Gives me a few weeks to consider that 980X.
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Gives me a few weeks to consider that 980X.
With GPUGrid, I believe you can choose how much CPU and GPU usage you use - The WCG BOINC program does not utilize GPGPU, but the GPUGrid BOINC program does, AFAIK.Quote:
Originally Posted by RejZoR
ok i should be able to donate my 3Ghz Q8200 for the week, just a quick question does WCG use much internet cos i can only download 25GB a month and don't really want to see too much of that disappear.
well, Movieman, you've convinced me. Loading BOINC on my lappy and PhII 940 @3.5ghz right now :) Also should have my 790x and 965BE here by the end of the week to contribute. :)
I didn't miss it, not even possible....got the email twice since it turns out I'm somehow registered with two different emails.
Either way, I joined with my work pc and when I get home I'll join with my 2 pc's at home too :) I'll probably have to lower clocks a bit since 24/7 100% load might get a bit hot :D
You know, that's got me thinking. Is a Pentium Pro 180 fast enough to even turn around a WU in a week? I've got one I could put onto crunching in addition to an X4 955, dual Opteron 2427 (paused at the moment because I'm maxing my SmartUPS 1500), and E8400.
Awesome to see so many on board :up:
I'm in, I've just set up a Pentium 3 517 or somthing. 2.93GHz with HT. Tonight I'll try to add an AthlonXP if possible. Oh, and a few friends are joining the team..... Permanently :D
Hi guys,
I am new to this forum, allthough I have been reading for quite a while. I like your Idea and if there are no prerequisites (besides a computer to crunch of course) I would love to spend my rig for this week.
Just one question because I am not reading this out of the WCG-tutorial thread (maybe I just missed it): could I shut down the computer within this week of crunching or would it ruin your project? Because I'm not 100% sure I can run it the whole week 24/7.
You can if you have to, but then we'll have to find you and things might get messy :rofl: If you can help it, keep the machine on. It's not TOO large a train smash if you shut down :)
Right before I shut down I go into my project manager and just suspend the project, just in case to freeze the tasks. Don't forget though the quicker you get the tasks done you get a time bonus for points :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Calef
GPUGrid supports only NVIDIA based graphic cards = sux Besides, i don't think they count as WCG...
I expect boinc is lower priority or can be set that way, it shouldnt interefereQuote:
Originally Posted by saint-francis
Define CPU intensive task? I leave WCG running while I game on BC2 and it has no effect.
That's why it's called "idle computing". It works on free CPU left. So while you game, only like 1-10% of CPU is left free. So while you're gaming, these programs will make significantly less work, but they will not interfer with the games. Much. There is slight difference if you run it while gaming, but nothing big.
I have a question. How much work would it take to port WCG to GPGPU?
Im planning on putting my Quad and GTX 285 on WCG to help out...:up:
I love the amount of new people we have gotten in the last day! To all you nubs :P Hello and welcome to WCG the best place on earth.
:welcome: and thanks for the help everyone! :clap:
So will it be alright to advertise this on local forums?
I will be adding my lowly Q6600 for the week.
WCG can not make use of GPU but will handle all the CPU cores you can throw at it :yepp:
You do not need the WCG version of BOINC, you can use any version you like, if you have a 64 bit system use 64 bit BOINC.
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php
Bandwidth usage is fairly small for WCG, It should not crimp anyone's ISP plan.
WCG runs at "Low" priority in Windows so any other processing will take precedence. Unless it is causing a problem, leave it be.
IMPORTANT ... the standard WCG profile will only run your rig at 60% ... 100% is better ...
to change your default profile on the WCG website ...
1. https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.or...o?name=Default
2. log in and click on the "Custom Profile" option
3. in the very first section "Basic Options"
4. make sure to set "Use no more than: % of processor time" to 100.
thx for clearing that up. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Snow Crash
one more thing. on the download page it says that 6.10.45 is a "Development version" and that it's only to be used for testing. i've been running this version for some hours now and completed some stuff already. does this count or are the results from experimental versions discarded?
Nope, just means there may be issues - usually there aren't though. They just like to test new features etc. before incorporating them into the "recommended" client versions.
I checked that and didn't see anything and closed it. You will need to do more than that to get regular people like me to try this. In short order you need to link a file and describe what to do with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
i just followed that link like five minutes ago and got it up and running. the only thing is that i didn't find a way to install a 64-bit version. How do i do that?Quote:
Originally Posted by bamtan2