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widdershins
Veteran Cruncher Scotland Joined: Apr 30, 2007 Post Count: 677 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hi Folks
----------------------------------------I'm looking for some opinions/advice. I'm getting prepared for when GPU crunching becomes available at WCG and I have a couple of hopefully simple question to those out there who crunch GPU tasks. 1) My PC has an NvDIA Geforce 9500GS is there any point in upgrading the version of BOINC that came in the Kbuntu 8.04LTS package manager (5.10.45) to try and run GPU tasks on it here at WCG when they start. 2) If the answer is yes, which version of BOINC would you recommend and what is the easiest way to swap it for the currently installed one. If the card is too old to be of much use or it's going to be a lot of work I'll give it a miss and just wait until the PC needs replaced. Edit: Added current Boinc version. [Edit 2 times, last edit by widdershins at Mar 10, 2012 7:11:59 PM] |
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Former Member
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hmmm, Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS. Don't know what the package manager currently offers, but for GPU to work:
----------------------------------------1. 6.10.58, WCG recommended, or whatever higher the RPM has in store. Get 6.10.58 from this ppa: https://launchpad.net/~pkg-boinc/+archive/ppa 2. OpenCL capability of your graphics card. Truly do not know what a 9500GS can or cant, but start looking into latest drivers and running GPU on Linux with BOINC daemon installation. --//-- edit: added ppa [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Mar 10, 2012 7:18:42 PM] |
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sunfolk
Master Cruncher Super Kiwi Socialistic Empire Of Jacinda Joined: Oct 8, 2006 Post Count: 1769 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Given that 8.04LTS is no longer supported (at least on the desktop) and your not getting security updates, the easiest upgrade path would be a newer operating system!
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Former Member
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Was fairly sure to have seen announcements recently of security CVE patches on 8.04 LTS and looked up what the Ubuntu/Canonical has to say: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Hardy . Based on that indeed the desktop support side was ended about April 2011, 3 years after the Heron release.
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widdershins
Veteran Cruncher Scotland Joined: Apr 30, 2007 Post Count: 677 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Given that 8.04LTS is no longer supported (at least on the desktop) and your not getting security updates, the easiest upgrade path would be a newer operating system! It was relegated to crunching and data storage after I got my latest machine. So security isn't a major concern. It's currently running on the if it ain't broke don't fix it school of thinking. After further reading I'm not sure there'd be much point in trying given the power it'd consume per GFlop. Over a year or two it'd work out cheaper to buy a modern card from the budget end of the spectrum due to the improved energy efficiency per Gflop. But thanks Sunfolk and Sek for your advice. I might try the version of Boinc that Sek suggested just out of curiosity. Who knows I might land a few beta WU's on it! |
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Dark Angel
Veteran Cruncher Australia Joined: Nov 11, 2005 Post Count: 728 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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You'll need the proprietary nVidia driver to run GPU work, so make sure you have the latest one direct from them. Installation is pretty easy, just follow the instructions on the site.
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