Hello

I'm using ATI Radeon HD4870 512MB video card which is in the supported list. I also downloaded the newest drivers, Catalyst 9.9 that is. I also tried 9.7 which is one of the tested ones according to ATI. I also configured BOINC to use GPU while not in idle mode. Still nothing. I have Milkyway and Collatz Conjecture in project list but those don't seem to work. I noticed that Collatz downloaded a packet which had a text "Intel" in it. I assume that it is optimized for my CPU (Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2.66GHz).

I also Installed Folding@home but I would rather use my GPU for space applications than protein folding. Just my personal preference. I also want to use just one program. Atleast that program seems to be doing something with the gpu while I'm doing something else.

Any help is appreciated.

My message window after startup:

9.10.2009 15:32:45		Starting BOINC client version 6.6.38 for windows_intelx86
9.10.2009 15:32:45		log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
9.10.2009 15:32:45		Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3
9.10.2009 15:32:45		Data directory: C:\Program Files\BOINC\data
9.10.2009 15:32:45		Running under account Administrator
9.10.2009 15:32:45		Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E7300  @ 2.66GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6]
9.10.2009 15:32:45		Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 mmx
9.10.2009 15:32:45		OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00)
9.10.2009 15:32:45		Memory: 3.25 GB physical, 17.74 GB virtual
9.10.2009 15:32:45		Disk: 20.00 GB total, 13.03 GB free
9.10.2009 15:32:45		Local time is UTC +3 hours
9.10.2009 15:32:45		No CUDA-capable NVIDIA GPUs found
9.10.2009 15:32:45		No coprocessors
9.10.2009 15:32:46		Not using a proxy
9.10.2009 15:32:46	Collatz Conjecture	URL: http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/; Computer ID: 5016; location: (none); project prefs: default
9.10.2009 15:32:46	climateprediction.net	URL: http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID: 1016771; location: (none); project prefs: default
9.10.2009 15:32:46	Milkyway@home	URL: http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID: 111903; location: (none); project prefs: default
9.10.2009 15:32:46	orbit@home	URL: http://orbit.psi.edu/oah/; Computer ID: 21892; location: (none); project prefs: default
9.10.2009 15:32:46	SETI@home	URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 5132518; location: (none); project prefs: default
9.10.2009 15:32:46	uFluids	URL: http://www.ufluids.net/; Computer ID: 109079; location: (none); project prefs: default
9.10.2009 15:32:46	Milkyway@home	General prefs: from Milkyway@home (last modified 09-Oct-2009 12:39:11)
9.10.2009 15:32:46	Milkyway@home	Host location: none
9.10.2009 15:32:46	Milkyway@home	General prefs: using your defaults
9.10.2009 15:32:46		Reading preferences override file
9.10.2009 15:32:46		Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1663.52MB
9.10.2009 15:32:46		Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 2994.33MB
9.10.2009 15:32:46		Preferences limit disk usage to 2.00GB
9.10.2009 15:32:47	Milkyway@home	Restarting task de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_23_2435283_1255082388_0 using milkyway version 19
9.10.2009 15:32:47	SETI@home	Restarting task 01se09ad.2160.12337.13.10.6_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
9.10.2009 15:33:40		Contacting account manager at http://bam.boincstats.com/
9.10.2009 15:33:41		Account manager: BAM! User-ID: 76012
9.10.2009 15:33:41		Account manager: BAM! Host-ID: 188679
9.10.2009 15:33:41		Account manager: This host connected 9 times to BAM!
9.10.2009 15:33:41		Account manager contact succeeded

9.10.2009 15:32:45 Starting BOINC client version 6.6.38 for windows_intelx86

BOINC v6.6.38 doesn't have ATI support.

You need to be running v6.10.xx to use ATI. v6.10.13 from the download - all versions page seems pretty stable so far, and probably the best bet.

