http://files.mail.ru/YV8X0F
This builds implements V7 part (autocorrelation search) completely on GPU.
It considerably faster and uses much less CPU than rev246.

Please, test this new build.

Example of app_info.xml file:

<app_info>
<app>
<name>setiathome_v7</name>
<user_friendly_name>SETI@home v7</user_friendly_name>
</app>
	<file_info>
		<name>MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r331.exe</name>
			<executable/>
	</file_info>
	<file_info>
		<name>MultiBeam_Kernels_r331.cl</name>
			<executable/>
	</file_info>
<app_version>
	<app_name>setiathome_v7</app_name>
	<version_num>691</version_num>
	<platform>windows_intelx86</platform>
	<avg_ncpus>0.05</avg_ncpus>
	<max_ncpus>0.05</max_ncpus>
	<plan_class>ati13ati</plan_class>
	<cmdline>-period_iterations_num 1 -instances_per_device 1 -hp</cmdline>	
	<flops>20987654321</flops>
	<file_ref>
		<file_name>MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r331.exe</file_name>
		<main_program/>
	</file_ref>
	<file_ref>
        	<file_name>MultiBeam_Kernels_r331.cl</file_name>
        <copy_file/>
    </file_ref>
   <coproc>
   <type>ATI</type>
   <count>1</count>
   </coproc>
</app_version>

</app_info>

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On my HD 6970, the tasks finish real quick - with success - but it's still wrong.

Before I paused work, I finished 9 tasks, of which only one has any logging info -all the others have just empty stderr.

The one that did have stderr info states
"
SETI@Home Informational message -9 result_overflow
NOTE: The number of results detected exceeds the storage space allocated.
"

I was not able to get working config with Catalyst higher than 11.2 on HD6950.
Maybe you should try different drivers...
And what about MV V6 rev 177 ? Does it work OK on your GPU ?

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So you got the same -9 errors on CAL 11.3 and later?

I'm only running AP on ATI, and that works very well. When there was enough AP tasks my HD6970 had a RAC of 40000+ / top 40.

I am testing my first paket and mouse is freezing for half a second several times a minute.... GPU load is 80%+ all the time

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TRuEQ & TuVaLu

So you got the same -9 errors on CAL 11.3 and later?

I'm only running AP on ATI, and that works very well. When there was enough AP tasks my HD6970 had a RAC of 40000+ / top 40.

For testing purposes could you do bench run with V7 and V6 app on PG set? (or use r177 on SETI main for some time to check if it works or gives constant overflows too)

And no, I didn't get -9s but I've got constant driver crashes and big slowdown with V7 MB (and with AP to0). So your experience differes from mine in this part.

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I am testing my first paket and mouse is freezing for half a second several times a minute.... GPU load is 80%+ all the time

Do you use -hp switch in command line ?

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I use the exact app_info.xml as you provided.
No modifications

Link to my first result http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/result.php?resultid=9598503

using driver 11.3 sdk2.4

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TRuEQ & TuVaLu

What does the "-hp" switch do?

//TQ

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TRuEQ & TuVaLu

Link to result2: http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/result.php?resultid=9598487

I know saw in task manager that the .ex was run in high priority...
I'll try decrease it to normal in the next paket and mouse still lags a little.....

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TRuEQ & TuVaLu

I removed the -hp switch and confirmed that it is run in low priority
And still freezes even the cursor not just the mouse for a second or 2
And it feels like the freeze time increased a bit with low priority....

//TQ

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TRuEQ & TuVaLu

I removed the -hp switch and confirmed that it is run in low priority
And still freezes even the cursor not just the mouse for a second or 2
And it feels like the freeze time increased a bit with low priority....

//TQ

Do you see same lags with r177 V6 ?

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Finnished result number 3: http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/result.php?resultid=9598482

I haven't tried that app r177??!??

Wherefrom can i dl it?

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TRuEQ & TuVaLu

For testing purposes could you do bench run with V7 and V6 app on PG set? (or use r177 on SETI main for some time to check if it works or gives constant overflows too)

And no, I didn't get -9s but I've got constant driver crashes and big slowdown with V7 MB (and with AP to0). So your experience differes from mine in this part.

What's the app_name on main for v7? I get "Message from server: Unknown app name in app_info.xml".

I now found r177 in lunatics optimized 0.38
My problem now is that i have 200 ap pakets in cue.....

But i'll test it as soon as I can....

//TQ

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TRuEQ & TuVaLu

For testing purposes could you do bench run with V7 and V6 app on PG set? (or use r177 on SETI main for some time to check if it works or gives constant overflows too)

And no, I didn't get -9s but I've got constant driver crashes and big slowdown with V7 MB (and with AP to0). So your experience differes from mine in this part.

What's the app_name on main for v7? I get "Message from server: Unknown app name in app_info.xml".

it's in beta, no V7 on main.
V6 Multibeam only.

just run 0.38 installer to get r177 running on main.

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Finally tricked my Boinc to get a few .r177 tasks in seti@home
I experiance normal CPU lag, The same lag i can experience when running other projects and I change task(cpu) priority.
It does not freeze the mouse or cursor.
Only the Beta does that. And the Beta causes no lag whatsoever. Only the freezing thing.

