Hi there,
wow, I've heard about "crunching" and WCG here on TPU, but never really knew what it was all about. I got interested in what it actually does when I read about how @Knoxx29 joined the WCG and how he was so enthusiastic about it... little did I know! Today, I read about what it's good for, and... I am totally amazed! WOW! Please excuse my "noob-ie" questions here, but I'd really like to know how I could contribute to this project in the best way I can. My situation is as follows:
My system is used primarily for heavy video editing, emulation, encryption and compression purposes, as well as for running multiple VMs. These tasks are performed on an occasional basis and - let's be honest about it - for most of the remaining time my system is really bored and sitting on idle with 0 to 1 percent of CPU usage. So why not use all that unused computing power for something that really matters for a change? Use your hardware for something meaningful instead of letting it get bored and fall asleep? So I gave it a test run today... I downloaded the BOINC client according to the tutorial here on TPU, registered and then fired it up! Chose "WCG" and after a short while, it got going. Here's what it's doing now:
I guess this is the first project I'm "crunching" on - looks like it is working fine.
It told me at first there were over 12 hours remaining. After I allowed it to use 80% of my CPU power and allowing it to use my GPU as well, remaining time was quickly shortened.
Looking at the Task Manager, it appears to be running very smoothly, average CPU usage is about 80%, while GPU usage is about 22%. I can totally live with that!
So here's a few questions for you pros... am I doing things the right way? Any settings that need tweaking? To repeat myself, I think I could be totally in on this! This is a test run, alright - I'll be running this stuff for 24H now, and then go from there. Here's some further questions:
- Auto-starting of the BOINC client... I usually don't like that... is there any way to get it activated automatically only while connected to the Internet? Yeah, I could disable the auto-start, but I may forget to run it while connected to the Internet. I'm not on the WWW 24/7, but in the hours I am, I'd really like to have it running. If there really is no way around it, I'll let it run at startup, but I don't like to close / click on any programs that pop up during that time by principle .
OK, the next project has started now:
Is everything alright with that?
Also, is that 22-percent usage of my GPU OK? Could I increase it? I wouldn't mind at all. Although my system is already burning away over 800 watts according to my power meter now, who cares? It's for a good cause!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you very much in advance ,
Heaven7.
wow, I've heard about "crunching" and WCG here on TPU, but never really knew what it was all about. I got interested in what it actually does when I read about how @Knoxx29 joined the WCG and how he was so enthusiastic about it... little did I know! Today, I read about what it's good for, and... I am totally amazed! WOW! Please excuse my "noob-ie" questions here, but I'd really like to know how I could contribute to this project in the best way I can. My situation is as follows:
My system is used primarily for heavy video editing, emulation, encryption and compression purposes, as well as for running multiple VMs. These tasks are performed on an occasional basis and - let's be honest about it - for most of the remaining time my system is really bored and sitting on idle with 0 to 1 percent of CPU usage. So why not use all that unused computing power for something that really matters for a change? Use your hardware for something meaningful instead of letting it get bored and fall asleep? So I gave it a test run today... I downloaded the BOINC client according to the tutorial here on TPU, registered and then fired it up! Chose "WCG" and after a short while, it got going. Here's what it's doing now:
I guess this is the first project I'm "crunching" on - looks like it is working fine.
It told me at first there were over 12 hours remaining. After I allowed it to use 80% of my CPU power and allowing it to use my GPU as well, remaining time was quickly shortened.
Looking at the Task Manager, it appears to be running very smoothly, average CPU usage is about 80%, while GPU usage is about 22%. I can totally live with that!
So here's a few questions for you pros... am I doing things the right way? Any settings that need tweaking? To repeat myself, I think I could be totally in on this! This is a test run, alright - I'll be running this stuff for 24H now, and then go from there. Here's some further questions:
- Auto-starting of the BOINC client... I usually don't like that... is there any way to get it activated automatically only while connected to the Internet? Yeah, I could disable the auto-start, but I may forget to run it while connected to the Internet. I'm not on the WWW 24/7, but in the hours I am, I'd really like to have it running. If there really is no way around it, I'll let it run at startup, but I don't like to close / click on any programs that pop up during that time by principle .
OK, the next project has started now:
Is everything alright with that?
Also, is that 22-percent usage of my GPU OK? Could I increase it? I wouldn't mind at all. Although my system is already burning away over 800 watts according to my power meter now, who cares? It's for a good cause!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you very much in advance ,
Heaven7.