GTX650 hates long runs and some questions

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Greg _BE Send message Joined: 30 Jun 14 Posts: 134 Credit: 116,944,439 RAC: 300,587 Level Scientific publications	Message 43339 - Posted: 9 May 2016 \| 17:40:36 UTC
	My GTX650 takes forever and a day to do long runs. I have unselected them in the projects preferences section,but it looks like they keep on coming into my system. I had one that just slipped through and then my system worked on it a short time and then spit it back to the server and downloaded a short run like I intended it to do. Is the 650 a middle of the road GPU card? It fit my budget at the time, but I found the long runs can take up to 2 days to run and then I lose credit due to the long run time and it also affects my other projects. What is the next card up from the 650? Does anyone know of a good tweaking program? Maybe I can OC the card a bit?
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Retvari Zoltan Send message Joined: 20 Jan 09 Posts: 2343 Credit: 16,201,255,749 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 43340 - Posted: 9 May 2016 \| 18:20:13 UTC - in response to Message 43339.
	Is the 650 a middle of the road GPU card? I would call it a low-end card. It fit my budget at the time, but I found the long runs can take up to 2 days to run and then I lose credit due to the long run time and it also affects my other projects. You should crunch for other projects on this card. What is the next card up from the 650? For example the GTX750Ti, but don't buy a new card until the present 10x0 series will be complete. Does anyone know of a good tweaking program? MSI Afterburner, or the NVidia Inspector are my favourites. Maybe I can OC the card a bit? Your card is already throwing "simulation became unstable" errors, so it's not a good idea. You should even reduce its GPU clock a bit to make it more stable.
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Greg _BE Send message Joined: 30 Jun 14 Posts: 134 Credit: 116,944,439 RAC: 300,587 Level Scientific publications	Message 43343 - Posted: 9 May 2016 \| 21:42:39 UTC - in response to Message 43340.
	Ok thanks, dropped it back to as close to 0 as I could get it. +3 I'll explore what is affordable here in my area of Belgium and maybe drop some money on a upgrade.
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kain Send message Joined: 3 Sep 14 Posts: 152 Credit: 702,932,245 RAC: 2,457,241 Level Scientific publications	Message 43455 - Posted: 20 May 2016 \| 11:47:27 UTC
	Your card still can do pretty decent job crunching POEM@home. I think you should wait for 1050/60 with the upgrade, they should be much better than cards available today.
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Beyond Send message Joined: 23 Nov 08 Posts: 1112 Credit: 6,162,416,256 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 43460 - Posted: 20 May 2016 \| 16:20:40 UTC - in response to Message 43455.
	I think you should wait for 1050/60 with the upgrade, they should be much better than cards available today. +1. Most projects other than this one (very demanding) should work with your 2GB GTX650. Short WUs would work here but there aren't any right now. You could set your project preferences for short WUs only with GPUGrid at a high project priority and another project at lower priority. Keep queue sizes small.
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skgiven Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Apr 09 Posts: 3968 Credit: 1,995,359,260 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 43487 - Posted: 21 May 2016 \| 18:16:48 UTC - in response to Message 43460. Last modified: 21 May 2016 \| 18:49:28 UTC
	There has been a bit of a task drought here recently and there is only 1 PhD student working ATM. Even when the next student starts it will take some time before they are up to speed. We are also approaching the summer holidays when some of the senior researchers may be less available/have plans. While the GTX1000 series is en route it probably won't work straight out of the box, it might take some dev work behind the scenes and even when that's done there might not be much work. We don't know for sure exactly what is comming or when it's coming. It could be some time before a replacement for the 650 turns up. There might be 2 or 3 cards early on, with mid-range cards shortly afterwards or we might have to wait until ~Sept before we see those. That's just my honest assessment of the situation. It's a somewhat unfortunate reality, but it's not all bad. It might discourage some from rushing out to buy new kit, when it's on the more expensive side, only to find it doesn't work any time soon, and AMD/ATI's next generation is also due out soon, albeit probably some time after NV's. When that turns up prices will drop. Also, prices are already dropping for GTX900 series parts. That will continue and some real bargains might be out there in a next few weeks. ____________ FAQ's HOW TO: - Opt out of Beta Tests - Ask for Help
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Carsten Milkau Send message Joined: 7 Feb 09 Posts: 11 Credit: 5,723,515 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 44269 - Posted: 23 Aug 2016 \| 13:58:27 UTC Last modified: 23 Aug 2016 \| 14:10:34 UTC
	Update: I'm crunching 70,000 c/d on a GTX 650 (GK107, 2GB GDDR5). By the benchmark chart, I'd expect it to be 7-8x slower than the popular GTX 980 Ti (GM200, 6GB GDDR5). In fact it seems to be around 15x slower. CPU usage is at 5-6%. Hmm. Worth looking into?
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skgiven Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Apr 09 Posts: 3968 Credit: 1,995,359,260 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 44305 - Posted: 26 Aug 2016 \| 21:27:06 UTC - in response to Message 44269.
	The GTX650 is half the 'speed' of a GTX 650 Ti which was an entry level card for here several years ago. A GTX980Ti should be 8 or 9 times (8.67) faster than a GTX 650 at GPUGrid. FAQ - Best configurations for GPUGRID ____________ FAQ's HOW TO: - Opt out of Beta Tests - Ask for Help
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Carsten Milkau Send message Joined: 7 Feb 09 Posts: 11 Credit: 5,723,515 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 44319 - Posted: 29 Aug 2016 \| 6:57:47 UTC - in response to Message 44305.
	Thanks for the confirmation. It's quite a bit below that expected performance, then.
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