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Stuart Send message Joined: 18 Aug 99 Posts: 7 Credit: 5,094,738 RAC: 0 |
Seeking help to maximize theWU utilisation of an NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M graphics card Hello, embarrassingly I must admit that I am an 11 year clueless N00B. I just install Seti@home on my computers, and let them run. A fortnight ago I bought a new laptop, an Acer Gateway NV59C V1.06. My first computer with a GPU that Seti@home can use. I am eager to maximize the Seti@home work this laptop can do. I run BOINC Manager Version: 6.10.58 wxWidgets version: 2.8.10. I think I have set the preferences to maximize processor usage with ticks to: computing allowed while computer is on batteries, while computer is in use use GPU while computer is in use. While process usage is less than 0 For other options I have the following: Switch between applications every 60.00 minutes On multiprocessor systems use at most 100% of the processors Use at most 100% CPU time Are these the most efficient settings for WU crunching? When I view tasks I see 5 applications running with one for each of the four threads of the core i5 CPU and the fifth application has the following information in the status column (Running 0.18 CPUs + 1.00 NVIDIA GPUs) I got the following message: 1/10/2010 6:16:57 PM SETI@home Message from server: NVIDIA GPU: _("Upgrade to the latest driver to use all of this project's GPU applications") Can someone give me advice or directions on how to do this? The specifications of my laptop are as follows: 2.40 gigahertz Intel Core i5 M 520 Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) (build 7600) NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M [Display adapter] NVIDIA System Information report created on: 10/03/2010 12:08:06 System name: LAPTOP-GATEWAY [Display] Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz (2395 MHz) Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit DirectX version: 11.0 GPU processor: GeForce GT 320M Driver version: 188.86 CUDA Cores: 24 Core clock: 500 MHz Shader clock: 1100 MHz Memory clock: 790 MHz (1580 MHz data rate) Memory interface: 128-bit Total available graphics memory: 2747 MB Dedicated video memory: 1024 MB System video memory: 0 MB Shared system memory: 1723 MB Video BIOS version: 70.16.5D.00.02 IRQ: 16 Bus: PCI Express x16 [Components] nvCplUIR.dll 2.5.750.12 NVIDIA Control Panel nvCpl.cpl 2.5.750.12 NVIDIA Control Panel Applet nvCplUI.exe 2.5.750.12 NVIDIA Control Panel nvViTvSR.dll 8.16.11.8886 NVIDIA Video and TV Server nvViTvS.dll 8.16.11.8886 NVIDIA Video and TV Server nvDispSR.dll 8.16.11.8886 NVIDIA Display Server NVMCTRAY.DLL 8.16.11.8886 NVIDIA Media Center Library nvDispS.dll 8.16.11.8886 NVIDIA Display Server NVCPL.DLL 8.16.11.8886 NVIDIA Compatible Windows7 Display driver, Version 188.86 NVCUDA.DLL 8.16.11.8886 NVIDIA CUDA 2.2 driver nvGameSR.dll 8.16.11.8886 NVIDIA 3D Settings Server nvGameS.dll 8.16.11.8886 NVIDIA 3D Settings Server In anticipation of your forbearance and hopefully advice that I can understand, thank you Respectfully Stuart |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
Are these the most efficient settings for WU crunching? yes WU's won't stop running unless you have a debt on another project or a WU is in danger of missing its deadline. Can someone give me advice or directions on how to do this? yes, Head to the nvidia websites download page and proceed to download the appropriate drivers for your GPU. That always seems to work : ) In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
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