Help configuring AMD 7850

[Black_Adder_Cro]

Hi everyone!

I am new to folding so I need a short help to configure my system. I am aware that there might be solution posted elsewhere, but I haven't found it so you can also direct me.

I am running Intel i3 3220+ Radeon 7850 + 8GB RAM
Folding@home client 7.3.6
Windows 7 64 bit


Both of my units are detected, as GPU:0 and CPU:3

The thing is, I am not sure whether these are getting as many PPD as they should.
HD7850 is doing 4200-4600 PPD while Intel i3 is doing just below 2000. This is below what I read from other people posting on Internet.
(please note, these scores are from the FAH control)

So my question is- should I do something to increase performance? All the settings so far are default.
Should I dedicate one thread or one core to GPU?
Right now FahCore_16 which is working with GPU is taking 20-25% of CPU usage, while a3 which is working on the CPU project takes the rest of CPU capacity.

Thanks to everybody for help in advance.
My machine is not a beast, but HD7850 is a decent card and since I keep my PC on >18h/day it should be worth it on the long run.

[P5-133XL]

set client-type to advanced for you GPU slot! Run the Advanced control and click configure. Switch to the slots tab and double click the GPU slot. Finally click add in the extra slot option and add client-type = advanced. click OK, and OK and save.

[Black_Adder_Cro]

Hi! Thanks for your reply!

When I click "add" on extra slot options it asks me for "name" and "value"
What should I do here?

[bollix47]

Name: client-type
Value: advanced

[PantherX]

Welcome to the F@H Forum Black_Adder_Cro,

Please note that if your system isn't dedicated to running F@H, you may want to experiment with CPU:3 or CPU:2 to find out which gives you the most PPD for the CPU. The reason is that if the CPU folding is interrupted, the loss in PPD is non-linear. To change the CPU count from 3 to 2, please open Advanced Control (AKA FAHControl) -> Configure -> Slots Tab -> CPU -> There you can change the value from -1 to 3 or 2, depending on your preference.

Also note that it is advised to install the latest WHQL Drivers from AMD when running FahCore_17 WUs (Work Units) to make the best possible use of your hardware.

[Black_Adder_Cro]

Hi! Thanks!
My PC is not dedicated to Folding, but it is running mostly without usage from user. It is running maybe 16h/day in idle and couple of hours of use.
Should I still do this?
My processor is dual core hyper threaded i3

I have the latest Catalyst drivers, should that be fine for AMD card?
I haven't noticed any FahCore_17 WUs yet.

[PantherX]

It depends on you, if you want to optimize it further, we can help you to do so. If not, that too is fine. A quick way to determine if everything is working fine is to open up Task Manager and see what the total CPU Usage percentage is. If for most of the day (including when you are working), the percentage is below 100%, then there isn't any resource contention. If you constantly see 100% CPU Usage, then resources are being over-subscribed and thus, we would recommend that F@H configuration may need to be tweaked so ensure that no over-utilization of the resources is taking place.

Yes, the latest WHQL Drivers should work flawlessly with your GPU and FahCore_17 WUs. Can you please refresh the log and then post the initial section which contains the system configuration and F@H configuration along with the ending of the log so we can see what exactly is happening? It could be that FahCore_16 WUs are taking long to finish and once they are successfully completed, you will hopefully be assigned FahCore_17 WUs. Worst case is that your GPU is hung up on FahCore_16 WUs and the solution to that is to delete the WU, if needed. We would have to see the log to determine that.

[Black_Adder_Cro]

Yes, the CPU usage is constantly 100% if both CPU and GPU slots are available.
Right now I am running GPU only ( I stopped CPU slot, you can see that at the end of the log).

