I seem to be able to only pull ACEMD - GPU molecular dynamics v6.04 (cuda). What settings do I need to enable or set to pull the new version? And is that version number the same on Linux and Windows?

GDF ... this is frustrating, we process betas, you say you have released it to production but then don't provide directions on what we need to set our preferences to get the new version?

Is it a Linux version, a Windows version, both???

I'll start guessing on my Win7 x64:

The ACEMD ver2 setting gave me an old 6.03 which crashed as would be expected with on a 480 :-(

Now trying ACEMD and we will see what happens.

I am at work without a remote connection to my PC with the 480 but apparently I am no longer getting work so I can't tell what is going on.

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Thanks - Steve

there were no workunits on the the acemd queue. We are now submitting many.
These are for Fermi only.

gdf

Built another XP system x86 sp3,
Installed the GTX470 with the latest Beta (19775)
Installed Boinc and attached to GPUGrid:
05/05/2010 18:28:25 NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 470 (driver version 19775, CUDA version 3000, compute capability 2.0, 1280MB, 1089 GFLOPS peak)

Configured the system to optimize for GPUGrid tasks (not attached to any other project, using auto report and set the Swan_Sync system variable to zero).

Ran a Beta,
2282519 1440796 5 May 2010 17:24:02 UTC 5 May 2010 17:34:42 UTC Completed and validated 382.67 326.08 187.28 280.92 ACEMD beta version v6.23 (cuda30)
Closed Boinc during the run and reopened Boinc, Still managed to finish in 6 min 37 sec.
This is about the expected time (no overclocking of any kind).

Now running a 6.73 task,
2282490 1440606 5 May 2010 17:20:07 UTC 10 May 2010 17:20:07 UTC In progress --- --- --- --- Full-atom molecular dynamics v6.73 (cuda30)

This long task looks OK so far, about 30min in and 9% complete; expected to complete in about 6h roughly. GPU usage is presently about 75% I have it set to use one full CPU core, temps were 91deg C, so I turned the fan up to 79% and the temps droped to 82deg C. At that speed it is not quite as loud as my GTX260! The clock rates are staying true. Looks like the problems I was having were all down to using W7 and possibly the drivers for W7.

Now running a 6.73 task,
2282490 1440606 5 May 2010 17:20:07 UTC 10 May 2010 17:20:07 UTC In progress --- --- --- --- Full-atom molecular dynamics v6.73 (cuda30)

This long task looks OK so far, about 30min in and 9% complete; expected to complete in about 6h roughly. GPU usage is presently about 75% I have it set to use one full CPU core, temps were 91deg C, so I turned the fan up to 79% and the temps droped to 82deg C. At that speed it is not quite as loud as my GTX260! The clock rates are staying true. Looks like the problems I was having were all down to using W7 and possibly the drivers for W7.

how are you getting these new WU's to work? what did you have to set in the preferences?

Run all applications worked for me.

I had run all set and i grabbed 6 6.03's that all errored out.

and this is with winXP right? so it shouldn't matter if i used win7 right?

Yes, I am now using XP, but you will still be able to pick up tasks using Win 7.

Win7 x64, I set to ACEMD application only and have downloaded 2 WU v6.73 (cuda30) and while I can't see them directly they have not errored after a couple hoursof processing. I will update in a couple more hours when I get home.

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Thanks - Steve

I think the server can now determine that you have a Fermi, and allocate tasks accordingly.

Reached 51% in 2h 30min on this GTX470 (native clocks), so looks like it will take 5h.
- not bad saying my OC'd GTX260 does a short task in about 6h (albeit on W7). So I'm guessing a GTX470 is slightly faster than a GTX295. When a few results are in we will know.

Win7 x64, I set to ACEMD application only and have downloaded 2 WU v6.73 (cuda30) and while I can't see them directly they have not errored after a couple hoursof processing. I will update in a couple more hours when I get home.

Did you accept "Run test applications" in the preference menu?

That task finished in 4.82h on a GTX470 (stock)

2282490 1440606 5 May 2010 17:20:07 UTC 5 May 2010 22:21:15 UTC Completed and validated 17,345.38 17,027.81 7,954.42 11,931.63 Full-atom molecular dynamics v6.73 (cuda30)

That is 59.4K per day :)
I guess a GTX480 could do over 70K per day at stock, for now.

For the next task I raized the shaders a bit (1430), and the fan (83%).
Perhaps 4.5h,

Hmmm just enabled ACEMD and unchecked beta, updated client and still giving me 6.23 beta WU's. Run test apps is "yes"

Any ideas? Out of 6.73 WU's already?

I haven't been able to pull anything since this started, betA or otherwise.

I haven't been able to pull anything since this started, betA or otherwise.

And since the apps were updated the switch below hasn't been working on any of my 5 machines. It worked before.

"If no work for selected applications is available, accept work from other applications? - yes"

Reached 51% in 2h 30min on this GTX470 (native clocks), so looks like it will take 5h.
- not bad saying my OC'd GTX260 does a short task in about 6h (albeit on W7). So I'm guessing a GTX470 is slightly faster than a GTX295. When a few results are in we will know.