That seemed like a solution but doesn't work with Milkyway yet. Now the problem seems to be that I can't get GPU processess from Milkyway. Collatz provided me with something but I don't really care about their goal. I noticed that there is some kind of priority for GPU tasks in Properties. How can I change it so that I get GPU task from Milkyway? Or any other solution?


Current message window:

9.10.2009 16:33:21		Starting BOINC client version 6.10.13 for windows_intelx86
9.10.2009 16:33:21		log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Data directory: C:\Program Files\BOINC\data
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Running under account Administrator
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E7300  @ 2.66GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6]
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Processor: 3.00 MB cache
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 mmx
9.10.2009 16:33:21		OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00)
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Memory: 3.25 GB physical, 17.74 GB virtual
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Disk: 20.00 GB total, 13.01 GB free
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Local time is UTC +3 hours
9.10.2009 16:33:21		ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD 4700/4800 (RV740/RV770) (CAL version 1.4.403, 512MB, 1200GFLOPS)
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Not using a proxy
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Version change (6.6.38 -> 6.10.13)
9.10.2009 16:33:21	Collatz Conjecture	URL http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/; Computer ID 5016; resource share 100
9.10.2009 16:33:21	climateprediction.net	URL http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID 1016771; resource share 200
9.10.2009 16:33:21	Milkyway@home	URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 111903; resource share 100
9.10.2009 16:33:21	orbit@home	URL http://orbit.psi.edu/oah/; Computer ID 21892; resource share 100
9.10.2009 16:33:21	SETI@home	URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 5132518; resource share 100
9.10.2009 16:33:21	uFluids	URL http://www.ufluids.net/; Computer ID 109079; resource share 100
9.10.2009 16:33:21	Milkyway@home	General prefs: from Milkyway@home (last modified 09-Oct-2009 12:39:11)
9.10.2009 16:33:21	Milkyway@home	Host location: none
9.10.2009 16:33:21	Milkyway@home	General prefs: using your defaults
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Reading preferences override file
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1663.52MB
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 2994.33MB
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Preferences limit disk usage to 2.00GB
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Running CPU benchmarks
9.10.2009 16:33:21		Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
9.10.2009 16:33:48		Fetching configuration file from http://bam.boincstats.com/get_project_config.php
9.10.2009 16:33:52		Benchmark results:
9.10.2009 16:33:52		   Number of CPUs: 2
9.10.2009 16:33:52		   2720 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
9.10.2009 16:33:52		   5560 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
9.10.2009 16:33:52	climateprediction.net	Restarting task hadsm3fub_josf_006398265_7 using hadsm3 version 607
9.10.2009 16:33:53	climateprediction.net	Restarting task hadsm3fub_k2ig_006416050_0 using hadsm3 version 607
9.10.2009 16:33:57	orbit@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:33:57	orbit@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:34:02	orbit@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:34:07	climateprediction.net	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:34:07	climateprediction.net	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:34:12	climateprediction.net	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:34:17	climateprediction.net	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:34:17	climateprediction.net	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:34:22	climateprediction.net	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:34:27	Milkyway@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:34:27	Milkyway@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:34:42	Milkyway@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:34:47	uFluids	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:34:47	uFluids	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:34:51		Contacting account manager at http://bam.boincstats.com/
9.10.2009 16:34:52		Account manager: BAM! User-ID: 76012
9.10.2009 16:34:52		Account manager: BAM! Host-ID: 188679
9.10.2009 16:34:52		Account manager: This host connected 10 times to BAM!
9.10.2009 16:34:52		Account manager contact succeeded