GPU process uses about 26% of CPU

So far all my WUs for GPU were core 16

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*********************** Log Started 2013-10-19T13:20:34Z ***********************
13:20:34:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
13:20:34:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
13:20:34:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2013 Stanford University
13:20:34:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
13:20:34:         Args: 
13:20:34:       Config: C:/Users/Jure/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/config.xml
13:20:34:******************************** Build ********************************
13:20:34:      Version: 7.3.6
13:20:34:         Date: Feb 18 2013
13:20:34:         Time: 15:25:17
13:20:34:      SVN Rev: 3923
13:20:34:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
13:20:34:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
13:20:34:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
13:20:34:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
13:20:34:     Platform: win32 XP
13:20:34:         Bits: 32
13:20:34:         Mode: Release
13:20:34:******************************* System ********************************
13:20:34:          CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz
13:20:34:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
13:20:34:         CPUs: 4
13:20:34:       Memory: 7.93GiB
13:20:34:  Free Memory: 6.01GiB
13:20:34:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
13:20:34:  Has Battery: false
13:20:34:   On Battery: false
13:20:34:   UTC offset: 1
13:20:34:          PID: 4536
13:20:34:          CWD: C:/Users/Jure/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient
13:20:34:           OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
13:20:34:      OS Arch: AMD64
13:20:34:         GPUs: 1
13:20:34:        GPU 0: ATI:5 PITCAIRN PRO [Radeon HD 7800 Series]
13:20:34:         CUDA: Not detected
13:20:34:Win32 Service: false
13:20:34:***********************************************************************
13:20:34:<config>
13:20:34:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
13:20:34:  <power v='full'/>
13:20:34:
13:20:34:  <!-- Network -->
13:20:34:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
13:20:34:
13:20:34:  <!-- User Information -->
13:20:34:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
13:20:34:  <team v='829'/>
13:20:34:  <user v='Black_Adder_Cro'/>
13:20:34:
13:20:34:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
13:20:34:  <slot id='0' type='GPU'>
13:20:34:    <client-type v='advanced'/>
13:20:34:  </slot>
13:20:34:  <slot id='1' type='CPU'/>
13:20:34:</config>
13:20:34:Trying to access database...
13:20:34:Successfully acquired database lock
13:20:34:Enabled folding slot 00: READY gpu:0:PITCAIRN PRO [Radeon HD 7800 Series]
13:20:34:Enabled folding slot 01: READY cpu:3
13:20:34:WU00:FS00:Starting
13:20:34:WU00:FS00:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:/Users/Jure/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/cores/www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/ATI/R600/Core_16.fah/FahCore_16.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 703 -lifeline 4536 -checkpoint 15 -gpu 0 -gpu-vendor ati
13:20:44:WU00:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 4648
13:20:46:WU00:FS00:Core PID:3324
13:20:46:WU00:FS00:FahCore 0x16 started
13:20:48:WU01:FS01:Connecting to assign3.stanford.edu:8080
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16:
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16:*------------------------------*
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16:Folding@Home GPU Core
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16:Version 2.11 (Thu Dec 9 15:00:14 PST 2010)
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16:
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16:Compiler  : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for 80x86 
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16:Build host: user-f6d030f24f
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16:Board Type: AMD/OpenCL
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16:Core      : x=16
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16: Window's signal control handler registered.
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16:Preparing to commence simulation
13:20:48:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Ensuring status. Please wait.
13:20:49:WU01:FS01:News: Welcome to Folding@Home
13:20:49:WU01:FS01:Assigned to work server 128.143.231.202
13:20:49:WU01:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY cpu:3 from 128.143.231.202
13:20:49:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 128.143.231.202:8080
13:20:50:WU01:FS01:Downloading 3.63MiB
13:20:54:WU01:FS01:Download complete
