How to use the 3d screensaver?

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Message 861806 - Posted: 4 Feb 2009, 8:28:41 UTC

So i have an Nvida 9600m GS and downloaded and am running under the BOINC tasks the CUDA version of Seti....How do i start up the visuals for this???
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Message 861823 - Posted: 4 Feb 2009, 9:14:19 UTC - in response to Message 861806.  

You don't. The CUDA version does not have a screen saver as of yet, because the problem is that you're using the GPU to do the calculations. A screen saver would also use that GPU, slowing things down enormously.
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Message 861960 - Posted: 4 Feb 2009, 18:39:25 UTC - in response to Message 861823.  

Makes Sense. So just disable the "use GPU' option to view the visuals?
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Message 862029 - Posted: 4 Feb 2009, 22:09:27 UTC - in response to Message 861960.  

I suppose you could, though it would most likely slow down your unit processing time. I find that having the GPU enabled allows me to take a work unit that would normally take 8 hours and process it in just under 2 hours. So at least for me, and I'd suspect for the rest of CUDA users, enabling the GPU = faster processing of work units. I run BOINC with 100% of my resources at night when my monitor is shut down, so visuals don't mean a thing to me. They're pretty, yeah, but I'd rather process data faster than have something nice on my screen while I'm sleeping.
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