My factory OCed GTX 260/216 today did the last 2 v6.72 long WUs in 6:45:43 and 6:45:33 in XP. Assuming a GTX 295 is twice as fast as my 260, the GTX 470 doesn't match it yet, at least with this app and current drivers. Looks like your 260 is suffering a heavy Win7 penalty while your 470 is running the faster XP as well.

p25-IBUCH_0511_pYEEI_long_100505-0-40-RND1276_0
Workunit 1440675
Aangemaakt 5 May 2010 17:06:49 UTC
Sent 5 May 2010 17:25:27 UTC
Received 6 May 2010 8:13:32 UTC
Server state Over
Outcome Success
Client state Geen
Exit status 0 (0x0)
Computer ID 35174
Report deadline 10 May 2010 17:25:27 UTC
Run time 16731.948278
CPU time 16567.52
stderr out <core_client_version>6.10.51</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<stderr_txt>
# Using device 0
# There is 1 device supporting CUDA
# Device 0: "GeForce GTX 480"
# Clock rate: 1.40 GHz
# Total amount of global memory: 1610153984 bytes
# Number of multiprocessors: 15
# Number of cores: 120
MDIO ERROR: cannot open file "restart.coor"
# Using device 0
# There is 1 device supporting CUDA
# Device 0: "GeForce GTX 480"
# Clock rate: 1.40 GHz
# Total amount of global memory: 1610153984 bytes
# Number of multiprocessors: 15
# Number of cores: 120
# Time per step (avg over 1230000 steps): 13.348 ms
# Approximate elapsed time for entire WU: 16684.689 s
called boinc_finish

</stderr_txt>
]]>


p24-IBUCH_0511_pYEEI_long_100505-0-40-RND5021_0
Workunit 1440674
Aangemaakt 5 May 2010 17:06:49 UTC
Sent 5 May 2010 17:25:24 UTC
Received 6 May 2010 8:13:32 UTC
Server state Over
Outcome Success
Client state Geen
Exit status 0 (0x0)
Computer ID 35174
Report deadline 10 May 2010 17:25:24 UTC
Run time 16619.810539
CPU time 16464.64
stderr out <core_client_version>6.10.51</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<stderr_txt>
# Using device 0
# There is 1 device supporting CUDA
# Device 0: "GeForce GTX 480"
# Clock rate: 1.40 GHz
# Total amount of global memory: 1610153984 bytes
# Number of multiprocessors: 15
# Number of cores: 120
MDIO ERROR: cannot open file "restart.coor"
# Time per step (avg over 1250000 steps): 13.292 ms
# Approximate elapsed time for entire WU: 16615.186 s
called boinc_finish

</stderr_txt>
]]>

Received two 6.73 WU for gtx480 Long I-Buch. Duration 4:38:51 and 4:36:59
Received points each = 11,931.63!
Yet no more wu availabel???

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Ton (ftpd) Netherlands

Beyond, neither of our GTX260 comparisons is too special! My comparison was not good as I compared a GTX260 on Win7 x64 running a 6.03 task to a Fermi task.

I think your comparison to a 6.72 task was more appropriate, as they run faster, but it would have been a better reference if your card was also on XP x86 (rather than X64, which is slightly faster) and more importantly, ran at the default stock speed of 1242MHz, rather than 1.6GHz; your card is about 30% faster than reference clock rates (and performances more like a ref. GTX285):
2282512 1440614 5 May 2010 17:36:33 UTC 6 May 2010 7:06:43 UTC Completed and validated 24,333.88 4,988.16 7,954.42 11,931.63 Full-atom molecular dynamics v6.72 (cuda)

Stock GTX470 (608MHz, 1215MHz):
2282490 1440606 5 May 2010 17:20:07 UTC 5 May 2010 22:21:15 UTC Completed and validated 17,345.38 17,027.81 7,954.42 11,931.63 Full-atom molecular dynamics v6.73 (cuda30)
2282519 1440796 5 May 2010 17:24:02 UTC 5 May 2010 17:34:42 UTC Completed and validated 382.67 326.08 187.28 280.92 ACEMD beta version v6.23 (cuda30)

GTX470 with 715MHz GPU and Shaders (linked) at 1430Mhz:
2284963 1442319 6 May 2010 3:10:42 UTC 6 May 2010 7:34:20 UTC Completed and validated 15,465.16 15,365.53 7,954.42 11,931.63 Full-atom molecular dynamics v6.73 (cuda30)
2283030 1440680 5 May 2010 19:44:47 UTC 6 May 2010 3:10:42 UTC Completed and validated 15,487.81 15,366.70 7,954.42 11,931.63 Full-atom molecular dynamics v6.73 (cuda30)
2283885 1441680 5 May 2010 22:52:03 UTC 6 May 2010 3:15:44 UTC Completed and validated 326.50 313.22 187.28 280.92 ACEMD beta version v6.23 (cuda30)

ftpd, your GTX480 stock time of 16,731 is better than my GTX470 stock time of 17,345, but not by quite as much as I would have expected (about 1500). Were you running any CPU tasks at the time?

Kev,

All CPU (8) were used during processing GPUgrid (gtx480)for other boinc-tasks.
I am now running one job on gtx470 also all processors (8) used!

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Ton (ftpd) Netherlands