GPU Requirements [OLD]

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Anthony Waters Send message Joined: 16 Jun 09 Posts: 85 Credit: 172,476 RAC: 0	Message 35846 - Posted: 19 Jan 2010, 23:49:45 UTC Last modified: 21 Jan 2010, 3:21:56 UTC Milkyway@Home requires a GPU supporting Double Precision arithmetic. NVIDIA: Compute Capability 1.3 and Above Example Products: Geforce GTX 295 Geforce GTX 285 Geforce GTX 280 Geforce GTX 275 (credits to Bruce) Geforce GTX 260 Tesla S1070 Tesla C1060 Quadro Plex 2200 D2 Quadro FX 5800 Quadro FX 4800 (Based on GT200 GPU) ATI: Example Products: ATI HD Radeon 5970 (credits to kashi) ATI HD Radeon 5870 ATI HD Radeon 5850 ATI HD Radeon 4890 ATI HD Radeon 4870 ATI HD Radeon 4850 ATI HD Radeon 4770 ATI HD Radeon 4830 ATI HD Radeon 38x0 (credits to cenit for the AMD documentation describing the products above) ATI Firestream 9270 ATI Firestream 9250 ATI Firestream 9170 (credits to Cluster Physik) Please post other working products and this list will be updated as time goes on. ID: 35846 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

cenit Send message Joined: 16 Mar 09 Posts: 58 Credit: 1,129,612 RAC: 0	Message 35847 - Posted: 19 Jan 2010, 23:50:56 UTC Last modified: 20 Jan 2010, 0:01:01 UTC you're forgetting fabulous ATi HD 4770. edit: I'm still asking myself how ATi decided to not include DP on 57xx series... edit2: this pdf from ATi http://developer.amd.com/gpu/ATIStreamSDK/assets/ATI_Stream_SDK_Getting_Started_Guide_v2.0.pdf has all the data that you could need. Go to last page, section 4 ID: 35847 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Bruce Send message Joined: 28 Apr 08 Posts: 1415 Credit: 2,716,428 RAC: 0	Message 35849 - Posted: 20 Jan 2010, 0:12:43 UTC GTX 275 works pretty good. ID: 35849 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

BINGO22 Send message Joined: 15 Nov 08 Posts: 5 Credit: 11,820,794 RAC: 0	Message 35852 - Posted: 20 Jan 2010, 2:01:47 UTC - in response to Message 35847. Thanks for pointing out the 57XX cards.. looks like a 58XX card for me next!! ID: 35852 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

kashi Send message Joined: 30 Dec 07 Posts: 311 Credit: 149,490,184 RAC: 0	Message 35857 - Posted: 20 Jan 2010, 9:52:59 UTC What about the current king of crunch? ATI HD Radeon 5970 ID: 35857 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

BulldogPO Send message Joined: 30 Jun 09 Posts: 17 Credit: 40,702,094 RAC: 0	Message 35863 - Posted: 20 Jan 2010, 20:30:42 UTC Last modified: 20 Jan 2010, 20:52:33 UTC ID: 35863 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Cluster Physik Send message Joined: 26 Jul 08 Posts: 627 Credit: 94,940,203 RAC: 0	Message 35870 - Posted: 20 Jan 2010, 23:33:24 UTC - in response to Message 35846. Please post other working products and this list will be updated as time goes on. If you include the Teslas, you can also add the ATI Firestream 9170, 9250 and 9270 cards. ID: 35870 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Daniel 'Claw' K. Send message Joined: 25 Jan 10 Posts: 1 Credit: 9,538,368 RAC: 0	Message 36404 - Posted: 10 Feb 2010, 23:36:57 UTC Geforce GT 240M Getting the Message: Your NVIDIA GPU lacks the needed compute capability No Mobile GPUs? Only GTX? Will there be an Update for those? ID: 36404 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Emanuel Send message Joined: 18 Nov 07 Posts: 280 Credit: 2,442,757 RAC: 0	Message 36406 - Posted: 11 Feb 2010, 0:35:03 UTC - in response to Message 36404. Presumably the message means that your card doesn't support Double Precision calculations - unfortunately, this project relies on that capability. ID: 36406 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

ftpd Send message Joined: 21 Nov 08 Posts: 23 Credit: 7,466,082 RAC: 0	Message 36413 - Posted: 11 Feb 2010, 10:36:30 UTC - in response to Message 35846. What is a normal (crunch)time for MW-wu using GTX295? ID: 36413 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

