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Thread: Maybe this project needs CUDA |
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Dataman
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Many thx dataman, are those compatible with every project? I don't know, Mark ... I do not crunch "every project". I don't crunch SETI on cpu or gpu. If you are not having any problems at SETI with your current version, there is no reason to upgrade your client as it will work here too. If you want to crunch at GPUGrid, I would recommend 6.6.x and the current nVidia driver for 32 bit or 64 bit. Just so things do not get out of hand. For those that are only crunching at WCG, there is no reason to deviate from the WCG approved version. You will get no benefit from doing that and may experience problems. Good luck ...   [Edit 1 times, last edit by Dataman at Feb 20, 2009 4:29:07 PM] |
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Former Member
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Got good news for you dataman , crunching happy with version 6.6.10, no problems yet...even got SETI 6.0.3 and 6.0.8 (CUDA) to keep my CPU and GFX CPU happy. Still didn't get any thing from CEP, but they ran out of WU's..:(
Many thx anyway. Kind regards, Mark |
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Former Member
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Just an idea, is CUDA maybe a good idea for this project? Mark: using graphics cards for computational chemistry programs is just now heating up.  The CHARMM code does have some potential for speedups using CUDA and the developers are working on this. Also, the Aspuru-Guzik group (the CEP team) published one of the first speedups of an electronic structure code, Q-Chem (almost 20x speedup for large molecules). We are going to be using a version of this code for the next phase of the project, but sadly, a lot of the work we have to do at this point doesn't involve the part that has the speedup. But... I think the NVIDIA and BOINC developers are working on getting a CUDA enabled version of BOINC for the future. Yay for advancing scientific computing frontiers! The CEP team |
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noderaser
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Such a version of BOINC has existed for a while... However, the projects have been slow to adopt due to the challenges of recoding everything to run on GPUs.
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Former Member
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noderaser, BOINC 6.4.5 hasn't been recommended by World Community Grid. The BOINC developers wanted GPU support, so they added it as quickly as possible.
I watch BOINC development closely. They are still having major problems getting everything to work properly, and some problems haven't even been looked at. Maybe the BOINC GPU platform will be mature and stable by version 7? Anyway, there's no need for members to worry about that. World Community Grid will thoroughly test the new version of BOINC before recommending it for use. |
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Former Member
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Already crunch work for SETI@home BOINC versions 6.4.5 SETI projects: 6.03 and 6.08, and yes, my first version I use with Cuda is 6.4.5. Astropulse (AP=>SETI) runs only with this version and above. Just upgraded to 6.6.10 and crunching happy with my 4 cpu and CUDA GPU GFX, so I can handle 5 wu's at the time. Check with our friends at berkley http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/, here's all the info you need. They still testing the version 6.6.9, so I am a bit ahead of the future..:)
If work is available, it runs 10-20 times faster than normal crunching on your normal CPU. But still requests CUDA GFX Cards, check here for more info: http://www.gpugrid.net/join.php?sys=gpu If CEP thinks of using the CUDA feature, keep in mind to have a lot of work ready for our 24/7 users..:p, I'm using my pc not every day but still crunch 10 or 30 units a day. Still hope for some work to crunch for you CEP team, now I am now in FightAIDS project, I didn't have the honor to crunch 1 credit for you yet. If the 7 project is available it has to have CUDA, for now onlu the 6.4.x versions and above have the feature in them. Thank you for responding to the item in the forum. Give me mail when a beta is ready for testing with CUDA, I 'll be your man to test it!! |
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Former Member
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You buy me one (TESLA SERVER), if I had only the money, trust me, I already had it crunching all day long..
----------------------------------------. Have now a Q6600 and a 8600 GT (didn't have the money to buy me a 8800 GTX), still going to spend my money for a NVIDIA GTX295, if the price ever goes under the €250![Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Feb 24, 2009 8:03:12 PM] |
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Former Member
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Anybody an update for the use of CUDA in the near future?
Kind regards, Mark |
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Former Member
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Nothing has changed since the last time you asked.
Subscribe to the Member News feed if you want immediate updates of important announcements. |
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Former Member
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Will people just drop CUDA already?!
From what the Com Adv have already said time and time again...it isn't in the works. It is on WCG's radar but there are tons of other things to be done that have a higher priority. Sorry, I don't normally blow up like this but it's just silly by now. |
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