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Vester
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 325 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I am getting ready for the GPU work units that are being developed. My crunching rig is an ASUS B250 Mining Expert, Intel i5-7600 with Intel® HD Graphics 630, and four AMD Radeon HD 7990 (dual GPU) video cards. I use the onboard Intel video for my monitor.
----------------------------------------This is a well-sorted computer that has run various BOINC GPU projects. I did not expect any GPU work units yet, but I also did not expect to see in the Event Log that there is no work for Intel GPU. It seems logical that there would also be a log entry that no work is available for AMD GPU, because the eight cores of AMD GPUs are listed in the Event Log at start-up. Thanks for your efforts. I just want to be ready for the Beta tests.  [Edit 1 times, last edit by Vester at Sep 19, 2020 7:16:20 PM] |
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3295 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hi,
----------------------------------------If it worked well with other BOINC GPU projects, I don't see any significance to the message you saw on the event log. Best wait for the BETA and see if you get work then. AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz [Edit 1 times, last edit by Mosqueteiro at Sep 19, 2020 7:53:40 PM] |
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Former Member
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My god. Four 7990's? I'm glad I don't have to pay your power bill!
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Vester
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 325 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Thank you, Mosqueteiro.
----------------------------------------It takes just under 1500 watts when crunching, lazio_vii. It has two OCZ ZX power supplies, a 1250 and a 1000 watt. I have an understanding wife. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Vester at Sep 19, 2020 8:24:53 PM] |
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KerSamson
Master Cruncher Switzerland Joined: Jan 29, 2007 Post Count: 1672 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I have an understanding wife. and some money available  |
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Sid2
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Jun 12, 2007 Post Count: 259 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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It takes just under 1500 watts when crunching. Look at the bright side: it will heat your house. . . .  |
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Dayle Diamond
Senior Cruncher Joined: Jan 31, 2013 Post Count: 452 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Vester, check out this thread, your rig can run slightly cheaper.
https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,42824 |
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torma99
Cruncher Hungary Joined: Mar 30, 2020 Post Count: 12 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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It might be wise to consider the performance of newer cards compared to these old ones. According to userbenchmark, my 2070 is almost 200% faster, TDP only 175 watts, so it is fair to say if you run your old rig 7/24, upgrading it would be a wise choice unless you produce your own electricity or get it really cheap. Here in my country (Hungary) you would break even with a dual 2070 upgrade under half a year. With a 3070 you could get almost the power of all four of your 7990s (cca 3,5) with even more savings.
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