Sub-par GTX970 Linux performance - CUDA Not Detected?
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:38 pm
I just bought an Nvidia GTX 970 to run on an old PC running Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, the CPU is weak but as I'm not running any CPU client I figured it would be okay?
Anyway, the PPD is quite a bit lower than it should be for this card (~181,000) and I am concerned that the FAHClient system info states CUDA is "Not detected". I installed the latest Nvidia proprietary drivers from the CLI, version 349.16. Can anyone please suggest a reason why my GPU is underperforming here?
Thank you for your support as always
Anyway, the PPD is quite a bit lower than it should be for this card (~181,000) and I am concerned that the FAHClient system info states CUDA is "Not detected". I installed the latest Nvidia proprietary drivers from the CLI, version 349.16. Can anyone please suggest a reason why my GPU is underperforming here?
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17:01:26:Adding folding slot 00: READY gpu:0:GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
17:01:26:Saving configuration to /etc/fahclient/config.xml
17:01:26:<config>
17:01:26: <!-- Network -->
17:01:26: <proxy v=':8080'/>
17:01:26:
17:01:26: <!-- Slot Control -->
17:01:26: <power v='full'/>
17:01:26:
17:01:26: <!-- User Information -->
17:01:26: <passkey v='********************************'/>
17:01:26: <team v='212997'/>
17:01:26: <user v='BestPony'/>
17:01:26:
17:01:26: <!-- Folding Slots -->
17:01:26: <slot id='0' type='GPU'/>
17:01:26:</config>
17:01:27:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.200:80
17:01:28:WU00:FS00:Assigned to work server 171.67.108.52
17:01:28:WU00:FS00:Requesting new work unit for slot 00: READY gpu:0:GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] from 171.67.108.52
17:01:28:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.52:8080
17:01:28:WU00:FS00:Downloading 1.52MiB
17:01:31:WU00:FS00:Download complete
17:01:31:WU00:FS00:Received Unit: id:00 state:DOWNLOAD error:NO_ERROR project:9201 run:229 clone:2 gen:347 core:0x17 unit:0x000001e06652edc45399df06b9897d95
17:01:31:WU00:FS00:Downloading core from http://web.stanford.edu/~pande/Linux/AMD64/NVIDIA/Fermi/Core_17.fah
17:01:31:WU00:FS00:Connecting to web.stanford.edu:80
17:01:35:WU00:FS00:FahCore 17: Downloading 3.01MiB
17:01:41:WU00:FS00:FahCore 17: 72.66%
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:FahCore 17: Download complete
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:Valid core signature
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:Unpacked 8.16MiB to cores/web.stanford.edu/~pande/Linux/AMD64/NVIDIA/Fermi/Core_17.fah/FahCore_17
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:Starting
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:Running FahCore: /usr/bin/FAHCoreWrapper /var/lib/fahclient/cores/web.stanford.edu/~pande/Linux/AMD64/NVIDIA/Fermi/Core_17.fah/FahCore_17 -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 704 -lifeline 1360 -checkpoint 15 -gpu 0 -gpu-vendor nvidia
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 4478
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:Core PID:4482
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:FahCore 0x17 started
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:0x17:*********************** Log Started 2015-04-27T17:01:43Z ***********************
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:0x17:Project: 9201 (Run 229, Clone 2, Gen 347)
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:0x17:Unit: 0x000001e06652edc45399df06b9897d95
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:0x17:CPU: 0x00000000000000000000000000000000
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:0x17:Machine: 0
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:0x17:Reading tar file state.xml
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:0x17:Reading tar file system.xml
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:0x17:Reading tar file integrator.xml
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:0x17:Reading tar file core.xml
17:01:43:WU00:FS00:0x17:Digital signatures verified
17:02:00:Saving configuration to /etc/fahclient/config.xml
17:02:00:<config>
17:02:00: <!-- Network -->
17:02:00: <proxy v=':8080'/>
17:02:00:
17:02:00: <!-- Slot Control -->
17:02:00: <power v='full'/>
17:02:00:
17:02:00: <!-- User Information -->
17:02:00: <passkey v='********************************'/>
17:02:00: <team v='212997'/>
17:02:00: <user v='BestPony'/>
17:02:00:
17:02:00: <!-- Folding Slots -->
17:02:00: <slot id='0' type='GPU'/>
17:02:00:</config>
17:02:19:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 0 out of 5000000 steps (0%)
17:04:44:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 50000 out of 5000000 steps (1%)
17:07:11:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 100000 out of 5000000 steps (2%)
17:09:38:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 150000 out of 5000000 steps (3%)
17:12:05:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 200000 out of 5000000 steps (4%)
17:14:32:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 250000 out of 5000000 steps (5%)
17:16:59:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 300000 out of 5000000 steps (6%)
17:19:26:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 350000 out of 5000000 steps (7%)
17:21:54:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 400000 out of 5000000 steps (8%)
17:24:21:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 450000 out of 5000000 steps (9%)
17:26:48:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 500000 out of 5000000 steps (10%)
17:29:15:WU00:FS00:0x17:Completed 550000 out of 5000000 steps (11%)
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PyON 1 info
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["Website", "http://folding.stanford.edu/"],
["Copyright", "(c) 2009-2014 Stanford University"],
["Author", "Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>"],
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