[AF>france>pas-de-calais]symaski62 Send message Joined: 7 Jul 09 Posts: 11 Credit: 4,716 RAC: 0	Message 36616 - Posted: 17 Feb 2010, 17:29:28 UTC Last modified: 17 Feb 2010, 18:18:00 UTC :/ pfff 17/02/2010 18:19:28 NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 8400 GS (driver version 19562, CUDA version 3000, compute capability 1.1, 256MB, 43 GFLOPS peak) 17/02/2010 19:15:06 NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 8400 GS (driver version 19621, CUDA version 3000, compute capability 1.1, 256MB, 43 GFLOPS peak) 17/02/2010 18:25:49 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 17/02/2010 18:25:49 Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks for GPU 17/02/2010 18:25:54 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 17/02/2010 18:25:54 Milkyway@home Message from server: No work sent 17/02/2010 18:25:54 Milkyway@home Message from server: Your computer has no ATI GPU 17/02/2010 18:25:54 Milkyway@home Message from server: Your NVIDIA GPU lacks the needed compute capability (1.3, required for double precision math ID: 36616 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

droden Send message Joined: 17 Feb 10 Posts: 1 Credit: 142,306 RAC: 0	Message 36624 - Posted: 17 Feb 2010, 18:45:22 UTC - in response to Message 36413. I'm getting 13 minutes per work unit on my gtx 295 (no overclocking or anything). ive turned in 10 GPU results for a 169 average per. CPU is still waiting to finish even one WU per core :> 16% at an hour for an I7 920 slightly OC'd ID: 36624 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Kronos Send message Joined: 27 Feb 10 Posts: 4 Credit: 3,883,536 RAC: 0	Message 36854 - Posted: 28 Feb 2010, 19:50:28 UTC - in response to Message 36624. 12.5 to 13.25 minutes on a gtx260 no oc ID: 36854 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Vincent JG Send message Joined: 25 Jan 10 Posts: 127 Credit: 121,293,907 RAC: 4,281	Message 36915 - Posted: 4 Mar 2010, 2:08:00 UTC Stock Performance stats: GTX 260 Core 216 ~ 13 minute runtime HD4850 ~ 4 minute runtime HD5850 ~ 2 Minute runtime "Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have." -Thomas Jefferson American Thinker ID: 36915 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Ivor Cogdell Send message Joined: 9 Feb 08 Posts: 9 Credit: 473,130 RAC: 7	Message 36942 - Posted: 4 Mar 2010, 19:51:11 UTC Hi Gang, I'm running an ATI Radeon 9200, any reason why this is not up to specs ? Ivor My Webpage ID: 36942 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

banditwolf Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0	Message 36946 - Posted: 4 Mar 2010, 22:19:21 UTC - in response to Message 36942. Hi Gang, I'm running an ATI Radeon 9200, any reason why this is not up to specs ? Too old. You need a double precision card. Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. ID: 36946 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

arkayn Send message Joined: 14 Feb 09 Posts: 999 Credit: 74,932,619 RAC: 0	Message 36954 - Posted: 5 Mar 2010, 0:03:31 UTC - in response to Message 36946. Hi Gang, I'm running an ATI Radeon 9200, any reason why this is not up to specs ? Too old. You need a double precision card. You need a card that has HD in its name and it can be any of these, 38xx 4770 48xx 58xx Firestream 9100/9200 series ID: 36954 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Ivor Cogdell Send message Joined: 9 Feb 08 Posts: 9 Credit: 473,130 RAC: 7	Message 36978 - Posted: 5 Mar 2010, 21:47:51 UTC - in response to Message 36954. Thanks for the info. Ivor My Webpage ID: 36978 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Skip Da Shu Send message Joined: 11 Apr 08 Posts: 74 Credit: 39,614,762 RAC: 44,107	Message 37111 - Posted: 9 Mar 2010, 23:03:36 UTC Last modified: 9 Mar 2010, 23:04:59 UTC Anybody got WU run times for the new HD5830 (s/b on list I believe also)? Trying to decide if I wanna upgrade a HD4850 with one of these. - da shu @ HeliOS, "A child's exposure to technology should never be predicated on an ability to afford it." ID: 37111 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

arkayn Send message Joined: 14 Feb 09 Posts: 999 Credit: 74,932,619 RAC: 0	Message 37118 - Posted: 10 Mar 2010, 4:20:12 UTC - in response to Message 37111. Anybody got WU run times for the new HD5830 (s/b on list I believe also)? Trying to decide if I wanna upgrade a HD4850 with one of these. Talk to me tomorrow as that is when it arrives at my house. ID: 37118 · Rating: 0 · rate: /