F@H - New X6800 & X1950 XTX

KE1HA · 22 Oct 2006 at 10:18

Well ... I finially broke down down and went to the big boy's toy store today.

Loaded up two shopping trollys

CPU - X6800
RAM - 2GB of XMS2
MB - ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
GRAPHICS - ATI X1950XTX
SOUND - X-Fi Platinum
KB - Logitech G15
RAT - Razer Diamondback
SOUND MAKERS - Logitech Z-5300e
MONITOR - NEC 90GX2
2x DL DVD's
and all the other Jazz required to keep things ticking over.

I've fired up two CPU cores and the GPU. I hope i've got the config correct. I followed the instructions on the sticky, but have a couple fo quesiotns:

--> Do I need to leave one CPU core Idle ?
--> What about flags ? do we set them the same as we would for the CPU's?

I must say, this thing is seriously fast compared to anything i've ever had before. Iit blew right through the WinDoze installation & updates like it was Linux.

[EDIT]
Opps, Spoke to soon ...Getting errors on the ole GPU :mad:

What do you make of this ?

[08:52:36] Trying to unzip core FahCore_10.exe
[08:52:36] Decompressed FahCore_10.exe (2298880 bytes) successfully
[08:52:36] + Core successfully engaged
[08:52:41]
[08:52:41] + Processing work unit
[08:52:41] Core required: FahCore_10.exe
[08:52:41] Core found.
[08:52:41] Working on Unit 01 [October 22 08:52:41]
[08:52:41] + Working ...
[08:52:41] - Calling 'FahCore_10.exe -dir work/ -suffix 01 -priority 96 -checkpoint 15 -service -verbose -lifeline 2364 -version 590'

[08:52:45] CoreStatus = C0000135 (-1073741515)
[08:52:45] Client-core communications error: ERROR 0xc0000135
[08:52:45] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[08:52:49] - Warning: Could not delete all work unit files (1): Core returned invalid code
[08:52:49] Trying to send all finished work units
[08:52:49] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[08:52:49] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[08:52:49] + Attempting to get work packet
[08:52:49] - Will indicate memory of 2047 MB
[08:52:49] - Connecting to assignment server
[08:52:49] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/
[08:52:49] Posted data.
[08:52:49] Initial: 41AB; - Successful: assigned to (171.65.103.159).
[08:52:49] + News From Folding@Home: GPU folding beta
[08:52:49] Loaded queue successfully.
[08:52:49] Connecting to http://171.65.103.159:8080/
[08:52:50] Posted data.
[08:52:50] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 87593)
[08:52:50] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[08:52:50] - Downloaded at ~171 kB/s
[08:52:50] - Averaged speed for that direction ~171 kB/s
[08:52:50] + Received work.
[08:52:50] + Closed connections
[08:52:55]
[08:52:55] + Processing work unit
[08:52:55] Core required: FahCore_10.exe
[08:52:55] Core found.
[08:52:55] Working on Unit 02 [October 22 08:52:55]
[08:52:55] + Working ...
[08:52:55] - Calling 'FahCore_10.exe -dir work/ -suffix 02 -priority 96 -checkpoint 15 -service -verbose -lifeline 2364 -version 590'

[08:52:59] CoreStatus = C0000135 (-1073741515)
[08:52:59] Client-core communications error: ERROR 0xc0000135
[08:52:59] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[08:53:03] - Warning: Could not delete all work unit files (2): Core returned invalid code

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KE1HA · 22 Oct 2006 at 10:33

VeNT said:
just imagine what linux would do!

iirc you need to leave one core free for the GPU to poll.

Is that why Im getting these errors I listed above ?
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KE1HA · 22 Oct 2006 at 19:29

Looks Like the Direct-X Driver was the problem, or at least that problem.

