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Send message Joined: 10 Oct 07 Posts: 79 Credit: 69,337,972 RAC: 0 |
Hi, I just downloaded one for my ati 4890 and just added as is to the directory per instructions then the sever went down so waited around till it came back up again and now i'm getting these strange work units with the application name of milkyway 0.20 now i've looked and there are none of these on the application page and before i used to get the ati 0.21 aplication files which only took 2 mins 50 seconds to process these take more like 6 or 7 minutes to process has anybody any idea whats all gone wrong ? or should i just get rid of this app completely ? Ian |
Send message Joined: 10 Oct 07 Posts: 79 Credit: 69,337,972 RAC: 0 |
Hi, Ive just re-installed the original app 0.21 only to discover that theres a huge problem going on just as i decided to change the settings ( typical ) i've now downloaded some new work but it wont start doing anything the counter counts but the progress bar stays at 0% completed Ian |
Send message Joined: 12 Dec 08 Posts: 56 Credit: 269,889,439 RAC: 0 |
See http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=1600. There is something messed up with the completion %, but it will finish... Click to help Seti City. |
Send message Joined: 19 Jul 08 Posts: 67 Credit: 272,086,462 RAC: 0 |
Hi, I use only the stock 0.21 app on GPUs only (10). They display similar behavior, but if you let them run, They'll eventually go to 143% and count backwards to 100%. With these WUs, my GPUs are paying much better. When your WUs complete, just view the results of the WU on your account. |
Send message Joined: 4 Oct 08 Posts: 1734 Credit: 64,228,409 RAC: 0 |
I thought this weird behaviour was just me, and have been watching the WUs crunch like this for the last couple of hours. Boy, am I glad it is not just me getting 0.21 WUs on the stock GPU client showing no progress but counting. Then leaping to 143% and counting down to 100%, while the time counter goes up to 3 minutes 50 odd seconds. Go away, I was asleep |
Send message Joined: 27 Aug 07 Posts: 647 Credit: 27,592,547 RAC: 0 |
These new WUs don't work at all for me! *sigh* The card seems idle (I don't even hear the fans of the ATI card!!) but the whole system gets sluggish and unresponsive as soon as I try to crunch one of these WUs. The old ones do process as usual (and I can hear the lovely sound of my GPU fans again... *grin*) Lovely greetings, Cori |
Send message Joined: 6 May 09 Posts: 217 Credit: 6,856,375 RAC: 0 |
We are looking into this problem, and hope to have it solved tonight. -Matthew |
Send message Joined: 5 Dec 09 Posts: 1 Credit: 166,235,813 RAC: 0 |
The new workunit "de_13_3s_const_1_...." had a problem with my 5970 card. My computer was freeze when crunch these work units more than one. |
Send message Joined: 20 Nov 07 Posts: 5 Credit: 281,219,758 RAC: 0 |
Man this is killing me... GPU time: 783.381 seconds, wall clock time: 3180.89 seconds on a I7 with a 4870x2 73600527 |
Send message Joined: 24 Dec 07 Posts: 1947 Credit: 240,884,648 RAC: 0 |
Man this is killing me... GPU time: 783.381 seconds, wall clock time: 3180.89 seconds on a I7 with a 4870x2 Ohh, you poor fella! ;p |
Send message Joined: 27 Aug 07 Posts: 647 Credit: 27,592,547 RAC: 0 |
The new WUs still behave strange but at least I found a way how to crunch them without having my box going havoc: I've changed my MW settings in the app_info.xml to crunch only 1 WU at a time! Before I was crunching 2 WUs in parallel (and didn't have any trouble with that until those new WUs were released... *grin*). At least a little workaround... ;-) Lovely greetings, Cori |
Send message Joined: 24 Dec 07 Posts: 1947 Credit: 240,884,648 RAC: 0 |
Only 1 wu at a time here and all appears great. I'm even seeing a credit increase per hour! |
Send message Joined: 10 Oct 07 Posts: 79 Credit: 69,337,972 RAC: 0 |
I'm not seeing an increase in any sense I'm getting the 417 credits yes but the work units are taking 3 times as long as my old ones from yesterday so twice the credits yes but 3 times the length :( i would pick last night to try out one of these apps for the first time and thought i'd completely messed the project up now will have to wait till this all sorts itself out before i try again Ian |
Send message Joined: 23 Feb 09 Posts: 28 Credit: 10,775,220 RAC: 0 |
Hi, on my system HD3870 Ultimate these wu's are hanging around and no progress is shown, they don't start.. I switched to one per GPU, but did not help for me. Restart of boinc or the complete machine did not help. So I resetted the project... Its pitty... |
Send message Joined: 10 Oct 07 Posts: 79 Credit: 69,337,972 RAC: 0 |
I was getting the same problem now I'm getting double the credit for double the work unit length ( approx ) so all in all no change leaving trying the apps thing till i'm sure the project work units dont go pear shaped on me again :( Ian |
Send message Joined: 4 Oct 08 Posts: 1734 Credit: 64,228,409 RAC: 0 |
Apart from the strange behavoiour on these _12_; _13_; _14_ WUs while crunching, the prorata credit seems to be about the same as it has been for a long time. Go away, I was asleep |
Send message Joined: 14 Feb 09 Posts: 5 Credit: 157,994,413 RAC: 0 |
I also have big problem with De_XX_3S_free on my 4GPU system (2X5970) Gpu are idle or less than 50% and computer become very very slow the worst WU de_13_3s_const_1_341667_1268484025 compute in 5,619.85s (150s normally and 100s for standard one) http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=143091&offset=0&show_names=0&state=3 MilkyWay@Home v0.21 (ati13ati)(X64 GPU) Ati Catalyst 10.2 64b Win 7 Pro |
Send message Joined: 10 Oct 07 Posts: 79 Credit: 69,337,972 RAC: 0 |
to get back to the thread topic there seems to be 2 apps for the ati card listed in here i downloaded both to have a look 1 has an xml doc with all sorts of settings you can fiddle about with using the txt document provided the other doesnt seem to have any actual fiddling qualities acording to the contained txt doc my question which is best if any and if the app with all the settings is the best one could somebody give me a hint on where to start fiddling and how much of an effect i'll get anyway ? best regards Ian |
Send message Joined: 10 Oct 07 Posts: 79 Credit: 69,337,972 RAC: 0 |
hello, I took a chance and installed the app for GPU applications and then edited the xml file by adding n2 for number of work units in progress at the same time and f10 for the kernal frequancy as it suggests so the line looks like this " <cmdline>n2 f10</cmdline> " all thats happening is the same without any changes to the script the app is making the work units take 5 times as long to process could somebody point me in the right direction here ? best regards Ian |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
hello, I don't have a gpu myself but from what I read is getting multiple wu's to run together doesn't speed up their completion time. For example: if 1 takes 200 seconds, 2 will take 400 seconds. Unless you have multiple gpu, then you can set it to run a task on each. The stock app will work fine now. Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
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