I don't wiether(sp) to laugh or cry. I just spotted some Radeon VII's on eBay for $350...
And Radeon VII are still some of the popular Amd video cards in the top 50.
Tom M
dont do it. unless you want a repeat of all the driver issues you had last time you tried to go down the AMD/Linux path.
the radeon VII was only good for it's FP64/$ mark they only seemed good here at einstein for a while because the nvidia application was essentially defective and unintentionally limited performance. there's no good reason to get a Radeon VII anymore. they're old, poorly supported, buggy, and if one dies on you you'll have to eat the cost.
A P100 can be had for cheaper and has better FP64 performance (milkyway/asteroids), and nvidia drivers are much more stable and easier to work with with older products. or spend twice the price and get a Titan V at twice FP64 the performance.
for FP32 workloads that don't rely too much on FP64, more modern nvidia cards will be best.
Tom M wrote: I don't
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dont do it. unless you want a repeat of all the driver issues you had last time you tried to go down the AMD/Linux path.
the radeon VII was only good for it's FP64/$ mark they only seemed good here at einstein for a while because the nvidia application was essentially defective and unintentionally limited performance. there's no good reason to get a Radeon VII anymore. they're old, poorly supported, buggy, and if one dies on you you'll have to eat the cost.
A P100 can be had for cheaper and has better FP64 performance (milkyway/asteroids), and nvidia drivers are much more stable and easier to work with with older products. or spend twice the price and get a Titan V at twice FP64 the performance.
for FP32 workloads that don't rely too much on FP64, more modern nvidia cards will be best.
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Ian&Steve C. wrote: dont do
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+1000
Keith Myers wrote: Ian&Steve
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I concur... +1000
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GWGeorge007 wrote: Keith
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Now if could find a couple more rtx 3080 ti's for $300 (yes, they do have to be working).
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor)
Tom M wrote: GWGeorge007
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you could get an RTX 3060 for about 300. Maybe a 3060Ti. With Petris v1.0 app they will be about the same performance as a RVII.
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Ian&Steve C. wrote: Tom M
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Is that Petri's app for the g[u users group or the one for Einstein?
mikey wrote: Is that Petri's
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I released it publicly for everyone to use over 6 months ago. HERE
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Ian&Steve C. wrote: mikey
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I didn't realize that was the whole thing, yes I saw that before. Thank you very much!!
Apparently the rtx 2080
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Apparently the rtx 2080 series is very popular here. Just counted 8 systems running them that are part of the top 50.
I was told that in performance and efficiency they are not much more than the gtx 1080 ti for boinc. Did they have Tensor cores?
Tom M
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor)
All RTX series have Tensor
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All RTX series have Tensor cores. But why are you concerned of those? No tensor cores are used anywhere in BOINC.