GPUGrid Anaconda Python 3 Jobs

[Nick Name]

This is a new and very beta batch of tasks. I was surprised to see them, when they were out before they were CPU only but these are GPU jobs. Some are able to complete them but most aren't, including me. I've upgraded the driver on the Linux box hoping that will fix it. These tasks seem to need some network connectivity outside of normal BOINC access, so if you're behind a proxy or have other network restrictions they'll likely fail. I'm not sure if you can opt out of them or not, there is a setting for Python work in the preferences.

ACEMD3
Quantum Chemistry (CPU)
Quantum Chemistry (CPU, beta)
Python Runtime (beta)

I want to see if the new driver will solve my problem, if it doesn't I'll try deselecting Python Runtime (beta) to keep from getting these tasks.

 

[Vester]

I signed up for Python 3 jobs only and there is currently no available work for my ATI GPU.

I found this at Geeksforgeeks:

"Running Python script on GPU.
Last Updated: 16-10-2019

GPU’s have more cores than CPU and hence when it comes to parallel computing of data, GPUs performs exceptionally better than CPU even though GPU has lower clock speed and it lacks several core managements features as compared to the CPU.
Thus, running a python script on GPU can prove out to be comparatively faster than CPU, however it must be noted that for processing a data set with GPU, the data will first be transferred to the GPU’s memory which may require additional time so if data set is small then cpu may perform better than gpu.
Getting started:
Only NVIDIA GPU’s are supported for now and the ones which are listed in this page. If your graphics card has CUDA cores, them u can proceed further with setting up things.
Installation:
First make sure that Nvidia drivers are upto date also you can install cudatoolkit explicitly from here.then install Anaconda add anaconda to environment while installing.
After completion of all the installations run the following commands in the command prompt.

conda install numba & conda install cudatoolkit

NOTE: If Anaconda is not added to the environment then navigate to anaconda installation and locate the Scripts directory and open command prompt there. (More...)

 

[Nick Name]

GPUGrid is Nvidia-only and that's probably not ever going to change. The Conda installation is handled by the application, no need to go outside BOINC and install anything....maybe if you're on an older distro and need to update Python or something.

I saw today that these tasks are only available for Linux. I can confirm that driver 440.44 works, I returned my first valid job today. These run a lot longer, 4+ hours on my system, and the credit is out of whack as that job gave over a million.