9.10.2009 16:34:52	uFluids	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:34:57	orbit@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:34:57	orbit@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:35:02	orbit@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:35:07	uFluids	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:35:07	uFluids	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:35:12	uFluids	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:35:17	SETI@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:35:17	SETI@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:35:22	SETI@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:35:22	SETI@home	Message from server: No work sent
9.10.2009 16:35:22	SETI@home	Message from server: No work is available for Astropulse v5
9.10.2009 16:35:22	SETI@home	Message from server: Your computer has no NVIDIA GPU
9.10.2009 16:35:30	Collatz Conjecture	update requested by user
9.10.2009 16:35:31	climateprediction.net	update requested by user
9.10.2009 16:35:32	Collatz Conjecture	Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
9.10.2009 16:35:32	Collatz Conjecture	Not reporting or requesting tasks
9.10.2009 16:35:37	Collatz Conjecture	Scheduler request completed
9.10.2009 16:35:42	climateprediction.net	Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
9.10.2009 16:35:42	climateprediction.net	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:35:47	climateprediction.net	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:35:52	Milkyway@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:35:52	Milkyway@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:36:02	Milkyway@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:36:07	SETI@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:36:07	SETI@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:36:12	SETI@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:36:12	SETI@home	Message from server: No work sent
9.10.2009 16:36:12	SETI@home	Message from server: No work is available for Astropulse v5
9.10.2009 16:36:12	SETI@home	Message from server: Your computer has no NVIDIA GPU
9.10.2009 16:36:17	orbit@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:36:17	orbit@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:36:22	orbit@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:36:27	climateprediction.net	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:36:27	climateprediction.net	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:36:32	climateprediction.net	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:36:38	uFluids	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:36:38	uFluids	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:36:43	uFluids	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:36:48	climateprediction.net	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:36:48	climateprediction.net	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:36:53	climateprediction.net	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:36:58	SETI@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:36:58	SETI@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:37:03	SETI@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:37:03	SETI@home	Message from server: No work sent
9.10.2009 16:37:03	SETI@home	Message from server: No work is available for Astropulse v5
9.10.2009 16:37:03	SETI@home	Message from server: Your computer has no NVIDIA GPU
9.10.2009 16:37:08	Milkyway@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:37:08	Milkyway@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:37:13	climateprediction.net	task hadsm3fub_k2ig_006416050_0 suspended by user
9.10.2009 16:37:13	Collatz Conjecture	Restarting task collatz_1255030204_19495_0 using collatz version 200
9.10.2009 16:37:18	Milkyway@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:37:43	uFluids	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:37:43	uFluids	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:37:48	uFluids	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:38:21	climateprediction.net	task hadsm3fub_k2ig_006416050_0 resumed by user
9.10.2009 16:38:23	Milkyway@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:38:23	Milkyway@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:38:38	Milkyway@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:39:07	uFluids	task rtube11_1_1.4_4000_50_135_0_0_0 suspended by user
9.10.2009 16:39:31	Milkyway@home	General prefs: from Milkyway@home (last modified 09-Oct-2009 12:39:11)
9.10.2009 16:39:31	Milkyway@home	Host location: none
9.10.2009 16:39:31	Milkyway@home	General prefs: using your defaults
9.10.2009 16:39:31		Reading preferences override file
9.10.2009 16:39:31		Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1663.52MB
9.10.2009 16:39:31		Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 2994.33MB
9.10.2009 16:39:31		Preferences limit disk usage to 2.00GB
