PrimeGrid Winter Solstice Challenge December 18-21, with GPUs!

[petrusbroder]

... and by me too!

And the TeAm is now 7th ...

 

[Ken g6]

Wow, dajeepster blew by me like I was standing still!!

Me too! A couple of weeks ago, I was #1 on the TeAm!

 

[RobertE]

 

[dajeepster]

Me too! A couple of weeks ago, I was #1 on the TeAm!

it was only a week ago...

 

[Rudy Toody]

Ok, I got the hardware issue resolved and my quad is back up and running.

However, I still have a software issue.

Question: I need to upgrade Debian to Squeeze to get the correct nvidia drivers and the latest BOINC edition. So, do I do it today or wait till the end of the challenge? This last install was my 13th since Wednesday because there are several install issues with Squeeze. Should I try again?

 

[zoic]

Well I got a rig running with the 8800GT (ubuntu).. except the boxed cooler sounds like a jet engine and I'm too tired to change it or try setting up fan profiles manually. So it'll have to wait till tomorrow to start churning WUs.

 

[dajeepster]

Well I got a rig running with the 8800GT (ubuntu).. except the boxed cooler sounds like a jet engine and I'm too tired to change it or try setting up fan profiles manually. So it'll have to wait till tomorrow to start churning WUs.

i run my fans full bore... it helps me sleep at night

 

[dajeepster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCcDFzSZ8go&feature=related

I Just had too.....LOL

that scared my cats... now i have to deal with scaredy cats

 

[Ken g6]

I need to upgrade Debian to Squeeze to get the correct nvidia drivers and the latest BOINC edition.

I don't think you need to. Personally, I got the drivers from nvidia's web site and installed them from a text terminal (ctrl-alt-F2, instead of F7). I also got BOINC from the main site, extracted it, and then copied the executables to /usr/bin, over my older executables.

Edit: Do you really need newer nvidia drivers? Plenty of old ones work fine with my app; if your GPU is supported by your current drivers you should be alright.

Edit2: Six-hour stats!
Rank___Credits____Username
12_____429846_____dajeepster
22_____314296_____petrusbroder
50_____212612_____biodoc
130____90129______BlackBox
152____73952______Ken_g6
183____50842______jonesthewine
199____48531______zoic
234____36976______Lane42
238____36976______filibusterman
281____27732______Robert Everly
304____20799______Neurodog
333____16177______Rudy Toody
376____11555______SlangNRox

Rank__Credits____Team
3_____4409388____SETI.USA
4_____1504461____Team 2ch
5_____1485973____BOINCstats
6_____1370423____TeAm AnandTech
7_____1328825____Ukraine
8_____1180921____Czech National Team
9_____1146256____Ars Technica

Yes, we are now in sixth place!

 

[djdave404]

Lost a power supply.

The AMD Quad was cold when i found it. I murdered the power supply (yes it was a cheep one)

I had a new one here ( I repair computers also)

I did not see it was down for about two hours. ( Wife said O ya, it stopped around dinner time)

So a 15 min change and it's back on duty now.

I was wondering why my stats were going backwards....LOL

 

[zzuupp]

Y'all are zooming.
Last update: 2010 12 19 02:15:05
Rank Name Score
1 Sicituradastra--------12229812.00
2 SETI.Germany---------9128450.00
3 SETI.USA-------------6701900.00
4 Team 2ch-------------2442727.00
5 TeAm AnandTech------2112254.00

 

[Rudy Toody]

All software issues are solved. The problem is the mobo, it doesn't allow anything except CrossFire cards.

 

[Ken g6]

I've never heard of a mobo like that. Some don't allow cards to be combined on one video output without CrossFire; but you should be able to use one or two nVIDIA cards independently.

Just upgrade BOINC - download BOINC, execute the .sh file, and copy the boinc* binaries in the resulting BOINC directory to /usr/bin - and let me know if that doesn't work.

Edit: You might need the script in steps 14-16 here if you don't use a monitor or a dummy plug.

