The Scottish Boinc Team

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 1:59 am**

Gregg, if you want to use that avatar you need to upload it yourself.
Click on your name on top right hand side , select User Control Panel, select Edit Avatar and upload it to the site.

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 1:53 pm**

Dear Administrator ... Mr. Alez ... thank You for uploading an Avatar ... and ... we are in the first place in Boinc Formula League 2 for 2019 ... I am not exactly familiar to this championship ... does it mean we progress to Leauge 1 for the next year comptetition ? sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 2:03 pm**

Hi Gregg, I sorted out your avatar as the original was larger than the forum permitted. I must say what a happy-looking chap you are !!

Yes, we progress to League 1 of Formula Boinc next year & will find things much more difficult as the teams are larger. Hopefully a few more of them will truly be taking part as well

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 2:31 pm**

Dear The Scottish Boinc Team Members ... I've switched GPU power ... 12 x 2080 ti oc and 2 x 1080 ... all to Collatz ... hopefully it wil help us get ... a high place in Leaugue 1 Competition ! sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 3:41 pm**

Thanks Gregg,

Are you familiar with the Collatz optimisation files for these cards? If not, try this for the 1080 to get run times of around 360 seconds

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verbose=1
kernels_per_reduction=48
threads=9
lut_size=17
sieve_size=30
cache_sieve=1
sleep=0

On Linux, this would go into a config file in project directory e.g. /var/lib/boinc-client/projects/boinc.thesonntags.com_collatz/collatz_sieve_1.40_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_nvidia.config There will be an empty file there already (unless you already optimise)

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 3:48 pm**

Granowski wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 2:31 pm Dear The Scottish Boinc Team Members ... I've switched GPU power ... 12 x 2080 ti oc and 2 x 1080 ... all to Collatz ... hopefully it wil help us get ... a high place in Leaugue 1 Competition ! sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

F...ing hell, Gregg! Did you just say twelve GTX 2080?!

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 3:54 pm**

benchmark times for OC 2080 here https://tsbt.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php? ... 229#p74344

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:01 pm**

davidBAM wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 3:54 pm benchmark times for OC 2080 here https://tsbt.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php? ... 229#p74344

The only thing I can say is... wow!

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:09 pm**

please, take a look at our' Comapny ... Save the World ... mission website :https://savetheworld.org.pl/ ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ... ...

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:24 pm**

Granowski wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:09 pm please, take a look at our' Comapny ... Save the World ... mission website :https://savetheworld.org.pl/ ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ... ...

I get it now. I would rather expect volunteers with significant hardware and financial resources to keep a low profile.

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 5:07 pm**

Hal Bregg wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:24 pm
Granowski wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:09 pm please, take a look at our' Comapny ... Save the World ... mission website :https://savetheworld.org.pl/ ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ... ...
I get it now. I would rather expect volunteers with significant hardware and financial resources to keep a low profile.

I honour Your's point of view. sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski

edit : however, we try to widen the BOINC idea as far as we can !

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 11:05 pm**

I think 1x 2080 Ti would help. I think 12x is an awful lot of help... using the optimizations that's about 120,000,000 per day just from those

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 9:24 am**

Granowski wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 5:07 pm
Hal Bregg wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:24 pm
Granowski wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:09 pm please, take a look at our' Comapny ... Save the World ... mission website :https://savetheworld.org.pl/ ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ... ...
I get it now. I would rather expect volunteers with significant hardware and financial resources to keep a low profile.
I honour Your's point of view. sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski

edit : however, we try to widen the BOINC idea as far as we can !

Don't get me wrong Greg. I didn't mean to say that you should never disclose that information about your BOINC setup. I really admire your efforts to contribute so much to BOINC community.