9.10.2009 16:39:33	climateprediction.net	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:39:33	climateprediction.net	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:39:38	climateprediction.net	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:40:43	orbit@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:40:43	orbit@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:40:48	orbit@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:40:53	SETI@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:40:53	SETI@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:40:58	SETI@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:40:58	SETI@home	Message from server: No work sent
9.10.2009 16:40:58	SETI@home	Message from server: No work is available for Astropulse v5
9.10.2009 16:40:58	SETI@home	Message from server: Your computer has no NVIDIA GPU
9.10.2009 16:40:58	SETI@home	Message from server: No work available for the applications you have selected.  Please check your settings on the web site.
9.10.2009 16:41:13	climateprediction.net	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:41:13	climateprediction.net	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:41:18	climateprediction.net	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:41:35	Collatz Conjecture	task collatz_1255030204_19495_0 suspended by user
9.10.2009 16:41:35	climateprediction.net	Restarting task hadsm3fub_k2ig_006416050_0 using hadsm3 version 607
9.10.2009 16:41:39	climateprediction.net	task hadsm3fub_k2ig_006416050_0 suspended by user
9.10.2009 16:41:39	Milkyway@home	Restarting task de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_23_2435283_1255082388_0 using milkyway version 19
9.10.2009 16:41:43	SETI@home	task 01se09ad.2160.12337.13.10.6_1 suspended by user
9.10.2009 16:41:43	Milkyway@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:41:43	Milkyway@home	Requesting new tasks for CPU
9.10.2009 16:41:58	Milkyway@home	Scheduler request completed: got 2 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:42:00	Milkyway@home	Started download of de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_23_search_parameters_2605241_1255095670
9.10.2009 16:42:00	Milkyway@home	Started download of de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_23_search_parameters_2605242_1255095670
9.10.2009 16:42:08	Milkyway@home	Finished download of de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_23_search_parameters_2605242_1255095670
9.10.2009 16:42:10	Milkyway@home	Finished download of de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_23_search_parameters_2605241_1255095670
9.10.2009 16:45:04	orbit@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:45:04	orbit@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:45:09	orbit@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:45:14	Milkyway@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:45:14	Milkyway@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:45:19	Milkyway@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:45:27	Milkyway@home	General prefs: from Milkyway@home (last modified 09-Oct-2009 12:39:11)
9.10.2009 16:45:27	Milkyway@home	Host location: none
9.10.2009 16:45:27	Milkyway@home	General prefs: using your defaults
9.10.2009 16:45:27		Reading preferences override file
9.10.2009 16:45:27		Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1663.52MB
9.10.2009 16:45:27		Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 2994.33MB
9.10.2009 16:45:27		Preferences limit disk usage to 2.00GB
9.10.2009 16:48:40	Collatz Conjecture	task collatz_1255030204_19495_0 resumed by user
9.10.2009 16:48:42	climateprediction.net	task hadsm3fub_josf_006398265_7 suspended by user
9.10.2009 16:48:43	Collatz Conjecture	Restarting task collatz_1255030204_19495_0 using collatz version 200
9.10.2009 16:51:30	Milkyway@home	task de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_23_2605242_1255095670_0 aborted by user
9.10.2009 16:51:32	Milkyway@home	task de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_23_2605241_1255095670_0 aborted by user
9.10.2009 16:51:34	Milkyway@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:51:34	Milkyway@home	Reporting 2 completed tasks, requesting new tasks for CPU
9.10.2009 16:51:44	Milkyway@home	update requested by user
9.10.2009 16:51:44	Milkyway@home	Scheduler request completed: got 2 new tasks
9.10.2009 16:51:46	Milkyway@home	Started download of de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_21_search_parameters_2612556_1255096256
9.10.2009 16:51:46	Milkyway@home	Started download of de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_21_search_parameters_2612564_1255096256
9.10.2009 16:51:49	orbit@home	Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:51:49	orbit@home	Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:51:52	Milkyway@home	Finished download of de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_21_search_parameters_2612556_1255096256
9.10.2009 16:51:52	Milkyway@home	Finished download of de_s222_3s_random_3p_10r_21_search_parameters_2612564_1255096256
9.10.2009 16:51:54	orbit@home	Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks

