{
  "id": 341988,
  "title": "What hardware are you using for training?",
  "url": "/competitions/AI4Code/discussion/341988",
  "author_name": "The Devastator",
  "post_date": "2022-08-05T06:15:55.852000",
  "votes": 13,
  "comment_count": 21,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi Guys,<br>\nHow is the final week going for you? </p>\n<p>What hardware are you using?<br>\nI am currently training on a local machine with 2x Titan RTX. </p>\n<p>Just asking out of curiosity to know where I stand on this topic.<br>\nThe competition's remaining time is starting to get tight and I got more experiments I planned than I would be able to actually run.. </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 1885367,
      "postDate": "2022-08-05T06:15:55.853Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi Guys,<br>\nHow is the final week going for you? </p>\n<p>What hardware are you using?<br>\nI am currently training on a local machine with 2x Titan RTX. </p>\n<p>Just asking out of curiosity to know where I stand on this topic.<br>\nThe competition's remaining time is starting to get tight and I got more experiments I planned than I would be able to actually run.. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi Guys,\nHow is the final week going for you? \n\nWhat hardware are you using?\nI am currently training on a local machine with 2x Titan RTX. \n\nJust asking out of curiosity to know where I stand on this topic.\nThe competition's remaining time is starting to get tight and I got more experiments I planned than I would be able to actually run.. \n\n\n\n\n",
      "votes": 13
    },
    {
      "id": 1886189,
      "postDate": "2022-08-05T16:19:48.777Z",
      "content": "<p>I have Colab Pro+ and most of the time I get a P100, but sometimes it gives me a V100 which is around 3 times faster for me. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I have Colab Pro+ and most of the time I get a P100, but sometimes it gives me a V100 which is around 3 times faster for me. ",
      "votes": 6,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1886936,
          "postDate": "2022-08-06T09:35:40.410Z",
          "content": "<p>Wow, your models must be really good and light weight. Hope you do share your approach post-comp ends… but maybe you have already given a hint…</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Wow, your models must be really good and light weight. Hope you do share your approach post-comp ends... but maybe you have already given a hint..."
        },
        {
          "id": 1887358,
          "postDate": "2022-08-06T15:54:05.110Z",
          "content": "<p>wow, with v100 and you got so high lb. I got a100 for colab pro+ but still stuck at this lb. Hope you do share your approach after this competition ends.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "wow, with v100 and you got so high lb. I got a100 for colab pro+ but still stuck at this lb. Hope you do share your approach after this competition ends.",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 1892453,
          "postDate": "2022-08-10T05:26:05.247Z",
          "content": "<p>Hi, When I used colab pro with data in google drive the IO operations were so slow I couldn't use it for training. Did you face this issue? <br>\nThank you</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Hi, When I used colab pro with data in google drive the IO operations were so slow I couldn't use it for training. Did you face this issue? \nThank you"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1886963,
      "postDate": "2022-08-06T10:11:52.410Z",
      "content": "<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F9632811%2Ff386853ae89030999cfd0bc32d0a3928%2FScreenshot%202022-08-06%20at%2013.10.21.png?generation=1659780633473187&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>I have rent Nvidia A100 card. It is my first kaggle competition with learning big models</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F9632811%2Ff386853ae89030999cfd0bc32d0a3928%2FScreenshot%202022-08-06%20at%2013.10.21.png?generation=1659780633473187&alt=media)\n\nI have rent Nvidia A100 card. It is my first kaggle competition with learning big models",
      "votes": 3,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1889147,
          "postDate": "2022-08-08T02:36:54.787Z",
          "rawMarkdown": "",
          "isDeleted": true
        },
        {
          "id": 1889498,
          "postDate": "2022-08-08T08:27:31.127Z",
          "content": "<p>This looks beautiful!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "This looks beautiful!",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 1891409,
          "postDate": "2022-08-09T12:04:25.770Z",
          "content": "<p>Nice!<br>\nMay I ask if this is a physical device or using a cloud provider? If so, do you have any recommendations?</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Nice!\nMay I ask if this is a physical device or using a cloud provider? If so, do you have any recommendations?"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1886132,
      "postDate": "2022-08-05T15:50:58.197Z",
      "content": "<h1>🥔</h1>",
      "rawMarkdown": "# 🥔          ",
      "votes": 3,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1886176,
          "postDate": "2022-08-05T16:16:06.547Z",
          "content": "<p>😂 ………</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "😂 .........",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1885779,
      "postDate": "2022-08-05T11:25:28.337Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi friend, at least you have not only one but two GPUs… I only have 16GB RAM, imagine my frustration</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi friend, at least you have not only one but two GPUs... I only have 16GB RAM, imagine my frustration",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1886590,
          "postDate": "2022-08-06T02:35:37.567Z",
          "content": "<p>You should get a medal regardless the competition results.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "You should get a medal regardless the competition results."
