OpenCL 2 for NVidia Win apps
16 Feb 2022 0:20:18 UTC
Topic 226977
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Just noticed that with the latest Linux NVidia update now supporting OpenCL 2, the GRP 1.28 app performs about 2x the previous OpenCL1k version on my Ubuntu boxes.
After updating my Win cruncher NV driver, I discovered there is not a corresponding app for Win.
Any chance this is in the pipeline?
There is a 1.28 app for
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There is a 1.28 app for windows also with a similar uplift. You just need the OpenCL 2.0+ drivers. Anything after 470 should be sufficient.
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Hi.You can use a
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Hi.
You can use a binary/hex editor to change __constant to __global and space-characters near text twiddle_dee in your windows binary file.
That should get your GPU times down about 30%
EDIT: added
You may need to use anonymous platform after the executable has been edited since its checksum does not match anymore.
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You couldn't
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You couldn't use <dont_check_file_sizes>0</dont_check_file_sizes> in cc_config.xml to allow for the different file size and checksum?
Keith Myers wrote: You
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nope. I tried that. Fails immediately with RSA checksum error
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OK, good to know that is not
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OK, good to know that is not an option.
Turns out there is a 1.28
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Turns out there is a 1.28 app, just needed fresh work to get it. Apparently the list of apps has not been updated to reflect this, however.
Also I apparently missed the announcement that there were updated apps. Unfortunate.
It’s listed on the offical
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It’s listed on the offical apps page though, since august of last year:
https://einsteinathome.org/apps.php
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