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Message 15140 - Posted 11 Feb 2010 9:22:17 UTC

    Along side the old application, we have uploaded the new faster application for Windows (6.01) and Linux (6.02). GDF.

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    Message 15197 - Posted 12 Feb 2010 21:08:35 UTC - in response to Message 15140.

      Hi, we have problem with new app.

      Host: http://www.gpugrid.net/hosts_user.php?userid=38072

      OS: Ubuntu 9.10 64bit
      BM 6.10.17
      driver: 195.22

      new WUs runs for 38hrs!!! and progress is 87%

      Is it normal? I think, no.

      Thanks for reply.

      Progress of all Wus is here: http://stats.czechnationalteam.cz/index.php?akce=teampc2

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      Message 15209 - Posted 13 Feb 2010 12:11:10 UTC

        I have the same problem with the new app. After a half day the progress is only 14% => I aborted the
        Task

        OS: Debian GNU Linux (Squeeze)
        BM: 6.10.17
        driver: 190.53

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        Message 15213 - Posted 13 Feb 2010 18:53:27 UTC

          New application v6.02 runs about 60% slower

          WU: 195-GIANNI_BIND_166_119-73-100-RND1057 Task ID: 1842880

          This WU took about 25.06 hours to successfully complete. Normally GIANNI_BIND type WU's consistantly take 14.6 hours to finish.

          Platform: Fedora 11, Client 6.10.17, GTS-250, nvdriver 190.53, AMD Phenom II 945 x4, 4GB ram and lots of drive space.

          Observations: GPU normally runs 60-63 degrees C but with this app, temps are 39 C. The CPU cores concurrently run WCG WU's. I freed one CPU core and that appeared to speed the above GPU WU progress rate but the one in progress now (126-GIANNI_BIND_166_119-78-100-RND6037_1 Task ID: 1157945) is progressing very slowly (4.75 hors and 4.7% complete). In fact, it appears the driver has been switched from 3D to 2D mode.

          I have unchecked the ACEMD ver 2.0 in my preferences until the issue is resolved.

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          Message 15214 - Posted 13 Feb 2010 22:34:09 UTC - in response to Message 15213.

            I have removed the Linux application.

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            Message 15243 - Posted 15 Feb 2010 20:19:39 UTC

              Same problem on Windows 64. Just finished a workunit (1159133) and it took 172,905.55s (about 48h).
              A previous one (1158551) took 24,889.70 s and old units running v6.71 usually take between 65000 and 75000 s (for similar credits, less foe lower credit units)

              OS: Vista Ultimate 64Bit SP2
              Driver 196.34

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              Message 15255 - Posted 16 Feb 2010 14:07:57 UTC - in response to Message 15243.

                I also had to abort the unit on Linux, because I could not meet the deadline. 1%/hour on my 9800 GTX+.

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                Message 15267 - Posted 17 Feb 2010 2:46:43 UTC

                  Same extended time problem with Windows 32-bit Vista.
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                  Message 15268 - Posted 17 Feb 2010 5:13:57 UTC

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                    Well I've got one Achmed (the dead terrorist) WU that I'm gonna let finish as it's 103 hours into it with 10 hours left. No premature detonation here.

                    Don't suppose u wanna slip me a little credit under the table for the 100+ hours in aborted Achmeds ;-)

                    On the 103 hour (so far) WU, it had dropped out of clocking mode 2 (performance) down to one of the lower 2D modes... but this might just be coincidental.
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                    Message 15280 - Posted 18 Feb 2010 0:17:14 UTC - in response to Message 15140.

                      I have no problems on my computer, with this application, so far. I am running Windows XP 32 bit. But it is not 60% faster, my results are only about 30% to 45% faster.

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                      Message 15283 - Posted 18 Feb 2010 6:08:29 UTC - in response to Message 15214.

                        6.04 Linux looks very good

                        http://www.gpugrid.net/result.php?resultid=1864286

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                        Message 15284 - Posted 18 Feb 2010 8:12:27 UTC - in response to Message 15280.

                          I have no problems on my computer, with this application, so far. I am running Windows XP 32 bit. But it is not 60% faster, my results are only about 30% to 45% faster.


                          Yeah some for me.
                          Anyway it is a great improvement !

                          BUT, in my case (Gentoo 64b), the 6.04 perform less well as the 6.02

                          6.02: GPU Time = 15,672.34; CPU Time = 1,050.29
                          6.04: GPU Time = 16,304.57; CPU Time = 16,284.93

                          GPU Time is okay, just a bit longer, but CPU Time...damn...

