Hcc gpu app has launched.

[grumpydaddy]

For those of you who are willing to let WCG use your graphics card to crunch too the first of the apps, that for HCC, has launched.

You can find more info HERE

Feel free to post questions in this thread. It is 4am here so don't expect a quick answer though

[Plan.B]

Very nice. I know they've been working on this for awhile. Time to see what gtx580 x 2 can do.

[grumpydaddy]

Ati 5xxx and later cards are good ....If you have an "old" 5870 for instance then reckon on around 3.5 mins to complete a work unit with an average points value of maybe 33 points (wcg)

by my calculation that would mean around 411 work units a day and 13577 points which is heading for 2000ppd boinc from this card plus 1 core.

The very best I can get from a highly overclocked and tuned SB rig is maybe 1500 ppd (BOINC), 1000 is more common per core/thread.

Still working and watching this so things may change as the info becomes more abundant.

This sort of output will make a huge difference to the output of an older platform like 775

[Plan.B]

Got it working. 2 gpu threads (gtx580 sli) + 6 cpu threads (2600k w/ HT). Each gpu thread takes a cpu thread also. Got to make sure that 1) the "use graphics card" option and project "help conquer cancer" are selected in WCG home page/my grid/my projects; 2) in the BOINC client in the advanced view/advanced/preferences the settings are the what you want them (for me: use gpu while computer is in use, and do not confirm before connecting to the internet, and a work queue of 2-4 days, and 3) in the BOINC client in the advanced view/activity, select "gpu always" or "gpu based on preferences."

Step 3 is what I forgot. It was set on "use gpu never."

Cranking out the hcc wu's in about 2.5 minutes each.

Is it a long-term "set & forget" setup? Depends on your cooling. I'm going to baby-sit my rig for awhile, keep an eye on temps, and see how it does.

Edit: My rig is running fine all afternoon at the above specs. GPU temps are stable at about 40C. I have a 10 inch Honeywell desktop fan (Wal-Mart) on the cards. The vrm's don't feel as hot to the touch as they do when I'm running Skyrim, Fallout 3, etc.

[Plan.B]

Here is a list of gpu's that will NOT work for WCG GPU crunching:

AMD/ATI:

• ATI Radeon HD 2300/2400/3200 (RV610)
• ATI Radeon HD 2600 (RV630)
• ATI Radeon HD 3800 (RV670)
• ATI Radeon HD 4350/4550 (R710)
• ATI Radeon HD 4600 series (R730)
• ATI Radeon HD 4700/4800 (RV740/RV770)

NVIDIA:

• GeForce 210
• GeForce 310
• GeForce 310M
• GeForce 405
• GeForce 610M
• GeForce 8400
• GeForce 8400 GS
• GeForce 8500 GT
• GeForce 8600 GS
• GeForce 8600 GT
• GeForce 8700M GT
• GeForce 8800 GT
• GeForce 8800 GTS 512
• GeForce 8800M GTS
• GeForce 9300 GE
• GeForce 9400 GT
• GeForce 9500 GT
• GeForce 9600 GSO
• GeForce 9600 GSO 512
• GeForce 9600 GT
• GeForce 9800 GT
• GeForce 9800 GTX+
• GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+
• GeForce 9800 S
• GeForce G210
• GeForce GT 120
• GeForce GT 130
• GeForce GT 130M
• GeForce GT 230M
• GeForce GT 330M
• GeForce GT 420
• GeForce GT 520
• GeForce GT 520M
• GeForce GT 630
• GeForce GTS 240
• GeForce GTS 250
• GeForce GTX 260M
• GeForce GTX 280M
• GeForce GTX 660M
• NVS 3100M
• NVS 4200M
• NVS 5100M
• Quadro 400
• Quadro FX 1600M
• Quadro FX 1800
• Quadro FX 2700M
• Quadro FX 2800M
• Quadro FX 3700
• Quadro FX 380
• Quadro FX 570M
• Quadro FX 580
• Quadro FX 770M
• Quadro FX 880M
• Quadro NVS 290

[grumpydaddy]

Rig idle is 100 watts

Running 8 x GFAM takes this to 210 watts and would net 10K+ ppd in linux.

Running 1 x GPU plus 7 x GFAM takes the power use to 270 watts where I predict it will produce around 15K extra ppd

Running 2 x GPU plus 6 x GFAM takes power use to 360 watts so a single card would seem to use 90 watts to produce 15K. This figure takes into account the losses expected by running less cpu tasks

hd 5870 Cards are under very little stress it seems

[Plan.B]

Ati 5xxx and later cards are good ....If you have an "old" 5870 for instance then reckon on around 3.5 mins to complete a work unit with an average points value of maybe 33 points (wcg)

by my calculation that would mean around 411 work units a day and 13577 points which is heading for 2000ppd boinc from this card plus 1 core.

The very best I can get from a highly overclocked and tuned SB rig is maybe 1500 ppd (BOINC), 1000 is more common per core/thread.

Still working and watching this so things may change as the info becomes more abundant.

This sort of output will make a huge difference to the output of an older platform like 775

Agreed. Add a gtx260 or an ATI 5 series card to s775 quad or dual-core rig and you have a serious cruncher for Help Conquer Cancer. The hardware is easy to find at low prices.

[PoLoMoTo]

My two 6950s did two projects in under 2 minutes >.>

[Plan.B]

That's awesome. The ATI/AMD cards are doing very well in this application. How are your temps?

[PoLoMoTo]

Lol I suppose that would be a good thing to check, around mid 60s and thats on the top card which has like no air flow, the bottom one is at 48 XD

[PoLoMoTo]

I've finished 8 more projects but I'm gonna have to turn it off to play some TF2 XD

[PoLoMoTo]

Actually while I was typing it finished another pair, make it 10

[grumpydaddy]

If you are crunching GPU please post here with rig and card specs. Looking in afterburner, for example, what percentage load do you get?

If you find this number is below around 95% you can choose to run more than one instance on each GPU

[Plan.B]

If you are crunching GPU please post here with rig and card specs. Looking in afterburner, for example, what percentage load do you get?

If you find this number is below around 95% you can choose to run more than one instance on each GPU

I will post my specs in a day or two when I return from vacation.

[Plan.B]

2600k at 3.5
2 x gtx580 SC (797/1594/2025)

6 cpu threads + (2 gpu + 2 cpu threads)

GPU work-units done in about 3 minutes

Load on each gpu fluctuates between 88% and 92%

Haven't made the comparison between HCC gpu work-units and BOINC/WCG points per gpu work-unit yet