Win32 SMP Client now available

[Scimitar]

It's in early beta.

http://forum.folding-community.org/f...12.html#172012

Trying it now on my Opteron 175.

Post results / frame times here.

[sc00p]

Thanx for monitoring official forums... it's work for the team important also

Might as well put the direct link here: click

[warning]As there is said... bugs will happen and work will lost... IT'S BETA! [/warning] (so no whining if EUEs come... those should be reported at official forums)

Great finding again Scimitar... keep us posted!

[Scimitar]

Looking good so far, about 35 minutes a frame or 600ppd. More than double of 2 Supervillans.

[jimwah]

Well spotted man, this is great news

[Sparky]

Running it now on my borrowed parts from my friend. FahMon doesn't know what it is exactly though so I don't know what PPD I'm getting from it. I'm running a borrowed X2 3800+ @ 2.6GHz right now.

[MikalCarbine]

What does this client mean? Faster times for each WU?

[dicecca112]

Running it now on my borrowed parts from my friend. FahMon doesn't know what it is exactly though so I don't know what PPD I'm getting from it. I'm running a borrowed X2 3800+ @ 2.6GHz right now.

if you get the modified version of FahMon by uncle-fungus and get his modified psummary, it works just fine. Time per frame is about 30s less than running VMware Linux

[[XC] moddolicous]

I think it just saves time from having to load and install 2 versions. Also, this will probably have its own projects (which means no 21XX projects).

[dicecca112]

right now the benefits is that your CPU is loaded 100% on one client, and the points. upwards of 1760 points on a single WU that takes 11-13mins per frame.

[Sparky]

if you get the modified version of FahMon by uncle-fungus and get his modified psummary, it works just fine. Time per frame is about 30s less than running VMware Linux

OK, where do I get that? I haven't found it...

[sc00p]

OK, where do I get that? I haven't found it...

Look here... I do not have the time check through...

[angra]

Is it working for you guys? I am getting a lot of errors, but no actual CPU usage...

[14:30:03] Verifying core Core_a1.fah...
[14:30:03] Signature is VALID
[14:30:03]
[14:30:03] Trying to unzip core FahCore_a1.exe
[14:30:03] Decompressed FahCore_a1.exe (2035712 bytes) successfully
[14:30:03] + Core successfully engaged
[14:30:03] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[14:30:11] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[14:30:11] + Attempting to get work packet
[14:30:11] - Connecting to assignment server
[14:30:12] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.64).
[14:30:12] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[14:30:12] Loaded queue successfully.
[14:30:12] - Error: Attempt #1  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
             Waiting before retry.
[14:30:26] + Attempting to get work packet
[14:30:26] - Connecting to assignment server
[14:30:27] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.64).
[14:30:27] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[14:30:27] Loaded queue successfully.
[14:30:35] + Closed connections
[14:30:40]
[14:30:40] + Processing work unit
[14:30:40] Core required: FahCore_a1.exe
[14:30:40] Core found.
[14:30:40] Working on Unit 04 [March 19 14:30:40]
[14:30:40] + Working ...
[14:30:49] CoreStatus = FFFFFFFF (-1)
[14:30:49] Client-core communications error: ERROR 0xffffffff
[14:30:49] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[14:30:57] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[14:31:05] + Attempting to get work packet
[14:31:05] - Connecting to assignment server
[14:31:06] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.64).
[14:31:06] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[14:31:06] Loaded queue successfully.
[14:31:15] + Closed connections
[14:31:20]
[14:31:20] + Processing work unit
[14:31:20] Core required: FahCore_a1.exe
[14:31:20] Core found.
[14:31:20] Working on Unit 05 [March 19 14:31:20]
[14:31:20] + Working ...
[14:31:28] CoreStatus = FFFFFFFF (-1)
[14:31:28] Client-core communications error: ERROR 0xffffffff
[14:31:28] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[14:31:36] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[14:31:36] + Attempting to get work packet
[14:31:36] - Connecting to assignment server
[14:31:36] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.64).
[14:31:36] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[14:31:36] Loaded queue successfully.
[14:31:45] + Closed connections
[14:31:50]
[14:31:50] + Processing work unit
[14:31:50] Core required: FahCore_a1.exe
[14:31:50] Core found.
[14:31:50] Working on Unit 06 [March 19 14:31:50]
[14:31:50] + Working ...
[14:31:58] CoreStatus = FFFFFFFF (-1)
[14:31:58] Client-core communications error: ERROR 0xffffffff
[14:31:58] - Attempting to download new core...
[14:31:58] + Downloading new core: FahCore_a1.exe

