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Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15541 |
OK, I am busy with a FAQ for the BOINC FAQs, within the new feature of the tables (yeah! :-D). All I need for it is information. What I need information on is the following; per GPU brand and the anonymous platform: - which projects are there with GPU apps? - Windows apps? - Linux apps? - Macintosh apps? - CAL/Brook+? - CUDA? - OpenCL? - Memory Use on GPU? - Memory Use on PC? - Min. driver version? - ATI SDK needed? - SDK version? - Comments On Use? Projects I think use GPUs are: AQUA - Nvidia Collatz - ATI + Nvidia DNETC - ATI + Nvidia DrugDiscovery - ATI + Nvidia + OpenCL Einstein - Nvidia GPUGRID - ATI + Nvidia (not sure) Hydrogen - ATI + Nvidia + OpenCL Milkyway - ATI + Nvidia + OpenCL Primegrid - ATI + Nvidia Seti - ATI + Nvidia + OpenCL Seti Beta ATI + Nvidia How am I doing? ;-) Any information you have? |
Send message Joined: 6 May 06 Posts: 287 |
G'day Jord The only projectsI've found that support ATI on linux are Collatz, Dnetc & Primegrid (OpenCL). Also Hydrogen doesn't list an ATI app on their applications page - is it an anonymous platform app? CIC1=CC=C(C2=N[C@@H](CC(OC(C)(C)C)=O)C3=NN=C(C)N3C4=C2C(C)=C(C)S4)C=C1 |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15541 |
Last I heard, H2 was testing OpenCL apps for both Nvidia and ATI. That may have died an early death though. With Jack moving back to NYC, there's the question even whether or not H2 is ever going to be anything any further. |
Send message Joined: 23 Apr 07 Posts: 1112 |
OK, I am busy with a FAQ for the BOINC FAQs, within the new feature of the tables (yeah! :-D). All I need for it is information. Claggy |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15541 |
Thanks Stephen. In the mean time, I am opening the FAQ for comments (in this thread). Just so you can see what it'll look like, or not. Perhaps you want something changed. ;-) http://boincfaq.mundayweb.com/index.php?language=1&view=578 |
Send message Joined: 23 Apr 07 Posts: 1112 |
Anonymous Platform is also available at Collatz for windows, both ATI/AMD and Cuda, Normally they are sligtly newer than the stock apps, but at the moment are the same, There are also No ATI apps for the Macintosh at all, Claggy |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15541 |
There are also No ATI apps for the Macintosh at all Keep thinking positively, perhaps Apple & AMD/ATI will release some drivers for the Mac in the future. ;) |
Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5121 |
AQUA has an NVidia/CUDA application - Windows and Linux - but never issues any work for it. It's a ghost application. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15541 |
I know that one, Richard. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15541 |
Finally found time to update the FAQ. That better? I put in memory use at Primegrid as Unknown, as I don't know and can't figure it out from their forums. I even emailed Rytis but he never answered me back. Sniff. ;-) Could still use all that info for (the) other projects, or when I got a bit of time free to go scour the various forums, I may find that info there. I am not in any hurry. :) |
Send message Joined: 23 Apr 07 Posts: 1112 |
On Collatz, for both Nvidia & ATI/AMD you can make Windows Y + AP, and make Anonymous Platform Y for Windows For ATI/AMD you can make OpenCL No, while the app might have been built with SDK 1.3, SDK 1.3 isn't required to run the app, just the driver Rqd, For Nvidia GPU's, Collatz also has a Stock Cuda31 app, i think the minimum is 257.15 for Cuda31 app, and 190.38 for the Cuda23 app, Claggy |
Send message Joined: 23 Apr 07 Posts: 1112 |
For Collatz you can put a Y in the Box for Macintosh Anonymous Platform, (Cuda only, no ATI yet) For Einstein's BRP3 Cuda app the requirements are: CUDA driver >= 3.2 (>= 260.00) the earliest 260.xx driver i could find is 260.89 Claggy |
Send message Joined: 23 Apr 07 Posts: 1112 |