I'll run a few more .r177 to be sure

//TQ

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TRuEQ & TuVaLu

Just ran some benchmarks:

QuadCore Intel Core i7-2600K, 3400 MHz on windows 7 x64 sp1
2x ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (1024 MB) crossfire mode
Catalyst 11.6 but opencl from 11.2 (so OpenCL 1.1 ATI-Stream-v2.3)

AK_v8_win_x64_AVX.exe I found on the web (was just a recompile to support AVX).

Benchmark with KWSN Knabench 1.81r

Quick timetable

WU : PG0009.wu
AK_v8_win_x64_AVX.exe : 45.303 secs CPU
AK_v8_win_x64_SSE41.exe : 50.295 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_SSE3_ATI_HD5_r177.exe : 31.855 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_HD5_r246_SETI7.exe : 31.559 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r331.exe : 42.916 secs CPU

WU : PG0395.wu
AK_v8_win_x64_AVX.exe : 45.115 secs CPU
AK_v8_win_x64_SSE41.exe : 50.201 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_SSE3_ATI_HD5_r177.exe : 31.902 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_HD5_r246_SETI7.exe : 31.465 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r331.exe : 42.916 secs CPU

WU : PG0444.wu
AK_v8_win_x64_AVX.exe : 45.115 secs CPU
AK_v8_win_x64_SSE41.exe : 50.217 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_SSE3_ATI_HD5_r177.exe : 32.167 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_HD5_r246_SETI7.exe : 31.840 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r331.exe : 43.259 secs CPU

WU : PG1327.wu
AK_v8_win_x64_AVX.exe : 45.162 secs CPU
AK_v8_win_x64_SSE41.exe : 50.295 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_SSE3_ATI_HD5_r177.exe : 32.105 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_HD5_r246_SETI7.exe : 31.637 secs CPU
MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r331.exe : 43.165 secs CPU

So it seems slower than r246 perhaps I need a HD5 version ?

emstorm, You're comparing apples to oranges there,

You're testing v6 Wu's with three v6 only apps, one v7 only app, and one v6/v7 app,

Here's a bench with v7 apps and v7 Wu's (C2D E8500 @4.14GHz and HD5770, Cat 11.6/SDK2.4):

setiathome_6.95_windows_intelx86.exe -verb -nog / PG0009_v7.wu :
Started at : 10:22:09.043
Ended at : 10:30:31.831
502.742 secs Elapsed
499.422 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_HD5_r246_SETI7.exe -verb -nog / PG0009_v7.wu :
Started at : 10:30:34.935
Ended at : 10:34:43.818
248.836 secs Elapsed
89.389 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r246_SETI7.exe -verb -nog / PG0009_v7.wu :
Started at : 10:34:47.047
Ended at : 10:38:57.630
250.474 secs Elapsed
90.668 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r331.exe -verb -nog / PG0009_v7.wu :
Started at : 10:39:00.921
Ended at : 10:42:51.599
230.630 secs Elapsed
28.143 secs CPU time

setiathome_6.95_windows_intelx86.exe -verb -nog / PG0395_v7.wu :
Started at : 10:42:54.828
Ended at : 10:52:25.008
570.149 secs Elapsed
567.001 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_HD5_r246_SETI7.exe -verb -nog / PG0395_v7.wu :
Started at : 10:52:28.128
Ended at : 10:55:58.665
210.491 secs Elapsed
101.947 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r246_SETI7.exe -verb -nog / PG0395_v7.wu :
Started at : 10:56:01.895
Ended at : 10:59:54.522
232.565 secs Elapsed
103.538 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r331.exe -verb -nog / PG0395_v7.wu :
Started at : 10:59:57.751
Ended at : 11:03:30.379
212.566 secs Elapsed
42.151 secs CPU time

setiathome_6.95_windows_intelx86.exe -verb -nog / PG0444_v7.wu :
Started at : 11:03:33.608
Ended at : 11:11:52.200
498.560 secs Elapsed
495.444 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_HD5_r246_SETI7.exe -verb -nog / PG0444_v7.wu :
Started at : 11:11:55.320
Ended at : 11:15:33.299
217.901 secs Elapsed
108.904 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r246_SETI7.exe -verb -nog / PG0444_v7.wu :
Started at : 11:15:36.528
Ended at : 11:19:33.149
236.543 secs Elapsed
108.155 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r331.exe -verb -nog / PG0444_v7.wu :
Started at : 11:19:36.362
Ended at : 11:23:14.785
218.360 secs Elapsed
49.421 secs CPU time

setiathome_6.95_windows_intelx86.exe -verb -nog / PG1327_v7.wu :
Started at : 11:23:18.014
Ended at : 11:30:11.356
413.295 secs Elapsed
406.819 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_HD5_r246_SETI7.exe -verb -nog / PG1327_v7.wu :
Started at : 11:30:14.476
Ended at : 11:34:19.428
244.889 secs Elapsed
172.147 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r246_SETI7.exe -verb -nog / PG1327_v7.wu :
Started at : 11:34:22.673
Ended at : 11:38:43.442
260.707 secs Elapsed
172.865 secs CPU time

MB_6.10_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_ATi_r331.exe -verb -nog / PG1327_v7.wu :
Started at : 11:38:46.672
Ended at : 11:42:20.532
213.798 secs Elapsed
24.352 secs CPU time

Claggy

I get -9 error on v6 MB on main also.