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Message 330 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 14:04:02 UTC - in response to Message 323.  

In reply to Lazarus-uk's message of 21 Oct 2026:
I'll give them a go

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Thanks Lazarus-uk! GTX 16 cards already work well in the beta, so yours is welcome. We'll enable your host shortly; then just allow new tasks and click Update.
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Message 331 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 14:04:37 UTC - in response to Message 320.  

In reply to Vato's message of 21 Oct 2026:
i have enabled my 3 hosts and none of them download any tasks so far



Thanks Vato! Your hosts hadn't contacted the project since 12 October, so the server couldn't prepare anything for them. Now that they're back, work has started: two of them have already received their first GPU task, and the third should follow. Nothing else is needed on your side.
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Message 332 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 14:18:10 UTC - in response to Message 319.  

In reply to FritzB's message of 21 Oct 2026:
In reply to benjamin's message of 21 Oct 2026:
Already enabled and returning valid GPU results: FritzB, KetamiNO, biodoc (RTX 5080, Linux)

Just some infos:
My RTX 5080 (host 1912) is running on Win 11 :)
The GTX 1650 Ti (host 1988) is a laptop GPU.

Host 1989 shows 2x RTX 5070 Ti. In fact, there is one 5070 Ti and one 4070 Ti installed. BM is reporting it correctly but as in other projects two 5070 Ti are shown.

| CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (driver version 616.92, CUDA version 13.4, compute capability 8.9, 11.99GB, 11.99GB available, 40090 GFLOPS peak)
| CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (driver version 616.92, CUDA version 13.4, compute capability 12.0, 15.89GB, 15.89GB available, 44746 GFLOPS peak)
| OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (driver version 616.92, device version OpenCL 3.0 CUDA, 11.99GB, 11.99GB available, 40090 GFLOPS peak)
| OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (driver version 616.92, device version OpenCL 3.0 CUDA, 15.89GB, 15.89GB available, 44746 GFLOPS peak)


I'm running out of Betas. Do you detach any hosts, if they are no longer needed for testing?


Thanks FritzB, that's very helpful! To clarify our list: "RTX 5080, Linux" was biodoc's card; we know yours runs on Windows 11. Thanks also for the details on the laptop 1650 Ti and on host 1989: BOINC often shows two identical cards when a PC mixes models, so knowing it is really a 4070 Ti plus a 5070 Ti helps us. You're right that some of your hosts ran short of beta tasks this morning; they have been refilled since. And no, we don't detach anyone: your hosts can simply keep running Eternity, CPU or GPU, whatever suits you.
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Message 333 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 14:19:01 UTC - in response to Message 318.  

In reply to taurec's message of 21 Oct 2026:
I'll give it a try.
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Thanks taurec, welcome aboard! We'll enable your Linux host with the RTX 3060 Ti shortly and let you know here. When it's done, just allow new tasks and click Update in BOINC; no CUDA installation or reset is needed.
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Message 335 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 14:37:47 UTC

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GTX 1070 Ti; 8106MB RAM; Driver: 58099; Fedora 44
RTX 5060 Ti; 7796MB RAM; Driver: 61578; Fedora 44
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Message 336 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 15:14:46 UTC - in response to Message 328.  

In reply to benjamin's message of 21 Oct 2026:
a few hundred tickets, plus several minutes of fixed start-up, so per hour they pay badly.

We don't do this for credits. We do for honour and fame ;D
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Message 337 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 15:20:24 UTC - in response to Message 336.  

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a few hundred tickets, plus several minutes of fixed start-up, so per hour they pay badly.

We don't do this for credits. We do for honour and fame ;D


Ha, the best reason of all! 😄 Honour and fame it is, and maybe the first 467 on the board.
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Message 338 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 16:41:14 UTC

Hi!
I have not received any Gpu units since the problems this night and morning!
Is there a problem making Gpu wus for everybody?

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Message 339 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 17:21:58 UTC

Has my computers been authorized for GPU tasks? I too have not been getting any tasks since I requested tasks.
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Message 341 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 17:26:51 UTC

If other tests would be useful, I have an RTX 5070 laptop (8GB) and a "real" RTX 5080 (16GB).
Machines 180 et 250.

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Message 342 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 19:05:51 UTC - in response to Message 339.  

In reply to Werinbert's message of 21 Oct 2026:
Has my computers been authorized for GPU tasks? I too have not been getting any tasks since I requested tasks.

Sorry Werinbert, your request from this morning slipped through between two of my replies. Your RTX 5060 (host 30) and RTX 4060 Ti (host 31) are now enabled for the GPU beta, and a first GPU task is already being prepared for the 4060 Ti. Just keep new tasks allowed and click Update; no CUDA installation or reset is needed.
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Message 343 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 19:06:08 UTC - in response to Message 338.  

In reply to Hans Sveen's message of 21 Oct 2026:
Hi!
I have not received any Gpu units since the problems this night and morning!
Is there a problem making Gpu wus for everybody?

Hans S.


Thanks Hans, you're right. GPU work supply was disrupted last night and this morning, and it's been catching up since. Your 3080 Ti host (165) received two new GPU tasks this evening. Your 4080 host (166) hasn't got any yet; we're looking into it.
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Message 344 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 19:06:24 UTC - in response to Message 341.  

In reply to [AF] Phil1966's message of 21 Oct 2026:
If other tests would be useful, I have an RTX 5070 laptop (8GB) and a "real" RTX 5080 (16GB).
Machines 180 et 250.

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Thanks Phil, both are very welcome! Host 180 (RTX 5080) and host 250 (RTX 5070 Laptop) are now enabled for the GPU beta, and both have already started their first GPU tasks. Let us know how they run!
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Message 346 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 19:08:11 UTC - in response to Message 335.  

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Thanks owensse! Both your Fedora hosts are now enabled for the GPU beta: the GTX 1070 Ti has already received its first GPU tasks, and the RTX 5060 Ti will follow. No CUDA installation or reset is needed. You're our first Fedora tester, so your feedback will be very useful!
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Message 347 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 19:08:22 UTC - in response to Message 323.  

In reply to Lazarus-uk's message of 21 Oct 2026:
I'll give them a go

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@Lazarus-uk : c'est fait, ta machine avec la GTX 1660 Ti est maintenant activée et elle fait déjà tourner ses premières tâches GPU.
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Message 348 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 19:08:41 UTC - in response to Message 318.  

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I'll give it a try.
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@taurec : c'est fait, ta machine Debian avec la RTX 3060 Ti est maintenant activée et elle fait déjà tourner sa première tâche GPU.
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Message 349 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 19:19:31 UTC

Two tasks completed and credited

GTX 1660 SUPER; 6143MB RAM; Driver: 61088; OpenCL: 300

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Message 350 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 19:37:44 UTC

I'm not getting any new workunits. Could you have a look pls.
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Message 351 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 19:46:37 UTC - in response to Message 343.  

Thank You, I have been out all day, just saw the 3080TI had got 2 wus !
I'm about to check if the 4080 has something to crunch!
Nope, tried to update several times but still no new work units,I'll keep on trying 🤔👍

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Message 352 - Posted: 21 Oct 2026, 20:48:21 UTC - in response to Message 325.  

In reply to mmonnin's message of 21 Oct 2026:
Then GPUs are not worth running the small tasks. Power wise a CPU will be better.

Also why do the beta CPU tasks have a 2 hour deadline? It interrupts anything else that is running


I am now seeing the GPU tasks grab 6 CPU cores... this is an awful lot of cpu to support a single gpu task. So I am in agreement that the gpu tasks don't seem worth running. Can you not just claim 1 core and let Boinc decide on actual need?
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