CUDA2.2 Windows 185.xx UPDATED

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GDF Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 14 Mar 07 Posts: 1957 Credit: 629,356 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11288 - Posted: 24 Jul 2009 \| 17:12:12 UTC Last modified: 27 Jul 2009 \| 8:11:24 UTC
	Next week, we are going to update the Windows application to CUDA2.2. It worked ok on driver 190.xx. On Monday, we will update the beta application to start few days of testing. On Thursday, we will update the application for everyone. In the meanwhile, you should be able to upgrade to 190.xx drivers, as the current application works fine with it. Please confirm this and I will put a news on the main page. gdf [EDIT YOU CAN ALSO INSTALL JUST the 185.xx drivers,as CUDA2.2 works with those under Windows]
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The Brain QC Send message Joined: 27 Oct 08 Posts: 27 Credit: 3,211,916 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11289 - Posted: 24 Jul 2009 \| 17:15:54 UTC Last modified: 24 Jul 2009 \| 18:08:13 UTC
	Works well with 190.xx drivers, and cherry on the sundae, you don't need to switch anymore in vidia control panel, on dual gpu boards, to make your two gpu run each a workunit.
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zpm Send message Joined: 2 Mar 09 Posts: 159 Credit: 13,639,818 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11290 - Posted: 24 Jul 2009 \| 18:57:10 UTC - in response to Message 11289.
	done
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[AF] Profanateur Send message Joined: 25 Oct 08 Posts: 42 Credit: 42,812,268 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11298 - Posted: 24 Jul 2009 \| 23:39:27 UTC
	I will test... Actually my host work good with 182.5 only :/ (Vista 64, boinc 6.6.36, GTX 260 + 8800 GT)
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Mark Henderson Send message Joined: 21 Dec 08 Posts: 51 Credit: 26,320,167 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11299 - Posted: 25 Jul 2009 \| 2:57:14 UTC
	Could we go ahead an jump to Cuda 2.3, it is released now.
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MarkJ Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 24 Dec 08 Posts: 738 Credit: 200,909,904 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11300 - Posted: 25 Jul 2009 \| 3:18:21 UTC - in response to Message 11299.
	Could we go ahead an jump to Cuda 2.3, it is released now. I second the motion! The guys over at Seti are reporting about a 30% speedup on some work units when using cuda 2.3 DLL's and 190.38 driver. I have already cut over 3 machines, just waiting on the others to finish off their cuda work before they get switched over. ____________ BOINC blog
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Mark Henderson Send message Joined: 21 Dec 08 Posts: 51 Credit: 26,320,167 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11301 - Posted: 25 Jul 2009 \| 4:22:17 UTC
	I saw a timeline on Cuda releases and it looked like 2.3 is the last release until 3.0 comes out.
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zpm Send message Joined: 2 Mar 09 Posts: 159 Credit: 13,639,818 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11302 - Posted: 25 Jul 2009 \| 4:44:28 UTC - in response to Message 11301.
	i agree that we need to go to 2.3
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GDF Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 14 Mar 07 Posts: 1957 Credit: 629,356 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11304 - Posted: 25 Jul 2009 \| 6:46:54 UTC - in response to Message 11302.
	From the nvidia forum CUDA2.3 seems still a bit too fresh with several issues outstanding. In our benchmarks, it did not give any performance advantage. gdf
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Michael Doerner Send message Joined: 28 Feb 09 Posts: 37 Credit: 666,889 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11310 - Posted: 25 Jul 2009 \| 19:46:50 UTC - in response to Message 11304.
	How will this affect Linux users? The 185.X and 190.X series do not currently work with GPUGrid. Will the 180.X series still work? Mike Doerner ____________
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pelpolaris Send message Joined: 10 Nov 08 Posts: 8 Credit: 876,616,559 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11314 - Posted: 25 Jul 2009 \| 23:55:28 UTC - in response to Message 11288.
	- It worked ok on driver 190.xx - Part of my last day experience with Nvidias drivers: - Driver 190.xx didn't worked at all on a fresh Vista-64 install. - Linux driver 185.xx didn't worked at all on a fresh Suse-64 install. So one consequence might be that I may retire a couple of cards from this project. There's still only 5080 volunteers to the GPUGRID. That's not too many and alternatives are popping up quickly on the BOINC meadow... I do understand the necessity to improve computing performances but I also do have doubts about the significancy of those improvments if they have to be reliated to a relative stability and fidelity at the volunteers hostmachines. So much time-critical, are not this project.
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Michael Doerner Send message Joined: 28 Feb 09 Posts: 37 Credit: 666,889 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11315 - Posted: 26 Jul 2009 \| 0:08:20 UTC - in response to Message 11314. Last modified: 26 Jul 2009 \| 0:15:49 UTC
	OK, I am on SuSe 11.1 64-bit, which looks like is one of the "problem" distributions. What other Linux distros did you test? How about Gentoo? Maybe I just need to switch distros to make this work. I don't like Red Hat or Kubuntu, but Gentoo appeals to me.... Mike Doerner ____________
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popandbob Send message Joined: 18 Jul 07 Posts: 67 Credit: 40,277,822 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11317 - Posted: 26 Jul 2009 \| 0:16:26 UTC - in response to Message 11314.
