PrimeGrid Winter Solstice Challenge December 18-21, with GPUs!

[filibusterman]

my one rig is giving process creation failed messages. I guess I will first try to reinstall boinc!

 

[biodoc]

Hmmm...I don't see dajeepster in the stats.

 

[waffleironhead]

And we're off! Get WUs when you can.

Sorry, that won't work. BOINC won't get any new WUs from a project with suspended WUs.

Well, i set the wu amount to 10 days, downloaded excess wu's after the launch. Now I can suspend each wu on their own. I now have 8 wu'd, they 4 I was crunching and 4 unstarted. I could suspend each wu under tasks--->suspend and pick up on them after the race.

 

[djdave404]

Hmmm...I don't see dajeepster in the stats.

None of mine have posted yet either?

I'm sure there under quite a load right now, i just hope it all catches up in a few hours.

Go TeAm AnandTech!

 

[filibusterman]

my one rig is giving process creation failed messages. I guess I will first try to reinstall boinc!

Well it is an old xp rig installed the .net framework and its working another rig up!

 

[Ken g6]

At just an hour into the race...let's see who's running with GPUs!


Stats for team TeAm AnandTech
Rank___Credits____Username
16_____34665______petrusbroder
26_____27732______biodoc
116____6933_______zoic
139____4622_______BlackBox
151____4622_______Ken_g6
201____2311_______Robert Everly

Rank__Credits____Team
7_____94751______Russia
8_____92440______Ars Technica
9_____87818______Team 2ch
10____80885______TeAm AnandTech
11____73952______TitanesDC
12____67019______Free-DC
13____60086______PrimeSearchTeam

Welcome to zoic!

Edit: DaJeepster, did you remember to abort all work downloaded before the start of the race?

 

[biodoc]

Hmmm...I don't see dajeepster in the stats.

dajeepster, the only WUs that count are those downloaded after the start of the race. You need to reset the project or abort all the WUs in your que.

 

[dajeepster]

dajeepster, the only WUs that count are those downloaded after the start of the race. You need to reset the project or abort all the WUs in your que.

i didn't get home til half an hour after race started... i should be good to go now

 

[biodoc]

i didn't get home til half an hour after race started... i should be good to go now

:thumbsup: Let the points start rolling in!!

 

[filibusterman]

Quick question: What frequency is imporatnt for overclocking gpus for this race?

 

[Ken g6]

At three hours in, this is looking like a heck of a race!

Rank___Credits____Username
19_____147904_____petrusbroder
41_____101684_____biodoc
63_____76263______dajeepster
132____36976______BlackBox
136____34665______Ken_g6
185____20799______zoic
227____13866______filibusterman
231____13866______jonesthewine
235____13866______Lane42
309____6933_______Rudy Toody
335____4622_______Robert Everly
377____2311_______SlangNRox
384____2311_______Neurodog

Rank__Credits____Team
6_____561573_____Czech National Team
7_____545396_____Team 2ch
8_____485310_____Ars Technica
9_____476066_____TeAm AnandTech
10____446023_____TitanesDC
11____388248_____Major Polish Teams Alliance
12____355894_____Russia

We're in ninth place, even before dajeepster really gets going!

 

[dajeepster]

need quick help... just installed a gtx 480 in a computer that had just a gtrx260... the gtx 480 is in the first pcie slot.. the gtx 260 is in the 2nd pcie slot..

the gtx260 is showing (not used)...

i need a fix... i have the app_inf file for the 2 wu for the fermi card...

 

[Ken g6]

Quick question: What frequency is imporatnt for overclocking gpus for this race?

Shaders, shaders, and more shaders! Memory and core clock barely matter; leave them at stock or lower. (But note that a Fermi's core clock and shader clock are linked, so both have to be bumped.)

 

[Ken g6]

the gtx260 is showing (not used)...

Aha! It's not an app_info.xml thing; it's a cc_config.xml thing!

P.S. Running two units at once may not get as much speedup as you expect. In this case, I'm guessing <count>1.0</count> with either <cmdline>-m24</cmdline> or <cmdline>-m48</cmdline> might be the best balance between the two cards.

Edit: Updated the first post with cc_config.xml information and some more suggestions besides.

