Randzo, the project scientists did indeed develop the application on Linux and Mac, but the launch platform will be decided by WCGrid staff. I would guess Windows, so as to cover the most devices. We'll see.

Christian

Congratulations Christian (cubes) and all HCC researchers team.

It is a great new without doubt ! For many years the usage of GPU's is one of most asked features by many of WCG users.

So, I strongly suggest you and all team to consider seriously launch this new HCC phase 2, using GPU's, only when the version that will run mainly Windows platform (that will cover around 90%-95% of WCG users and daily work - it is a number extracted from posts in the forums, probably WCG tech team have distinct and more precise numbers to show) be ready to be implemented in the WCG.

I guess that will be a foot shot if HCC team start it new project phase, with GPU's, without provide a version to Windows adopters. There is at least one considerable lesson learned and example to mention about it in WCG: The huge bad experience with only Linux plataform in the launch of CEP2 project, which was in my humble opinion a bad experience at least, due the huge time delay of many months until provide windows users access to process the project tasks.

Why was a bad experience ? Because despite of / or beside of CEP2 project have specific requirements to be processed, a natural barrier without doubt, the project scientists delay so much time to put a version to windows users in place, and until today a significant number of users (for sure the most in Windows platform) don't process CEP2.

And, due the huge reach of windows users in the numbers/stats/work done in WCG, unfortunately until today is very clear that CEP2 is by far the last project in the preferences and statistics of all users among all projects (take a look at graphs and stats that circulating in the forums all days, to confirm the true behind it...). I think that CEP2 project won't became a stuff like HCC1 for example, never !

So sorry for all that don't have the same point of view of me, but I can't believe that it hapenned with CEP2 only due the special requirements or due a simple coincidence of factors.

So please, pay attention on the launch preparatives to contemplate Windows users since the beging of HCC2 with GPU, including the Beta tests...

Good luck anyway !

Well remembered and said krakatuk !

Despite of HCC1 be a stuff today among all crunchers (the daily stats comprove that it is a constant favourite due the facility to be processed, small time invested in each task and absence of errors), HCC2 could sofer a strike if the Windows tribe be negligenced at launch moment.

CEP1 was a success and none of us expected the quick finish of that project, but was created strong expectations about CEP2 and when CEP2 started was a huge deception for many crunchers, and became an uncomfortable fact during many months until windows be supported.

Appear be an strategic error launch it (HCC2) in WCG, without Windows users support, specially gammers which invest considerable resources in powerfull machines with strong GPU's to play and fun.

Great news, everyone!

Will I be able to use CAL AMD Radeon HD 6x00 series (Turks) (1024MB) driver 1.4.1385?

Thanks