A big round of thanks go to Cluster Physik for quickly updating the 58x0 ATI GPU application, which was causing the validation problems we've been experiencing lately.


If you're running MilkyWay@Home on a 58x0 ATI GPU, please upgrade your application. A link is to the application is here: here


Please take the time to update to this, as not only are the bad ATI 58x0 GPU applications causing their own workunits to be often flagged invalid, they report results quick enough that they have been quoruming up against valid results and causing the valid ones to be flagged invalid.


Thanks, Travis

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When will it be available as a stock app? I don't use app_info.xml.

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When will it be available as a stock app? I don't use app_info.xml.

I just updated the stock apps. Let me know if it works.

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Can't get work to try it out. "No work available"

Edit #1: Required a Project Reset. Odd. A newer app version should not require manual resets like that. Anyway, I have new work now.

Edit #2: seems to be working. Thumbs up!

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All running well on the 4870's. Just one "Can't Validate" error since restarting the feeder. Apps automatically upgraded to version 0.23.
Just the feeder seems to run with difficulties...

Apologies for being a little on the slow side today.

I have downloaded the zip for the HD58xx correction, and opened it with a view of transferring the appropriate files to my Milkyway projects folder.

I see the following list of files -

app_info
astronomy_0.23_ATI_SSE2
astronomy_0.23_ATI_x64
astronomy_0.23_ATI_x87
brook32.dll
brook64.dll
readme

The readme states to copy the content of the appropriate folder of the zip file (3 files) to your Milkyway folder.

My Penny quad runs 32bit XP pro, with the ATI 9.11 CCC (driver: 1.4.467) loaded and BOINC 6.10.13.

I assume the files I need to load are -

App_info
astronomy_0.23_ATI-SSE2
brook32.dll

But that leaves a doubt in my mind on what to do with astronomy_0.23_ATI_x87, which appears to be a 32 bit application.

Is the 3 files I need the 3 I mention or should I include the_x87 file as well?

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My Penny quad runs 32bit XP pro, with the ATI 9.11 CCC (driver: 1.4.467) loaded and BOINC 6.10.13.

I assume the files I need to load are -

App_info
astronomy_0.23_ATI-SSE2
brook32.dll

But that leaves a doubt in my mind on what to do with astronomy_0.23_ATI_x87, which appears to be a 32 bit application.

Is the 3 files I need the 3 I mention or should I include the_x87 file as well?

The three files you listed comprise the 32bit SSE2 version. It should run on your computer without problems. The _x87 version doesn't use SSE2 so it could be run on an older AthlonXP for instance, you don't need it (just take the app_info.xml and the brook32.dll from the same "Win32_SSE2_ati" folder as the application file). As most stuff is calculated on the GPU either way, it's probably just a second slower than the SSE2 version.

Btw., the 64bit version also uses SSE2 as every 64bit capable CPU supports it.

Thank you CP.

I was a little off my pace today, but thought I had picked the correct combination of MW GPU files for my set up. However, a quick check needed the confirmation.

I will now stop BM and add these files so I can use my HD5850 without causing the project science grief.

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This patch is still needed?

My sys: Q6600@3.2GHz, 4GB ram, Win7 x64, AMD Sapphire Radeon 5850 Toxic.
Boinc x64 version.
This files on milkyway.cs.rpi.edu_milkyway folder:

brook64a_ati.dll
milkyway_0.19_windows_x86_64.exe
milkyway_0.23_windows_x86_64__ati13ati.exe
parameter_222F5_3s_v3.txt
stars222F5_v2

Thank you

There's still 58xx machines running the wrong version. Why not ban them until they're fixed? Here's 2 that are still running v20b and returning massive invalid results:

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=128760&offset=60&show_names=0&state=4

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=126692&offset=0&show_names=0&state=4

They probably don't check the news. I've sent them PM's to upgrade to 0.23.

BTW, I just thought I'd say that this 0.23 app has proven to be rock solid in a machine with multiple 5970's. It is far more reliable than anything else out there by a long shot. Nice work.

There's still 58xx machines running the wrong version. Why not ban them until they're fixed?

One of the computer ID's you quoted is still running the wrong version nearly a month later after I PM'd the donor. There is one other guy that I've PM'd twice now over the last 2 months and he still doesn't upgrade to 0.23.

What to do about these guys?

There's still 58xx machines running the wrong version. Why not ban them until they're fixed?

One of the computer ID's you quoted is still running the wrong version nearly a month later after I PM'd the donor. There is one other guy that I've PM'd twice now over the last 2 months and he still doesn't upgrade to 0.23.

What to do about these guys?

Ban the computer or issue negative credit. It has been more than long enough to me.

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Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?
If it makes sense, DON'T do it.