Will The Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU Work With Einstein?

[rgathright]

Specifically, i'm talking about this card here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500221

I hope to plug two of these into my father's old Pentium 4 computer, by the end of next month. :cool:

However, I will only do this if the Zotac GT 430 can crunch Einstein.

[Fire$torm]

Specifically, i'm talking about this card here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500221

I hope to plug two of these into my father's old Pentium 4 computer, by the end of next month. :cool:

However, I will only do this if the Zotac GT 430 can crunch Einstein.

Well kaptainkarl1 has several of these, see (here (http://www.setiusa.us/showthread.php?3231-Zotac-GT-430-PCI-slot-GPU-info&p=39023&viewfull=1#post39023)) and Crazybob's Son has one, see (here (http://www.setiusa.us/showthread.php?3231-Zotac-GT-430-PCI-slot-GPU-info&p=39027&viewfull=1#post39027)). Maybe PM them and ask how the card does on Einstein.

BTW, Amazon has the same card with free shipping ---> http://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-DDR3-Graphics-ZT-40605-10L/dp/B00558MS1G

[kaptainkarl1]

Well kaptainkarl1 has several of these, see (here (http://www.setiusa.us/showthread.php?3231-Zotac-GT-430-PCI-slot-GPU-info&p=39023&viewfull=1#post39023)) and Crazybob's Son has one, see (here (http://www.setiusa.us/showthread.php?3231-Zotac-GT-430-PCI-slot-GPU-info&p=39027&viewfull=1#post39027)). Maybe PM them and ask how the card does on Einstein.

BTW, Amazon has the same card with free shipping ---> http://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-DDR3-Graphics-ZT-40605-10L/dp/B00558MS1G

I could not get Einstein to work for the pentathalon or what ever it was but that had to do with the Cuda drivers. Sorry I can't help more. Maybe I will update my drivers and do a test. If I do I will get back to you RGathright.

[rgathright]

Well kaptainkarl1 has several of these, see (here (http://www.setiusa.us/showthread.php?3231-Zotac-GT-430-PCI-slot-GPU-info&p=39023&viewfull=1#post39023)) and Crazybob's Son has one, see (here (http://www.setiusa.us/showthread.php?3231-Zotac-GT-430-PCI-slot-GPU-info&p=39027&viewfull=1#post39027)). Maybe PM them and ask how the card does on Einstein.

BTW, Amazon has the same card with free shipping ---> http://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-DDR3-Graphics-ZT-40605-10L/dp/B00558MS1G

Thanks, I am very interested in these cards because Amazon now has them in stock. Amazon Prime rocks! \:D/

[rgathright]

I could not get Einstein to work for the pentathalon or what ever it was but that had to do with the Cuda drivers. Sorry I can't help more. Maybe I will update my drivers and do a test. If I do I will get back to you RGathright.

Yes, please test. Those CUDA drivers took me awhile to figure out as well.

Could you also share with us the operating system that you are using with this computer too? ;)

[kaptainkarl1]

It is running windows XP home. I am still burning through Simap wus on this rig so a test may take a couple days to get done. Of course the the rig in question is the only one that still has Simap wus left on it.

Are they still doing the 20 dollar rebate on the GPUs?

[kaptainkarl1]

Here is the scoop. Yes it will run Einstein. However it runs them pretty slow. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Einstein must be intensive on the GPUs ram as I have a Zotac 430 GT PCI-e with 2048 MB of Ram and it is running 10x faster than the PCI version which only has 512 MB of Ram. I am not running any optimized app or anything.

I have 2 PCI and 1 PCIe in the same rig and have dedicated a core to them for running the Einstein as they are grabbing .20 CPU per card to run it.

I hope this helps. If you want any other information or want me to test them in a different configuration just let me know.

[rgathright]

Here is the scoop. Yes it will run Einstein. However it runs them pretty slow. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Einstein must be intensive on the GPUs ram as I have a Zotac 430 GT PCI-e with 2048 MB of Ram and it is running 10x faster than the PCI version which only has 512 MB of Ram. I am not running any optimized app or anything.

I have 2 PCI and 1 PCIe in the same rig and have dedicated a core to them for running the Einstein as they are grabbing .20 CPU per card to run it.

I hope this helps. If you want any other information or want me to test them in a different configuration just let me know.

Most helpful.

I will begin buying these cards and placing them in my father's PC.

As they are installed, I will try to post updates to this thread about my findings.