                          If there is a problem of CPU priority, may be a cc_config can resolve the problem (As I did with Collatz)

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                          Message 15285 - Posted 18 Feb 2010 9:15:50 UTC - in response to Message 15284.

                            Due to the fact that the same synchronization mode of Windows does not work for all Linux flavors, we needed to use the other option. Now, for Linux only,
                            we have used the other synchronization mode which should use 100% if there is nothing else running but release to other applications if they are computing.

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                            Message 15320 - Posted 19 Feb 2010 0:47:50 UTC

                              I've got an Achmed 6.04 running on primary Desktop machine now. It's running on a GTX-275. Just under 3 hours into it and it's at almost 25% so looking like a 12 hour WU. Much better. Thank you for the fast turn around on this.

                              Ubuntu v9.10, 64b, NVIDIA 190.53 driver (dual card machine with a GTS-250 in the other slot running a Full Atom-The-Ant WU).
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                              Message 15326 - Posted 19 Feb 2010 9:12:17 UTC

                                18-2-2010 15:25:44 GPUGRID Starting I88-OTTO_HERGflip656-2-100-RND4338_5
                                18-2-2010 15:25:45 GPUGRID Starting task I88-OTTO_HERGflip656-2-100-RND4338_5 using acemd2 version 603
                                18-2-2010 15:26:00 GPUGRID Computation for task I88-OTTO_HERGflip656-2-100-RND4338_5 finished
                                18-2-2010 15:26:00 GPUGRID Output file I88-OTTO_HERGflip656-2-100-RND4338_5_1 for task I88-OTTO_HERGflip656-2-100-RND4338_5 absent
                                18-2-2010 15:26:00 GPUGRID Output file I88-OTTO_HERGflip656-2-100-RND4338_5_2 for task I88-OTTO_HERGflip656-2-100-RND4338_5 absent
                                18-2-2010 15:26:00 GPUGRID Output file I88-OTTO_HERGflip656-2-100-RND4338_5_3 for task I88-OTTO_HERGflip656-2-100-RND4338_5 absent
                                18-2-2010 15:26:00 GPUGRID Starting 77-GIANNI_BIND_11-66-100-RND9856_1
                                18-2-2010 15:26:01 GPUGRID Starting task 77-GIANNI_BIND_11-66-100-RND9856_1 using acemd2 version 603
                                18-2-2010 15:26:01 Milkyway@home Computation for task de_s222_opt_2_v04_979000_1266483063_0 finished
                                18-2-2010 15:26:01 GPUGRID Starting 477-IBUCH_esrever_pYEEI_0301-27-40-RND8008_1
                                18-2-2010 15:26:02 GPUGRID Starting task 477-IBUCH_esrever_pYEEI_0301-27-40-RND8008_1 using acemd version 671
                                18-2-2010 15:35:27 GPUGRID Computation for task 477-IBUCH_esrever_pYEEI_0301-27-40-RND8008_1 finished
                                18-2-2010 15:35:27 GPUGRID Output file 477-IBUCH_esrever_pYEEI_0301-27-40-RND8008_1_1 for task 477-IBUCH_esrever_pYEEI_0301-27-40-RND8008_1 absent
                                18-2-2010 15:35:27 GPUGRID Output file 477-IBUCH_esrever_pYEEI_0301-27-40-RND8008_1_2 for task 477-IBUCH_esrever_pYEEI_0301-27-40-RND8008_1 absent
                                18-2-2010 15:35:27 GPUGRID Output file 477-IBUCH_esrever_pYEEI_0301-27-40-RND8008_1_3 for task 477-IBUCH_esrever_pYEEI_0301-27-40-RND8008_1 absent
                                18-2-2010 15:35:27 GPUGRID Starting 247-GIANNI_BIND_166_119-74-100-RND9378_1
                                18-2-2010 15:35:28 GPUGRID Starting task 247-GIANNI_BIND_166_119-74-100-RND9378_1 using acemd2 version 603
                                18-2-2010 15:35:28 Cosmology@Home Resuming task wu_021610_073538_0_1_0 using camb version 216
                                18-2-2010 15:38:12 World Community Grid Computation for task nd628_00090_0 finished
                                18-2-2010 15:38:12 Cosmology@Home Resuming task wu_021610_073537_2_1_0 using camb version 216
                                18-2-2010 15:38:14 Cosmology@Home Resuming task wu_021610_073537_1_0_0 using camb version 216
                                18-2-2010 15:39:01 climateprediction.net Resuming task hadsm3fub_jzrx_006456887_0 using hadsm3 version 607
                                18-2-2010 15:48:57 Cosmology@Home Resuming task wu_021610_073536_1_1_0 using camb version 216
                                18-2-2010 15:50:30 climateprediction.net Resuming task hadsm3fub_jzrw_006456886_9 using hadsm3 version 607
                                18-2-2010 15:55:44 Cosmology@Home Starting wu_021610_073534_2_1_0
                                18-2-2010 15:55:44 Cosmology@Home Starting task wu_021610_073534_2_1_0 using camb version 216
                                18-2-2010 15:58:04 GPUGRID Computation for task 247-GIANNI_BIND_166_119-74-100-RND9378_1 finished
                                18-2-2010 15:58:04 GPUGRID Output file 247-GIANNI_BIND_166_119-74-100-RND9378_1_1 for task 247-GIANNI_BIND_166_119-74-100-RND9378_1 absent
                                18-2-2010 15:58:04 GPUGRID Output file 247-GIANNI_BIND_166_119-74-100-RND9378_1_2 for task 247-GIANNI_BIND_166_119-74-100-RND9378_1 absent
                                18-2-2010 15:58:04 GPUGRID Output file 247-GIANNI_BIND_166_119-74-100-RND9378_1_3 for task 247-GIANNI_BIND_166_119-74-100-RND9378_1 absent

