The purpose for re-introducing the 'beta' version was to provide a mechanism for owners of GPUs with <1022MB GPU RAM (down to about 766MB) to get tasks
I forgot that. Thanks.
Gary Roberts wrote:
I don't know if there is still a restriction whereby a 'beta' quorum task must be partnered with a 'non-beta' task.
I don't know whether it is a general restriction, but there specifically is such a restriction on 1.17 Windows Beta work as of today. The evidence in my work request logs is persuasive. Arguably preventing small-RAM GPU cards from affirming each other's work might be a short-term justification, unless we somehow "know" that all errors from too small a memory will manifest themselves in other ways.
I don't know if there is still a restriction whereby a 'beta' quorum task must be partnered with a 'non-beta' task.
I don't know whether it is a general restriction, but there specifically is such a restriction on 1.17 Windows Beta work as of today. The evidence in my work request logs is persuasive. Arguably preventing small-RAM GPU cards from affirming each other's work might be a short-term justification, unless we somehow "know" that all errors from too small a memory will manifest themselves in other ways.
It is a general restriction that applies to all applications. A Beta version must always be validated against a non-Beta version. This is to ensure that the new app doesn't introduce errors into the science output.
Does anyone here know, other than the mentioned quorum restriction, what actual difference there is at this moment between the beta and non-beta Windows 1.17 application?
I believe the apps themselves are identical.
You are right about that also Gary, as I finally thought to check by simply doing a Windows file compare between the two executables this morning.
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I forgot that. Thanks.
I don't know whether it is a general restriction, but there specifically is such a restriction on 1.17 Windows Beta work as of today. The evidence in my work request logs is persuasive. Arguably preventing small-RAM GPU cards from affirming each other's work might be a short-term justification, unless we somehow "know" that all errors from too small a memory will manifest themselves in other ways.
archae86 wrote:Gary Roberts
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It is a general restriction that applies to all applications. A Beta version must always be validated against a non-Beta version. This is to ensure that the new app doesn't introduce errors into the science output.
Gary Roberts wrote:archae86
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You are right about that also Gary, as I finally thought to check by simply doing a Windows file compare between the two executables this morning.