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zombie67
03-11-12, 08:56 PM
It has been a looooooooong time since I crunched S@H, and I need to crunch again for MMs. Things have changed quite a bit, and I need some help.

All the GPU apps on the lunatics site are for ATI (both setiathome_enhanced and astropulse). I assume this is because there is no app for AP on nvidia (at all), and because there is no optimized app for setiathome_enhanced on nvidia.

I am only interested in using my nvidia cards for S@H (for now). I guess the only thing I can do to improve performance, is to run multiple tasks per GPU to improve load/usage. Do I have this right so far?

So, I need help. I need an app info for running multiple CUDA tasks per GPU, on windows machines. It looks like SETI has three different apps for CUDA setiathome_enhanced. I guess I need the app_info for the "6.10 (cuda_fermi)", as these are all 5xx GPUs.
spingadus
03-11-12, 09:02 PM
It has been a looooooooong time since I crunched S@H, and I need to crunch again for MMs. Things have changed quite a bit, and I need some help.

All the GPU apps on the lunatics site are for ATI (both setiathome_enhanced and astropulse). I assume this is because there is no app for AP on nvidia (at all), and because there is no optimized app for setiathome_enhanced on nvidia.

I am only interested in using my nvidia cards for S@H (for now). I guess the only thing I can do to improve performance, is to run multiple tasks per GPU to improve load/usage. Do I have this right so far?

So, I need help. I need an app info for running multiple CUDA tasks per GPU, on windows machines. It looks like SETI has three different apps for CUDA setiathome_enhanced. I guess I need the app_info for the "6.10 (cuda_fermi)", as these are all 5xx GPUs.

Get the Lunatics installer and let it do it for you.

http://lunatics.kwsn.net/
zombie67
03-11-12, 09:05 PM
Get the Lunatics installer and let it do it for you.

http://lunatics.kwsn.net/

Yeah, those are the lunatics folks I referenced in the original post. All the GPU apps are for ATI.
spingadus
03-11-12, 09:28 PM
Yeah, those are the lunatics folks I referenced in the original post. All the GPU apps are for ATI.

I had to run out the door, so I didn't clarify my last post.

The 0.39 installer has a new cuda binary, so it will have an app_info section for cuda. My Nvidia gpu got much better numbers once I installed it. To be honest, I didn't do that much testing and I can't say if the binary does anything new or special, but I did see an increase after I installed it. It can't hurt to test it out.
Fire$torm
03-11-12, 09:36 PM
Crunch3r has some opti S@H apps (http://www.boincunited.org/opt_sah.php) but the hyperlink for the DL is currently broken. Maybe drop him a line at his forum (http://www.boincunited.org)?
zombie67
03-11-12, 09:46 PM
Heh. I was not clear. I am not looking for optimized apps. I am looking for an app_info that will allow me to run multiple CUDA tasks at one time on a GPU.
Fire$torm
03-11-12, 09:50 PM
Heh. I was not clear. I am not looking for optimized apps. I am looking for an app_info that will allow me to run multiple CUDA tasks at one time on a GPU.

Right, but his opti app will come with an app_info file which, assuming its nVidia, can be used as a template. See? Or you could just use the opti app to avoid having to edit the app_info file.
zombie67
03-11-12, 10:02 PM
Right, but his opti app will come with an app_info file which, assuming its nVidia, can be used as a template. See? Or you could just use the opti app to avoid having to edit the app_info file.

I don't believe there opt apps for S@H CUDA.

Edit: FWIW, I tried downloading one of the AP ATI apps from lunatics, just to try an leverage the app_info.xml file. It has no app_info.xml file. Not sure how it works then. Very odd.
spingadus
03-11-12, 11:36 PM
If you just want an app_info to look at, here is the best I can do. It's what I currently use for S@H. You'll have to mod it a bit as this is what is installed with the Lunatics .39 install executable. Hope that helps.


<app_info>
<app>
<name>setiathome_enhanced</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>AK_v8b2_win_x64_SSE3.exe</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>603</version_num>
<platform>windows_intelx86</platform>
<file_ref>
<file_name>AK_v8b2_win_x64_SSE3.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>603</version_num>
<platform>windows_x86_64</platform>
<file_ref>
<file_name>AK_v8b2_win_x64_SSE3.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
<app>
<name>astropulse_v505</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>ap_5.05r409_SSE.exe</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>astropulse_v505</app_name>
<version_num>505</version_num>
<platform>windows_intelx86</platform>
<file_ref>
<file_name>ap_5.05r409_SSE.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
<app_version>
<app_name>astropulse_v505</app_name>
<version_num>505</version_num>
<platform>windows_x86_64</platform>
<file_ref>
<file_name>ap_5.05r409_SSE.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
<app>
<name>setiathome_enhanced</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>Lunatics_x41g_win32_cuda32.exe</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<file_info>
<name>cudart32_32_16.dll</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<file_info>
<name>cufft32_32_16.dll</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>610</version_num>
<platform>windows_intelx86</platform>
<plan_class>cuda_fermi</plan_class>
<avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus>
<coproc>
<type>CUDA</type>
<count>1</count>
</coproc>
<file_ref>
<file_name>Lunatics_x41g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>609</version_num>
<platform>windows_intelx86</platform>
<plan_class>cuda23</plan_class>
<avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus>
<coproc>
<type>CUDA</type>
<count>1</count>
</coproc>
<file_ref>
<file_name>Lunatics_x41g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>608</version_num>
<platform>windows_intelx86</platform>
<plan_class>cuda</plan_class>
<avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus>
<coproc>
<type>CUDA</type>
<count>1</count>
</coproc>
<file_ref>
<file_name>Lunatics_x41g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>610</version_num>
<platform>windows_x86_64</platform>
<plan_class>cuda_fermi</plan_class>
<avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus>
<coproc>
<type>CUDA</type>
<count>1</count>
</coproc>
<file_ref>
<file_name>Lunatics_x41g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>609</version_num>
<platform>windows_x86_64</platform>
<plan_class>cuda23</plan_class>
<avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus>
<coproc>
<type>CUDA</type>
<count>1</count>
</coproc>
<file_ref>
<file_name>Lunatics_x41g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>608</version_num>
<platform>windows_x86_64</platform>
<plan_class>cuda</plan_class>
<avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>0.040000</max_ncpus>
<coproc>
<type>CUDA</type>
<count>1</count>
</coproc>
<file_ref>
<file_name>Lunatics_x41g_win32_cuda32.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cudart32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cufft32_32_16.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
</app_info>
zombie67
03-11-12, 11:39 PM
Thanks!
Al
03-12-12, 12:37 AM
It has been a looooooooong time since I crunched S@H, and I need to crunch again for MMs. Things have changed quite a bit, and I need some help.

Make sure you have backup projects for your gpus. Seti, without a doubt, is one of the most frustrating projects I've run. Slow downloads, project backoffs, server offline and Scheduled Maintenance every Tues - Thurs. All that makes it quite a struggle to keep the gpus busy. Good luck with this one Z, it with require all your patience.