For Collatz you don't need the Cuda Toolkits for the Windows apps, the drivers themselves add support for Cuda23 and Cuda31, But for the Macintosh Cuda23 app, you do need it, and you must install the following in this order: 1st) CUDA Toolkit: CUDA Toolkit 2.3a for Mac OS 2nd) CUDA Driver: CUDA Driver 2.3.1a For the Macintosh Cuda31 app: 1) do all the apple updates (requires reboot) 2) install 3.1 toolkit 3) install 3.1 driver 4) reboot 5) install manual 3.1 app + app_info 6) reinstall BOINC (required after #5) There's also a Macintosh Cuda32 app linked in that thread, as the Cuda31 app doesn't work with 3.2 toolkit and drivers. Claggy |
Send message Joined: 23 Apr 07 Posts: 1112 |
OK, I am busy with a FAQ for the BOINC FAQs, within the new feature of the tables (yeah! :-D). All I need for it is information. The information above is what's available Stock at Seti, (as opposed to Seti Beta which also has the ATI/AMD Hybrid Astropulse app) Claggy |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15541 |
For Collatz you don't need the Cuda Toolkits for the Windows apps, the drivers themselves add support for Cuda23 and Cuda31, etc. Now, that's going to be a little difficult to put in the table as it is now. I'll see if I can figure out a new table, but do know I work with HTML codes to do them, so the FAQ itself looks quite noisy, as in: [table] [tr] [td]ATI/AMD[/td] [td]Windows[/td] [td]Linux[/td] [td]Macintosh[/td] [td]CAL/Brook+[/td] [td]OpenCL[/td] [td]Memory Use GPU[/td] [td]Memory Use PC[/td] [td]Min. driver version[/td] [td]ATI SDK[/td] [td]Comments On Use?[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Collatz[/td] [td]Y + AP[/td] [td]AP[/td] [td]N[/td] [td]Y[/td] [td]N[/td] [td]Scaled to GPU[/td] [td]Scaled to GPU[/td] [td]Catalysts 8.12[/td] [td]1.3[/td] [td]AP = Anonymous Platform[/td] [/tr] It's quite easy to lose something, or lose your point of view. So please, keep things as simple as can be for now. |
Send message Joined: 23 Apr 07 Posts: 1112 |
[table] [tr] [td]Nvidia[/td] [td]Windows[/td] [td]Linux[/td] [td]Macintosh[/td] [td]CUDA[/td] [td]OpenCL[/td] [td]Memory Use GPU[/td] [td]Memory Use PC[/td] [td]Min. driver version[/td] [td]Comments On Use?[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Seti[/td] [td]Y[/td] [td]N, see comments[/td] [td]N[/td] [td]Y[/td] [td]N[/td] [td]254MB reported for Cuda, 384MB reported for Cuda23[/td] [td]N/K[/td] [td]177.35 for Cuda, 190.38 for Cuda23, Cuda Fermi varies per GPU: 197.41 onwards[/td] [td]Optimised Third party Cuda Seti Multibeam apps are available for Windows and Linux at Lunatics[/td] [/tr] Here's Seti's Nvidia table, Claggy |
Send message Joined: 23 Apr 07 Posts: 1112 |
[table] [tr] [td]Nvidia[/td] [td]Windows[/td] [td]Linux[/td] [td]Macintosh[/td] [td]CUDA[/td] [td]OpenCL[/td] [td]Memory Use GPU[/td] [td]Memory Use PC[/td] [td]Min. driver version[/td] [td]Comments On Use?[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Seti Beta[/td] [td]Y[/td] [td]N[/td] [td]N[/td] [td]Y[/td] [td]N[/td] [td]254MB reported for Cuda, 384MB reported for Cuda23[/td] [td]N/K[/td] [td]177.35 for Cuda, 190.38 for Cuda23, Cuda Fermi varies per GPU: 197.41 onwards[/td] [td]This Project is for testing future Stock apps for the Main Seti Project[/td] [/tr] Here's Seti Beta's Nvidia table, Claggy |
Send message Joined: 23 Apr 07 Posts: 1112 |
[table] [tr] [td]ATI/AMD[/td] [td]Windows[/td] [td]Linux[/td] [td]Macintosh[/td] [td]CAL/Brook+[/td] [td]OpenCL[/td] [td]Memory Use GPU[/td] [td]Memory Use PC[/td] [td]Min. driver version[/td] [td]ATI SDK[/td] [td]Comments On Use?[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Seti Beta[/td] [td]Y[/td] [td]N[/td] [td]N[/td] [td]Y[/td] [td]N[/td] [td]250MB[/td] [td]N/K[/td] [td]Catalyst 9.x or higher[/td] [td]N/A[/td] [td]Hybrid Astropulse app using a small fraction of the GPU[/td] [/tr] Here's Seti Beta's ATI/AMD table, Claggy |
Send message Joined: 23 Apr 07 Posts: 1112 |
Bump? Claggy |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15541 |
Yeah, that's one of the things on the todo list, but am not in a hurry. Also have some intermittent problem where I cannot log in on the faqs, we're looking into that. But really, I am mostly with my head at games these days, Company of Heroes, Operation Flashpoint: Red River, Far Cry 2 and Crysis 2. For my relaxation. Sorry. :) |
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