Posts by pharrg

1) Message boards : Number crunching : No work (Message 12557) Posted 23 Feb 2009 by pharrg Post: Yeah, I too keep running out of work... then get some for a while, then run out again. I'd hate to have to switch to another project, but with all that I spent on my machine, I'd like it to be getting used as much as possible. If there are sufficient work units available, perhaps there's a bottleneck somewhere else, such as a slow server or low bandwidth or something that can't keep up with the demand? It's probably being made even worse because some have increased how much work they cache on thier machines, so that when they do get work, they take a lot and make it even harder for others to get some.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : No work (Message 11642) Posted 19 Feb 2009 by pharrg Post: Hmmm... just got 2 tasks, though I need 8 at a time. Perhaps the servers are just being bombarded since everyone ran dry while project was offline. I'll watch to see if things catch up in a while...
3) Message boards : Number crunching : No work (Message 11641) Posted 19 Feb 2009 by pharrg Post: When the project came back online earlier, I got a bunch of tasks at first, but then once they finished, I have not be able to get anymore work. I have not be able to get any tasks for half an hour now.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Core i7 and Optimized App (Message 11259) Posted 17 Feb 2009 by pharrg Post: oops! I corrected that to 6Gb. Thanks. Long day...
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Core i7 and Optimized App (Message 11251) Posted 17 Feb 2009 by pharrg Post: I'm running BOINC 6.6.7 (64bit) Also, more info: Core i7 920 6Gb DDR3 Triple Channel RAM Asus P6T6 WS Revolution motherboard Vista Home Premium 64bit Also, I don't overclock anything. All stock/default settings. I'm not seeing any messages to indicate any problems. Looks like about 1 task completing every 60 seconds or so.
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Core i7 and Optimized App (Message 11247) Posted 17 Feb 2009 by pharrg Post: You know... I think it's ok now... I think it was just a problem of 8 tasks starting and finishing in unison. Now that they've sort of become staggared, things are running smoothly and my CPU is keeping busy. Times look to be between 6 and 9 minutes per WU now. Cool. I'll let it run and see how it does...
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Core i7 and Optimized App (Message 11245) Posted 17 Feb 2009 by pharrg Post: Ok, I've watched it for a while, and here's what it seems to be doing... It will download and start 8 tasks and upload the results one by one as they finish. However, the project won't give me anymore new tasks until usually at least half of them have completed. Is my machine just going faster than they can get processed on the other end? I just ask because that means more than half the time it's running less than the full 8 that it's capable. But, at least I am getting more tasks eventually.
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Core i7 and Optimized App (Message 11239) Posted 17 Feb 2009 by pharrg Post: I started running Milky Way on my new Core i7 machine today and was already impressed with the speed. But, I just downloaded and installed the optimized app for SSE 4.2 and all I can say is 'WOW!' The tasks that have run completely on the new version are finishing in about 6 minutes each, and I am running 8 at a time simultaneously (4 cores, 2 threads each). And, that's while doing other things on my machine too. The only problem I'm seeing now is they're cranking out so fast, I can't download new ones fast enough. I keep getting messages saying requesting new tasks, but got 0. Anyone know how to get the project to feed me more?
9) Message boards : Number crunching : Extreme CUDA processing! (Message 8487) Posted 16 Jan 2009 by pharrg Post: Hi. I am building a new machine that will have 3 nVidia GTX 295's running in SLI. Each board has 480 cores in parallel and almost 2Gb of dedicated RAM. Each is capable of 1.788 Teraflops of processing power. Altogether, by running 3 in SLI, this will give my machine 1440 cores and a whopping 5.364 Teraflops of power! Yes, it's like having a supercomputer sitting on your desk. But, unless your project is able to run CUDA (which the latest versions of BOINC support now), you can't make use of any of that power. It would represent a massive increase in processing power for work units. Most of the newer nVidia graphics cards support CUDA. Any plans to add CUDA support for your project?