Too many tasks being downloaded reduce number of them

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Henry Send message Joined: 24 Sep 03 Posts: 1 Credit: 452,220 RAC: 575	Message 1141646 - Posted: 17 Aug 2011, 16:44:16 UTC
Can you tell how to reduce the number of tasks that i get dowmloaded,i have quad core chip i have set the preferences to run at 70% so only 5 tasks run not 8 this reduces heat on my chip, but my main problem is the number tasks i get downloaded in one hit which means i have to run my computer round the clock to finish all these tasks ( 360 task approx on last download )thanks Henry ____________
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Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3075 Credit: 341,464 RAC: 88	Message 1141660 - Posted: 17 Aug 2011, 17:49:51 UTC - in response to Message 1141646. Last modified: 17 Aug 2011, 17:51:10 UTC
Go to your Computing preferences and set the following entries to (much) lower values: Computer is connected to the Internet about every _ days Leave blank or 0 if always connected. BOINC will try to maintain at least this much work (max 10 days). Maintain enough work for an additional _ days If you are using local preferences, make the respective changes there. Gruß, Gundolf ____________ Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz) SETI@home classic workunits 3,758 SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,987,824 RAC: 57,476	Message 1141743 - Posted: 17 Aug 2011, 20:33:37 UTC - in response to Message 1141646.
I would also suggest not running your computer longer than you normally would simply because you're afraid to miss a deadline. One of the stats BOINC keeps a track of, which affects your workunit downloads, is how often your computer is powered up, and out of that time, how much BOINC is allowed to process. By running your computer longer to avoid deadlines, you are (unintentionally and) artificially increasing those stats, which will only make BOINC think you can handle more and it will continue to download more work. Therefore, the solution is to run your computer as you normally would and BOINC will make the appropriate adjustments as necessary.
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BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 2020 Credit: 3,026,044 RAC: 6,680	Message 1141909 - Posted: 18 Aug 2011, 1:50:21 UTC - in response to Message 1141646.
I think most of the tasks you see downloaded are Not for your CPU but for your GPU (CUDA): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 The GPU processes tasks much faster than the CPU (15-30 minutes vs 5 hours) ____________ - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)
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Can you tell how to reduce the number of tasks that i get dowmloaded,i have quad core chip i have set the preferences to run at 70% so only 5 tasks run not 8 this reduces heat on my chip, but my main problem is the number tasks i get downloaded in one hit which means i have to run my computer round the clock to finish all these tasks ( 360 task approx on last download )thanks Henry
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Gundolf Jahn
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Go to your Computing preferences and set the following entries to (much) lower values:

Computer is connected to the Internet about every _ days Leave blank or 0 if always connected. BOINC will try to maintain at least this much work (max 10 days). Maintain enough work for an additional _ days

If you are using local preferences, make the respective changes there.

Gruß,
Gundolf
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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

SETI@home classic workunits 3,758
SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours

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I would also suggest not running your computer longer than you normally would simply because you're afraid to miss a deadline.

One of the stats BOINC keeps a track of, which affects your workunit downloads, is how often your computer is powered up, and out of that time, how much BOINC is allowed to process.

By running your computer longer to avoid deadlines, you are (unintentionally and) artificially increasing those stats, which will only make BOINC think you can handle more and it will continue to download more work.

Therefore, the solution is to run your computer as you normally would and BOINC will make the appropriate adjustments as necessary.

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BilBg

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I think most of the tasks you see downloaded are Not for your CPU but for your GPU (CUDA): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

The GPU processes tasks much faster than the CPU (15-30 minutes vs 5 hours)

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- ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)

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