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  1. 12-20-2008, 06:11 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by BulldogPO View Post
    At last CUDA is workin trough BOINC!
    http://boinc.berkeley.edu/cuda.php
    http://www.gpugrid.net/science.php



    Hey guys, run this on your GPU's (nV only at the moment) until WCG gets with the program

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  2. 12-20-2008, 06:27 PM #2
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  3. 12-20-2008, 06:29 PM #3
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    I seem to remember hearing that they were going to get with the program and start putting CUDA capability in their stuff as well ... eventually.

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  4. 12-20-2008, 07:08 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by STEvil View Post
    http://www.gpugrid.net/science.php



    Hey guys, run this on your GPU's (nV only at the moment) until WCG gets with the program
    Help me out with how to do this. I run it as another project in CUDA Boinc 6.4.5, right? Do I simply attach like I did for WCG?

    I'm assuming I can run both WCG and this at the same time, right? I'll have to see how much it slows WCG down by crunching the vid card.

    Does Xtreme have a team on GPUGRID I need to join?

    Sorry for the 20 questions....

    I'll give it a whirl. I have an 8800GTX that needs some work...
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  5. 12-20-2008, 07:10 PM #5
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    Honestly I dont know, I havent tried yet as my motherboard decided to blow up. When I get it back together with my backup board i'll toss in my 8800GTS/G92 and see if I can make anything happen.

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    I'm pretty sure XS has a gpugrid team because I was going to join it with my 9600gt.
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  7. 12-20-2008, 08:43 PM #7
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    OK, did some playing around. I went over to GPUgrid, found our Xtreme team ranked 71st.



    Here's who is on the team. I added myself afterwards, of course...


    Got all excited and installed 6.4.5 on my only machine that was listed as barely compatible. (My expensive 8800GTX won't even play here...)

    Attached to GPUgrid project just like we attach to WCG.

    These are the messages I got back from GPUGrid.....on both the 8800GTX and the 8600GTS.


    This was on my 8800GTX, which is not supposed to be capable. I got the same messages on my 8600GTS card, which is supposed to be able barely run it anyway.

    EDIT: Well, stupid me The machine I thought had the 8600GS actually had the old 7100 card.....Oopps! I knew I was tired last night... I threw 6.4.5 on the machine that has the 8600GS, connected to CPUGRID and it took off. Now crunching on the GPU. Right at the moment, I'm only attached to gpugrid because I want to see how it behaves without WCG masking it. I can say that it makes your video (at least on this 8600) rather jerky when you try to do other tasks. It doesn't seem to "hide" like WCG does. For gamers this means suspending the project when you are gaming.... A small trade-off for getting more crunching done. I'll post more detailed analysis in a bit, when it settles in and I can take some screenies. 2ND EDIT: You can suspend project automatically when computer is in use on the gpugrid preferences page. I'll see how this works. END EDIT:

    Hmmm, does not look promising but I'm not about to stop there. I'll try getting new drivers and such. There is a sub-forum for nVidia cards over there that seems to show some promise. Some folks are even having this same issue with high end cards so there must be some growing pains going on. I'll do the research tomorrow. I may be able to get one card running at least.

    BTW, the SH2 project they have looks sort of interesting.

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  8. 12-20-2008, 10:54 PM #8
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    I think CUDA requires an installer that doesnt come with the driver package.

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  9. 12-21-2008, 02:58 AM #9
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    Well, i joined, and my 8800gt 1gb seems to be working fine.
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    Good to see you guys diversifying to use more hardware !

    And there's still Folding @ Home for you to use your GPUs on, ATI & NVidia !

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  11. 12-21-2008, 11:40 AM #11
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  12. 12-21-2008, 02:12 PM #12
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    Always happy to further my crunching addiction......emmm...errr.....my contribution....

    For the others, Naja is the "DDT" of xtreme gpugrid team stats right now. With only 9 team members, it should be easy to get into the top ten for some of you. The only hardware I have capable of running is a 8600GTS, for now.

    This will put new considerations into my cruncher builds if this co-exists nicely with WCG. I can see a high end graphic card(s) in each machine. (And it could damage my bank account too. )

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  13. 12-21-2008, 05:03 PM #13
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    Speaking of DDTung, where is he ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 123bob View Post

    For the others, Naja is the "DDT" of xtreme gpugrid team stats right now.

    I'm actually down to 25% (1 Gpu) atm. Just need to get off my lazy @zz and get a few things straightened out......

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    The problem is using 7 cores of my I7 920 is no problem. I still can use my computer for everything which uses up to 1 core. The computer will get slow when using the GPU even if you leave many cores unused idle. The GPU does the most of the working.

    Rule: leave at least 1 core CPU + 1 core GPU idle. If you can not then 1 GPU core will be enough for system instability.

    If you have 2 to 4 GPU's great, 1 for the system and 3 for the GPUGrid.
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  16. 12-22-2008, 08:04 AM #16
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    i'm waiting for asus 9800gtx+ dark knight and then will put current 9600gt 100% available for GPUGrid
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    What about a GTX280?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martijn View Post
    What about a GTX280?
    As far as I can tell on the gpugrid forum, that's the "i7" of GPU crunching right now.

    What I'm going to start asking over there is what the ppd for various cards is. I'm going to be looking for the equivalent of the Q6600 for the "sweet spot" on cost versus performance.

    First I need to re-assure myself that it can co-exist with WCG properly. I'm not sure how far I will take this new form of the "addiction".

    .....and I thought you were off skiing in Switzerland? How is that going?

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    GpuGrid

    Ok, been giving this go with 2 8800gt 1gb and a 9600gt 512mb, seems i`m loosing some points in wcg, but the gains in GpuGrid,wow, a 8800gt will produce 3200 points a day and the 9600gt 2400 points, not bad, i mite loose a thousand in wcg,though. I also have put a 8600gt on folding home. The three computers on GpuGrid gets abit choppy with wcg, but folding home runs fine with wcg. Not many members on the Gpu team yet, so climbing will be fast and furious,lol. Some off the tasks on one machine has also errored out, looking into that. So if youre looking at boinc combined score, GpuGrid really pays off. But .........i hate loosing wcg points, ill run it for a week and two to evaluate, then ill make up my mind about it. (dont try too run games with this in the background, wont be fun)
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    Oh, Great, Now I have to watch my back in F@H from you too Just one HD4870 here though so no much of a PPD maker.

    Might as well run Dimes and MJ12 and just chase me all around



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    Quote Originally Posted by [XC] mysticmerlin View Post
    Oh, Great, Now I have to watch my back in F@H from you too Just one HD4870 here though so no much of a PPD maker.

    Might as well run Dimes and MJ12 and just chase me all around
    lOL, A 8600gt can`t make more than a hd4870,now,can it?
    And hmm, dimes and mj12, considering,lol,no, dont worry my friend, and i`m not chasing you in wcg anymore, you and youre darn collective is strong. But ill race you in gpugrid, how about it?
    Anyone here that have some tips and results,ppd and such, please post here.
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    Is GPUgrid still limited to Unix?

    EDIT: AAAHAHAHAHAH it now windows also!!! http://www.gpugrid.net/apps.php

    EDIT2: Won't run on my 8800 GTX. Idiots. lol
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