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Former Member
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hello
I have q6600 and 8800gtx that i would like to know if i can use them to there full potential. Atm the Q6600 running one one core but can't work out if I can use the 3 others. If I can how would I do this? I don't know if i can use the 8800GTX at all but it would be good if i could. I also have a 6800GT that I could use also. Final question is i have one pc with 30k points and run time 35days and this one quad with 6.5k in 6days. I will be loading this on another two pc's tomorrow. Should I be creating new accounts for them or should i load it with old one? currently have two accounts MattehMatteh and Watte, and maybe another i created and forgot password:/ Matt ( poor power bill );) |
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Former Member
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Hello MattehMatteh,
----------------------------------------BOINC can run on up to 16 cores per computer. The older UD client can only run on 1 core per computer. Always use a single member name and put all your computers on it. Otherwise you will lose track. The only Distributed Computer project that can use a GPU is Folding@Home ( http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-ATI.html ) but as far as I know it can only run on ATI X1600 - X1800 - X1900 boards. Here is a list of all the public Distributed Computer projects: http://distributedcomputing.info/projects.html Hope this helps. Lawrence Added: HCMD Phase 1 only runs on the UD client. Phase 2 next year will run on BOINC also. All our other projects run on both clients. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 28, 2007 3:22:12 AM] |
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There is no limit to the number of CPUs BOINC will use, other than the one you set. The WCG preferences may be limited to a lower number than other projects though.
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Sekerob
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the 'may' is set at WCG with default of 16 for any newly created profile (work, school, home). Trouble is, that if BOINC is attached to multiple DC projects and any of the 4 standards is changed at any DC projects profile page, it will apply to ALL DC projects, as the client only runs using the latest set of preferences of the projects it's attached to and received an up date from.
----------------------------------------Some people use e.g. BAM exclusively to make changes, but since WCG does not permit writing to it's database from an AMS, differences in preferences can occur. As a test started creation (no save) of a 'school' profile at Rosetta and Simap and both started out with same 16 processors, implying it's the current standard default for all DC's. Makes sense.
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Filipe Borges
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lawrencehardin, Only The ATI Video cards can do work on folding@home?
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retsof
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lawrencehardin, Only The ATI Video cards can do work on folding@home? folding@home may be the only place to accept work specifically from the GPU... Other windows oriented CPUs are still free to generate work both there and here as usual.
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----------------------------------------Work+GPU i7 8700 12threads School i7 4770 8threads Default+GPU Ryzen 7 3700X 16threads Ryzen 7 3800X 16 threads Ryzen 9 3900X 24threads Home i7 3540M 4threads50% [Edit 2 times, last edit by retsof at Jun 4, 2007 7:24:36 PM] |
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Hello Filipe Borges,
My apologies. I missed the question mark at the end of your sentence the first time I read it and thought you were stating a fact rather than asking a question. http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-ATI.html says that Folding@Home only runs on ATI GPUs so far. Maybe this will change in the near future. Lawrence |
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retsof
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only SOME ATI cards, according to the FAQ in that link. WCG doesn't deal with that distinction anyway.
----------------------------------------What about video cards with other (non-ATI) chipsets? The R580 (in the X1900XT, etc.) performs particularly well for molecular dynamics, due to its 48 pixel shaders. Currently, other cards (such as those from nVidia and other ATI cards) do not perform well enough for our calculations as they have fewer pixel shaders. Also, nVidia cards in general have some technical limitations beyond the number of pixel shaders which makes them perform poorly in our calculations.
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Work+GPU i7 8700 12threads School i7 4770 8threads Default+GPU Ryzen 7 3700X 16threads Ryzen 7 3800X 16 threads Ryzen 9 3900X 24threads Home i7 3540M 4threads50% |
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Filipe Borges
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It's a pity... would be great if we could use our video cards to help the projects. So, while we can´t, let´s crunch with our CPUs!
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Sekerob
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Think before you begin.... it's sort of a sidebar interest of mine. F@H's front-runner app used to use 50% of the CPU on top of the GPU.... has that been resolved?
----------------------------------------For all the horsepower, would a project scientist who seeks volunteer distributed computing from a grid like WCG's be putting his eggs in the basket of 1 billion run of the mill windows systems or take a bet on gathering thousands of specific GPU card owners to get them to the finishing line? This stuff needs so much more maturing before it's fit for the larger set / forget audience.... IMVHO.
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