[18:21:21] Trying to unzip core FahCore_10.exe
[18:21:21] Decompressed FahCore_10.exe (2298880 bytes) successfully
[18:21:21] + Core successfully engaged
[18:21:26]
[18:21:26] + Processing work unit
[18:21:26] Core required: FahCore_10.exe
[18:21:26] Core found.
[18:21:26] Working on Unit 01 [October 22 18:21:26]
[18:21:26] + Working ...
[18:21:26] - Calling 'FahCore_10.exe -dir work/ -suffix 01 -priority 96 -checkpoint 30 -service -verbose -lifeline 2280 -version 590'

[18:21:26]
[18:21:26] *------------------------------*
[18:21:26] Folding@Home GPU Core - Beta
[18:21:26] Version 0.08 (Fri Oct 20 11:06:45 PDT 2006)
[18:21:26]
[18:21:26] Compiler : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for 80x86
[18:21:26] Build host: CYGWIN_NT-5.1 vishal-gpu 1.5.19(0.150/4/2) 2006-01-20 13:28 i686 Cygwin
[18:21:26] Preparing to commence simulation
[18:21:26] - Looking at optimizations...
[18:21:26] - Created dyn
[18:21:26] - Files status OK
[18:21:27] - Expanded 86981 -> 443705 (decompressed 510.1 percent)
[18:21:27]
[18:21:27] Project: 2711 (Run 1, Clone 3, Gen 12)
[18:21:27]
[18:21:27] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[18:21:27] Entering M.D.
[18:21:33] Working on Protein
[18:22:08] Starting GUI Server

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I haven't OC'd either the GPU nor the processor, as I wanted a good benchmark on the stock setup, then I'll up the watts and see how it goes

The CPU core is doing a 2124 segment in about 17 minutes or so at 2.9Ghz.
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KE1HA · 23 Oct 2006 at 07:23

I think i finially got it figured out.

Installed 6.10 Drivers
Installed Latest DirextX Drivers
Downloaded the Client

When I ran it the first time, I instaled it as a service. Now Im running the standard client, seems to be working.

[04:00:41] + Processing work unit
[04:00:41] Core required: FahCore_10.exe
[04:00:41] Core found.
[04:00:41] Working on Unit 01 [October 23 04:00:41]
[04:00:41] + Working ...
[04:00:41]
[04:00:41] *------------------------------*
[04:00:41] Folding@Home GPU Core - Beta
[04:00:41] Version 0.08 (Fri Oct 20 11:06:45 PDT 2006)
[04:00:41]
[04:00:41] Compiler : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for 80x86
[04:00:41] Build host: CYGWIN_NT-5.1 vishal-gpu 1.5.19(0.150/4/2) 2006-01-20 13:28 i686 Cygwin
[04:00:41] Preparing to commence simulation
[04:00:41] - Looking at optimizations...
[04:00:41] - Files status OK
[04:00:41] - Expanded 86994 -> 443705 (decompressed 510.0 percent)
[04:00:41]
[04:00:41] Project: 2711 (Run 1, Clone 0, Gen 4)
[04:00:41]
[04:00:41] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[04:00:41] Entering M.D.
[04:00:47] Will resume from checkpoint file
[04:00:47] Working on Protein
[04:00:48] Starting GUI Server
[04:00:52] Resuming from checkpoint
[04:00:52] Verified work/wudata_01.log
[04:00:52] Verified work/wudata_01.edr
[04:00:52] Verified work/wudata_01.trr
[04:00:52] Verified work/wudata_01.xtc
[04:00:52] Completed 1
[04:08:45] Completed 2
[04:16:40] Completed 3
[04:24:32] Completed 4
[04:32:22] Completed 5
[04:40:20] Completed 6

For some reasone, using ATI Tools and ATI Overclocking, I cant seem to get it to clock up, but will keep working on that one.

Have the X6800 clocked up to:
Core Speed: 3.4
Multiplier: x11.0
Bus Speed: 306.6
Rated FSB: 1226

Dont know how that compares elsewhere, but it's a start.
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