Posted on 02/27/2011 9:12:18 AM PST by texas booster
Do you do a weekly ping?
Was mucking around, looked at the Task Manager CPU Usage (yes, I’m a nerd). It doesn’t get over 32%. That tells me that F@H isn’t using as much as it can. I’d like it to use as close to 100% as it can when I’m not on it.
One of the other GUIs mentioned on the home page will use all 4 of my processors, or at least more than one. Suggestions? Which of the others should I use?
Opened the log for F@H and was impressed. It downloaded my first work unit at 17:40 on Feb 27. As of last night, it uploaded the completed 15th work unit at 23:33. That’s in essentially 6.5 days. All of those WUs had 250,000 steps. The one it downloaded then has 2 million! As of 19:54, it’s 61% done with that one. Good stuff, but would like to see it use more of the ‘puter’s resources!
Suggestions/comments/hammer-the-whiner?
Want to volunteer to update everyone on who is climbing, who broke a million, etc?
Several FReepers can help out on technical issues.
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I have not had much luck getting the SMP console to work in Windows, so I stick to GPU and CPU console units.
Which CPU do you have?
Create three new folders for F@H, download the CPU console into each one of the folders. Run each one and choose “Advanced Options”. Make sure that you select a unique number for each console.
One CPU core should be dedicated to feeding your GPU. The other three can run console units each in their own folder. Only use one GUI at a time.
You should see the numbers climb even faster.
AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core Processor 2.20 GHz.
Installed Memory is 4 GB
Using Win 7 in 64 bit mode.
Video is NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
The AMD Phenom will run two CPU console kernels easily. IIRC it really has two cores and should not run all four cores as CPU consoles. Also, the level 2 cache is small and you could slow down processing for all 4 kernels. I will keep looking and see what I can find.
I would first download the new GPU3 kernel and see if it runs. It looks like it will. That will keep your computer flying through work units. Be sure and set the CPU ID to a unique number on your system.
If the GPU3 has issues then drop back to the GPU2 kernel and run that. Should work fine.
You can safely run one CPU console and one GPU GUI work unit together. Wait a few days, if all is well and stable, then add in a second CPU console. Check your completion times for similar units and if there is no slowdown then you will be set.
Keep an eye out for units that abend early.
Here are basic guides for GPUs:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-NVIDIA
And another series of guides for SMP and GPU:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinGPUGuide
Version 6.23 is the current version for CPU consoles.
The SMP client is very fast but I haven't tried it in conjunction with a GPU client. I believe that the SMP client is pretty strict about WU completion times so I would not normally run it with a GPU.
You should be able to run a GPU client and three CPU clients continuously with little problem. Just set each client ID to a unique number.
Thanks for the link.
I have Version 6.23, but, according to the guide, I don’t have it configured correctly.
I’ll play aroung with it a bit and let you know how it works out.
Ok, I tried to use the -forcegpu ati_r600 option, but the config utility wouldn’t accept it.
My video adapter is actually an integrated chipset on the MB and was using the original driver. I downloaded an updated driver, but still can’t use the option.
When I have more time, I may try installing the SMP client.
Check your mail.
Add me to the ping list, please.
We're losing ground.
It would help greatly if FReepers that have a PS3, an ATI or NVidia graphics cards would get on board and start folding.
Did I just hear you volunteer to head up promotions ...
However, if you want to send me your ping list for it, I may give it a try.
Dusting off this thread, I’m doing seti and just started milkyway, is there a team for milkyway@home?
The only one I'm involved with is Folding@Home.
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