	- Driver 190.xx didn't worked at all on a fresh Vista-64 install. Did you try installing it in safe mode? Bob
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popandbob Send message Joined: 18 Jul 07 Posts: 67 Credit: 40,277,822 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11319 - Posted: 26 Jul 2009 \| 0:21:38 UTC - in response to Message 11300.
	The guys over at Seti are reporting about a 30% speedup on some work units when using cuda 2.3 DLL's and 190.38 driver. On high end cards the speed up is between 1.8x and 2.8x the speed. This is due to improvements in FFT though and it appears as though GPU grid doesn't use FFT's. Bob
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Betting Slip Send message Joined: 5 Jan 09 Posts: 670 Credit: 2,498,095,550 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11336 - Posted: 26 Jul 2009 \| 13:37:02 UTC - in response to Message 11304.
	From the nvidia forum CUDA2.3 seems still a bit too fresh with several issues outstanding. In our benchmarks, it did not give any performance advantage. gdf New drivers working fine here on XP64 and Win 7 64 Isn't it about time we left 32bit behind? We need 2.3 now...NOW I tells ya. We need the NEWEST and SHINIEST, we won't settle for anything less! :) WOW, glad to get that out. ____________ Radio Caroline, the world's most famous offshore pirate radio station. Great music since April 1964. Support Radio Caroline Team - Radio Caroline
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rebirther Send message Joined: 7 Jul 07 Posts: 53 Credit: 3,048,781 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11391 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009 \| 18:56:15 UTC
	What a shame, whats with 182.50?
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11392 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009 \| 19:08:26 UTC
	Is anyone seeing a speed up with 190? I switched today (no problems, no need to run dry first) and the first WU would yield 11.0k RAC, whereas currently I'm at 9.7k. It's only one WU, though. MrS ____________ Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002
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Zydor Send message Joined: 8 Feb 09 Posts: 252 Credit: 1,309,451 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11401 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009 \| 20:00:01 UTC - in response to Message 11288.
	.......Please confirm this and I will put a news on the main page.... Two WUs through on 190.38 / 6.6.31 / Vista 32 SP1 - no problems so far Regards Zy
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zpm Send message Joined: 2 Mar 09 Posts: 159 Credit: 13,639,818 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11402 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009 \| 20:26:35 UTC - in response to Message 11401.
	no speed up... same speed... it seems for a speed up; it has to be built with the 2.3 files.
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vitalidze Send message Joined: 15 May 09 Posts: 20 Credit: 239,712,351 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11417 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009 \| 6:48:03 UTC - in response to Message 11402. Last modified: 28 Jul 2009 \| 6:48:35 UTC
	I dont see any difference. The tasks are different and it is difficult to compare actual speed.
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11448 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009 \| 19:56:56 UTC
	2 more tasks are in and also yield 11k RAC, whereas previously (185.65 and lower) I never broke 10k. MrS ____________ Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002
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TomaszPawel Send message Joined: 18 Aug 08 Posts: 121 Credit: 59,836,411 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11478 - Posted: 29 Jul 2009 \| 18:36:37 UTC - in response to Message 11448. Last modified: 29 Jul 2009 \| 19:28:23 UTC
	It is only one task, so it doesn't mean a lot, but 182.50 - 1Credit - 4.6 sec 190.38 - 1Credit - 4.9 sec I will count the next task and we will see what result will be... ____________ POLISH NATIONAL TEAM - Join! Crunch! Win!
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MarkJ Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 24 Dec 08 Posts: 738 Credit: 200,909,904 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11497 - Posted: 30 Jul 2009 \| 9:33:33 UTC - in response to Message 11401.
	.......Please confirm this and I will put a news on the main page.... Two WUs through on 190.38 / 6.6.31 / Vista 32 SP1 - no problems so far Regards Zy Was that with a G92 based-card or a G200 based one? ____________ BOINC blog
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GDF Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 14 Mar 07 Posts: 1957 Credit: 629,356 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11532 - Posted: 31 Jul 2009 \| 8:21:56 UTC - in response to Message 11497.
	Windows application updated to CUDA2.2. gdf
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Zydor Send message Joined: 8 Feb 09 Posts: 252 Credit: 1,309,451 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11556 - Posted: 31 Jul 2009 \| 20:40:38 UTC - in response to Message 11497. Last modified: 31 Jul 2009 \| 20:41:49 UTC
	......Was that with a G92 based-card or a G200 based one? Opppps - apologies forgot to give the card type.... Its a 9800GTX+ Regards Zy
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skgiven Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Apr 09 Posts: 3968 Credit: 1,995,359,260 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11674 - Posted: 5 Aug 2009 \| 19:21:05 UTC - in response to Message 11532.
	Windows application updated to CUDA2.2. gdf And then there was 2.3!
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11710 - Posted: 8 Aug 2009 \| 10:49:59 UTC - in response to Message 11674.
	And then there was 2.3! Yes, the 190 series drivers run so well and trouble free on all Win and Linux systems and for all cards.. it'll be a pleasure to use 2.3 right now ;) MrS ____________ Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002
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GDF Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 14 Mar 07 Posts: 1957 Credit: 629,356 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 11744 - Posted: 9 Aug 2009 \| 8:39:39 UTC - in response to Message 11710.
	We will try to update to 2.3 by the end of August, if this prove to fix the fft bug that people is experiencing right now. gdf
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