Message boards : News : Important: No new work for pre-Fermi GPUs
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 MJHProject administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 696 Credit: 27,266,655 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications   | |
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[CSF] Thomas H.V. DUPONT  Send message Joined: 20 Jul 14 Posts: 732 Credit: 115,270,366 RAC: 4 Level  Scientific publications    | |
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Thanks for the heads-up Matt. | |
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Dang, so much for that, I guess my old GeForce 9800 GTX+ is just not good enough anymore. | |
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester  Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications | |
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J, I'm sure your efforts were appreciated. But that card is really old now. It can still run e.g. Einstein, but you'd save money buy replacing it with e.g. a much faster GTX750/Ti, which uses only 1/2 to 1/3 the electricity. Unless you don't have to pay anything for electricity, of course. | |
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Guys, if u got an old GPU, try folding@home. It also helps medicine. http://folding.stanford.edu/ | |
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Jim1348 Send message Joined: 28 Jul 12 Posts: 819 Credit: 1,591,285,971 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications | |
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I think that Folding has given up on cards that old also, which used Core 11. You need at least a Fermi to do Cores 15, 17 and 18. | |
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[AF>Amis des Lapins]CeDri... Send message Joined: 12 Sep 14 Posts: 5 Credit: 5,705,494 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications | |
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bad news for me. i have 2 gtx295... :( | |
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Fermi generation of Excellent Tesla is not support ? | |
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Beyond Send message Joined: 23 Nov 08 Posts: 1112 Credit: 6,162,416,256 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications  | |
J, I'm sure your efforts were appreciated. But that card is really old now. It can still run e.g. Einstein, but you'd save money buy replacing it with e.g. a much faster GTX750/Ti, which uses only 1/2 to 1/3 the electricity. Unless you don't have to pay anything for electricity, of course. Not only that but the 750Ti is twice as fast, so you'd be getting 4 to 6 times the credits/watt. You'd also have 4 times the video memory. Sell the old card, replace it with a 750Ti and it probably wouldn't take long to pay for itself. You'd also have a cooler running, faster system. I know that sometimes it's hard to shell out that initial investment, but the long term benefits are considerable. On sale you can sometimes pick up the fastest EVGA OCed models for around $110. | |
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Beyond Send message Joined: 23 Nov 08 Posts: 1112 Credit: 6,162,416,256 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
Fermi generation of Excellent Tesla is not support ? I wouldn't buy a Tesla for GPUGRID. The normal GPUs are faster, cheaper and have newer technology. Teslas have a niche but not here. Instead get a newer Maxwell based GPU that meets your budget: 750, 750Ti, 970, or 980. | |
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
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Yu wrote: Fermi generation of Excellent Tesla is not support ? Fermi is still supported by GPU-Grid and Folding. The Teslas are just the same chip, so also supported. But, as Beyond already said, never buy a Tesla for BOINC, not even a cheap one! Fermi is not only outdated by now, but lags Kepler and especially Maxwell significantly in energy efficiency - be it on a Geforce or a Tesla. If a Tesla is cheap, that because it's not worth much any more compared to other cards. CeDriCXD wrote: bad news for me. i have 2 gtx295... :( Personally I wouldn't crunch on anything older than Keplers by now. Your card is more efficient than the GTX9800+ mentioned before, but it's still the generation before Fermi. MrS ____________ Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002 | |
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skgiven Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester  Send message Joined: 23 Apr 09 Posts: 3968 Credit: 1,995,359,260 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications  | |
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In terms of compute capability and performance/Watt anything before a GTX400 series GPU is like trying to crunch with a hot fossil. | |
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So .. i guess this is the reason why I'm not getting work for my 8400GS , right ? | |
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MJH Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 696 Credit: 27,266,655 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
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'fraid so. Thanks for your contribution up until now. We sadly just can't use those cards usefully anymore. | |
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Jacob Klein Send message Joined: 11 Oct 08 Posts: 1127 Credit: 1,901,927,545 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
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There are still projects that continue to offer work for older GPUs, like Seti@Home, Einstein@Home, etc. Please consider attaching to other projects, to keep donating that GPU time, even if it is an old GPU. | |
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cowboy2199 Send message Joined: 27 May 14 Posts: 4 Credit: 104,056,992 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
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I have twin GTX570's on water cooling and haven't gotten any new work in a couple weeks at least. IS there something going on here I haven't heard about? | |
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MJH Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 696 Credit: 27,266,655 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
I have twin GTX570's on water cooling and haven't gotten any new work in a couple weeks at least. IS there something going on here I haven't heard about? 570s are still supported. Probably your driver is too old - try updating to the latest version. Matt | |
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Retvari Zoltan Send message Joined: 20 Jan 09 Posts: 2343 Credit: 16,201,255,749 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications | |
I have twin GTX570's on water cooling and haven't gotten any new work in a couple weeks at least. IS there something going on here I haven't heard about? Looking at your computer's detailed info, I see that the BOINC manager couldn't recognize the GPU (so called coprocessor) at all. It could be caused by that you've installed the BOINC manager as a system service (it's called "protected application execution" in the installer). | |
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My driver is 340. Debians drivers are at 340 even on Debian 8 which is stil a release candidate. Is this okay??? | |
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MJH Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 696 Credit: 27,266,655 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
My driver is 340. Debians drivers are at 340 even on Debian 8 which is stil a release candidate. Is this okay??? Yes - as you can see in your profile pages, your computers are getting WUs and running the latest CUDA65 application version. Matt | |
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