        },
        {
          "id": 1887361,
          "postDate": "2022-08-06T16:01:17.943Z",
          "content": "<p>ha ha rofl, but seriously, I think 84 is possible with Kaggle resources (P100 I believe and around 5 hours training…. I am not fully there but confident due to CV</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "ha ha rofl, but seriously, I think 84 is possible with Kaggle resources (P100 I believe and around 5 hours training.... I am not fully there but confident due to CV",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1886102,
      "postDate": "2022-08-05T15:24:56.917Z",
      "content": "<p>A 3060 12GB (about 40% of a V100), and Colab Pro+.  This is my first time really doing this style of competition, so I am learning a good bit even if my models aren't :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "A 3060 12GB (about 40% of a V100), and Colab Pro+.  This is my first time really doing this style of competition, so I am learning a good bit even if my models aren't :)",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1886179,
          "postDate": "2022-08-05T16:16:43.237Z",
          "content": "<p>That's the important thing! Good luck in the competition.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "That's the important thing! Good luck in the competition.",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 1888415,
          "postDate": "2022-08-07T14:43:38.133Z",
          "content": "<p>Thanks!  </p>\n<p>It's really easy to introduce subtle bugs w/deep learning things that don't cause obvious errors, but definitely hurt results.  OTOH, it led me onto a possibly interesting path, and if DataMan hadn't already confirmed it I was going to say something like \"I think you can get well into at least the medal range with one V100/3090 and the right model… and that ensemble notebook really didn't mess things up <em>at all</em> in the big picture\" ;)</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Thanks!  \n\nIt's really easy to introduce subtle bugs w/deep learning things that don't cause obvious errors, but definitely hurt results.  OTOH, it led me onto a possibly interesting path, and if DataMan hadn't already confirmed it I was going to say something like \"I think you can get well into at least the medal range with one V100/3090 and the right model... and that ensemble notebook really didn't mess things up *at all* in the big picture\" ;)"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1885766,
      "postDate": "2022-08-05T11:20:54.167Z",
      "content": "<p>RTX 4*3090, and it was still slow.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "RTX 4*3090, and it was still slow.",
      "votes": 2
    },
    {
      "id": 1885460,
      "postDate": "2022-08-05T07:28:46.210Z",
      "content": "<p>At the moment I am using 2x RTX 3090. Soon there will be more :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "At the moment I am using 2x RTX 3090. Soon there will be more :)",
      "votes": 2
    },
    {
      "id": 1894695,
      "postDate": "2022-08-11T16:49:19.103Z",
      "content": "<p>A5000 with each training epoch 6 hours.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "A5000 with each training epoch 6 hours.\n"
    },
    {
      "id": 1887290,
      "postDate": "2022-08-06T15:25:49.203Z",
      "content": "<p>quadro rtx a6000, 24gb</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "quadro rtx a6000, 24gb"
    },
    {
      "id": 1887083,
      "postDate": "2022-08-06T12:25:26.157Z",
      "content": "<p>A rtx 2060 6G. It's really slow</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "A rtx 2060 6G. It's really slow"
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1886189,
      "author_name": "Alireza",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-05T16:19:48.777000",
      "content": "<p>I have Colab Pro+ and most of the time I get a P100, but sometimes it gives me a V100 which is around 3 times faster for me. </p>",
      "votes": 6,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1886936,
          "author_name": "Allohvk",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-06T09:35:40.410000",
          "content": "<p>Wow, your models must be really good and light weight. Hope you do share your approach post-comp ends… but maybe you have already given a hint…</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1887358,
          "author_name": "Bao Loc Pham",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-06T15:54:05.110000",
          "content": "<p>wow, with v100 and you got so high lb. I got a100 for colab pro+ but still stuck at this lb. Hope you do share your approach after this competition ends.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1892453,
          "author_name": "AbhilashVJ",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-10T05:26:05.247000",
          "content": "<p>Hi, When I used colab pro with data in google drive the IO operations were so slow I couldn't use it for training. Did you face this issue? <br>\nThank you</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1886963,
      "author_name": "toomuch",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-06T10:11:52.410000",
      "content": "<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F9632811%2Ff386853ae89030999cfd0bc32d0a3928%2FScreenshot%202022-08-06%20at%2013.10.21.png?generation=1659780633473187&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>I have rent Nvidia A100 card. It is my first kaggle competition with learning big models</p>",
      "votes": 3,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1889147,
          "author_name": "",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-08T02:36:54.787000",
          "content": "",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1889498,