Posted: **Tue Dec 31, 2019 8:18 am**

Greetings and warm welcome ... there is a saying in polish ... 'do siego roku' ! it is a wish for a happy Year ... it is not easily translated ... there is also a saying ... 'niech się darzy' ... may be gifted ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski

edit : I have a question ... whilst checking usage of GPU towards collatz ... there are only abou 10 % usage of GPU ... why may that be ? Gregg Roman Granowski

Posted: **Tue Dec 31, 2019 2:47 pm**

Granowski wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2019 8:18 am edit : I have a question ... whilst checking usage of GPU towards collatz ... there are only abou 10 % usage of GPU ... why may that be ? Gregg Roman Granowski

In the folder \ProgramData\BOINC\projects\boinc.thesonntags.com_collatz\, do you have these 2 files with the following contents or similar?

app_config.xml

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<app_config>
<project_max_concurrent>1</project_max_concurrent>
<app>
<name>collatz_sieve</name>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>1</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
</app_config>

collatz_sieve_1.30_windows_x86_64__opencl_nvidia_gpu.config

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verbose=1
kernels_per_reduction=48
threads=8
lut_size=17
sleep=1
reduce_cpu=0
sieve_size=30

If not, add them, restart the boinc client and see if that changes anything.

Posted: **Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:36 pm**

Dear The Scottish Boinc Team Members ... we are secured at 5th place in Formula Boinc ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Posted: **Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:44 pm**

we are doing well but will lose quite a few points when Universe starts giving out work again. Will drop points on Gerasim and Collatz too

Posted: **Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:59 pm**

Greetings ... we are doing extremely well on Formula Boinc ... we are secured at 6th place ... hopefully we can reach 5th place as well ... sincerely and let me asure of my continous support ... Gregg Roman Granowski

Posted: **Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:05 pm**

Yes indeed - very pleased so far. Things will change a lot once the Sprints start as it will become rather clearer which teams are truly competing in it this year & which are staying on their favourite projects.

I get my FB kicks with bunkering to the max - and even speculating on which Sprints might get chosen. Only got one right last year - or was it two - but, to be honest, there weren't enough teams really trying in League 2 last year

Posted: **Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:35 pm**

Greetings ... do we have predictions or do we make expectations on which place we would like to finish our's Formula Boinc perfomance ? sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Posted: **Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:41 pm**

That is a VERY good question.

I'll get some ideas on the other threads e.g. as I did for TN-Grid https://tsbt.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=178&t=17424

Things will change though and, even after only 4 weeks, it is fairly clear that we need to give up any idea of winning any FB points in certain marathons

Posted: **Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:22 pm**

As I've said before, we have to be realistic and accept that, in League 1 we are playing with the big boys, when in reality we are not that big.We simply cannot win.

But if we are smart we could possibly hold on to our current 6th place. I'd be disappointed to finish outwith the top 10 & devastated to finish below UBT!

For the marathons we really need to concentrate on the smaller projects, as we have been doing. Crunching for SETI WCG etc is a waste of time.
For the sprints, attention, focus, anticipation & luck are the main determinants of success. Preemptive bunkering, married with luck, might be useful. but key will be switching all resources over to every sprint as soon as it is announced.
So, all hands on deck, all year round!

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:11 pm**

Greetings and warm welcome ! I've advanced to the 4th place in Primegrid Total Points !

May The Britain be Magnificent, but The Scotland Independently free

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:35 pm**

4th place is fantastic, Gregg. Tell me that doesn't put a smile on your face!

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:44 pm**

scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:35 pm 4th place is fantastic, Gregg. Tell me that doesn't put a smile on your face!

indeed, it does ! however, i find my BOINC contribution as a duty, but the points are nice ! I've set a Polish National Task : let's solve Wacław Sierpiński Problem together, and my Primegrid settings are set to all the Sierpiński subprojects,
S o B, ESP, PSP and S/R Base ... so far there no findings, although many Work Units have been counted ...

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:49 pm**

3rd place is even better https://www.primegrid.com/top_users.php Well done, Sir

Also @Gibson Praise at 19th.

Respect

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:20 pm**

davidBAM wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:49 pm 3rd place is even better https://www.primegrid.com/top_users.php Well done, Sir

Also @Gibson Praise at 19th.

