The Scottish Boinc Team

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

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!

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Also @Gibson Praise at 19th.

Respect

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

oops - didn't notice that

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?

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski

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

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.

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

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

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

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Go with Jocks figure.

all right !


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

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

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 ...

Try these for the gtx1080 unless someone suggests better

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.

scole of TSBT wrote: ↑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.

i always believed that fan speed is an automatical option, and it icreases if needed without manual action .

Granowski wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:52 pm

scole of TSBT wrote: ↑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.

i always believed that fan speed is an automatical option, and it icreases if needed without manual action .

It should. I'm just over cautious and manually set fan to high rpm so it stays as cool as possible.

I've been in the habit of limiting the power drawn & I notice barely any effect on run times. These are Linux commands which will save 10% of power on an RTX2080ti Sorry I don't know Window equivalent

I spent hours trying every set of 2080Ti settings on the web. The ones are for my card and others cards may like other ones more who knows.

I have had faster but then occasionally I see Compute Failures so backed off slightly until I was getting 100% passes.

For the 1080 I am not sure as I do not have one.

' the optimalization ' was a woderfull idea ... hopefully we'll get some extra points ... toward Formula Boinc performance ... could You please tell what bagde is after 2.000.000.000 points ? is it for 5 or 4 000.000.000 ?

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski

Had a look at my account and I am only showing one badge for over 20Bn, where do I see the earlier ones please? Sorry, I am not an avid badge-collector

Seems like others have looked too ... https://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/f ... id=83#1518

100M before lunch @Granowski

You should be heading for 200M ppd I'd say

greetings ... i'm reaching / heading for 20.000.000.000 badge ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ... ...

edit : I've passed 18.000.000.000 points throught over 10 years of BOINC commitement !

Greetings and warm welcome ! i've passed a milestone of 19.000.000.000 points ... with collatz it is getting fast ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Well done sir.

You'll overtake me pretty soon when you are doing 1.5bn per week

we are about 500.000.000 points to get the next position in Formula Boinc for collatz ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ... ...

greetings and warm welcome ... we've reached the fifth place to collatz for Formula Boinc ...

i've passed 20.000.000.000 points in total as an Individual ...

May The Britain be Magnificent, but The Scotland independently free !!!

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Granowski wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 5:34 am greetings and warm welcome ... we've reached the fifth place to collatz for Formula Boinc ...

i've passed 20.000.000.000 points in total as an Individual ...

May The Britain be Magnificent, but The Scotland independently free !!!

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Awesome stuff. Congratulations on the 20.000.000.000 points.

Congratulations @Granowski

Dear Mr administrator, davidBAM ... superbly well done on 4th place in Top 100 users ...https://boinc.berkeley.edu/chart_list.php ...

sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski

Thank you very much Gregg

only a few days and i will get the first place in Poland towards points without asics ... https://www.boincstats.com/stats/-5/user/list/0/0#36 ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski

Granowski wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:49 am only a few days and i will get the first place in Poland towards points without asics ... https://www.boincstats.com/stats/-5/user/list/0/0#36 ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski

i've achieved ... the first place in Poland without asics https://www.boincstats.com/stats/-5/user/list/0/0#34 ... ... sincerely, Gregg Roman Granowski ...

Maybe somebody ... in polish, which is Our's longlasting history, is important ... we, as Poles are saying ... z Naszych, za Naszych, z Naszymi, dla Naszych ... http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.p ... 065#138477

is interested ?