Posts by John Beck

1) Message boards : Application Code Discussion : Problems with AMD Catalyst 11.11 (Message 52531) Posted 15 Jan 2012 by John Beck Post: I have a ATI HD 6870 and Milky says that I don't have the necessary computing power? 2TB/s isn't fast enough? I bought my system specifically to work with BOINC projects, and yours is a main one. What do I need to do to get this puppy crunching with your project? Using Catalyst 11.12 made sure I had Open CL SDK 2.6. Specs are: MS Windows 7 64-bit SP1 CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Thuban 45nm Technology RAM 8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 535MHz (7-7-7-19) Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-890GPA-UD3H (Socket M2) Graphics Generic Non-PnP Monitor (1600x1200@60Hz) AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner) 1/14/2012 8:00:42 PM \| Milkyway@Home \| Message from server: An ATI GPU supporting double precision math is required 1/14/2012 8:00:42 PM \| Milkyway@Home \| Message from server: Your NVIDIA GPU lacks the needed compute capability (1.3, required for double precision math Other projects are utilizing my 6870 just fine just so ya know. Thanks for the option to be able to help in this project! :) Also let me know if I just need to wait for a new Milkyway update too.
2) Message boards : News : Visualization/Screensaver Work (Message 36813) Posted 27 Feb 2010 by John Beck Post: Hi I like option 2 maybe the big picture with shaded areas showing looks of current work done and in progress on an overlay of the generalized structure with the location of the solar system and the option to turn it off and on when checking it. Maybe to have a one level zoom with the processed data (not the high resolution but like a thumbnail version)the brightest. That should be simple enough but get the data expressed quickly. Use like a snapshot process maybe once a day. Hope this helps. I think most of us just want a basic view of the progress. Have the more intensive stuff on the website page as an option later. Hope I helped! John
3) Message boards : MilkyWay@home Science : add show graphics to see progress? (Message 28203) Posted 22 Jul 2009 by John Beck Post: Is there going to be a show graphics program added to see on the fly progress of the project?