 

[petrusbroder]

Last update: 2010 12 19 06:15:07:

The Team's stats:
Rank ______ Team _____________________ Points _____
03 ________ SETI.USA ________________ 11 848 497.00
04 ________ Team 2ch _________________ 4 254 551.00
05 ________ BOINCstats _______________ 3 390 237.00
06 ________ TeAm AnandTech ___________ 3 364 816.00
07 ________ Ukraine __________________ 3 281 620.00

The TeAm member's stats:
Rank _______ Name ________________ Points
063 ________ dajeepster ________ 1 160 122.00
028 ________ petrusbroder ________ 667 879.00
058 ________ biodoc ______________ 450 645.00
122 ________ BlackBox ____________ 240 344.00
166 ________ Ken_g6 ______________ 159 459.00
198 ________ jonesthewine ________ 124 794.00
210 ________ filibusterman _______ 115 550.00
220 ________ zoik ________________ 108 617.00
252 ________ Lane42 _______________ 90 129.00
255 ________ Robert Everly ________ 87 818.00
295 ________ Neurodog _____________ 64 708.00
347 ________ Rudy Toody ___________ 48 531.00
412 ________ SlangNRox ____________ 32 354.00
534 ________ kimmyl _______________ 13 866.00


736 participants.
Well done all! Please put on some more crunching power!

 

[petrusbroder]

Just now: (15 minutes later than the stats above): less than 15 000 credits difference between 6th (TeAm AnandTech) and 5th (BOINCstats) place!

Crunch more, More, MOre, MORe, MORE!

 

[Rudy Toody]

Here's the starting messages for the 2 quads, both with 9800GTs

This works: BioStar mobo

Starting BOINC client version 6.10.58 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Config: use all coprocessors
Config: GUI RPC allowed from:
log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Libraries: libcurl/7.21.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8o zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.15 libssh2/1.2.5
Data directory: /var/lib/boinc-client
Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor [Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2]
Processor: 512.00 KB cache
Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf
OS: Linux: 2.6.32-5-amd64
Memory: 3.63 GB physical, 1.27 GB virtual
Disk: 28.09 GB total, 17.10 GB free
Local time is UTC -8 hours
NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 9800 GT (driver version unknown, CUDA version 3000, compute capability 1.1, 512MB, 336 GFLOPS peak)

This doesn't work: GigaByte mobo

Starting BOINC client version 6.10.58 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Config: use all coprocessors
Config: GUI RPC allowed from:
log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Libraries: libcurl/7.21.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8o zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.15 libssh2/1.2.5
Data directory: /var/lib/boinc-client
Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor [Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2]
Processor: 512.00 KB cache
Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf
OS: Linux: 2.6.32-5-amd64
Memory: 3.38 GB physical, 1.27 GB virtual
Disk: 28.09 GB total, 20.97 GB free
Local time is UTC -8 hours
No usable GPUs found

OS is identical. Boinc is newest version. nvidia driver is 195.36.31-6. Libcuda1 is also 195...
cc_config has option <use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>
And boinc-client initialization script has boinc-user set to root instead of boinc

Edit: both comps have nvidia-kernel as a service. And fglrx-atieventsd is also a service.

And boinc-client is a service.

 

[zoic]

i run my fans full bore... it helps me sleep at night

I don't think you'd sleep with an athlon64 boxed cooler going 5000+ RPM

 

[petrusbroder]

Last update: 2010-12-19, 14:30:20 UTC:

The Team's stats:
Rank ______ Team _____________________ Points _____
03 ________ SETI.USA ________________ 21 862 060.00
04 ________ Team 2ch _________________ 7 917 486.00
05 ________ Ukraine __________________ 6 560 929.00
06 ________ TeAm AnandTech ___________ 6 373 738.00
07 ________ BOINCstats _______________ 6 302 097.00
08 ________ Czech National Team ______ 5 234 415.00


The TeAm member's stats:
Rank _______ Name ________________ Points
008 ________ dajeepster ________ 2 502 813.00
034 ________ petrusbroder ______ 1 153 189.00
061 ________ biodoc ______________ 753 386.00
139 ________ BlackBox ____________ 372 071.00
186 ________ Ken_g6 ______________ 270 387.00
196 ________ filibusterman _______ 256 521.00
219 ________ jonesthewine ________ 226 478.00
235 ________ zoik ________________ 194 124.00
280 ________ Lane42 ______________ 150 215.00
266 ________ Robert Everly _______ 157 148.00
305 ________ Neurodog ____________ 136 349.00
380 ________ Rudy Toody ___________ 92 440.00
467 ________ SlangNRox ____________ 60 086.00
549 ________ kimmyl _______________ 41 598.00
898 ________ mk ____________________ 4 622.00
955 ________ zzuupp ________________ 2 311.00

1 042 participants.
Well done all! Please put on some more crunching power!