 

[filibusterman]

well i hope the one rig I am working on is stable cause it looks like the check points if there are any were corrupted . But its early so I didn't lose much.

Also I am just overclocking a lowly geforce 210 so I'll see what I can do with the shader clock.

 

[petrusbroder]

Here are the 3-hours stats:
Last update: 2010 12 18 21:00:03:


The Team's stats:
Rank ______ Team _____________________ Points _________ Diff to above rank
08 ________ Ars Technica ____________ 485 310.00
09 ________ TeAm AnandTech __________ 476 066.00 _______ 9 244.00
10 ________ TitanesDC _______________ 446 023.00 ______ 30 043.00
11 ________ Major Polish Teams ... __ 388 248.00 ______ 57 775.00

The TeAm member's stats:
Rank _______ Name ________________ Points
019 ________ petrusbroder ________ 147 904.00
041 ________ biodoc ______________ 101 684.00
063 ________ dajeepster ___________ 76 263.00
132 ________ BlackBox _____________ 36 976.00
136 ________ Ken_g6 _______________ 34 665.00
185 ________ zoik _________________ 20 799.00
227 ________ filibusterman ________ 13 866.00
231 ________ jonesthewine _________ 13 866.00
309 ________ Rudy Toody ____________ 6 933.00
335 ________ Robert Everly _________ 4 622.00
377 ________ SlangNRox _____________ 2 311.00
384 ________ Neurodog ______________ 2 311.00

Well done all! Please put on some more crunching power!

 

[djdave404]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCcDFzSZ8go&feature=related

I Just had too.....LOL

 

[zoic]

I'm currently running with HT off (i7 920), would turning that on give more speed for primegrid?

 

[dajeepster]

Aha! It's not an app_info.xml thing; it's a cc_config.xml thing!

P.S. Running two units at once may not get as much speedup as you expect. In this case, I'm guessing <count>1.0</count> with either <cmdline>-m24</cmdline> or <cmdline>-m48</cmdline> might be the best balance between the two cards.

Edit: Updated the first post with cc_config.xml information and some more suggestions besides.

I had to dump the app_info file on the 480/260 machine... it wasn't downloading any wu...

i added the cc_config file...

everything running hunky dory now


now i need to get these various cards i have 4890/4850(2)/9600gso into machines

 

[Rudy Toody]

I have one quad with 9800GT going full tilt.

The other quad is kaput for now. I don't think I will have the hardware issues fixed before the challenge ends.

 

[biodoc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCcDFzSZ8go&feature=related

I Just had too.....LOL

LOL! Ken's app has a stranglehold on my GTX295 so I saw it at 1 fps!:biggrin:

 

[djdave404]

I'm currently running with HT off (i7 920), would turning that on give more speed for primegrid?

My I7 920 OC @ 4.0 is running with HT on.

Looks like Each core will do a Wu in about 10 hours.

3:37 min in and i'm at 34.222% or so on Avg.

Hope this helps.

Go TeAm AnandTech!

 

[Ken g6]

I'm currently running with HT off (i7 920), would turning that on give more speed for primegrid?

Probably not. I'd focus on getting that 8800GT returning work first.

now i need to get these various cards i have 4890/4850(2)/9600gso into machines

Definitely, do the 9600gso first.

Also note my new comment about drivers. (Try to use 256.53 for Linux. I'm not sure what's best for Windows.)

 

[biodoc]

I have one quad with 9800GT going full tilt.

The other quad is kaput for now. I don't think I will have the hardware issues fixed before the challenge ends.

The MB on my 1090T borked this morning.


Wow, dajeepster blew by me like I was standing still!!

 

[dajeepster]

Probably not. I'd focus on getting that 8800GT returning work first.

Definitely, do the 9600gso first.

Also note my new comment about drivers. (Try to use 256.53 for Linux. I'm not sure what's best for Windows.)

I'm running 260.99 for my win7 machines with nvidia
i'm running 10.11 CCC APP for my win7 machines with ATI.
All my machines are win7

oh.. and the machine i put the 9600gso in.. its' first... not because you said so... it was because the 275 woudn't fit in the first slot because the power connector for one of the xeon cpu interfered with it... just dump luck the way that worked... lol