Observations on FGRBP1 1.18 for Windows

Mumak
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It's not just me, other have

It's not just me, others have reported similar problems with just 2 WUs.

Interesting, that some users seem to be affected and some others not...

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mmonnin
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Some on my team have seem the

Some on my team have seem the same thing with 480s and have tried the driver install suggested in the other thread.

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AgentB wrote:floyd_7 wrote:I

AgentB wrote:
floyd_7 wrote:
I see an unusual number of invalids for my only host

Not sure what you mean by unusual?


I see five invalid results in my current list of tasks and that is unusual. In the past, when I checked my tasks I rarely had any invalids at all and I don't remember ever seeing more than one or maybe two at the same time. So if this isn't just a streak of bad luck, either that host is not as reliable as it used to be or maybe something is wrong with the application. I can't rule anything out, perhaps somebody else can. For now I've switched to the stable application.

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We also appear to have a new

We also appear to have a new application for Nvidia cards too...  Or at least new to my main rig anyways.

1.18 Gamma-ray pulsar binary search #1 on GPUs (FGRPopencl1K-nvidia)

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WhiteWulfe wrote:We also

WhiteWulfe wrote:

We also appear to have a new application for Nvidia cards too...  Or at least new to my main rig anyways.

1.18 Gamma-ray pulsar binary search #1 on GPUs (FGRPopencl1K-nvidia)

For ATI cards too... FGRPopencl1K-ati. Those are the former Beta app which isn't Beta anymore.

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Richie_9 wrote:WhiteWulfe

Richie_9 wrote:
WhiteWulfe wrote:

We also appear to have a new application for Nvidia cards too...  Or at least new to my main rig anyways.

1.18 Gamma-ray pulsar binary search #1 on GPUs (FGRPopencl1K-nvidia)

For ATI cards too... FGRPopencl1K-ati. Those are the former Beta app which isn't Beta anymore.

 

Ahhhhh, that would explain why I'm steadily running out of beta work units and those are taking their fill. ^_^;;;;

Richie
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Here's one experience. This

Here's one experience.

This host got a GPU upgrade yesterday (Nvidia --> AMD). Then it was running R9 390 + Windows 10.00.15031 + AMD Radeon driver 17.2.1. I hadn't tested any host with this setup earlier. Today I noticed most of the finished tasks were ending up "validation inconclusive". Not good. Temperatures were fine and I don't know what was the reason.

Then I decided to switch OS to Linux... and I installed Mint 18.1 Xfce (+kernel 4.8.0-36) + AMDGPU-PRO 16.60 on that same host. That new combination is here. It has been working fine so far. Zero validation inconclusive.

I wonder if anybody has similar observations were a host with AMD GPU in Windows environment didn't produce valid results but same hardware in Linux environment does Surprised

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Richie_9 wrote:I wonder if

Richie_9 wrote:

I wonder if anybody has similar observations were a host with AMD GPU in Windows environment didn't produce valid results but same hardware in Linux environment does Surprised

I left windows a long time ago, but i did notice all your windows tasks end with a FPU status flag...

% Writing follow-up output file.
FPU status flags:  PRECISION
09:31:04 (788): [normal]: done. calling boinc_finish(0).
09:31:04 (788): called boinc_finish

The linux ones do not.
Richie
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AgentB wrote:I left windows a

AgentB wrote:

I left windows a long time ago, but i did notice all your windows tasks end with a FPU status flag...

% Writing follow-up output file.
FPU status flags:  PRECISION
09:31:04 (788): [normal]: done. calling boinc_finish(0).
09:31:04 (788): called boinc_finish

The linux ones do not.

I checked and same difference goes for Nvidia tasks... (GTX 960 crunching in Linux and Windows).

Clifton Peele
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Richie_9 wrote:Here's one

Richie_9 wrote:

Here's one experience.

This host got a GPU upgrade yesterday (Nvidia --> AMD). Then it was running R9 390 + Windows 10.00.15031 + AMD Radeon driver 17.2.1. I hadn't tested any host with this setup earlier. Today I noticed most of the finished tasks were ending up "validation inconclusive". Not good. Temperatures were fine and I don't know what was the reason.

Then I decided to switch OS to Linux... and I installed Mint 18.1 Xfce (+kernel 4.8.0-36) + AMDGPU-PRO 16.60 on that same host. That new combination is here. It has been working fine so far. Zero validation inconclusive.

I wonder if anybody has similar observations were a host with AMD GPU in Windows environment didn't produce valid results but same hardware in Linux environment does Surprised

I use Windows 10 and I can't run more than one WU at a time without getting a ton of invalid results on my R9 390X. I have only had one invalid result since I switched to one WU on February 15th. Spoke too soon...

https://einsteinathome.org/host/1244203

I didn't know that Hawaii was working well with AMDGPU-PRO. I will install Mint and let you know how it goes.

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