Posts by estatic707

1) Message boards : Number crunching : New Benchmark Thread - times wanted for any hardware, CPU or GPU, old or new! (Message 75343) Posted 25 Apr 2023 by estatic707 Post: This discussion actually got me experimenting and for me it is slightly more efficient to run 6 tasks at a time: 46/6=7.6 seconds/task and 32/4=8 seconds/task. How are you getting a consistent feed of GPU separation tasks? I just posted elsewhere that I'm having trouble getting sent them automatically and I have to keep hitting the update button: "I built a whole machine just for Milkyway with a 5900X and a Radeon Pro VII (6.528 TFLOPS FP64) that finishes the stack of 300 separation GPU tasks in around 40 minutes doing 6 concurrent tasks. After that, even with Milkway as the only enabled project, it just runs CPU tasks, even after the 10 minute runoff time that I see in "properties" of the project in BOINC Manager that I don't understand. The only way for me to get more tasks is to hit update on the porject after all 300 have been completed. I've combed through the documentation for app_config.xml and cc_config.xml to see if there were any serttings for mandating updates or something, but couldn't find anything. Is this a temporary issue with Milkway or do you have any other advice for keeping a constant stream of GPU tasks fed to my GPU?"
2) Questions and Answers : Preferences : Rarely getting any GPU work (Message 75342) Posted 25 Apr 2023 by estatic707 Post: I have a similar issue. I built a whole machine just for Milkyway with a 5900X and a Radeon Pro VII (6.528 TFLOPS FP64) that finishes the stack of 300 separation GPU tasks in around 40 minutes doing 6 concurrent tasks. After that, even with Milkway as the only enabled project, it just runs CPU tasks, even after the 10 minute runoff time that I see in "properties" of the project in BOINC Manager that I don't understand. The only way for me to get more tasks is to hit update on the porject after all 300 have been completed. I've combed through the documentation for app_config.xml and cc_config.xml to see if there were any serttings for mandating updates or something, but couldn't find anything. Is this a temporary issue with Milkway or do you have any other advice for keeping a constant stream of GPU tasks fed to my GPU? Best, Eric
3) Message boards : Number crunching : New Benchmark Thread - times wanted for any hardware, CPU or GPU, old or new! (Message 75340) Posted 25 Apr 2023 by estatic707 Post: Hello, I recently built a dedicated system for MW: https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/show_host_detail.php?hostid=963574 Used a Radeon Pro VII I got on eBay for $345 after tax paired with a 5900X. My advice would be to save a search for "pro vii" and then get alerts when new ones go up for auction. One just sold for $405 yesterday. It is an animal for separation tasks and doesn't get too hot when doing them. I have it running 4 tasks concurrently and they take an average of about 32 seconds each. Best, Eric