Respect

that's statistic site is by RAC ! sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:37 pm**

oops - didn't notice that

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:43 pm**

I am only one post to have a hundred . will there be a change in my TSBT rank after a next post? sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

btw ... how are things going in UK after Brexit ? what is ... the next plan ? will UK be joining any other Political or Economical alliance?

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:16 pm**

I think the only 'political alliance' in Boris' mind is Empire

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:22 pm**

well, by looking on Science / Scientific Values of the UK and Economic Potential, and Famous Military Dignifies ... Great Britain is surely an Empire !

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:30 pm**

... but it was a Polish invention which led to Enigma being cracked and shortened WW2

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:44 pm**

davidBAM wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:30 pm ... but it was a Polish invention which led to Enigma being cracked and shortened WW2

that is correct ! The Dear TSBT ...during the Second World War polish Government ... had it's Headquater in London from 1940 ... ... we had also a few WW2 actions ... they are surely not known to Scots or UK citizens in general ... however ... there was an operation Market Garden, and Rotmistrz Witold Pilecki, had infiltraded ... Nazi's Death Camp of Autchwitz, there is also widely celebrated in Poland Warsaw Uprising, and National's Tragedy of Katyń, where Soviets executed about 15.000 polish Military Officers ... ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_go ... t-in-exile ...

Posted: **Tue Feb 11, 2020 9:50 pm**

I certainly knew of Katyn but didn't realise Polish forces were involved during Market Garden - not one of Montgomery's better campaigns. Too much political pressure to reach Berlin before Paton

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:37 pm**

Greetings . Thank You for ' the Rank ' ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ... ...

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:45 pm**

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:51 pm**

I've searched collatz forum ... and found optimalation thread, however there where other numbers ... than given by Yourself ... could Somebody please postpone ... values ... that could by used under windows ?

i am running 2080 ti oc ... and I would not like to make experiments ... if ... given specific instructions and values I would certenly make improvements !

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:57 pm**

There are different numbers for each card - it depends on how much memory it has & how many Cuda cores. The one I supplied was derived personally by experimentation on a Gtx2070 Super so should work nicely. I don't have a 2080ti to try it on

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:07 pm**

ok, we'll try those numbers ... could you please make predictions how much counting times will decrease ?

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:15 pm**

I'll guess you get times of 150 secs or less

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:27 pm**

It's 128 sec on mine.

I have slightly under clocked my card though and hence am actually getting 148 secs so nearly spot on David.

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:35 pm**

Go to

C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects\boinc.thesonntags.com_collatz

and there should be a file called

collatz_sieve_1.30_windows_x86_64__opencl_nvidia_gpu.config

which should have the following in it

verbose=1
kernels_per_reduction=64
threads=8
lut_size=18
sleep=0
reduce_cpu=0
sieve_size=30
cache_sieve=1

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:40 pm**

Excellent - precisely what I had arrived at

davidBAM wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:15 pm I'll guess you get times of 150 secs or less

I am changing my guess : 128 secs

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:50 pm**

thank you, however we have two differet values on kernels per reduction ... should it be 48 or 64 ?

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:57 pm**

Go with Jocks figure.

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:59 pm**

all right !

edit : ' done ' ... times has dereased significantly, no errors ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:20 pm**

You look to be doing about 5M to 6M points per hour at the moment. That's a handy number.

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:25 pm**

thank you ... i have gtx 1080 at home, other servers i am keeping in office . could you please specify if values we have used for 2080 are correct for 1080 ?!

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:28 pm**

Try these for the gtx1080 unless someone suggests better

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verbose=1
kernels_per_reduction=48
threads=9
lut_size=17
sieve_size=30
cache_sieve=1
sleep=0

Posted: **Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:32 pm**

Gregg, do you know how to monitor the GPU temps and increase fan speed if needed? Running the optimized configurations will make them run hotter.

The Scottish Boinc Team

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