Joining GPUGrid the easy way

[Otis11]

Then it has no use, just read on the Gpugrind.net website forum that AMD/ATI Cards are not gonna do anything.... so if someone has some Nvidia cards laying around doing nothing...my ATI cards will be back on the market and i'll go look for some Nvidia cards...

Either 2 GTX 570's or a singel GTX 580 dunno what the 570 does on daily bases... we need to catch up with the other team we're now number 2 ...

Idk about a 580, but my 570 at stock speeds will net just south of 160K ppd. I know - stock, but it's not really mine so yeah...

[FaYt]

Still nice @stock

[stoneageman]

Stock! No excuses This is XS. Like a greyhound, the 570's love the exercise

[FaYt]

Haha i can oc my videocards but they dont run on gpu grid so no use xd

[Otis11]

Haha i can oc my videocards but they dont run on gpu grid so no use xd

I think he was referring to me... but as it's not my graphics card, and it's not in my computer, I'm already asking quite a bit of my friend just to have him run it for me, much less the 24/7 he does... except during holiday when it gets moved.

[FaYt]

Well good to have such friends ^^

[FaYt]

We need people with ATI Cards

http://donateathome.org/

Help us!!!

[Russ_64]

Thinking about joining the Grid. I am running BOINC for WCG on all CPU thread's. Used to be a Folder on F@H but GPU use meant a hit on CPU's - what is the reduction on CPU crunching when running GPUGrid?

[Otis11]

Thinking about joining the Grid. I am running BOINC for WCG on all CPU thread's. Used to be a Folder on F@H but GPU use meant a hit on CPU's - what is the reduction on CPU crunching when running GPUGrid?

As far as we can tell, next to nothing. It's well within the variation caused by the different WCG projects themselves.

Unless you're running something crazy like 4+ GPUs per mobo, I'd be shocked if you could notice the difference in performance.

Might let someone else chime in and confirm, but I ran 2 GTX 260s on a 920 with no noticeable difference... and a single 470 on a 2600k- same thing.

[werdwerdus]

yup it uses at most 2%-5% of one CPU core/thread most of the time

[Snow Crash]

That 580 is sure gonna do some damage
Third chime .... GPUGrid does a good job of processing on the GPU and leaving your CPU for WCG
Just don't sign up for the betas at this time as they are still working out a few things but it looks like we're going to get another 10% (at least) improvement.

[Russ_64]

Hey guys, need some help.....

I re-installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 and BOINC 7.0.25 (x64), then installed latest WHQL nVidia 301.42 drivers. Now it says "No usable GPUs found"

On my other rig with a GTX470, Windows Server 2008 R2 and nVidia 275.33 I get the same thing - "No usable GPUs found". Not sure how to resolve this?

[stoneageman]

Did you install Boinc as a service? If so, it will not recognise any gpu's with W7.

[Otis11]

Did you install Boinc as a service? If so, it will not recognise any gpu's with W7.

This.

Make sure when you install you uncheck the box "Protected application execution"

[THX1138]

I got the mass email from Fugger and decided to add my old GTX465.

[werdwerdus]

I got the mass email from Fugger and decided to add my old GTX465.

thanks. The supercomuting week is focusing on World Community Grid. You can find out more info in that forum on here, but we do appreciate your crunching here!

[THX1138]

damit I have no idea how I got over here. I'll stay here till the 1st - 8th and do the World Community Grid, then come back after the 8th.

[Gandalf]

OK Snow Crash, here I am. Thank you for the invite. I am currently working with the Pre-Release 7.0.58. Is that a problem? The GPUGrid.net showed Download and install the recommended BOINC client (6.12.34) as recommended but not required.

Since the imaged procedural Post above is a few years old, I've got a few questions.

I am currently supporting WCG. Am I suppose to reinstall BOINC over my current release so that I can Add Project rather than replace WCG with GPUCrid.net or is there a way of adding a Project without reinstalling the software.

I am migrating to 7770 GPUs. Is that a problem? I just looked at http://www.gpugrid.net/ and saw where they support both NV and ATI. One question answered.

As I'm sure you know, WCG has a web page the provides a Team with a weekly Point and Result listing.
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/te...rdsPerPage=100
Does GPUGrid.net have the same thing?

I assume the only configuration thing I need to do is modify the app_config.xml file.
This is basically my current configuration...

<app_config>
<app>
<name>hcc1</name>
<gpu_versions>
<max_concurrent>4</max_concurrent>
<gpu_usage>0.50</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>0.50</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
</app_config>

What do I use in place of the hcc1 or do they have multiple Projects running GPU tasks?
If there are multiple projects I can GPU crunch, is there a list I can study?
A URL would be nice.

Well, that about all I can think of off the top of my head.

Again, thanks for the invite to GPUGRID.

Thanks for the assist all you fellow wizards.

Gandalf

[Snow Crash]

1. GPUGrid's science projects only run on NVidia, at one point they started mining bit coins to help fund the research, I'm not sure they are even doing that nay more.
2. The BOINC client version you have now is fine.
3. Go to http://www.gpugrid.net/
3.1 Create your account
3.2 if you are running 660Ti or higher go to your GPU Grid preferences and select ACEMD Long runs and unselect the others
3.3 Join XtremeSystems team

4. No need to re-install BOINC
4.1 Open BOINC Manager and from the Tools menu select Add project or account manager
4.2 Select add project, select GPUGrid and follow the wizard

5. I don't think you will need to update your app_config file at all
6. BOINC will divide you GPU time between WCG and GPUGrid based on the "resource share" you set for each project (in project preferences)
7. GPUGrid is way more demanding on your GPU than HCC so I would suggest turning down your OC until you start to get a feel for temps and faults.

- I'll be brining some cards back here when WCG HCC finishes (only so much electricity in the house)

good luck and enjoy crunching
Snow

[Gandalf]

From my most recent research at http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=3319#29081

An app_config.xml file could/should look like this...

<app_config>
<app>
<name>acemdbeta</name>
<max_concurrent>9999</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>1</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>0.001</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
<app>
<name>acemdlong</name>
<max_concurrent>9999</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>1</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>0.001</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
<app>
<name>acemd2</name>
<max_concurrent>9999</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>1</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>0.001</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
<app>
<name>acemdshort</name>
<max_concurrent>9999</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>1</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>0.001</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
</app_config>

Specifically, at least I now know how the <name> need to be modify.

Can anyone answer my question... WCG has a web page that provides a Team with a weekly Point and Result listing.
https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.or...rdsPerPage=100
Does GPUGrid.net have the same/similar thing for it's teams?

[Gandalf]

GPUGrid would not accept my computer. Must be my GPUs.

[Snow Crash]

There is no need to app_config at GPUGrid.
What cards are you running?

GPUGrid stats have team member totals and PPD average.
Most of us use Boinc Stats http://boincstats.com/en
and/ or FreeDC (but iis down for the moment)
http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php