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Message 1480236 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 16:07:45 UTC

Hi all,
I asked this before and someone (Msattler or Claggy, probably) told me how to do it. Sent me a link to the procedure, I think. But now that I'm ready to give it a go, I can't find the damn instructions!
As I recall, you need to run multiple instances of Boinc with the other GPUs blocked, except for the one you wish to control. I can probably suss it out - eventually - but not before I generate hundreds or thousands(!) of errored WUs and I don't want to do that.
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Message 1480241 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 16:13:34 UTC

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Message 1480246 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 16:18:48 UTC

Yep, that was the link, thanx!
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Message 1480395 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 21:15:26 UTC - in response to Message 1480241.  

http://vyper.kafit.se/wp/index.php/2011/02/04/running-different-nvidia-architectures-most-optimal-at-setihome/

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Message 1480414 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 21:53:37 UTC - in response to Message 1480395.  

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Open a beer at your side i will to the same here celebrating our friendship. Cheers!

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Message 1480417 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 21:57:26 UTC - in response to Message 1480414.  

I'll buy You a virtual beer or more tonight.

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Message 1480420 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 22:01:55 UTC
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You are so bad with me... i could only open a penguin beer! :)



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Message 1480421 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 22:02:24 UTC - in response to Message 1480414.  

I'll buy You a virtual beer or more tonight.

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I'll open another one!

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Message 1480422 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 22:05:03 UTC - in response to Message 1480417.  

... but to get to back to the topic...

1) How could I run a pair of 290x cards along with my NV780's ?

Would there be any problems and

2) How to set up?
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Message 1480426 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 22:17:45 UTC

Not the best idea IMHO.
Thats 4 generations away.

Those cards act totally different to the bus.


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Message 1480431 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 22:31:54 UTC - in response to Message 1480426.  

Not the best idea IMHO.
Thats 4 generations away.

Those cards act totally different to the bus.


Oh, I'm sorry. Or I am generations old. The latter may actually be true. :)

.. but ..

I thought I had in my mind about the latest... From Nvidia and from AMD.

Excluding the: Ti, GHz, black... or any other derivation from the 'old' models from yesteryear.

AMD : R290X (x twin frozer supercool oc edition Ghz etc.)
NV : 780 (Ti, super, OC, WhateverCool, ...)

Which one of "two" of them to sit next to my 2x780+CPU?
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Message 1480433 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 22:34:03 UTC
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First of all: If the 290x uses power from the PCI-e as noticed (up to 75W, not sure), probabily is not a good ideia to put 2 of them on one host (you could melt your 20 pin MB power connector).

IIRC you use Linux so the Vyper´s sugestion will not work for you. I don´t have Linux experience to tell you something else, you need to fine some help from someone else.
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Message 1480436 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 22:42:38 UTC

Since you are running a lot AP`s a R9 290x would be a good choice.
Those are melting AP`s.
But i`d go for a Sapphire Tricool.


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Message 1480440 - Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 22:54:17 UTC

Thanks friends,

I do not want to melt down anything@home. I do that at work to demonstrate the voltage and the current.

... a pause ... went to at a local resellers ... bought me a pair of ..
























... GTX 780's with Direct CU II OC .. (yeah, no Ti, no Titan).
































sorry for You folks with R290X.

This is just to show how scared I am with anything new.

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