Crazy RAC
21 Aug 2013 15:25:38 UTC
Topic 197155
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Has anyone else noticed increased RAC over the last few weeks without changing anything on your rig? My multi card machine [3 x cordless Asus GTX 650] is producing RAC results I find hard to believe, increasing from about 68,000 to 78,000. I am producing this RAC with a power cord draw of 220 Watts. That calculates out to 10,000 stones per day on just 28.2 Watts.
All six threads are running (Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Perseus Arm Survey) v1.39 (BRP5-cuda32-nv301)
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I did change some things (fewer cpu cores, 3 gpu tasks) but I did see a bigger than expected boost. The tasks are paying out the same though. Prior to the cpu based slowdown I was doing 18k with 2 tasks, but now I have 25k+ running 3.