TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by stinger608

Well, got my ole 7870 back up and crunching about 20 minutes ago. Also have a i7 3770K crunching now as well. Will have the Vishera 6300 running tomorrow.

Awesome!


I sold two more HPs yesterday (actually for a good bit more than was originally planned) so an IVB i7 w/ perhaps a GPU looks to be in my future

[Jstn7477]

Gigabyte 7950 Windforce arrived today, so I threw that in my 2600K rig and am installing drivers now. For some reason, that rig has been freezing randomly for the last few months after I moved it up to work, even with different RAM and HDD, and lowering the OC to 4GHz didn't help. I'll have to keep an eye on it and see what it does with a real video card installed now.

Also, my mATX 3770K rig went down due to an apparently loose SATA cable (thought the 80GB drive crapped out, but it is up and SMART is clean). That rig will get the 7970 when it arrives on Wednesday.

EDIT: I got a GHz edition 7950 when it was advertised as 900MHz. :O

[[Ion]]

That's a very sizable boost that you have coming!

[Jstn7477]

I'd love to see it go into action right now, but I took the app_config from my desktop and the scheduler won't give me any ATI tasks.

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by Jstn7477

I'd love to see it go into action right now, but I took the app_config from my desktop and the scheduler won't give me any ATI tasks.

I've found that BOINC has to get as many CPU tasks as it wants, and then it will generally start getting ATI WUs. At least that's what happened when I put the HD7930 in the Xeon setup.

[Norton]

FYI on the HCC wu's.... If you want all GPU work then change the CPU setting from Yes to No in the WCG profile for the rig.

This setting:

Saw this tip on a post by Old Chap @XS (don't remember where)

[[Ion]]

Clever

I like to allow CPU work to run just in case there are issues w/ BOINC

[Jstn7477]

The Gigabyte 7950 is pumping out WUs now. I almost want to swap my XFX 7950 for this one because this card has a 1GHz BIOS and the VDDC under full load is like 1.22v, so I could probably completely avoid Afterburner and just use AMD Overdrive. Temperature is 52c at 35% fan speed. Tell you what, I wish I had bought this over the XFX because this card was cheaper (now) and I didn't have to buy an $80 cooler just to make it run properly.

[mstenholm]

Originally Posted by [Ion]

Clever

I like to allow CPU work to run just in case there are issues w/ BOINC

I did that until I found out that I was running 11 WUs, 10 GPU and one CPU

It did NOT improve my output.

[james888]

Originally Posted by mstenholm

I did that until I found out that I was running 11 WUs, 10 GPU and one CPU

It did NOT improve my output.

Say I run 12 wu's on my 7970, and I have that 13th wu that is cpu only... If I turn off that 13th cpu only wu I will get higher output?

[mstenholm]

Originally Posted by james888

Say I run 12 wu's on my 7970, and I have that 13th wu that is cpu only... If I turn off that 13th cpu only wu I will get higher output?

Yes, unless you have plenty of CPU power (one thread per GPU or something close to that). I only have a slow i7 920. The one extra thread would make 500 PPD but it steals from the more profitable GPU units. Don't ask me why it suddenly started doing that. I have for weeks received HCC1 units for CPU and they just stayed there until I deleted them but as soon as it saw a DSFL unit it began running it.

[t_ski]

I need some advice on trying to get a cruncher stable. I have an AMD rig as follows:

Phenom II x4 910e
MSI 770 chipset mobo
Sapphire Vapor-X 7770
MSI 7770
2 x 2GB Micron DDR3-1333

I can run the mobo just fine with vid card "A" and it runs fine with vid card "B" but if I put both in the mix it locks up in less than five minutes. I haven't messed around with any AMD stuff (besides my home server, which was plug & go), so I'm not sure if I need to adjust some voltages or any other setting in the BIOS.

Any thoughts? I'm lost ATM...

[[Ion]]

What's the PSU? And do you know that both PCIe slots are stable? (try using just one card in the second slot)

[brandonwh64]

Originally Posted by [Ion]

What's the PSU? And do you know that both PCIe slots are stable? (try using just one card in the second slot)

Same here, what PSU is it running?

[t_ski]

Originally Posted by [Ion]

What's the PSU? And do you know that both PCIe slots are stable? (try using just one card in the second slot)

It's using the BFG I got from you

As far as knowing if both slots are stable, I'd have to try one of the cards in the bottom slot by itself. I had the MSI in the top slot and it was fine, but I took the MSI card down to the bottom slot since it was smaller and needed the extra room to maneuver the PCIe cable. I put the Sapphire 7770 in the top slot and tried to run them both, then saw lockups. I took out the MSI card that I knew was working fine before to run just the Sapphire card (so I knew it was fine) and it was going strong all night long when I checked it this AM. I can try putting one of them into the bottom slot tonight (maybe) and see if it changes. Also, I'm using the 12.11 betas I'm using on all my other rigs ATM.

This is the board I got from the Mad Shot, if he wants to add anything...

EDIT: Here's the model of mobo:

http://us.msi.com/product/mb/770-G45.html

I've tried two different sets of ram, too: the Micron DDR3-1333 in it right now and a set of Corsair XMS-1600.