13:20:54:WU01:FS01:Received Unit: id:01 state:DOWNLOAD error:NO_ERROR project:6098 run:1 clone:58 gen:275 core:0xa3 unit:0x0000019c0a3b1e594e91dcd5003d7a7c
13:20:55:WU01:FS01:Starting
13:20:55:WU01:FS01:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:/Users/Jure/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/cores/www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/Core_a3.fah/FahCore_a3.exe -dir 01 -suffix 01 -version 703 -lifeline 4536 -checkpoint 15 -np 3
13:20:55:WU01:FS01:Started FahCore on PID 4884
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Looking at optimizations...
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Working with standard loops on this execution.
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Previous termination of core was improper.
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Files status OK
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:sizeof(CORE_PACKET_HDR) = 512 file=<>
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Expanded 44788 -> 171163 (decompressed 382.1 percent)
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=44788 data_size=171163, decompressed_data_size=171163 diff=0
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Digital signature verified
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:Project: 11292 (Run 14, Clone 126, Gen 8)
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:
13:20:57:WU00:FS00:0x16:Entering M.D.
13:21:00:WU00:FS00:0x16:Will resume from checkpoint file 00/wudata_01.ckp
13:21:00:WU00:FS00:0x16:Tpr hash 00/wudata_01.tpr:  3031859404 2022895517 1449006181 2529313592 4123895799
13:21:06:WU00:FS00:0x16:Working on ALZHEIMER DISEASE AMYLOID
13:21:06:WU00:FS00:0x16:Client config unavailable.
13:21:07:WU00:FS00:0x16:Starting GUI Server
13:21:56:WU01:FS01:Core PID:6092
13:21:56:WU01:FS01:FahCore 0xa3 started
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:*------------------------------*
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:Version 2.27 (Dec. 15, 2010)
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:Preparing to commence simulation
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:- Looking at optimizations...
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:- Created dyn
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:- Files status OK
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:- Expanded 3807312 -> 4136808 (decompressed 108.6 percent)
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=3807312 data_size=4136808, decompressed_data_size=4136808 diff=0
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:- Digital signature verified
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:Project: 6098 (Run 1, Clone 58, Gen 275)
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:Assembly optimizations on if available.
13:21:59:WU01:FS01:0xa3:Entering M.D.
13:22:05:WU01:FS01:0xa3:Mapping NT from 3 to 3 
13:22:06:WU01:FS01:0xa3:Completed 0 out of 500000 steps  (0%)
13:22:45:WU00:FS00:0x16:Resuming from checkpoint
13:22:45:WU00:FS00:0x16:fcCheckPointResume: retreived and current tpr file hash:
13:22:45:WU00:FS00:0x16:   0   3031859404   3031859404
13:22:45:WU00:FS00:0x16:   1   2022895517   2022895517
13:22:45:WU00:FS00:0x16:   2   1449006181   1449006181
13:22:45:WU00:FS00:0x16:   3   2529313592   2529313592
13:22:45:WU00:FS00:0x16:   4   4123895799   4123895799
13:22:45:WU00:FS00:0x16:fcCheckPointResume: file hashes same.
13:22:45:WU00:FS00:0x16:fcCheckPointResume: state restored.
13:22:45:WU00:FS00:0x16:fcCheckPointResume: name 00/wudata_01.log Verified 00/wudata_01.log
13:22:46:WU00:FS00:0x16:fcCheckPointResume: name 00/wudata_01.trr Verified 00/wudata_01.trr
13:22:46:WU00:FS00:0x16:fcCheckPointResume: name 00/wudata_01.xtc Verified 00/wudata_01.xtc
13:22:46:WU00:FS00:0x16:fcCheckPointResume: name 00/wudata_01.edr Verified 00/wudata_01.edr
13:22:46:WU00:FS00:0x16:fcCheckPointResume: state restored 2
13:22:46:WU00:FS00:0x16:Resumed from checkpoint
13:22:46:WU00:FS00:0x16:Setting checkpoint frequency: 599999
13:22:46:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  26999956 out of 59999968 steps (44%).
13:22:46:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  26999986 out of 59999968 steps (45%).
13:22:47:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Detected clock skew (1 mins 53 secs), adjusting time estimates
13:29:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  27599986 out of 59999968 steps (46%).
13:36:38:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  28199985 out of 59999968 steps (47%).
13:41:36:4:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
13:42:14:FS01:Paused
13:42:15:FS01:Shutting core down
13:42:19:WU01:FS01:0xa3:Client no longer detected. Shutting down core 
13:42:19:WU01:FS01:0xa3:
13:42:19:WU01:FS01:0xa3:Folding@home Core Shutdown: CLIENT_DIED
13:42:20:WU01:FS01:FahCore returned: INTERRUPTED (102 = 0x66)
13:43:24:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  28799985 out of 59999968 steps (48%).

