TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[phill]

April 8th was last week...
Are they doing another one this week?

DOH!!

Sometimes I really should look at what I'm doing lol Ignore it @HammerON !! My stupidness is out in force tonight!!

 

[mstenholm]

OPNG seems to be flowing freely now. I got a lot (>100) the past half hour.

Edit - From WCG:
Good evening,

I made a mistake on my update of a config file and it caused a bunch of work to be loaded onto the grid. I'm in clean up mode of that issue. It did send a bunch of results out and I'm happy that people got lots, but this was a mistake on my end and I'll make sure the work is distributed evenly going forward.

Thanks for your understanding,
-Uplinger

 

[thebluebumblebee]

OPNG seems to be flowing freely now. I got a lot (>100) the past half hour.

Edit - From WCG:
Good evening,

I made a mistake on my update of a config file and it caused a bunch of work to be loaded onto the grid. I'm in clean up mode of that issue. It did send a bunch of results out and I'm happy that people got lots, but this was a mistake on my end and I'll make sure the work is distributed evenly going forward.

Thanks for your understanding,
-Uplinger

None for me ATM.

 

[phill]

Not had very many on my 3900X, but I've had a few on my 2700.. Shame really considering this one is on all the time at the moment!

Has anyone else had a good download with the new project? I can't see it in the project list selection but all my profiles are setup to accept GPU work...

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I realized earlier today that I had my additional work set at .1 day. Therefore, when the OPNG's were available, I'd only get 2 WUs. I've bumped it to .5, so I'll see what happens next time they're available.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Maybe this is a dumb question, but what's the story with WCG's two sets of point values, and/or what's the significance of each? Folks seem to talk about the Big number in the WCG tech thread, but Phill's updates align with the Small number from the client. They're an order of magnitude off from each other:

 

[Deleted member 202104]

Maybe this is a dumb question, but what's the story with WCG's two sets of point values, and/or what's the significance of each? Folks seem to talk about the Big number in the WCG tech thread, but Phill's updates align with the Small number from the client. They're an order of magnitude off from each other:

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I had to research this when I started crunching. Looking at the bigger number I thought I was going to be a monster. Not so much.

Here's the deets:

Why are points on the agent and the web different?

World Community Grid in the past ran two types of agents. A United Devices (UD Windows) agent and a BOINC (Windows/Linux/Mac) agent. Today, World Community Grid only runs the BOINC agent. Points contributed by both of the agents will be part of a member's total on the website. However, only points contributed by BOINC agents will be shown on the BOINC agents. The points previously earned by a UD agent only appear on the website. Additionally, due to differences in how the agents computed points, BOINC points are multiplied by 7 when they are imported into the website. Thus if you earned 5 BOINC points, you will see 35 website points.

From this page:

Help

What if you could support causes you care about while reading this post? Your device’s unused computing power can help scientists tackle some of the world’s biggest problems: from finding better #HIV and #cancer treatments to more efficient sources of renewable energy? I just joined World...

www.worldcommunitygrid.org

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Any one else getting a bunch of GPU WUs only to have them disappear? No errors reported. I have seen WUs was listed under tasks on the BOINC client as "canceled by project."

 

[mstenholm]

Any one else getting a bunch of GPU WUs only to have them disappear? No errors reported. I have seen WUs was listed under tasks on the BOINC client as "canceled by project."

There are a lot of re-sends that in most cases completes and the turn up as Invalid or in some cases as Too Late. I have not seen any just disappear but I will keep on it on one rig. In general it has been a pretty dry day...

 

[Lorec]

Whats up guys! Hope everyones well
I just got a batch (around 30) OPN1G's and understood why I lost my daily top 10!

Points on those are ridiculous and my 1080ti seems to rip through them
One problem is that my custom loop seems to be overwhelmed.
Gpu @55C but its same loop with my CPU and boy it gets hot.
I was looking at 80C on CPU while OPN1G and other tasks where running.
Sheeeeeesh

 

[mstenholm]

Whats up guys! Hope everyones well
I just got a batch (around 30) OPN1G's and understood why I lost my daily top 10!
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Points on those are ridiculous and my 1080ti seems to rip through them
One problem is that my custom loop seems to be overwhelmed.
Gpu @55C but its same loop with my CPU and boy it gets hot.
I was looking at 80C on CPU while OPN1G and other tasks where running.
Sheeeeeesh

Yes a GPU is a powerful thing but if you check it isn't running more then 50 % in average. The second thing which you will find out is that not all WUs is 500-1300 points, many are only 70-120 and with slightly shorter duration.

