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FermiNeutron
Cruncher Joined: Mar 24, 2006 Post Count: 4 Status: Offline |
I have Radeon HD 4870X2 video card. There are technologies/compilers which allow for use of video card stream processors to do massively parallel computing within 1 box.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDA is there anyway to make WCG run on my video card as well as my main CPU? Thanks |
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Sekerob
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Sorry, no bionically video streaming card enabled sciences at WCG, a plan for the future, to run it utilizing GPU's, but then it will run under BOINC. :D
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FermiNeutron
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Can WCG client use my video card's stream processors, even though its not BOINC? Does this question belong in different forum?
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Former Member
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To try and clear the confussion, the agent is BOINC under which all WCG Science projects run. some other projects that run under Boinc will use GPU processing but none of WCG's will at this time.
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Former Member
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Hello FermiNeutron,
BOINC allows application programs to run on Nvidia GPU cards - - if the applications are written to run on GPUs. So far, none of our applications run on GPUs. BOINC is being developed to run application programs on AMD GPUs, but it is still under development. This is all very new. You can read about it on GPUGRID at ( http://www.gpugrid.net/ ) where Barcelona is running a NVIDIA project on BOINC. Lawrence |
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pirogue
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Hello FermiNeutron, There are also 2 BOINC (non-WCG) projects that will run on newer ATI RADEON cards. They are MilkyWay@Home (mapping galaxy) and Collatz Conjecture (I can't find a real purpose).BOINC allows application programs to run on Nvidia GPU cards - - if the applications are written to run on GPUs. So far, none of our applications run on GPUs. BOINC is being developed to run application programs on AMD GPUs, but it is still under development. This is all very new. You can read about it on GPUGRID at ( http://www.gpugrid.net/ ) where Barcelona is running a NVIDIA project on BOINC. Lawrence [Edit 1 times, last edit by pirogue at Apr 21, 2010 8:58:06 PM] |
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UNiRAC
Advanced Cruncher US Joined: Dec 2, 2004 Post Count: 134 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I asked a similar question years ago. I have many thumb-drives [aka almost RAM drives] anyway to use them and save the heat from my HARD-drive?? soon it will be 98 deg here and I'll have to shut some CPUs down.
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Sekerob
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Hi,
----------------------------------------From running quite extensively off a USB Pen drive [Cruzer Contour 8GB] there was a very slightly higher fail rate... maybe 0.2%. Never tried to allow the HD to go to sleep in that set up but with the hot season coming, think I'm going to do a re-install and try again, in combo with my efforts to move onto USB stick based Linux 64 bits. The TThrottle utility btw automatically runs BOINC such that target temps wont be exceeded. Works for me very well on the laptop.[W7-32]. That one too will get the USB stick treatment soon to observe if that kicks the op-temps down. Think it will.
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Ingleside
Veteran Cruncher Norway Joined: Nov 19, 2005 Post Count: 974 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hello FermiNeutron, BOINC allows application programs to run on Nvidia GPU cards - - if the applications are written to run on GPUs. So far, none of our applications run on GPUs. BOINC is being developed to run application programs on AMD GPUs, but it is still under development. This is all very new. You can read about it on GPUGRID at ( http://www.gpugrid.net/ ) where Barcelona is running a NVIDIA project on BOINC. Lawrence The Ati-support is included in the v6.10.xx-series of BOINC-clients, and the 1st. public release, v6.10.17, was released 30. October 2009. There's atleast 3 released projects with Ati-GPU's at this time: Milkyway@home - unfortunately needs double-precision, so even new cards like the 57xx doesn't work. Collatz Conjecture - AFAIK can run on any GPU from 2xxx and upwards. dnetc.net - this is Distributed.net for GPU's, using a wrapper. Any of these projects uses minimal cpu-resources to feed the GPU. There's also another Ati-application in beta: Astropulse (seti@home beta) - Only part of application uses GPU, so probably 90% is cpu.  "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might." |
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Jason1478963
Senior Cruncher United States Joined: Sep 18, 2005 Post Count: 295 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Folding@Home also runs on ATI hardware
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