[PantherX]

From the log, it seems that you were already assigned FahCore_16 WU before the client-type was configured. It seems that within 6 - 7 hours, your FahCore_16 WU will finish and hopefully, the next WU assigned, will be FahCore_17 WU. It will use your CPU and GPU in a much more efficient manner. Once your GPU started processing FahCore_17 WUs, we can decide if either CPU:2 or CPU:3 will be your best option.

When you say "GPU Process", you mean that in task manager, FahCore_16 is using 26% of the CPU, right?

[Black_Adder_Cro]

Yes, that's what I meant for the GPU process.
Thanks!

[Black_Adder_Cro]

Hi!

I need help again!

First, the GPU WU is at 99% and not moving at all.
It's a core_16 one. The log simply stopped recording anything other than opening a web client couple of hours ago. It stopped at 59%. The WU is 99.99% now and there is no upload in the queue, just the unit itself.


Also, I noticed that since I've been using Folding I the sleep function doesn't work. I am using Windows 7 and when I press sleep, it locks the system, the same as if I clicked LOCK. Is this a known issue?


Log in the second post

[Black_Adder_Cro]

This is today's log .

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******************************* Date: 2013-10-20 *******************************
09:36:19:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed   3599993 out of 59999872 steps (6%).
09:36:26:Saving configuration to config.xml
09:36:26:<config>
09:36:26:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
09:36:26:  <power v='full'/>
09:36:26:
09:36:26:  <!-- Network -->
09:36:26:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
09:36:26:
09:36:26:  <!-- User Information -->
09:36:26:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
09:36:26:  <team v='829'/>
09:36:26:  <user v='black_adder_cro'/>
09:36:26:
09:36:26:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
09:36:26:  <slot id='0' type='GPU'>
09:36:26:    <client-type v='advanced'/>
09:36:26:  </slot>
09:36:26:  <slot id='1' type='CPU'/>
09:36:26:</config>
09:42:54:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed   4199992 out of 59999872 steps (7%).
09:49:23:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed   4799990 out of 59999872 steps (8%).
09:55:40:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed   5399989 out of 59999872 steps (9%).
10:01:56:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed   5999988 out of 59999872 steps (10%).
10:08:12:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed   6599986 out of 59999872 steps (11%).
10:14:29:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed   7199985 out of 59999872 steps (12%).
10:20:46:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed   7799984 out of 59999872 steps (13%).
10:27:04:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed   8399983 out of 59999872 steps (14%).
10:33:23:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed   8999981 out of 59999872 steps (15%).
10:39:44:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed   9599980 out of 59999872 steps (16%).
10:46:03:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  10199979 out of 59999872 steps (17%).
10:52:22:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  10799977 out of 59999872 steps (18%).
10:58:42:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  11399976 out of 59999872 steps (19%).
11:05:03:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  11999975 out of 59999872 steps (20%).
11:11:23:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  12599974 out of 59999872 steps (21%).
11:17:43:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  13199972 out of 59999872 steps (22%).
11:24:03:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  13799971 out of 59999872 steps (23%).
11:30:23:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  14399970 out of 59999872 steps (24%).
11:36:43:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  14999968 out of 59999872 steps (25%).
11:43:02:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  15599967 out of 59999872 steps (26%).
11:49:24:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  16199966 out of 59999872 steps (27%).
11:55:45:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  16799965 out of 59999872 steps (28%).
12:02:09:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  17399963 out of 59999872 steps (29%).
12:08:28:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  17999962 out of 59999872 steps (30%).
12:14:46:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  18599961 out of 59999872 steps (31%).
12:21:05:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  19199960 out of 59999872 steps (32%).
12:27:24:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  19799958 out of 59999872 steps (33%).
12:33:42:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  20399957 out of 59999872 steps (34%).
12:40:10:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  20999956 out of 59999872 steps (35%).
12:46:41:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  21599954 out of 59999872 steps (36%).
12:52:14:118:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
12:53:06:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  22199953 out of 59999872 steps (37%).
12:59:24:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  22799952 out of 59999872 steps (38%).
13:05:40:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  23399951 out of 59999872 steps (39%).
13:12:09:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  23999949 out of 59999872 steps (40%).
13:18:37:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  24599948 out of 59999872 steps (41%).
13:19:08:126:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
13:25:13:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  25199947 out of 59999872 steps (42%).
13:31:37:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  25799945 out of 59999872 steps (43%).
13:37:56:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  26399944 out of 59999872 steps (44%).
13:44:14:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  26999943 out of 59999872 steps (45%).
13:50:31:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  27599942 out of 59999872 steps (46%).
13:56:49:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  28199940 out of 59999872 steps (47%).
14:03:07:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  28799939 out of 59999872 steps (48%).
14:09:24:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  29399938 out of 59999872 steps (49%).
14:15:41:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  29999936 out of 59999872 steps (50%).
14:21:58:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  30599935 out of 59999872 steps (51%).
14:28:26:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  31199934 out of 59999872 steps (52%).
14:34:51:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  31799933 out of 59999872 steps (53%).
14:41:18:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  32399931 out of 59999872 steps (54%).
14:47:43:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  32999930 out of 59999872 steps (55%).
14:54:08:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  33599929 out of 59999872 steps (56%).
15:00:31:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  34199928 out of 59999872 steps (57%).
15:06:51:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  34799926 out of 59999872 steps (58%).
15:13:14:WU00:FS00:0x16:Completed  35399925 out of 59999872 steps (59%).
******************************* Date: 2013-10-20 *******************************
16:29:57:144:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
18:41:58:155:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
19:26:15:164:127.0.0.1:New Web connection

[Joe_H]

What you are reporting is consistent with reports from other folders who had a video driver crash and reset occur during the processing of a WU on their GPU. You can check the Windows logs to see if that happened. Stopping and then restarting the folding usually will get the WU going again. The 99% estimate with no progress reported in the log happens when the client loses contact with the folding core doing the actual folding calculations.

With GPU folding active, sleep is disabled. This is because in many cases sleep removes power from the GPU, and loses the current folding data. On waking the usual result is a crash of the folding process or corruption of the data. CPU folding does not have the same issue as the default sleep settings preserve the data in RAM or save to the hard drive for restoration after coming out of sleep.

[Black_Adder_Cro]

You are right, my drivers did crash.



EDIT: seems to work now, resumed from 59% (point when it stopped logging)

Also, regarding the CPU WU:
When I click finish, and it finishes it normally stops after the WU is complete. However, if I restart my PC it starts again in the next session. Can I actually make it work so that I can resume it when I want it and not every time when I restart my PC or even when I just move the slider on the web client?


Thanks loads for help!!!

[P5-133XL]

The finish does not carry-over through reboots. However, you can add the extra client option pause-on-start=true and the client will not start folding till you manually start it.