Distributed.net goes cuda

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:40 am Post subject: Distributed.net goes cuda

Distributed.net now has a cuda based app.
It runs the RSA Labs 72-bit secret-key challenge, trying to crack 72-bit encryption.
According to their status page at their current rate they will test all keys in about 650 years Razz

It works on all cuda capable cards
So if you have a cuda v1.0 based card (like 8800GTX) that gpugrid won't run on, Distributed.net will run Very Happy

You need to be running the cuda 2.0 drivers, cuda 1.1 and cuda 2.1 drivers won't work.
You also need to install the cuda 2.0 toolkit.
You can find the cuda driver and toolkit, on Nvidia's Cuda download page

Just pick your OS and download the cuda 2.0 driver and cuda 2.0 toolkit, not the cuda 2.1 version!

You can get the Distributed.net cuda app from their pre-release page.
Available for Win x86 (will run on x64),Mac OSx/Darwin & Linux x86/x64.

Just extract the files from the .zip, move the folder to somewhere sensible and run the .exe file, 1st time run it will ask you to config it, basically just put an e-mail address in, save & exit and run it again.

It does use up 1 core, however boinc plays nice with it, you will loose some performance from Boinc and distributed.net.
The 4 cpu's running Boinc are saying 75% usage for each core, and distributed.net dropped from 330,xxx,xxx keys a sec to 300,xxx,xxx keys a sec, on my 9800GTX+

No Boinc credit of course, but it's something else to try Smile

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Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:38 pm Post subject:

Since there is no UBT over there, I set one up

UK BOINC Team, Team #31877, It says no members & no work done at the mo, but that will change after the 0:00 UTC update Smile

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Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:35 pm Post subject:

Nice one NA. I have downloaded the CUDA .zip file and will stick the GT on it once it finishes GPUGrid Very Happy

***Edit***
Done 1WU quite quick, but now back on GPUGrid for the moment. Although the prize money is tempting! Razz

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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:57 am Post subject:

Gone back to doing this for a while.
Fed up with Boinc projects, punishing the people who do their work just to keep "certain" users happy.....

Besides need to impove our "odds of 1 in a zillion-trillion" in being the team to find the key Wink

heh and 24 hours later, the odds have slightly improved.
From 1 in a zillion-trillion to 1 in 2,334 of finding the key... Laughing

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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:57 am Post subject:

Thanks to Moo, our odds are now 1 in 691. Wink

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Some days it's like my brain has a mind of its own....... Confused

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:49 am Post subject:

This cuda sounds interesting, I'm gonna research more about this. Thanks for the info.