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11-03-2010, 04:32 PM
trn

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Originally Posted by shoota

all it should really take is one big player to pick a standard and then everyone would go for that. problem is, i don't wcg is a big enough player to pull that off..

A big player would be... maybe Nvidia devoting some of their software engineers to work with a project and develop a Cuda app with them. If Nvidia really wants to drive GGPU like they keep saying it might be worth of them to start look at more aggressively helping to create Apps that can use their GPU's. (But if we really are going to look at it like that then they would be working with Adobe or Apple for Final Cut Pro or something where businesses could suddenly have a much wider use for GGPU's besides drawing a windows desktop :rofl:.)

I wonder if GGPU could actually process a widely parallel server task such as a database server or web-server. It kinda makes a little sense, both of those server task take only a little processing power, are independent. A large database or webserver can get a large amount of these small request all at once. (Good luck getting Intel to give up their grip on that cash cow though :rofl:)
11-03-2010, 05:13 PM
WFO

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Originally Posted by trn

A big player would be... maybe Nvidia devoting some of their software engineers to work with a project and develop a Cuda app with them. If Nvidia really wants to drive GGPU like they keep saying it might be worth of them to start look at more aggressively helping to create Apps that can use their GPU's. (But if we really are going to look at it like that then they would be working with Adobe or Apple for Final Cut Pro or something where businesses could suddenly have a much wider use for GGPU's besides drawing a windows desktop :rofl:.)

I wonder if GGPU could actually process a widely parallel server task such as a database server or web-server. It kinda makes a little sense, both of those server task take only a little processing power, are independent. A large database or webserver can get a large amount of these small request all at once. (Good luck getting Intel to give up their grip on that cash cow though :rofl:)

I've only been here 3 days but why isn't gpugrid considerd WCG? :shrug: It's an option on install.
11-03-2010, 05:13 PM
slaveondope

XtremeSystems 17,737,086
:clap:
11-03-2010, 05:15 PM
D_A

No, it's a separate project. GPUGrid is not a part of World Community Grid.
The BOINC client is capable of running multiple, unrelated projects including having separate projects on your CPU and GPU at the same time.
11-03-2010, 05:15 PM
sRHunt3r

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Originally Posted by slaveondope

XtremeSystems 17,737,086
:clap:

Another great day team .... Keep pushing :clap::clap:
11-03-2010, 05:19 PM
Adhmuz

Good stuff, but we still need to break 20 mil. Today was my best day yet 50,090! Not bad for an i7 and a Core 2 Duo.
11-03-2010, 05:21 PM
slaveondope

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Originally Posted by Adhmuz

Good stuff, but we still need to break 20 mil. Today was my best day yet 50,090! Not bad for an i7 and a Core 2 Duo.

Thats very good indeed:yepp: Glad to have you and crunch on:up:
11-03-2010, 05:23 PM
Sparky

Just got my next cruncher online! Athlon X4 640. I have Bobsama to thank for suckering me into that by posting those deal links :shakes: :rofl: I think from here out I need to look at upgrading/replacing crunchers, not just adding. Like, replace the dual cores with quads (or better, heh I wish). Power usage may get too much otherwise. Electricity costs that annoying thing called money after all :p:
11-03-2010, 05:28 PM
slaveondope

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Originally Posted by Sparky

Just got my next cruncher online! Athlon X4 640. I have Bobsama to thank for suckering me into that by posting those deal links :shakes: :rofl: I think from here out I need to look at upgrading/replacing crunchers, not just adding. Like, replace the dual cores with quads (or better, heh I wish). Power usage may get too much otherwise. Electricity costs that annoying thing called money after all :p:

:yepp: I see 3 duals you could sell off and put that funding towards an i7 depending on if/who uses those though:shrug:
Increase ppd and lower atleast one of those monthly cycles we all hate:D
11-03-2010, 05:33 PM
Sparky

The one dual core, the parent's PC, I have no control over hardware-wise. It isn't my PC, I didn't pay for it, and for email and internet the dual core is enough for them. Nice thing is, even at full load with WCG that CPU runs pretty cool and quiet even with stock cooling. Parents like how quiet it is, I like that they allow me to run WCG on their PC. Doesn't affect their power bill enough to worry about either.

The other two, yeah, those I could do something about. But they cost me next to nothing to put together (the one is actually an HP machine). I know I could easily drop a 775 quad into the one, but I don't think the HP is very upgradable, so that I'd probably see about fixing the chassis issues and selling it (that's why I got it for nothing, the chassis is damaged a bit). Not sure how sellable the gigabyte 775 board is on the one because its got a memory latch missing on one of the slots, and the PCIe latch missing. That's how I got it free as well :p:
11-03-2010, 05:38 PM
D_A

Free is good! :up:
11-03-2010, 05:40 PM
lahn

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Originally Posted by D_A

The BOINC client is capable of running multiple, unrelated projects including having separate projects on your CPU and GPU at the same time.

did not know that, just removed other projects that aren't WGC :(:(

should at least double my ppd :yepp:
11-03-2010, 05:41 PM
slaveondope

Free is best ask Dave about the mysterious 12 thread beast in his dear mothers pc:rofl:
11-03-2010, 05:43 PM
Sparky

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Originally Posted by D_A

Free is good! :up:

Haha yeah, my boss laughs when slightly/moderately damaged hardware comes into work to be pitched. I look over the stuff like a hawk with the look of a kid in a candy store, or so he says :ROTF:
11-03-2010, 05:46 PM
D_A

Oh I'd be all over that like white on rice, too! :up:
11-03-2010, 06:18 PM
shoota

yeah color me green. that's a hardware enthusiast's :banana::banana::banana::banana: shoppe lol
11-03-2010, 07:12 PM
MrMojoZ

Needs more points! Got the wife's PII 955 online tonight though, I'm sure that'll push us over the 20 mil mark.
11-03-2010, 07:53 PM
Movieman

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Originally Posted by sRHunt3r

Another great day team .... Keep pushing :clap::clap:

:up:Get out those whips and PUSH those doggies!:up:
11-03-2010, 09:27 PM
pirogue

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Originally Posted by Movieman

:up:Get out those whips and PUSH those doggies!:up:

I pushed mine :dog: to a new record, at least according to the official WCG keeper of "days"--371,657 (53,093).

What's everyone else's excuse?:shrug:;)
11-03-2010, 09:29 PM
D_A

OS crash on my P4. Loaded Linux and got it up again in about an hour though.
11-03-2010, 09:31 PM
Movieman

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Originally Posted by pirogue

I pushed mine :dog: to a new record, at least according to the official WCG keeper of "days"--371,657 (53,093).

What's everyone else's excuse?:shrug:;)

My kind of guy! :buddies:
11-03-2010, 09:48 PM
slaveondope

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Should I give her more captain?:shrug::hehe:
11-03-2010, 09:53 PM
Movieman

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Originally Posted by slaveondope

Should I give her more captain?:shrug::hehe:

No..:rofl:
11-03-2010, 10:04 PM
slaveondope

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Originally Posted by Movieman

No..:rofl:

WHAT!?:eek:
I cant hear you captain Ive disabled the gpu's phasers to redirect their cooling to the main core but I dont think she can hold ....

:explode2:
11-03-2010, 10:14 PM
Movieman

Drop it back, no good to anyone if you overheat it and melt the cpu..

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