not seeing both of my GPUs in my computer stats

UT Kevin
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Hello,

I don't see both of my GPUs in my computer stats. My RTX A4000 shows up but not my RTX4060. Do you have any ideas?
 

CPU type:GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900KF [Family 6 Model 183 Stepping 1]

Number of processors:32

Coprocessors: NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX A4000 (16375MB) driver: 560.76

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Professional x64 Edition, (10.00.22631.00)

BOINC client version:8.0.2

Memory:130851.9 MiB

Cache:2048 KiB

Swap space:139043.9 MiB

Total disk space:1862.1 GiB

Free disk space:1717.91 GiB

Measured floating point speed:7043.95 million ops/sec

Measured integer speed:32566.09 million ops/sec

Average upload rate:20046.51 KiB/sec

Average download rate:3711.49 KiB/sec

Average turnaround time:0.34 days

Tasks:1030

Number of times client has contacted server:390

Last time contacted server:27 Oct 2024 17:49:21 UTC

% of time BOINC client is running:87.0897 %

While BOINC running, % of time host has an Internet connection:99.9516 %

While BOINC running, % of time work is allowed:99.3538 %

Task duration correction factor:1.16366

mikey
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UT Kevin wrote: Hello, I

UT Kevin wrote:

Hello,

I don't see both of my GPUs in my computer stats. My RTX A4000 shows up but not my RTX4060. Do you have any ideas?
 

CPU type:GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900KF [Family 6 Model 183 Stepping 1]

Number of processors:32

Coprocessors: NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX A4000 (16375MB) driver: 560.76

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Professional x64 Edition, (10.00.22631.00)

BOINC client version:8.0.2

Memory:130851.9 MiB

Cache:2048 KiB

Swap space:139043.9 MiB

Total disk space:1862.1 GiB

Free disk space:1717.91 GiB

Measured floating point speed:7043.95 million ops/sec

Measured integer speed:32566.09 million ops/sec

Average upload rate:20046.51 KiB/sec

Average download rate:3711.49 KiB/sec

Average turnaround time:0.34 days

Tasks:1030

Number of times client has contacted server:390

Last time contacted server:27 Oct 2024 17:49:21 UTC

% of time BOINC client is running:87.0897 %

While BOINC running, % of time host has an Internet connection:99.9516 %

While BOINC running, % of time work is allowed:99.3538 %

Task duration correction factor:1.16366

This is normal as Boinc reports that you have 2 gpu's but only shows either the 1st one it sees or the most powerful one depending on version. If you open the Boinc Manager and go the Event Log under Tools at the top of the page, the first 30 lines, sometimes you must restart Boinc as the top lines will scroll off the list if you have too many lines, will show both gpu's listed in order, you will see 'device #1' and then what kind of gpu it is and then 'device #2' and then what kind of gpu it is. This will continue thru all the rest of the gpu's you have, I've seem systems with more than 5 gpu's.

UT Kevin
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Thank you Mikey! I ended up

Thank you Mikey! I ended up finding some details in the BOINC Client Config Page about the cc_config.xml that I did not have. I created one and added the necessary lines and I am seeing both GPUs now.

I see in there too that depending on the weighting, it may use on GPU or the other depending on how much [processing power is needed. The A4000 and 4060 are comparable, so I see either being used in my account page, but I do see the [2] as well, so I know they are both running. I can also see in my Intel Overdrive app that all the P&E cores are at 100% too.

2024-10-28 00:27:37.4419 [PID=931035]    [send] effective_ncpus 31 max_jobs_on_host_cpu 999999 max_jobs_on_host 999999
2024-10-28 00:27:37.4419 [PID=931035]    [send] effective_ngpus 2 max_jobs_on_host_gpu 999999

mikey
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UT Kevin wrote: Thank you

UT Kevin wrote:

Thank you Mikey! I ended up finding some details in the BOINC Client Config Page about the cc_config.xml that I did not have. I created one and added the necessary lines and I am seeing both GPUs now.

I see in there too that depending on the weighting, it may use on GPU or the other depending on how much [processing power is needed. The A4000 and 4060 are comparable, so I see either being used in my account page, but I do see the [2] as well, so I know they are both running. I can also see in my Intel Overdrive app that all the P&E cores are at 100% too.

2024-10-28 00:27:37.4419 [PID=931035]    [send] effective_ncpus 31 max_jobs_on_host_cpu 999999 max_jobs_on_host 999999
2024-10-28 00:27:37.4419 [PID=931035]    [send] effective_ngpus 2 max_jobs_on_host_gpu 999999

Duh I should have thought of that too, sorry about that!! I'm very glad you got it fixed and hope you have fun running Einstein on Boinc!! There are 2 kinds of gpu tasks at Einstein, Meerkat and Arecibo, one pays 3,333 credits per task while the other pays 10,000 credits per task, my suggestion is do the 10K credits tasks first if you can as the current credits is a bump up from the default which it will go back to at some point.

Helge Olsen@Hell
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Sometimes you have to write a

Sometimes you have to write a cc_config file to make Boinc understand that there is more than one GPU.

This is mine.

cc_config.xml

<cc_config>

<log_flags> </log_flags>

<options>

<use_all_gpus>2</use_all_gpus>

</options>

</cc_config>

 

I got several workstations with 2 GPU`s or more. 

San-Fernando-Valley
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Helge Olsen@Hell

Helge Olsen@Hell wrote:

...

<log_flags> </log_flags>              Is that blank OK ? check manual

...

<use_all_gpus>2</use_all_gpus>      This must be 1 not 2   !!

...

Read the manual !

cheers

sfv

GWGeorge007
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Helge Olsen@Hell

Helge Olsen@Hell wrote:

Sometimes you have to write a cc_config file to make Boinc understand that there is more than one GPU.

This is mine.

cc_config.xml

<cc_config>

<log_flags> </log_flags>

<options>

<use_all_gpus>2</use_all_gpus>

</options>

</cc_config>

 

I got several workstations with 2 GPU`s or more. 

I assume that you are referring to tasks for computer ID: 13150869

My comment first agrees with San-Fernando-Valley

Read up on them at  https://boinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/wiki/User_manual

I only see nine 'invalid' tasks with no 'errors'.  They may be a quirk in the scheduling of tasks.

Do you also have an 'app_config.xml' and a 'app_info.xml' file for your Einstein tasks?

Also, your 'NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti' MAY not have enough memory for handling the spikes that are occasionally sent out by some tasks. Some tasks are different in that they require more VRAM to complete successfully.  You seem to be doing okay though today with looking at your tasks for GPU's since you do have ~140 completed and validated tasks for for BRP7 MeerKAT, and ~20+ completed and validated tasks for O3AS sent out today (Nov 15) as of this post.

Of course, as the title says:  "Not seeing both of my GPUs in my computer stats", if you're referring to the BOINC Stats website, give them time, like maybe 3 days.  They are notoriously slow.

Hope this has helped you.

George

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