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GPU Tie-Breaker VOTE! / Poem Vs. Collatz

 
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Collatz
36%
 36%  [ 4 ]
Poem
63%
 63%  [ 7 ]
Total Votes : 11

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:23 am    Post subject: GPU Tie-Breaker VOTE! / Poem Vs. Collatz Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How has POEM been with work supply?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Poem GPU WU's are not very steady* in my experience, but if that wins we can use Collatz as the back up project (similar to what is being done with Correlizer & Asteroids in the CPU arena).


*I think there's a trick to it, something along the lines of getting up at 4:00 a.m. EST to grab what's available?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm shrubbing Poem now. I had to update a few times to get about a dozen WU's, went to bed and woke up to a full cache. The problem is Boinc Manager's habit of not requesting tasks for up to 24hrs once it gets a 'project has no work' message. Just update manually to get some work and tell Boinc Manager to report results immediately so it updates every time you finish a WU. Wink


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How do i tell it to report immediately when i am not sitting here and it is still allowed to get new tasks?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The timer is somewhat controlled by the project, unless the project is down then a back off timer is used. Many projects only set that wait period for minutes, or even an hour or two. Poem sets it at 24 hours.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do you have a config.xml file in place? This is mine on this PhenomIIx6:
Code:
<cc_config>
<log_flags>
<coproc_debug>0</coproc_debug>
<sched_op_debug>0</sched_op_debug>
<work_fetch_debug>0</work_fetch_debug>
</log_flags>
<options>
<max_file_xfers>10</max_file_xfers>
<max_file_xfers_per_project>2</max_file_xfers_per_project>
<report_results_immediately>1</report_results_immediately>
<save_stats_days>360</save_stats_days>
<ncpus>6</ncpus>
</options>
</cc_config>


The filename should be cc_config.xml
It should be placed in:

C:\ProgramData\BOINC\cc_config.xml

(Ex. under Win7)
Naturally, don't put ncpus>6</ncpus if you don't have 6 cores. Razz

There's more info here:
boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So if we just want a tweak to "report immediately", it would look as follows? I don't know what those other options do, seems to work fine without those tweaks?

<cc_config>
<options>
<report_results_immediately>1</report_results_immediately>
</options>
</cc_config>



Here's another FAQ on configgerin' this file. Noticed one in particular.

<ncpus>
Act as if there were N CPUs: run N tasks at once. This is for debugging, i.e. to simulate 2 CPUs on a machine that has only 1. Don't use it to limit the number of CPUs used by BOINC; use general preferences instead.
For use with CUDA: When you want to do CUDA only, not use the CPUs at all, set <ncpus>0</ncpus>
If you want to use all CPUs, either omit using this option, or set <ncpus>-1</ncpus>

http://boincfaq.mundayweb.com/index.php?language=1&view=91
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok got it all set, thanks Sir Gem.

Made sure to change the 6 to a 4
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 12:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You don't need to include ncpus at all if you're not going to manipulate it. I leave it in as I sometimes want to increase it for projects that limit tasks in progress on a host according to the number of cores.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 10:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i went ahead and removed that line. Working thx
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