ETA on GPUGrid opening for ATI cards?

[Kurz]

I am sitting still on my 5870... I would love to put this guy to work.

[CaptMorgan]

Do you participate in Milky Way or Einstein?

[Kurz]

Do you participate in Milky Way or Einstein?

I guess thats a no
I rather put my hardware to help with humanly/worldy problems.

[CaptMorgan]

Me too and I agree fully- others can chime in with more info but I do believe work is ongoing to get the ati cards up and running on GPUgrid. But looking quickly I was wrong about Einstein but I see collatz and Milky way are ati supported

[RatusNatus]

Thats easy.
1- install BOINC latest version.
2- add a project supported by ATI cards. There are only 2 right now. Milkway and Collatz.
PS. Collatz also have CPU folding. You can disable if you want, just like i did.

1 month of milkway with my 3870 gives me the same points of a yeard of OC Q9450 on WCG. 8 minutes to do a task to milk and about 30min to collatz. that with 3870.

cya

PS. Also check this:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...play.php?f=298

[Kurz]

I want to contribute Time to Milky way... Though I don't know where to start.

(I guess I'll do this until GPUgrid is open to ATI cards)

[lkiller123]

I want to contribute Time to Milky way... Though I don't know where to start.

(I guess I'll do this until GPUgrid is open to ATI cards)

Currently, XS doesn't have much active users on Milkyway, you will have more fun on Collatz. Or if you want be a loner, get onto DNETC@Home; it gives the most BOINC points.

Either way, I don't see anything out of those three that can at least help humanity on a large scale, just do it for fun if you want to.


Here are the steps to get started.

1. Make sure you have the latest version of BOINC, the latest version can be downloaded here. Or else the older BOINC managers might act trippy on ATi cards.
   
2. You do not have to register.
   
3. After BOINC is all set and done, go to Tools>Attach to Project or Account Manager
   
4. Then, when you are at the list of projects, look for either Collatz Conjecture, MilkyWay@Home, or DNETC@Home. Press next.
   
5. You are all set and done! If you got problems visit either the MilkyWay@Home site, Collatz site, or the DNETC site.

[Kurz]

Hmm... Getting the No Usable GPUs found error. Any Ideas?
Running 6.10.58, Cat 10.7, Trying Milkyway.

[lkiller123]

Did you turn off "Protected Application Execution" during the BOINC installation? This is a common mistake

[Kurz]

Did you turn off "Protected Application Execution" during the BOINC installation? This is a common mistake

Hmmm Do I have to reinstall?

[lkiller123]

Yes, definitely.

[Kurz]

Yep fixed it!!!
Thanks for that.

Though I want to see if the WU's I contributed don't error out.
(Running slightly overclocked)

[lkiller123]

I think as long as it's Furmark stable for something like 15 minutes, your OC will be okay for BOINC.

That's the case for GPUGRID, at least.

[Kurz]

Dang.. 3 minute WU not bad.

[Kurz]

Sorry another question, Why isn't my GPU running at 900MHZ?
Its stuck at 400MHZ (GPU-Z) running at 90% Load according to MSI.

[lkiller123]

Your overclock is unstable and driver crashed. You are stuck in 2D mode.

Restart your computer and back down the OC a bit.

[Otis11]

Your overclock is unstable and driver crashed. You are stuck in 2D mode.

Restart your computer and back down the OC a bit.

That's probably most likely, but there is also the occasional case where the WUs are too low priority to get the GPU in 3d mode. Try Ikiller's suggestions first and see what happens at stock, but if that doesn't work you might have to force 3D.

[Kurz]

Weird... Restart did it.
I'll keep an eye on it though before I change my BIOS again.

[lkiller123]

Yeah, restart will reset it to the "normal clocks." But you will need to watch for your OC since it is the crash that forced it into 2D mode.

[CaptMorgan]

Here is the XtremeSystems Milky Way Page- Though I cannot tell what the team number is but I believe you can join pretty easy

And it looks like you have already passed 7,000 for today's Milestones Nice 1

[Kurz]

Hmm... Expect that number to jump CaptMorgan.

I overvolted from 1.1 to 1.125 it looks golden.
Crunching all day today.

[Kryja]

Reading this made me think to stick my 5870 on too. Better than nothing I guess. But I'm getting this message when it tries to look for work;

22/09/2010 22:29:57 Milkyway@home update requested by user
22/09/2010 22:30:01 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
22/09/2010 22:30:01 Milkyway@home Not reporting or requesting tasks
22/09/2010 22:30:10 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed

There is a single task in my work que but it's just sat there "Ready to start". Sorry to thread-jack but any ideas?

[Kurz]

You have the option "use GPU" on right?

[Kryja]

Look right to me. If you select the "Protected Application Execution" that screen doesn't have "use gpu while computer is in use".
Boinc version 6.10.58 and W7 ultimate if that makes any difference.

[Kurz]

Look right to me. If you select the "Protected Application Execution" that screen doesn't have "use gpu while computer is in use".
Boinc version 6.10.58 and W7 ultimate if that makes any difference.

Actually it still does which is why i was Frizzled.
Try putting 0 instead of 25?