 

[dajeepster]

i lost one computer due to a harddrive failure in raid0... working to bring it up now with another harddrive

 

[djdave404]

LOL

I'm finding my weak spot with the AMD machine.

Power supply #2 Is Dead.

Had to wait till 10 Am to get a Thermotake 500 watt Supply.

No boot at first, then i see i forgot to plug in the 4 pin by the Chip.

Beep.

Up and running again.

I need another case with better airflow, but that can wait a bit.

Cover off and running!

Go TeAm AnandTech!

 

[djdave404]

i lost one computer due to a harddrive failure in raid0... working to bring it up now with another harddrive

Shhhhh, Both i7's are 3 disk raid0 arrays.

I've had enough trouble.

 

[dajeepster]

Shhhhh, Both i7's are 3 disk raid0 arrays.

I've had enough trouble.

computer up and running with a single drive.

I never thought of doing a 3 disk raid0... how's the performance over a two disk raid0?

 

[Ken g6]

Day one stats (+15 minutes):

Rank___Credits____Username
8______2909549____dajeepster
33_____1393533____petrusbroder
63_____892046_____biodoc
130____476066_____BlackBox
193____321229_____Ken_g6
195____318918_____filibusterman
216____279631_____jonesthewine
232____247277_____zoic
267____201057_____Robert Everly
281____187191_____Lane42
303____164081_____Neurodog
397____108617_____Rudy Toody
492____73952______SlangNRox
499____69330______kimmyl
1022___4622_______mk
1093___2311_______zzuupp

Rank__Credits____Team
3_____26717471___SETI.USA
4_____9595272____Team 2ch
5_____8213294____Ukraine
6_____7649410____TeAm AnandTech
7_____7464530____BOINCstats
8_____6304408____Czech National Team
9_____5576443____Ars Technica

Wow, 7.6 million cobblestones in one day! Not bad!

But we're going to have to work hard to stay ahead of BOINCStats. Plus the Czechs could make a late run, and we might even be able to catch the Ukraine. So let's put on some more crunching power!

I wish I had some more. Filibusterman is awfully close now.

 

[petrusbroder]

Thanks, Ken_g6! I was just sitting down to do the stats ... I'll wait for a few hours.

 

[filibusterman]

Day one stats (+15 minutes):

Rank___Credits____Username
8______2909549____dajeepster
33_____1393533____petrusbroder
63_____892046_____biodoc
130____476066_____BlackBox
193____321229_____Ken_g6
195____318918_____filibusterman
216____279631_____jonesthewine
232____247277_____zoic
267____201057_____Robert Everly
281____187191_____Lane42
303____164081_____Neurodog
397____108617_____Rudy Toody
492____73952______SlangNRox
499____69330______kimmyl
1022___4622_______mk
1093___2311_______zzuupp

Rank__Credits____Team
3_____26717471___SETI.USA
4_____9595272____Team 2ch
5_____8213294____Ukraine
6_____7649410____TeAm AnandTech
7_____7464530____BOINCstats
8_____6304408____Czech National Team
9_____5576443____Ars Technica

Wow, 7.6 million cobblestones in one day! Not bad!

But we're going to have to work hard to stay ahead of BOINCStats. Plus the Czechs could make a late run, and we might even be able to catch the Ukraine. So let's put on some more crunching power!

I wish I had some more. Filibusterman is awfully close now.

Normally I do better in non-gpu prime grid races since my best gpu is amd. The 5858 takes up .7 CPU, compared to .0X on my lesser nvidia gpus. Now that my i7 is stable (fingers crossed) I should ram my production up a bit.