Problem with CUDA on 8600GT

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xkL0J Send message Joined: 28 Aug 10 Posts: 2 Credit: 788,011 RAC: 0	Message 1078244 - Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 9:02:21 UTC
	I have some problem with GPU 8600 GT on 6.10.58 message in log 17.02.2011 10:38:32 SETI@home Message from server: A minimum of 254 MB (preferably 384 MB) of video RAM is needed to process tasks using your computer's NVIDIA GPU but i have 256Mb on board GPU... before CUDA works fine, than i update drivers on GPU and CUDA stopped working. can someone help me?
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 18,117,464 RAC: 55,539	Message 1078281 - Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 13:10:51 UTC - in response to Message 1078244.
	You have your answer already. ;-) The newest drivers are more memory aggressive, reporting less free memory to the system. You'll have to revert back to your older drivers if you're going to use a video card with the bare minimum amount of RAM.
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xkL0J Send message Joined: 28 Aug 10 Posts: 2 Credit: 788,011 RAC: 0	Message 1078285 - Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 13:36:07 UTC - in response to Message 1078281. Last modified: 17 Feb 2011, 13:41:28 UTC
	thx man, i`ll try upd: now works well, thank you for help.
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Ghost Send message Joined: 31 Oct 02 Posts: 19 Credit: 1,854,659 RAC: 3,739	Message 1087738 - Posted: 17 Mar 2011, 10:14:58 UTC - in response to Message 1078285.
	HI.. What version drivers did you use? i have the same card.. cheers ____________
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BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 2023 Credit: 3,039,953 RAC: 6,356	Message 1088010 - Posted: 18 Mar 2011, 7:43:58 UTC - in response to Message 1087738. Last modified: 18 Mar 2011, 7:59:25 UTC
	No need to ask - as you can see: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=5511799 he is using: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (256MB) driver: 19562 P.S. Some (e.g. Sutaru Tsureku) say that 190.38 is the fastest driver for this kind of GPU: [* Tests has shown that 190.x is the current fastest driver for CUDA calculation on 7/8/9xxx / GTS250 / GTX2xx GPUs. If you're also a gamer / or you have the new fermi graphic card (GTX4xx/5xx) / or you have Windows7, you could/should use 197.x+ . For to be sure, you should make a test which driver (190.x / 191.x / 195.x / 197.x) is the fastest / the best choice, for your system.] ____________ - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)
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