Xavier Zepherious

yes any Fermi will work as with Kepler
these are gpu3 only

jimmycricket

Xavier Zepherious

yes any Fermi will work as with Kepler
these are gpu3 only

Only problem with that is the core needed to run these on Kepler cause any Fermi to get lower PPD and work slower

tedster59

this is with core 2.25.  I have a 2.22 core, so where should I put it?  left default file locations.

Xavier Zepherious

you pause or stop v7
use start menu->allprograms->fahclient->data directory
this will bring up the data directories for v7
cores/www.standford.edu/~pande/win32/amd64/nvidia/fermi/beta/core15.fah

that's where the core15 v2.25 file resides
I made a separate directory in there to contain v2.25 and one for 2,22
copy the core15(in the current folder) to the v2.25
then copy the core15 v2.22 to the current folder and to the v2.22 directory

then you have backups for both
and can switch as you need them

Simba123

Xavier Zepherious

pause worked fine for me- you have to let the core wind down tho
as long as the gpu is idle you can remove the core and place the new one in
(you may get a clock skew at first )

I do recommend stopping v7 downgrade)and then restarting
check log files...if your log say version 2.25 then you haven't changed it
if it says 2.22 then wait for a bit... the numbers will come up

Just a note that you cannot do this if you are running Fermi and Kepler in the same system both running under V7.
Well, you can, but it will crash the Kepler card.
If you are running Kepler and Fermi in the same system, you either have to run both under V7 with core 2.25 and accept the points penalty, or use the console client for the Fermi card and downgrade the core when you need to.

I have not tried and do not think you can run multiple installs of V7 so you could have different core versions in each one. 
Might be worth it if someone is willing to try...

Xavier Zepherious

Simba123

Xavier Zepherious

pause worked fine for me- you have to let the core wind down tho
as long as the gpu is idle you can remove the core and place the new one in
(you may get a clock skew at first )

I do recommend stopping v7 downgrade)and then restarting
check log files...if your log say version 2.25 then you haven't changed it
if it says 2.22 then wait for a bit... the numbers will come up

Just a note that you cannot do this if you are running Fermi and Kepler in the same system both running under V7.
Well, you can, but it will crash the Kepler card.
If you are running Kepler and Fermi in the same system, you either have to run both under V7 with core 2.25 and accept the points penalty, or use the console client for the Fermi card and downgrade the core when you need to.

I have not tried and do not think you can run multiple installs of V7 so you could have different core versions in each one. 
Might be worth it if someone is willing to try...

yes I know that
however we all may not have mentioned that to everyone else
(one of my systems has the fermi and the other the keplers)

to be heck I don't think I want to keep switching cores every time a 762x WU comes out
(Id never get any sleep)

tank1023

Sorry stupid question, when I get into the Name portion to add my flag do I enter

gpu 0 beta
Or just put beta in the name field?

staypuft

tank1023

Sorry stupid question, when I get into the Name portion to add my flag do I enter

gpu 0 beta
Or just put beta in the name field?

Not a stupid question

under 'Name:' enter "client-type" and under 'Value:' enter "beta"

Punchy

I hate to be a wet blanket here, but I feel I should remind everyone that the more non-beta-team-members try to pick up these WU, the fewer beta team members receive them, which means further delaying the transition to all (or at least many more) GPU projects receiving QRBs.  So, those of you willing to wait until they are out of beta will enable the entire team to receive them sooner.
I understand the temptation involved, and it's an easy decision for me either way because I am a beta team member and I don't have any GPUs, but foregoing this short-term bonus for a few will lead to the long-term bonus coming sooner for everyone.