Posts by M0CZY

1) Message boards : News : Server Maintenance 6/28/2023 12 PM EDT (4 PM UTC) (Message 76095) Posted 29 Jun 2023 by M0CZY Post: The Server Status page still doesn't look right. There seem to be far too many 'tasks ready to send', and too many 'tasks in progress'. Some more cleaning up of the server might need to be carried out.
2) Message boards : News : Separation Application Shutting Down on Tuesday, Jun 20th (Message 75758) Posted 20 Jun 2023 by M0CZY Post: So when is it going to be shut down then?
3) Message boards : News : New Nbody Version 1.50 (Message 63571) Posted 14 May 2015 by M0CZY Post: Message deleted by author.
4) Message boards : News : New Nbody Version 1.50 (Message 63568) Posted 14 May 2015 by M0CZY Post: My 64-bit Linux machine has been running the Nbody 1.50 single and MT versions without any problems. All my work units finish properly. It would help a bit if my wingmen could be bothered to finish their work units so that I could see if they validate correctly. Having read about their problems, I don't much fancy trying out the Windows version!
5) Message boards : Number crunching : New Benchmark Thread - times wanted for any hardware, CPU or GPU, old or new! (Message 63493) Posted 2 May 2015 by M0CZY Post: Btw I take it your GPU is at stock clocks? Yes. I don't know how, or even if it is possible, to overclock it. According to the Nvidia control panel, it runs at 810 MHz.
6) Message boards : Number crunching : New Benchmark Thread - times wanted for any hardware, CPU or GPU, old or new! (Message 63483) Posted 30 Apr 2015 by M0CZY Post: GPU: Nvidia GT 610 Driver: 350.12 CPU: Intel Pentium 4 560 3.6GHz OS: Windows 7 32-bit BOINC: 7.4.42 Average of last 8 work units: 1827 seconds I believe that my GT 610 is about the slowest GPU that can correctly run on this project.
7) Message boards : Number crunching : GPU Requirements (Message 57199) Posted 8 Feb 2013 by M0CZY Post: It will probably be able to run the applications anyway - but the question is whether it will run them fast enough. My new GT 610 is turning in the current work units in about 70 minutes each. Compared to my slow CPU, this seems very quick to me!
8) Message boards : News : New N-Body Release (Message 57198) Posted 8 Feb 2013 by M0CZY Post: Is there going to be a 32 bit Windows or Linux GPU version of the N-Body application released?
9) Message boards : Number crunching : GPU Requirements (Message 57103) Posted 31 Jan 2013 by M0CZY Post: Before I go out and spend the money, I would like to know whether an Nvidia GeForce GT 610 would be a suitable GPU for this project. According to this page, it is CUDA-Enabled, with a Compute Capability of 2.1 https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus My computer only has a 305W PSU, so I can't really put in anything much more potent than this. If it is unsuitable, maybe it could be used for other projects?
10) Message boards : News : Nbody 1.04 (Message 56812) Posted 10 Jan 2013 by M0CZY Post: My single processor machine isn't getting any Nbody work, although there appears to be plenty available. Are single processor computers without hyperthreading not supported by this application?
11) Message boards : Number crunching : No WUs, but.... (Message 52386) Posted 11 Jan 2012 by M0CZY Post: My old 2.8GB Pentium 4 Northwood core only has a single processor, with no hyperthreading. It wouldn't get any n-body work units. Are 2 processors (real or virtual) required in order to run n-body work? Renderfarm also uses an Multi-Threading application, but that runs fine on my single P4 machine.
12) Message boards : News : New server test post (Message 52292) Posted 7 Jan 2012 by M0CZY Post: My 3.0GHz Pentium 4 with hyperthreading is getting loads of N-Body work, but my other, 2.8GHz Pentium 4 without hyperthreading machine is getting only: 07/01/2012 20:27:21 \| Milkyway@Home \| Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. 07/01/2012 20:27:21 \| Milkyway@Home \| Requesting new tasks for CPU 07/01/2012 20:27:23 \| Milkyway@Home \| Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 07/01/2012 20:27:23 \| Milkyway@Home \| No tasks sent 07/01/2012 20:27:23 \| Milkyway@Home \| No tasks are available for MilkyWay@Home N-Body Simulation 07/01/2012 20:27:23 \| Milkyway@Home \| Message from server: Your NVIDIA GPU lacks the needed compute capability (1.3, required for double precision math 07/01/2012 20:27:23 \| Milkyway@Home \| No tasks are available for the applications you have selected. Neither machine has a GPU. Do you need a multithreading CPU to get work, or have I got the preferences set wrong for that computer?
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Small WUs is doing it again! (Message 29497) Posted 19 Aug 2009 by M0CZY Post: Every time there's a new search that you download, there'll be a download around that size. This project is actually not that bad. After the last data file download (stars-82-3stream.txt), I have received several work units that use that file to work from. As for the work units being short, even my 12 year old 233MMX can finish one in only 20 hours. The longer ones usually take 40 hours!
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Small WUs is doing it again! (Message 29243) Posted 12 Aug 2009 by M0CZY Post: My slight complaint is not about the size of the work units, it's about the size of the data file download. The file size was 8.17 MB, and is a bit much for my slow, expensive dial-up! I hope that there aren't too many more large data file downloads like that.
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Won't finish in time (Message 28482) Posted 28 Jul 2009 by M0CZY Post: Are you using an optimized app for it? That would help if not. I had a look at zslip.com, but I don't know which version I need, and I couldn't find any instructions. My Intel Pentium 233 MMX processor doesn't have any SSE. I will feel safer using the stock app, but thanks for your advice.
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Won't finish in time (Message 28447) Posted 27 Jul 2009 by M0CZY Post: I have attached my old, very slow 233MMX to this project, and also I can only run it for 14 hours a day max. The longest work units I usually get take 41 hours, so I can send the result back only an hour before the deadline! If my old computer is slowing the project down too much can the admin tell me, as then I will detach it. For what it's worth, my 11 year old 233MMX is very reliable, and has always returned accurate results, no matter what project it is doing.