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Send message Joined: 21 Aug 08 Posts: 625 Credit: 558,425 RAC: 0 |
that's a small price for 430 TFlops :) Oh, dare I even say that you're getting that amount of work done "on the cheap"? ;-) Why not get the separate project off the ground and move the GPUs to that project though? There are still plenty of CPU-only people to do the tasks that you have now. You could then have the GPUs do the more intensive work that those of us with CPUs only cannot do fast enough... -Brian |
Send message Joined: 24 Dec 07 Posts: 1947 Credit: 240,884,648 RAC: 0 |
that's a small price for 430 TFlops :) LOL, I'd have to agree that 430TFLOPS doesn't come much cheaper! But then again some of us aren't spending small amounts of money (relatively speaking). As long as there is check pointing on the GPU project - bring it on! |
Send message Joined: 20 Mar 08 Posts: 108 Credit: 2,607,924,860 RAC: 0 |
Hello again, Nicely done - 'ready to send' is again a 3-digit figure. |
Send message Joined: 19 Jul 08 Posts: 67 Credit: 272,086,462 RAC: 0 |
Hello again, This is all well and good, IMHO, if it's work needed to be done and not just make-work to appease the masses. I have a small sum in GPU cards and PSU upgrades and would not feel that good just to keep them busy on work that wasn't necessary. Thanks. |
Send message Joined: 26 Jan 09 Posts: 589 Credit: 497,834,261 RAC: 0 |
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Send message Joined: 28 Feb 09 Posts: 38 Credit: 10,200,014 RAC: 0 |
My no-doubt-simplistic fix: Hey, hey, your solution is good but the RAC is too high. I am just managing to get a 10,000 RAC with my GPU. |
Send message Joined: 22 Feb 08 Posts: 260 Credit: 57,387,048 RAC: 0 |
better: if(cpu-time<200sec) //most likely gpu { send larger WUs } else //most likely cpu { send smaller WUs } mic. |
Send message Joined: 21 Aug 08 Posts: 625 Credit: 558,425 RAC: 0 |
better: best: if(complaining-continues) { create gpu project; } else { create gpu project anyway so that there won't be complaining; } :-) |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 07 Posts: 486 Credit: 576,514,406 RAC: 37,004 |
create gpu project anyway so that there won't be complaining hahahahahahahahahahaha ... Really |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
if(complaining-ceases) { say nothing and leave quitely; } else { everyone will remember and start complaining again; } Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 26 Jun 09 Posts: 16 Credit: 357,054 RAC: 241 |
My slight complaint is not about the size of the work units, it's about the size of the data file download. The file size was 8.17 MB, and is a bit much for my slow, expensive dial-up! I hope that there aren't too many more large data file downloads like that. |
Send message Joined: 26 Jan 09 Posts: 589 Credit: 497,834,261 RAC: 0 |
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Send message Joined: 7 Sep 07 Posts: 444 Credit: 5,712,451 RAC: 0 |
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Send message Joined: 21 Aug 08 Posts: 625 Credit: 558,425 RAC: 0 |
My slight complaint is not about the size of the work units, it's about the size of the data file download. Every time there's a new search that you download, there'll be a download around that size. If you're looking for always having small file transfers, out of the projects that you're attached to that I have experience with, Cosmology would be my suggestion, however their tasks take up a lot of system memory, take a very long time, and the project management thinks that is absolutely fantastic, disregarding that it appears to be chasing away new users... Second choice would be to go with Einstein. You'd have a large download every now and then, but should be able to have no downloads at all for a little while as you process units out of that large download. |
Send message Joined: 29 May 09 Posts: 37 Credit: 34,016,951 RAC: 0 |
Current_result = UNHAPPY While Current_result <> HAPPY call Complain_a_lot call Read_forum call Check_for_new_result(new_result) if new_result = HAPPY then Current_result = HAPPY Wend |
Send message Joined: 26 Jun 09 Posts: 16 Credit: 357,054 RAC: 241 |
Every time there's a new search that you download, there'll be a download around that size. This project is actually not that bad. After the last data file download (stars-82-3stream.txt), I have received several work units that use that file to work from. As for the work units being short, even my 12 year old 233MMX can finish one in only 20 hours. The longer ones usually take 40 hours! |
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