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    DistRTgen: First ever project challenge

    I am pleased to announce that we will be hosting our first project challenge!Rainbow Resurrection: 2012-04-07 16:00:00 GMT - 2012-04-10 16:00:00 GMTThis 72 hour challenge will feature Primegrid style user and team statistics and only work handed out after the start time and return before the completion time will be counted. In addition all WUs that are part of the challenge will receive 1.25x the credit that is received ordinarily.The reason for this challenge is two fold:1) The new hardware has been performing excellently and is averaging less than 20% utilization2) An ATI/OpenCL app version is in early alpha stages and this challenge will be helpful in seeing if we can handle full 24/7 CPU+GPU where ATI will be added in the future.

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    Re: DistRTgen: First ever project challenge

    1.25 x credit!

    Sounds like a must!

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    Re: DistRTgen: First ever project challenge

    Oh yeah, I soooooo in.

    Edit: Also, I didn't realize they had an ATI app! Trying it out now!
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    Re: DistRTgen: First ever project challenge

    Quote Originally Posted by zombie67 View Post
    Oh yeah, I soooooo in.

    Edit: Also, I didn't realize they had an ATI app! Trying it out now!
    Robert, from PNT, says his 7970 gets 1.1M per day on the new ATI app!!!! Pays much better than Donate.


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    Re: DistRTgen: First ever project challenge

    Sweet!!! Let me know if you can get it working and if it will work on a 5870



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    Re: DistRTgen: First ever project challenge

    580 does a task in about 1300 seconds.
    7970 does a task in 530 sec.
    5870: First task has a validate error.

    Where is the discussion for this on the distrrtgen forum? I can't find it.
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    Re: DistRTgen: First ever project challenge

    Z, it is somewhere under a thread you have to have been approved to view. Normal peons don't have access Send a PM to Robert at the Polish National Team and he can add you to the thread. He needs your forum login name ... not password.

    He said a GTX 680 does better with the OpenCL app but the GTX 5xx do better with the old app. You can either download NVidia wu (if you have a cuda card in the machine) and then using the app_info you can get the ATI and NVidia to both crunch.

    You can also install an app_info that downloads CPU tasks and crunches them on the ATI ... you use this method if you don't have a Cuda card.

    They recommend 12.1 drivers (or higher) and that is why I can't try it. My machines are loaded with CAT 11.5 and I won't be back home for another 3 weeks. I'm afraid to try a driver uninstall/install remotely.


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    Thanks for the forum info. I will PM him.

    As for downloading ATI tasks, all you need to do is select them in preferences. You may also need to select test apps too. Not sure as I did both at once, and I have ATI apps now. Those options may be very new.
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    For the 5870s, I got nothing but validate errors. So I upgraded from 12.1 to 12.3, and now my machine is locked up. It is remote, so it will be a day or two before I can figure the problem.
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    Re: DistRTgen: First ever project challenge

    Quote Originally Posted by zombie67 View Post
    For the 5870s, I got nothing but validate errors. So I upgraded from 12.1 to 12.3, and now my machine is locked up. It is remote, so it will be a day or two before I can figure the problem.
    Sorry to hear. I'll wait to see how you make out.

    Thanks Z,



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