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Armadus Send message Joined: 30 Apr 12 Posts: 3 Credit: 1,605,169 RAC: 0 |
Hello, I have a "fairly" powerful rig (for a personal machine). Core i7 970 Gulftown, 3xGTX480 so I thought why not let the machine do something useful when I'm not using it. Please bear with me as I know absolutely nothing about seti@home. Question 1: If i can see things running, that means my machine is crunching, right? Question 2: I've done a bit of searching but can't really figure this out. Is there any type of "visualizer" that I can install? The screensaver doesn't show anything other than the projects that are running. Thanks for all the help in advance! |
Armadus Send message Joined: 30 Apr 12 Posts: 3 Credit: 1,605,169 RAC: 0 |
I did find this in another thread: Once the files have downloaded, you can see a graphical output by opening BOINC Manager, and if you're in the Advanced View, you can select the Tasks tab, then select an active task that is currently processing. Once you have selected an active task, on the left there will be a button that reads "Display graphics"; if you click on that, you'll be able to see a graphical representation of the work being done. However, that button is always greyed out for me. |
Gatekeeper Send message Joined: 14 Jul 04 Posts: 887 Credit: 176,479,616 RAC: 0 |
I did find this in another thread: You're using your Fermi GPU's to process work. The screensaver/graphics won't work while you are doing so. |
Armadus Send message Joined: 30 Apr 12 Posts: 3 Credit: 1,605,169 RAC: 0 |
Understood. Since I'm running triple SLI, is there any way to dedicate two to compute and one to graphics? |
Ex: "Socialist" Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 3433 Credit: 2,616,158 RAC: 2 |
Short answer yes. Long answer, you'll have to dig though the forums to find out how. I believe it can be done by making the proper edits to the appropriate files. That's as much as I can tell you #resist |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
Short answer yes. The instructions are here. BOINC WIKI |
BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0 |
Once you have selected an active task, on the left there will be a button that reads "Display graphics"; Select an active (Running) CPU task (i.e. SETI@home Enhanced v6.03 task) Then the "Display graphics" button will be active. (the "SETI@home Enhanced v6.10 (cuda_fermi)" application have no graphics (screensaver) part) Â - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :) Â |
Tragon Send message Joined: 14 May 12 Posts: 2 Credit: 2,959 RAC: 0 |
hello, im new here, im only 13 and have just devoted my unused time on my computer to this exiting project, but how the hell does it work? |
Tragon Send message Joined: 14 May 12 Posts: 2 Credit: 2,959 RAC: 0 |
i also have a quad core times 2, or a 8 core computer, would this effect it in any way? because i hope it wouldnt please reply, I NEED YOUR AWNSORS!!!!!!!!!!! |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
1. You have an Intel Core i3 processor, which means you have a dual core with HyperThreading, making it 4 logical processors, not 8. 2. You can start here to learn about how SETI@Home works. |
ConstellationCarl Send message Joined: 11 Jun 12 Posts: 1 Credit: 11,076 RAC: 0 |
Nice man 3 480's?! What kind of power supply do you have for that? |
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