          "author_name": "CroDoc",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-08T08:27:31.127000",
          "content": "<p>This looks beautiful!</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1891409,
          "author_name": "The Devastator",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-09T12:04:25.770000",
          "content": "<p>Nice!<br>\nMay I ask if this is a physical device or using a cloud provider? If so, do you have any recommendations?</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1886132,
      "author_name": "Nicholas Broad",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-05T15:50:58.197000",
      "content": "<h1>🥔</h1>",
      "votes": 3,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1886176,
          "author_name": "Bella Pisani",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-05T16:16:06.547000",
          "content": "<p>😂 ………</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1885779,
      "author_name": "Gabriel Soares Arantes",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-05T11:25:28.337000",
      "content": "<p>Hi friend, at least you have not only one but two GPUs… I only have 16GB RAM, imagine my frustration</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1886590,
          "author_name": "Johnny Wise",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-06T02:35:37.567000",
          "content": "<p>You should get a medal regardless the competition results.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1887361,
          "author_name": "Allohvk",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-06T16:01:17.943000",
          "content": "<p>ha ha rofl, but seriously, I think 84 is possible with Kaggle resources (P100 I believe and around 5 hours training…. I am not fully there but confident due to CV</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1886102,
      "author_name": "happycube",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-05T15:24:56.917000",
      "content": "<p>A 3060 12GB (about 40% of a V100), and Colab Pro+.  This is my first time really doing this style of competition, so I am learning a good bit even if my models aren't :)</p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1886179,
          "author_name": "Bella Pisani",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-05T16:16:43.237000",
          "content": "<p>That's the important thing! Good luck in the competition.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1888415,
          "author_name": "happycube",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2022-08-07T14:43:38.133000",
          "content": "<p>Thanks!  </p>\n<p>It's really easy to introduce subtle bugs w/deep learning things that don't cause obvious errors, but definitely hurt results.  OTOH, it led me onto a possibly interesting path, and if DataMan hadn't already confirmed it I was going to say something like \"I think you can get well into at least the medal range with one V100/3090 and the right model… and that ensemble notebook really didn't mess things up <em>at all</em> in the big picture\" ;)</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1885766,
      "author_name": "Turbo",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-05T11:20:54.167000",
      "content": "<p>RTX 4*3090, and it was still slow.</p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1885460,
      "author_name": "CroDoc",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-05T07:28:46.210000",
      "content": "<p>At the moment I am using 2x RTX 3090. Soon there will be more :)</p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1894695,
      "author_name": "Wenxuan Ye",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-11T16:49:19.103000",
      "content": "<p>A5000 with each training epoch 6 hours.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1887290,
      "author_name": "Mark Baushenko",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-06T15:25:49.203000",
      "content": "<p>quadro rtx a6000, 24gb</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1887083,
      "author_name": "Sáng Huỳnh",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2022-08-06T12:25:26.157000",
      "content": "<p>A rtx 2060 6G. It's really slow</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "1885367": "Hi Guys,\nHow is the final week going for you? \n\nWhat hardware are you using?\nI am currently training on a local machine with 2x Titan RTX. \n\nJust asking out of curiosity to know where I stand on this topic.\nThe competition's remaining time is starting to get tight and I got more experiments I planned than I would be able to actually run.. \n\n\n\n\n",
    "1886189": "I have Colab Pro+ and most of the time I get a P100, but sometimes it gives me a V100 which is around 3 times faster for me. ",
    "1886963": "![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F9632811%2Ff386853ae89030999cfd0bc32d0a3928%2FScreenshot%202022-08-06%20at%2013.10.21.png?generation=1659780633473187&alt=media)\n\nI have rent Nvidia A100 card. It is my first kaggle competition with learning big models",
    "1886132": "# 🥔          ",
    "1885779": "Hi friend, at least you have not only one but two GPUs... I only have 16GB RAM, imagine my frustration",
    "1886102": "A 3060 12GB (about 40% of a V100), and Colab Pro+.  This is my first time really doing this style of competition, so I am learning a good bit even if my models aren't :)",
    "1885766": "RTX 4*3090, and it was still slow.",
    "1885460": "At the moment I am using 2x RTX 3090. Soon there will be more :)",
    "1894695": "A5000 with each training epoch 6 hours.\n",
    "1887290": "quadro rtx a6000, 24gb",
    "1887083": "A rtx 2060 6G. It's really slow"
  }
}