Formula Boinc 2017

hanluc · 18 Apr 2017 at 15:48

LOL Love the the air conditioning Oz, right up there with Andy's rad out the window

ozaudio · 18 Apr 2017 at 16:06

with weather like this today :cool:

you've got to get creative

. going to see a man about some server fans shortly, I hope they are delta fans! they'll move the air needed to keep it cool

andy_taximan · 18 Apr 2017 at 17:00

It might be cooler lower down, hot out the top and vent in colder air down low on the shaded side of the shed, and yer my rad is still hanging out the window

If you start buying ducting then you will def get a visit from the police lol

ozaudio · 18 Apr 2017 at 18:30

fitted 2x 80mm delta fans on 1 of the servers, and wow they are loud I **** myself when they both fired up, but they don't half move some air. im going to get 2 more!. also got a load of 1gb sticks of ddr3 incase any of the upcoming projects are ram heavy

oh ye this guy has about 50 xeon servers hes stripping down to weigh in :eek:

only 2 x quad cores. he has around 5000gb in ddr2 modules aswell

EDIT- delta fans are pretty good at cooling

ozaudio · 19 Apr 2017 at 09:14

hi engj, I see your doing milkyway, if you go to this folder C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects\milkyway.cs.rpi.edu_milkyway. inside here create a text document and paste in these commands.

<app_config>
<app>
<name>milkyway</name>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>0.25</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>0.1</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
</app_config>

once you've done this go to save as, name it app_config.xml and underneath select were it says save as type, click all files. then ok.

now go to boinc in options you will see read config files, click this, and your GPU will now run 4 gpu tasks in the same time at once as it takes to run one. a lot more credit!

Engy Benjie · 19 Apr 2017 at 20:12

ozaudio said:
hi engj, I see your doing milkyway, if you go to this folder C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects\milkyway.cs.rpi.edu_milkyway. inside here create a text document and paste in these commands.

<app_config>
<app>
<name>milkyway</name>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>0.25</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>0.1</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
</app_config>

once you've done this go to save as, name it app_config.xml and underneath select were it says save as type, click all files. then ok.

now go to boinc in options you will see read config files, click this, and your GPU will now run 4 gpu tasks in the same time at once as it takes to run one. a lot more credit!

Thanks, thats amazing. The wife gets back home tomorrow after a trip so will have to be sneaky about leaving the PC running. My water cooler is a little noisy when everything is maxed out.

BrownSparrow · 19 Apr 2017 at 20:35

I think i've probably missed the boat on all this, is the team still in any competitions?

ozaudio · 19 Apr 2017 at 20:48

There's another challenge on the 27the and many more through out the year. But boinc formula is a year long challenge nearly it's self. What cpu or gpu power do you have spare

BrownSparrow · 19 Apr 2017 at 23:03

Just an old i7 and GTX980. I usually just fold, but fancy getting involved in a team comp.

ozaudio · 20 Apr 2017 at 06:16

the one of the 27th isn't yet known , could be gpu or cpu based, they let everybody know the day before so keep your eyes peeled

engy, your making your way up the ladder!

http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=team&proj=mil&team=269

andy_taximan · 20 Apr 2017 at 11:09

Milkyway runs amazing on a AMD HD7970 ..32 secs! MY titan does them in 150secs , looking online ive seen them for less then £100, might just get 1

EDIT ok maybe the 32 secs is fake, looking more like 70/80 secs, but still good

ozaudio · 20 Apr 2017 at 12:49

ive got a 280x, XFX one but its got a fan broke, got one of the MM for £5 from the same card were somebody had the same problem lol. the r9 290 I also have running isn't that much faster

andy_taximan · 20 Apr 2017 at 16:39

few more posts and i hope to get on the MM

been long time waiting

MGP · 20 Apr 2017 at 19:34

Nothing worth seeing in there. Ozaudio's already bought it

Engy Benjie · 20 Apr 2017 at 20:13

ozaudio said:
engy, your making your way up the ladder!

http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=team&proj=mil&team=269

Should be getting an old dual 4 core xeon up for the weekend. Should give a little boost.

10esseeTony · 20 Apr 2017 at 20:46

ozaudio said:
ive got a 280x, XFX one but its got a fan broke, got one of the MM for £5 from the same card were somebody had the same problem lol. the r9 290 I also have running isn't that much faster

I haven't had the slightest bit of trouble out of my XFX R9-280X's fans.

7970/7990/280X is the last of the great double precision cards. I've had Titans that were supposed to be superior, but they under-performed on Milkyway.

ozaudio · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:12

Wha, nice tony. looks tidy! ill be doing this to an amd 7870 im buying for cheap as it has cooling problems with the fan. I would have done this with the xfx had I of known these fit, but the spare fan only cost me £5 inc delivery.

andy_taximan · 20 Apr 2017 at 22:11

I wana water cool mine, hope that will be quieter as well as cooler, hear these beasties run loud and hot

10esseeTony · 20 Apr 2017 at 22:19

The R9-280X is designed to run up to 100C, but mine always crashes at 98C.

Thus, with max fans as a necessity, fan life is....disappointing.

andy_taximan · 23 Apr 2017 at 02:37

well as the 7970 was DOA im going to try and get a 280x