9.10.2009 16:34:27 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:34:27 Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:34:42 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks

You've done your bit. As to why you got nothing back..... dunno. That's a project question, not a BOINC question. I suggest you ask on the project's forum.

9.10.2009 16:34:27 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:34:27 Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:34:42 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
...
9.10.2009 16:35:52 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:35:52 Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:36:02 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
...
9.10.2009 16:37:08 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:37:08 Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:37:13 climateprediction.net task hadsm3fub_k2ig_006416050_0 suspended by user
9.10.2009 16:37:13 Collatz Conjecture Restarting task collatz_1255030204_19495_0 using collatz version 200
9.10.2009 16:37:18 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
...
9.10.2009 16:38:23 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9.10.2009 16:38:23 Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks for GPU
9.10.2009 16:38:38 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
...

Obviously Milkyway has no GPU tasks to send out.

If you don't want to run Collatz tasks, detach from Collatz Conjecture.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

Confirmed, Milkyway has no ATI GPU tasks at this moment.

My log:
09-Oct-09 17:13:00 Milkyway@home [sched_op_debug] Starting scheduler request
09-Oct-09 17:13:00 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
09-Oct-09 17:13:00 Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks for GPU
09-Oct-09 17:13:00 Milkyway@home [sched_op_debug] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0 idle CPUs
09-Oct-09 17:13:00 Milkyway@home [sched_op_debug] ATI GPU work request: 864.86 seconds; 1 idle GPUs
09-Oct-09 17:13:05 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
09-Oct-09 17:13:05 Milkyway@home [sched_op_debug] Server version 610
09-Oct-09 17:13:05 Milkyway@home Project requested delay of 61 seconds
09-Oct-09 17:13:05 Milkyway@home [sched_op_debug] Deferring communication for 1 min 1 sec
09-Oct-09 17:13:05 Milkyway@home [sched_op_debug] Reason: requested by project

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That's a shame. Though, atleast Collatz caused my GPU to crash. Temps went up to 80C on the first run cycle and after downgrading the performance temps stayd around 70C but still crashed. CPU stays nicely in 50C under load. This card has been blamed for running too hot. Warms up my room quite nicely when the window is closed.

This GPU thing needs somekind of resource control to be usable. I know there's been talk about it been an ON/OFF thing, but maybe somebody will figure it out. Now I just have to wait for new GPU projects.

Thanks for the help.

This GPU thing needs somekind of resource control to be usable. I know there's been talk about it been an ON/OFF thing, but maybe somebody will figure it out.

The GPU can only be either completely under load, or totally not. It cannot be throttled, if that's what you meant. However, BOINC can be instructed to only use the GPU when the computer is otherwise not in use (idle).

If you want to learn more about what's happening with the GPU etc., take a look at the long FAQ I have written and am updating about it.

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I found that in "Edit MilkyWay@home preferences" there is a checkbox "Use GPUs for Computation?" which was by default unchecked. I checked that and tried to get new tasks. Couldn't get anything. Also no test tasks are available.

Found a possible fix for my stability problems if anyone is interested.

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=886&nowrap=true#24737

It seems like new Catalyst drivers don't work that well. I'm downgrading to Catalyst 8.12

That's a shame. Though, atleast Collatz caused my GPU to crash. Temps went up to 80C on the first run cycle and after downgrading the performance temps stayd around 70C but still crashed. CPU stays nicely in 50C under load. This card has been blamed for running too hot. Warms up my room quite nicely when the window is closed.

This GPU thing needs somekind of resource control to be usable. I know there's been talk about it been an ON/OFF thing, but maybe somebody will figure it out. Now I just have to wait for new GPU projects.

Thanks for the help.

There is a way to throttle the GPU with http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=3517 TThrottle in the BOINC Add-Ons
If you still need it and need help let me know.

I brought a HD 4890 OC 1 GB video card and using it with Boinc 6.6.36, it doesn't support the GPU which uses ATI Stream. Boinc uses CUDA which is found on GeForce video cards. I was getting video artifacts on all my games so I had to buy a new GeForce 285 GTX video card. With this new 285 GTX, all my games work fine and I'm getting lots of Cuda projects from SETI and Milkyway.
Milkyway@home will add support for ATI GPU soon. I did tried Folding@home but I heard that it is old project.