[[Ion]]

I'd test out just a single card in the bottom slot. IIRC, that PSU is a ~600w model, even if it's not the fanciest one. So I'd imagine it should work just fine with that setup. What if you try another stress-test (Furmark, or a game supporting Crossfire)

[t_ski]

Will give it a shot when I have a chance.

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by t_ski

Will give it a shot when I have a chance.

And can we count on the tri-HD7970 rig for the duration of the competition?

[Jstn7477]

Reference 7970 showed up today in like an 18in x 20in x 20in box. Doing 10 WUs at 925/1375 with 70c core/45c VRM temp at 35% fan speed. Waiting on sluggish MSI Afterburner to finish downloading DirectX so I can play with the clocks.

I have to say Gigabyte 7950 Windforce is a hell of a card for $299. Has all 7 GPU phases with 3 "low RDS(on)" MOSFETs per phase, a 1000/1250 1.25v BIOS (was advertised as a 900MHz card) with 1200/1575 limits, and runs at a cool 53c @ 1150/1500 (might be able to do 1200). The only downsides I see are the high voltage (especially if the chip doesn't do 1200) and there is no MOSFET cooling (they run at 65c under full crunching load).

[james888]

I began crunching, not for wcg or tpu, with my 9800gt. I still have that thing sitting around. Think I should get it running? The fan is stuck at 100% so I don't think I will.

[HammerON]

Okay folks, we are on the front page
We will most likely need to help new users set-up BOINC. So be prepared to help

[[Ion]]

Originally Posted by james888

I began crunching, not for wcg or tpu, with my 9800gt. I still have that thing sitting around. Think I should get it running? The fan is stuck at 100% so I don't think I will.

Unfortunately, WCG doesn't support G92 cards. You could set it up for FAH, however.

Originally Posted by HammerON

Okay folks, we are on the front page
We will most likely need to help new users set-up BOINC. So be prepared to help

Awesome! Thanks BTA!

I'm setting up a few more rigs for the contest--a pair of E8400s, an E6400, and an X2 ~2.3GHz

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Originally Posted by t_ski

It's using the BFG I got from you

As far as knowing if both slots are stable, I'd have to try one of the cards in the bottom slot by itself. I had the MSI in the top slot and it was fine, but I took the MSI card down to the bottom slot since it was smaller and needed the extra room to maneuver the PCIe cable. I put the Sapphire 7770 in the top slot and tried to run them both, then saw lockups. I took out the MSI card that I knew was working fine before to run just the Sapphire card (so I knew it was fine) and it was going strong all night long when I checked it this AM. I can try putting one of them into the bottom slot tonight (maybe) and see if it changes. Also, I'm using the 12.11 betas I'm using on all my other rigs ATM.

This is the board I got from the Mad Shot, if he wants to add anything...

EDIT: Here's the model of mobo:

http://us.msi.com/product/mb/770-G45.html

I've tried two different sets of ram, too: the Micron DDR3-1333 in it right now and a set of Corsair XMS-1600.

Okay let me make sure I got this right. You installed the Msi card first. ran the rig all was good. Then moved the Msi card to the bottom pci e slot and installed the other card at the same time and started getting lock ups. Did you install the Sapphire card by itself at anytime prior to running both cards? If not that may be your problem. See you swapped out the main gpu and installed a second gpu at the same time. I think it is freaking out trying to install the sapphire card as primary and the msi card as slave at the same time. when ever I do a multi gpu rig I install the main card first and let the rig settle for a min. Then install the slave card. Also does the rig see both cards and also does it lock only when running boinc? Is it stable in windows and other things? Are the cards crossfired? I don't think it's a hardware issue as I played with that board with 2 3650's just to make sure they crossfired and didn't have an issue but things can change. If for some reason it does turn out to be a board problem let me know and I will swap boards with you (I will send you my 870-g45). My 870 was running my Hd4870's in crossfire for awhile until I got my 7850. Now it is running the GTX 240 I got from you.

[t_ski]

Originally Posted by [Ion]

And can we count on the tri-HD7970 rig for the duration of the competition?

Maybe, but not yet. Life is still keeping me busy and other things take priority

Originally Posted by ThE_MaD_ShOt

Okay let me make sure I got this right. You installed the Msi card first.

yep

ran the rig all was good.

yep

Then moved the Msi card to the bottom pci e slot and installed the other card at the same time and started getting lock ups.

yep

Did you install the Sapphire card by itself at anytime prior to running both cards?

nope

If not that may be your problem. See you swapped out the main gpu and installed a second gpu at the same time. I think it is freaking out trying to install the sapphire card as primary and the msi card as slave at the same time. when ever I do a multi gpu rig I install the main card first and let the rig settle for a min. Then install the slave card.

will try that later when I get a chance to dink around with it

Also does the rig see both cards

yep

and also does it lock only when running boinc?

yep, but I've only used it to run BOINC

Is it stable in windows and other things?

IDK (see above)

Are the cards crossfired?

nope

I don't think it's a hardware issue as I played with that board with 2 3650's just to make sure they crossfired and didn't have an issue but things can change. If for some reason it does turn out to be a board problem let me know and I will swap boards with you (I will send you my 870-g45). My 870 was running my Hd4870's in crossfire for awhile until I got my 7850. Now it is running the GTX 240 I got from you.

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

I think if I understand correctly that you have the sapphire card in it now and it's running fine. If so I would just pop the msi card back in the lower slot and see how it does now since the Sapphire card is now installed fully.