[Crazybob's Son]

Here is the scoop. Yes it will run Einstein. However it runs them pretty slow. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Einstein must be intensive on the GPUs ram as I have a Zotac 430 GT PCI-e with 2048 MB of Ram and it is running 10x faster than the PCI version which only has 512 MB of Ram. I am not running any optimized app or anything.

I have 2 PCI and 1 PCIe in the same rig and have dedicated a core to them for running the Einstein as they are grabbing .20 CPU per card to run it.

I hope this helps. If you want any other information or want me to test them in a different configuration just let me know.

Is it safe to assume that the GPU runs they way faster than CPU? Just thinking of something to do to increase standings at Einstein.

[kaptainkarl1]

Valid tasks for KaptainKarl1[SETI.USA]



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297340173 127190168 4220294 10 Jul 2012 2:03:18 UTC 11 Jul 2012 0:10:15 UTC Completed and validated 7,068.70 1,773.20 5.42 500.00 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.25 (BRP4cuda32nv301)
297340167 127190165 4220294 10 Jul 2012 2:03:18 UTC 11 Jul 2012 0:10:15 UTC Completed and validated 7,087.11 1,786.95 5.46 500.00 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.25 (BRP4cuda32nv301)
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I hope this helps the times are on the right hand side. CBS

[kaptainkarl1]

Seems like Credit New is having the desired effect. Driving people who crunch fast away from the project.

Not that you don't crunch fast RG.

[rgathright]

Is it safe to assume that the GPU runs they way faster than CPU? Just thinking of something to do to increase standings at Einstein.

It is a sad state of affairs for us at Einstein if I am the #1 RAC user for Team SETI.USA! :p

http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/team_members.php?teamid=3737&offset=0&sort_by=expavg_credit (http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/team_members.php?teamid=3737&offset=0&sort_by=expavg_credit)

Remember, I am mostly a CPU cruncher! :cool:

[Slicker]

When I first joined the team, Einstein paid very well if you were running their opt apps. When they upgraded to the new R5 applications, they basically built the opt app code into the stock apps and depending upon which type of CPU you had, they ran the appropriate code. That means people who spent more on better CPUs, CPUs which could do things older CPUs couldn't, were now getting the same credit as the older CPUs which weren't doing as much work. Because of that, the credit went way down and many long time crunchers left Einstein. That was several years ago. I think their support went up a little when SETI started snoozing for several days each week and the space freaks :p needed another project to crunch.

In the last couple years, they've added GPU apps which both require a lot of CPU and don't give good credits. That's hardy and incentive to crunch with them. Spend twice the electricity for even less credit. Before, you could crunch Moo for the big numbers and still use your CPU on Einstein or other bad credit projects and not hurt your RAC too badly. Now the push is to have GPU apps which, from the project's point of view does increase the work being done. From a cruncher's point of view, it sucks. As far as I'm concerned, projects which have GPU apps which also need a CPU should pay MORE than GPU only projects since they are using more resources. Instead, Einstein (and several others) pay less. POEM has it right -- or is at least closer. If it takes 2 CPUs to keep a GPU busy, you should get credit for the GPU and the 3 CPUs. That's only fair. Then again, credit new isn't about fair. It is about socialism.

[Fire$torm]

Yeppers, so so true...

[rgathright]

UPDATE: Well, the HP desktop that I upgraded for my father to a Socket 478 Pentium 4... died last week! I had to replace it with one of the solar computer cluster units. As a result, I just had to spend all my GT 430 money on parts to get another AMD Quad core running. Sorry team, but I will not have any results for this thread any time soon.

[Fire$torm]

UPDATE: Well, the HP desktop that I upgraded for my father to a Socket 478 Pentium 4... died last week! I had to replace it with one of the solar computer cluster units. As a result, I just had to spend all my GT 430 money on parts to get another AMD Quad core running. Sorry team, but I will not have any results for this thread any time soon.

Sorry to hear that. I wish you would have posted before buying anything. I have two P4 CPU & MB combos I have no need for. IIRC both have single PCIe slots. If you still would like one PM me.

F$

[somanyroads]

Per Mr. Meyers I tried one and it is great (although I do not know about Einstein); is working on DRTG and Milkyway. After the first GT 430, I had mixed results. The last box simply does not want to recognize the Zotac GT 430. What ever. It is summer, it is hot and I have simply lost patience with it. Free to a good home. Also have MSI 6728-100 MB, I assume there is a CPU under the Rosewill cooler and two OCZ PC 3200 1 GB memories are attached to it, all free to a good home. The MSI 6728 et al was working when I pulled them out.