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Message 1211710 - Posted: 29 Mar 2012, 23:35:30 UTC

I haven't been crunching for a while due to the high electric bill, but as my situation changes I am thinking of restarting it. I had two machines, one with a Fermi card (GTX 460) and one with 2x pre-Fermi cards (GTS 250). If I get back into it, I'll probably just use one machine. Last I checked, it was not recommended to mix a Fermi card and a non-Fermi card in one machine using the same BOINC client. I was using Lunatics optimized apps. Is it possible or recommended by now to mix this hardware together and have the right WUs go to the right apps?
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Message 1211757 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 3:35:25 UTC - in response to Message 1211710.  

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Message 1211817 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 7:16:38 UTC

Yes

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Message 1211840 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 8:22:30 UTC - in response to Message 1211817.  

Yes

No, not in answering the OP's question:
Last I checked, it was not recommended to mix a Fermi card and a non-Fermi card in one machine using the same BOINC client.
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Message 1212583 - Posted: 31 Mar 2012, 22:22:17 UTC

Ah, thanks Vyper/Gundolf. I see that it is possible to use both cards in the same machine, but one should use different BOINC directories for each. That's a little bit of trouble, but at least it can be done. Thanks!
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