR

I have no doubt you will pass me soon enough. In the meantime I will run like hell.http://bestsmileys.com/lol/4.gif


Here are some numbers from this morning.

Rank - Name - RAC - Total
107 - Bigred - 359,838 - 4,578,250
143 - laurenu2 - 251,924 - 3,543,632
233 - JohnWayne - 90,286 - 1,271,577


Team is at #34 with 10,887,533 credits.
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I've got 4 Mil. done and 96 to go.
http://bestsmileys.com/mooners/2.gif

http://bestsmileys.com/mothersday/1.gif

[LAURENU2]

Ya like you were right when you said you were NOT going to take the lead
And here your giving me the http://www.free-dc.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1277&stc=1&d=1273418103Saying I will pass you soon enough:lmao:

[Bigred]

Ya like you were right when you said you were NOT going to take the lead
And here your giving me the http://www.free-dc.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1277&stc=1&d=1273418103Saying I will pass you soon enough:lmao:

Considering that you output is about 200,000 more than mine, it won't be long. Then again I've got my local witch doctor working on more problems for you.
http://www.manitousys.com/media/Witch_Doctor.jpg

I told him he did a good job with the DSL outage but he really screwed up when he took down the whole project for a day. Anything else that happens you can blame on us.:jester:

Some numbers for today.

Team is at #28 with 13,428,507 credits. We should pass Boincstats and AMD users today.:thumbs:

Rank - Name - RAC - Total
90 - Bigred - 412,448 - 5,645,607
108 - laurenu2 - 337,104 - 4,808,497
219 - JohnWayne - 101,519 - 1,521,682

[LAURENU2]

:punpolice:


Considering that you output is about 200,000 more than mine, it won't be long. Then again I've got my local witch doctor working on more problems for you.
http://www.manitousys.com/media/Witch_Doctor.jpg

I told him he did a good job with the DSL outage but he really screwed up when he took down the whole project for a day. Anything else that happens you can blame on us.:jester:



So you and your witch doctor are the ones that sent me this Darn Win32 Virus
It has infected all the PC's on 1 DSL Network
And I have tried everything I know to get it fixed But it keeps coming back

:help:Any body here good with Virus :notworthy

[LAURENU2]

I see we have Killer Frogs on the menu for the weekend :bar:
I hear they taste like chicken:lmao:
I will have to start to pass out the :roadkill: signs


:hair:I think I will have to wipe Every computer in the house because of this virus:wife: Darn kids:evil:

[Bigred]

:punpolice:



So you and your witch doctor are the ones that sent me this Darn Win32 Virus
It has infected all the PC's on 1 DSL Network
And I have tried everything I know to get it fixed But it keeps coming back

:help:Any body here good with Virus :notworthy

You're not going to like this.:eek:

The most effective way to get rid of this one (it's really nasty) is to wipe the drives. First shut all of the infected machines down. Disconnect them from the network. Use the drive manufacturers utilies to write 0s to the entire drive and then reinstall the OS. It's time consuming and a pain in the A$$ but it is the only 100% sure way I know to get rid of it. If you fail to shut down every infected machine on the network it will just pass from machine to machine and you will be in an endless loop.

You may want to consider Dotsch Linux which is preconfigured for Boinc and supports both ATI and Nvidia. I'm going to start using it on all new builds.

I'll tell the witchdoctor he over did it this time.

[Bigred]

I feel it's only fair to tell you guys that I've pulled the plug on this project for now. If you want to know why, read the other thread. If they can resolve the issues I have then I'll be back.

Laurenu2 should still have his frog legs in a few days and I've called off the witch doctor. This should save you some money since you won't need to buy anymore GPUs to keep ahead of me.:p

I've put the ATIs back on MW and the Nvidias are back at Collatz.

[JohnWayne]

I guess I'm out also.

[LAURENU2]

If I would have known this was connected with :machgun:distributed.net :sniper:
I would have said NO from the start:mad: