Everything You Need To Know About World Community Grid/BOINC

[Blackstare]

Hi from Guatemala, I just joined the cause, currently crunching on Intel 8300, but when I get home I'll put the i7 to good use!

[LuxZg]

Hey everyone.. I've just read the "invite" to the project, and said - what the hell, I'll try to do what I can. I've been setting up a small server which is currently waiting for some testing and such (which ain't gonna happen that soon due to lack of time), and it's nice i7 machine, sitting turned off for a month already, and going to waste :P So I'd run a client on it, but I do have a question.. Opening post says something about x64 clients, but I don't see where to get one. WCG homepage got me just a normal x86 version. I'm not crazy about digging around trying to find any.. so could you just give me a link to best x64, multi-threaded client out there, that's easy to setup in few minutes and leave on for next several weeks?

Oh, and btw, 90% of pictures in OP are saying they've been removed.. sooo... instructions are all gone :P Fix it pls?

(gonna have to OC that CPU.. but have almost no time to tinker with it too much.. any "safe bet" OCs for i7 920 with stock cooler in nice big ventilated case? .. I mean... as safe as it can be ROFL! )

[sierra_bound]

Welcome to all the new members.

You can find the 64-bit BOINC client here. Use the "recommended version". The "development version" is a beta and may have issues.

Once you get the client going, you don't have to do anything more. It will automatically download new work units and upload completed ones. You just have to leave your machine on 24/7. Of course, the client will stop working once you shut down your machine. It will automatically resume where it left off once you are back on the desktop.

[Mydog]

Hi I've just joined, crunching on i7-980x @4,2GHz and setting up an i7 920 @4,0GHz and maybe a couple of 775 PC's to help the cause. Does memory bandwith play a part in the crunching?
It seems to me that I have four projects going can I add more if so how?

Edit! Got twelve workers now so everything looks fine, to bad I can't use the GPU's to.

[sierra_bound]

Hi I've just joined, crunching on i7-980x @4,2GHz and setting up an i7 920 @4,0GHz and maybe a couple of 775 PC's to help the cause. Does memory bandwith play a part in the crunching?
It seems to me that I have four projects going can I add more if so how?

Edit! Got twelve workers now so everything looks fine, to bad I can't use the GPU's to.

Thanks for joining.

Memory bandwidth and timings generally don't make a difference. CPU speed is what will determine how many points you generate per day. You will generate approximately 10% more points/day using the 64-bit client.

The number of threads your CPU has also makes a difference. If, for example, you have a hexa-core CPU with 12 threads, you can process 12 work units at the same time. Many people here also use dual socket boards. Movieman has been testing an EVGA board that can run two Westmere chips. That's a total of 24 threads.

You can add or subtract projects. Go to your My Grid page at WCG site. On the left side, click on "Device Manager", then "Default". That will take you to a "Device Profiles" page. You'll see a list of available projects. Some members crunch only one project, while others do all of them.

[GullLars]

I'll join in for the supercomputer week, although just with a Phenom x4 9850BE (2,5-2,8Ghz), and maybe with my laptop with C2D @ 2Ghz. I could have been a lot more help if GPU were supported with my ATI 4870x2.
Since we're going for aggregate flops, everything will help, right? :P

I already have BOINC installed, but have forgot where i change the team affiliation. Could anyone help me out with a link or pm with instructions?

[GullLars]

I'll join in for the supercomputer week, although just with a Phenom x4 9850BE (2,5-2,8Ghz), and maybe with my laptop with C2D @ 2Ghz. I could have been a lot more help if GPU were supported with my ATI 4870x2.
Since we're going for aggregate flops, everything will help, right? :P

I already have BOINC installed, but have forgot where i change the team affiliation. Could anyone help me out with a link or pm with instructions?

[sierra_bound]

I'll join in for the supercomputer week, although just with a Phenom x4 9850BE (2,5-2,8Ghz), and maybe with my laptop with C2D @ 2Ghz. I could have been a lot more help if GPU were supported with my ATI 4870x2.
Since we're going for aggregate flops, everything will help, right? :P

I already have BOINC installed, but have forgot where i change the team affiliation. Could anyone help me out with a link or pm with instructions?

Go to this page. Click where it says "join this team".

[techgeek]

I suppose when I get back from work I could switch over a couple of computers to XS' team for the time being. I am with Crunchers Inc, but could help you guys out for a while. Don't have too much to contribute, one E6700 (@ stock) and a Q6600 @ 3.2GHz. I generate between 10K to 15k a day (WCG points not BOINC points).

[Fixt00l]

So this is only for a week then, what next? When do we start, I do not understand anything...

[sierra_bound]

So this is only for a week then, what next? When do we start, I do not understand anything...

This is to demonstrate how much computing power there is at XS. Of course, you are welcome to keep crunching after one week.

Some of the participants in WCG are universities and other institutions that use supercomputers. We want to show that we have as much computing power here as they do. We can create a "super virtual computer" by having all the PC's (and Macs) here working in concert to perform very large tasks. This is the power of grid or distributed computing.

[Tristor]

Does anybody happen to know if GPGPU is supported by WCG? I've got an 8800GTX in one box with CUDA support and 2xHD5770 CFX in another box with OpenCL support. At any rate, I'm in with a 3.8GHz i5-750, a 3.0GHz Q6600, and (if I get it working again in time) a 3.0GHz E4500.

Edit: I just realized this was my first post after 2 years of lurking.

[Alen43]

Is it possible to run this program throught some remote access over internet? Something like team viewer. So that I can even from rebooted or shut down state bring computer to OS?(that does not depend on ip address). I'm studying in another country and workstation computer is sitting at home and collecting dust and rust. :-). So, I really want to contribute. Any tutorial will help for setting this up (remote access, not WCG or BOINC). I don't like to explain to parents what-how to do because they can only unplug from city power grid. Thanks Movieman for email!!!

[LuxZg]

Welcome to all the new members.

You can find the 64-bit BOINC client here. Use the "recommended version". The "development version" is a beta and may have issues.

Downloaded, and will be crunching tonight, and hopefully overclocked tomorrow.. and as long as I can

EDIT: One more question, if I'm running same client with same user on several computers, do I need to setup anything extra, or do I just login with same username in them all, and they're smart enough to know not to interfere with each other? I've seen some profiles and devices mentioned, so just checking.. easier here than reading the same WCG site

Does anybody happen to know if GPGPU is supported by WCG? <cut>
Edit: I just realized this was my first post after 2 years of lurking.

LOL! Just had to include a reply to you as well.. I'm not sure if I should say "welcome" for coming in or "good morning" for waking up Anyway, as much as I've seeen in earlier posts - no GPGPU client for now unfortunately

[Movieman]

Downloaded, and will be crunching tonight, and hopefully overclocked tomorrow.. and as long as I can

EDIT: One more question, if I'm running same client with same user on several computers, do I need to setup anything extra, or do I just login with same username in them all, and they're smart enough to know not to interfere with each other? I've seen some profiles and devices mentioned, so just checking.. easier here than reading the same WCG site



LOL! Just had to include a reply to you as well.. I'm not sure if I should say "welcome" for coming in or "good morning" for waking up Anyway, as much as I've seeen in earlier posts - no GPGPU client for now unfortunately

Just install to each machine using the same name and password that you used on the first machine and your golden.
Yes, unfortunately no GPU app yet but we're working on it.

[Lightman]

I'm in!
One question though:
Why is BOINC still shows up in Task Manager as 32bit process even after I've installed 64bit client version 6.10.43?

I will try and add few more cores from my work computers later on this week, so all in all I should contribute around 10-20 cores @2.5GHz on average.

[sierra_bound]

I'm in!
One question though:
Why is BOINC still shows up in Task Manager as 32bit process even after I've installed 64bit client version 6.10.43?

I will try and add few more cores from my work computers later on this week, so all in all I should contribute around 10-20 cores @2.5GHz on average.

That's because BOINC itself is a 32-bit application. A 64-bit client is available for CPUs with x64 computing capabilities. In theory, it shouldn't make a difference whether you use the 32-bit or 64-bit client. But the reality is that the 64-bit client will generate more points per day.

[Vinas]

Joined... Movieman, I told you about two years ago that I'd join...

well I did today :-)


... now I gota install this baby on everything! (seriously I can contribute at least 3 computers to this project.)

Cheers!

[LuxZg]

Everyone seems to double post today
@Movieman - thanks for the invite, and the info.. I'll do my best to install several on computers in my office as well, they can at least crunch 16 hours a day Mon-Fri, and through whole weekends, that's got to count for something, even if it's lowly E2xxx's Maybe even a Q6600 part-timer, and of course, I'll add my desktop at home in a few minutes as well (nothing fancy, but it should help). Nice idea though, hopefully it catches on With Xtreme population, it's obvious it's a lot of power sitting idle most of the time.. specially since many have multiple computers lying around.. Catch ya later!

[theystolemyname]

I'll answer the call to Movieman-week with my single i7 920.

[rubber5]

ok im hoping im doing this right but im having ago
to be honest im not sure what i have got myself into lol
becuse i didnot know what the hell its about can someone just give me a quick
(what its doing)

thanks

[rubber5]

just to ask everyone is running my i7 920@3.7ghz wile running world community grid and a temp of 64c will this be ok for long running times

thanks
ps i have been crunching for 1hr now but more to come

[sierra_bound]

64C seems OK. Is that at full load?

[rubber5]

it peaks to 100% but its not mak for all the time

[TSXmike]

if everything goes as planned... ill throw down for a week... possibly even longer...


WCG has always sprung my curiosity, but ive never had the time to really read into it... maybe this is that time.