how do I join team anandtech on PrimeGrid? I'm a newb to BOINC, just installed it and choose PrimeGrid project.
Edit: Ok, I joined the TeAm, and changed my PrimeGrid project preferences to Woodall, but it's currently running two "pps_sr2sieve_xxx" projects, and two "llrWOO_xxx" projects. ETA is 78 hours for the PPS, and 62 hours for the llrWOO. Guess I screwed up, although the BOINC project auto-started projects for me, before I even set up my preferences.
Edit: Ok, I discovered that, based on the default project settings, most of the WUs are CUDA. I tried re-enabling the project prefs to allow NV GPU usage, and resumed the CUDA tasks, but none of them are running. Any idea? I would like to run the GPU tasks, while doing Woodall on the CPU. Feasible?
Ok, cannot figure out how to get CUDA WUs to run at all.
Edit: Figured it out. Had to go into Tools/Computing Preferences, and select to enable GPU.
Hmm, now I want a six-core machine! Thuban OC to 4Ghz would be nice. (6x4.0)
Or perhaps BullDozer. If nothing else, I really hope BD is good for DC, even if it sucks for games.
Edit: Shutting down the GPU. My desktop PC cases just cannot handle the heat load of both the CPU and GPU going full-bore. CPU temps hit 83C, which is pretty close to the alarm temp on this mobo, and GPU temps were 73C, which is acceptable on the GPU, but it causes the CPU temps to rise. The PSU and top of case gets so hot you can barely hold your hand to it. I don't want to stress these rigs too bad, until I get a new set of cases for them.
Edit: Hmm. Unchecking "Use GPU when computer in use" doesn't shut off the GPU entirely. I set the screensaver to BOINC, and when the computer is idle, it still uses the GPU 100%. CoreTemp shows that my CPU temps got up to 86C! Ouch. Oh well.
Edit: I think I found a more permanent way to disable the GPU. Under "Activity" - "Suspend GPU". Now I think I finally shut the GPU off. Computer was starting to smell, I think it was overheating.
Edit: Last night, I left the GPU running, but downclocked it to 405Mhz (lowest Precision 2.04 slider will go). Temps on GPU were 65-66C, rather than 70-73C. CPU temps were 81-83C, rather than 86C.
But when I woke up the machine today, it was a tad sluggish, so I went to Tools/Computing Preferences, unchecked use GPU when computer in us, hit OK, and then the screen basically stopped updating. The mouse kept moving for a while, but nothing was redrawing or updating on the screen. GPU got hung or something. I dunno. I had to hit my Reset button on the PC. Hopefully I'm not having hardware problems.