                                Only errrors with new application!
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                                Message 15327 - Posted 19 Feb 2010 10:41:02 UTC

                                  Maybe this application is fast, but not stable. Have stopped now crunching because my GTX295 and also one of my GTX260 are crashing over and over in the last days and I prefer to use my server without have it to reboot often a day. If it was only one card that crashed, I would think, it's the card. But 2 PCs since using the new application looks more like the application is the cause.
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                                  Message 15328 - Posted 19 Feb 2010 12:01:48 UTC - in response to Message 15327.

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                                    You can now choose to only run the old (or the new) application (Your account->gpugrid preferences), if you want to check.

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                                    Message 15329 - Posted 19 Feb 2010 13:48:49 UTC - in response to Message 15327.

                                      Maybe this application is fast, but not stable. Have stopped now crunching because my GTX295 and also one of my GTX260 are crashing over and over in the last days and I prefer to use my server without have it to reboot often a day. If it was only one card that crashed, I would think, it's the card. But 2 PCs since using the new application looks more like the application is the cause.



                                      The problem is not the application but your machine. It crashes on old and new applications. The new application is as reliable as the previous one.

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                                      Message 15330 - Posted 19 Feb 2010 14:40:38 UTC - in response to Message 15327.

                                        Kokomiko,
                                        3 of your systems are in good shape, but your Phenom 9850 with the GTX 260 and running Vista Ultimate SP2 is a problem system.
                                        If you want to try to use it, start by installing the newer drivers and the newest version of Boinc.
                                        You are using Boinc 6.6.28 on that system. You could be using the Boinc 64bit application version on that system (either 6.10.18 or the beta 6.10.32) and newer drivers:
                                        http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php
                                        I expect you have not updated your drivers since you had the GTX280 installed!
                                        This might be the source of your problems. Make sure you restart twice after installing the new drivers.

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                                        Message 15334 - Posted 19 Feb 2010 19:02:02 UTC

                                          IMHO, this runs fantastic on XP 32. I see an increase of approximately 50%, and with my 8800 GTX, I can actually hope to return WU's without leaving my computer on for 6 or more hours a day.

                                          http://www.gpugrid.net/results.php?userid=47958

                                          The most recent work unit I received is not this application. Is this application still being sent out?

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                                          Message 15444 - Posted 25 Feb 2010 21:39:31 UTC

                                            Does this web site refer to one of the applications this thread mentions, or only one with a similar name?

                                            http://www.acellera.com/?arg=acemd


                                            By the way, here's a list of Nvidia applications that include some similar to GPUGRID:

                                            http://www.nvidia.com/object/tesla_computing_solutions.html


                                            Also, should this Wikipedia article be revised to mention GPUGRID?

                                            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL

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                                            Message 15466 - Posted 27 Feb 2010 1:18:09 UTC - in response to Message 15444.

                                              Acellera say they are a London-based technology company.

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                                              Message 15850 - Posted 20 Mar 2010 9:40:47 UTC - in response to Message 15466.

                                                If you scan the website you will find this:
                                                GPUGRID.net
                                                August 10th, 2008
                                                GPUGRID.net project launch, powered by Acellera’s ACEMD molecular dynamics code.

                                                If you do some further searches, you will find more information.

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