GeForce video card is better because it has a co-processor and ATI GPU's do not.
When I had the 4890 OC, it was running too hot and I think it was crashing the games even inside a air conditioned room. I used a 750 watt power supply with a large 130mm fan. The case I am using is a Cooler Master Full tower with four huge fans.

I brought a HD 4890 OC 1 GB video card and using it with Boinc 6.6.36, it doesn't support the GPU which uses ATI Stream.

ATI detection is coming in BOINC 6.10 which is to be released to the public any day now.

Milkyway@home will add support for ATI GPU soon.

You can already run your Milkyway tasks on ATI GPUs, though be it through the anonymous platform. One advantage of doing it that way is that it doesn't matter what BOINC version you run, the files coming in the 3rd party package will detect if you have a suitable ATI GPU and use it automatically.

You do need Double Precision on the GPU, which not all ATI GPUs can do.

I did tried Folding@home but I heard that it is old project.

It's a separate project, not affiliated to BOINC or using BOINC.

GeForce video card is better because it has a co-processor and ATI GPU's do not.

The Nvidia CUDA capable and ATI Stream capable GPUs are coprocessors.

In terms of GigaFlops, your GTX285 is slower than the HD4890 was. 1063 vs 1360, both for single precision.
Your GTX285 is thinking it can do double precision (but it isn't really doing it, Nvidia is tricking the GPU into thinking it does it), the HD4890 did true double precision. Numbers for that: 88.6GFlops for the GTX285 vs 272GFlops for the HD4890.
Your GTX285 has only got 240 stream processors, your HD4890 had 800.
Your GTX285 has GDDR3, your HD4890 had GDDR5.

As for price... Your GTX285 starts at $349.-, the HD4890 OC 1GB starts at $215.-

With the Milkyway application capable of using a maximum of 400 GFlops DP, which card do you really think is the better one?

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GeForce video card is better because it has a co-processor and ATI GPU's do not.

You said: The Nvidia CUDA capable and ATI Stream capable GPUs are coprocessors.

When Boinc manager runs the benchmarks, it said that the 285 GTX has a coprocessor. When I ran the benchmark under 4890 OC, it said no coprocessor found.

I have heard that the 4890 OC is more powerful that the 285 GTX but I had to sell the 4890 OC because it was too hot and crashing my system. At the time I was using the 4890 OC, I have not been able to get Milkyway tasks for the ATI GPU.

When Boinc manager runs the benchmarks, it said that the 285 GTX has a coprocessor. When I ran the benchmark under 4890 OC, it said no coprocessor found.

The benchmarks only run for the CPU, not for the GPU.
BOINC 6.6.36, which you run, only has Nvidia CUDA detection.
BOINC 6.10 will have ATI CAL detection as well as Nvidia CUDA detection.

e.g.
11-Oct-09 01:53:08 ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD 3800 (RV670) (CAL version 1.4.403, 512MB, 428GFLOPS)
11-Oct-09 01:53:08 No NVIDIA library found

That's from my system. I have an ATI videocard, no Nvidia one, hence the message that the Nvidia library isn't found.

At the time I was using the 4890 OC, I have not been able to get Milkyway tasks for the ATI GPU.

Because you didn't add the 3rd party application. See the Optimized apps thread in their forums for that.

As I said, BOINC 6.6 does NOT detect ATI GPUs. BOINC 6.10 will do that.

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When Boinc manager runs the benchmarks, it said that the 285 GTX has a coprocessor. When I ran the benchmark under 4890 OC, it said no coprocessor found...

As Ageless already mentioned, the message says that a coprocessor was found, namely the 285GTX. Since that version couldn't detect the 4890OC, it said "no coprocessor found".

Gruß,
Gundolf

Because you didn't add the 3rd party application. See the Optimized apps thread in their forums for that.

No one told me about this or I have not read any information regarding this at the time I was using the 4890 OC video card