[jimwah]

Mine seemed to fire up ok this morning before I left for work, and appeared to be using 100% cpu also. I'll see what state it's in when I get home, I was getting ~20mins a frame on the biggies in VMware, I'm reading that Win32 might not be as efficient as I thought - and that VMware might still be the way to go.... I'll find out later, if it made it past frame #1.

the -1 error ....

5. Troubleshooting:

If the client reports an error code -1, it is likely due to an mpi problem. Try re-registering mpiexec by running mpiexec –register or install.bat.

I had to set a password on my windows account to get it fired up & authenticated too, that & allowing the components when Windows Firewall complains during the install.

edit - are you in the UK at the moment angra? - I ask because the timestamps apear to be ~14:30 on your fah output there

[Scimitar]

Do you have .Net 2.0 installed?

Mine is at about 28% on a 1,500 point work unit with no errors so far.

[jimwah]

Do you have .Net 2.0 installed?

Good point, I had to update this on my machine too

[angra]

Do you have .Net 2.0 installed?

Mine is at about 28% on a 1,500 point work unit with no errors so far.

heh, probably not. I will check on this stuff.

I guess I am spoiled on the linux clients "just working"

[dicecca112]

yeah really, I'm personally thinking that its easier to run it in a VM than it is to do natively. Too much of a pita and too many bugs so far.

[angra]

I am not in the UK, sorry!

I don't know what is making the timezones off and I am too lazy to fix it!

everything runs fine now, I just had to do the install.bat thing. far be it for me to actually read instructions.

[Sparky]

I've been crunching using the SMP client since yesterday late afternoon and I'm at 39%, running on a borrowed X2 3800+ @ 2.6GHz. No errors yet. This sound about right? It is a project 2610, not sure on its pointage yet. Looking in that link that sc00p provided for the modded FahMon now.

*EDIT* I got it downloaded, 1523 ponts, 645 PPD. I wonder how it would go on my opty 165 @ 2.8GHz. I was getting more PPD from my X1900XT + a separate CPU client going. Guess we'll see what happens, but I'll at least keep running it until I get my parts back from warranty. Now if I pick up a dual core CPU for one of my dedicated crunchers I'll put the SMP client on there for sure.

[jimwah]

Getting about 17 mins/frame on a p2652 here...

Project 2610: 1523 points, deadline 4 days
Project 2651: 1760 points, deadline 4 days
Project 2652: 1148 points, deadline 3 days

Doesn't look so good considering VMware kicks out a 1760-pointer at 20 mins/frame. Still not bad though...

edit> on a stock e6400 btw

[embeejay]

woops i didn't see this thread when i started the other one... my bad, sorry for the useless thread i made :s

[Bloody_Sorcerer]

now the big question: what if we run the GPU client? should we stick to non-SMP client + GPU or SMP + GPU? Hmm.

[jimwah]

The Win32 SMP was using 100% CPU when I ran a unit, so there probably isnt the spare CPU time by default - if you set it to 90% or 80% utilisation, then maybe you'd have enough CPU time to run the GPU client alongside it too Make a note of your frame times on the SMP & GPU clients running on their own, then have a play with running them together (and setting priority/utilisation in the client setup) & see how the frame times are affected.

[Sparky]

With a dual core CPU running the SMP client I wouldn't run the GPU client with it since each core is already busy with 2 threads. Now a quad core system might be worth it - my friend (servin247365) is trying that out on his dual FX-70's and was getting 12 minutes or so per frame on the GPU client with a minimal impact on the SMP client. We'll see how that goes.

[Scimitar]

I got project 2651 now. It seams much better suited to a dual core Athlon64. Getting better frame times than 2610, despite being worth more than 200 more points.