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Need Help with app_info.xml for HYBRID ATI GPU/CPU Optimized AstroPulse_v505 5.0

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Claggy:
You'll also need to change the flops values, as these are for a highly O/Ced E8500 / HD5770, or you're likely to get Maximum time exceeded errors,
(the flops values given are what the Scheduler gave out on Seti Beta for my host, it's settings are somewhat suspect for slower hosts with fast GPU's)
i suggest you take your CPU flops value and times it by 3, MarkJ's app_info for AP503, AP505, MB603 and MB608 thread had 2.6 for AP_v505,
the hybrid app is probably that much faster. (depending on the GPU used)

i.e. for my host, it would be: 4194.33 million ops/sec * 3 = 12582990000 (4194.33 * 1,000,000 * 3 = 12,582,990,000)

Claggy

Raistmer:
I would leave CPU flops as is and let BOINC to learn about real speed by itself.
(CPU, not GPU of course ;) )

Claggy:

--- Quote from: Raistmer on 08 Mar 2010, 04:44:53 pm ---I would leave CPU flops as is and let BOINC to learn about real speed by itself.
(CPU, not GPU of course ;) )

--- End quote ---
You have to be careful about this, posted in the app_info is GPU flops for a HD5770 (~1300GFlops Peak)(got from Seti Beta's scheduler when running stock Hybid there),
but the Hybrid app is mostly CPU, so it's best to have a CPU flops based figure, otherwise Boinc will abort the task if it's too high. (at 10 times the Wu flops value)

Boinc 6.10.14 introduced this:

- client: if anonymous platform description (app_info.xml) doesn't specify FLOPS for a GPU app, assume that it runs at CPU peak speed rather than GPU peak speed. Better to be conservative, otherwise job might be aborted due to time limit exceeded.

Claggy

Raistmer:
Well, exactly, hybrid AP closer to CPU speed estimate, not GPU speed estimate that's why I suggest to leave CPU speed untouched, w/o any multipliers for GPU version.

Frizz:
I have changed my app_info.xml hoping to start 4 AP tasks in parallel. BOINC shows me 4 AP active, but when I look into Windows Task Manager only two of them are really consuming CPU time. Besides that, only 2 AP make progress in BOINC Manager.

What's the correct configuration to start 4 AP tasks in parallel?

This is my app_info.xml :

<app_info>
    <app>
        <name>astropulse_v5</name>
    </app>
    <file_info>
        <name>ap_5.03r112_SSE3.exe</name>
        <executable/>
    </file_info>
    <app_version>
        <app_name>astropulse_v5</app_name>
        <version_num>503</version_num>
        <file_ref>
            <file_name>ap_5.03r112_SSE3.exe</file_name>
            <main_program/>
        </file_ref>
    </app_version>
 
   <app>
   <name>astropulse_v505</name>
   </app>
   <file_info>
      <name>ap_5.05_win_x86_SSE3_BROOK_r280_NO_DOUBLE.exe</name>
      <executable/>
   </file_info>
   <app_version>
      <app_name>astropulse_v505</app_name>
      <version_num>505</version_num>
      <avg_ncpus>0.01</avg_ncpus>
      <max_ncpus>1.0</max_ncpus>
      <coproc>
         <type>ATI</type>
         <count>0.25</count>
      </coproc>
      <file_ref>
         <file_name>ap_5.05_win_x86_SSE3_BROOK_r280_NO_DOUBLE.exe</file_name>
         <main_program/>                           
      </file_ref>
   </app_version>
</app_info>

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