Edit: you will also see a lot Invalid/Too Late. That does not means that your GPU is dying or late, it is how the validation work on this project (for now?).

 

[phill]

Whats up guys! Hope everyones well
I just got a batch (around 30) OPN1G's and understood why I lost my daily top 10!
View attachment 197234
Points on those are ridiculous and my 1080ti seems to rip through them
One problem is that my custom loop seems to be overwhelmed.
Gpu @55C but its same loop with my CPU and boy it gets hot.
I was looking at 80C on CPU while OPN1G and other tasks where running.
Sheeeeeesh

So your the one taking all the big points away!! :Laugh: I call unfair!!

I thought you where running a triple rad is that setup mate?? Is the rad dirty or are the fans barely turning??

 

[Lorec]

So your the one taking all the big points away!! :Laugh: I call unfair!!

Im not pointing fingers at anyone, but its those guys:

I thought you where running a triple rad is that setup mate?? Is the rad dirty or are the fans barely turning??

I am, but I also use a InWin 303 case.
Airflow in those is not the best on the market I must say
I got it for free though.

 

[phill]

Well it had to be one of them.... Greedy people I tell ya!!

Would it be better to have the rad external?? Might that help the temps a load??

 

[mstenholm]

Well it had to be one of them.... Greedy people I tell ya!!

Would it be better to have the rad external?? Might that help the temps a load??

18 UTC or there about a huge load of GPU work is issued. @phill , @HammerON , @Simplex0 , @PolRoger, @Lorec
https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,43386

 

[phill]

It seems the servers at the moment are getting pushed beyond what they are able to handle which isn't the best thing... lol

Anyone else getting issues at all?? WCG Upload/Download Issues They are clearing and then downloading a load more but some of them are being backed off....

If anyone else is getting any issues please update the thread just so we might be able to see where and who is affected I think my 3090 might be able to munch through a few of these now.....

 

[thebluebumblebee]

18 UTC or there about a huge load of GPU work is issued. @phill , @HammerON , @Simplex0 , @PolRoger, @Lorec
https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,43386

Thanks! I grabbed a bunch...., for my 660 Ti
@phill , I had problems for about a minute and all is back to normal.

Edit: Maybe not...

 

[Lorec]

Would it be better to have the rad external?? Might that help the temps a load??

That would be messy, and im trying to keep things compact nowadays.
Rather than that I`d buy bigger/better case that with better airflow.

It seems the servers at the moment are getting pushed beyond what they are able to handle which isn't the best thing... lol

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Anyone else getting issues at all?? WCG Upload/Download Issues They are clearing and then downloading a load more but some of them are being backed off....

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If anyone else is getting any issues please update the thread just so we might be able to see where and who is affected I think my 3090 might be able to munch through a few of these now.....

had whole bunch of those and all backed off... i think only two are left now but both stuck on download pending

 

[thebluebumblebee]

WOW! The half day numbers are up and you need more than 200K to get into the top 10! @mstenholm is already at 920K for the day!

 

[mstenholm]

WOW! The half day numbers are up and you need more than 200K to get into the top 10! @mstenholm is already at 920K for the day!

And that it with cold GPUs a lot of the time. When the uploads are slow and many download is stopped. It seems to get better now.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

And that it with cold GPUs a lot of the time. When the uploads are slow and many download is stopped. It seems to get better now.

Well, how's a 527K 1/4 day update?

 

[mstenholm]

Well, how's a 527K 1/4 day update?

I'm trying to optimize it a bit . These big units being pushed now is not playing well with folding for me so I will stop on two of the three PCs that still does that. I doubt that it will have any effect before tomorrow since I will let them complete the normal way. My 2x2xGPU non-folding PC (2060s) are smoking my folding 2070 Super.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Jiminy Crickets @mstenholm , 2.5 million for a half day?

 

[mstenholm]

Jiminy Crickets @mstenholm , 2.5 million for a half day?

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8xGPU on the 2070 Super, 4xGPU on the 2070s and 3 times on the 2060s, it all adds up

<app_config>
<app>
<name>opng</name>
<max_concurrent>2</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>.5</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
</app_config>

File name app_config.xml placed in ProgramData/BOINC/Projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org (read configuration files in Settings or restart PC) to make it work.

Going from two GPU units to four raised the power consumption from 40 to 78 W on my 2070 and more or less doubled the output.

 

[Lorec]

as for each gpu working is this:

normal?
i have a stock of WUs but i noticed it takes quite a while to start using gpu and then it goes up n down...
or is it in order to protect gpu from overheating?

EDIT: WTF is going on with those daily numbers