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Message 976272 - Posted: 6 Mar 2010, 17:02:47 UTC - in response to Message 975509.  

Im pretty happy with my 2 may even get another there so cheap!
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Message 976330 - Posted: 6 Mar 2010, 21:31:50 UTC
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Ya, got mine running this morning after burning thru my work unit cache

Took a BOINC client upgrade (that I may..BACKOFF!?!..regret later), a reinstall of the Lunatics' Unified Installer (Thanks guys!) and a copy over on the CUDA 2.3 dll's.


Hard to say what the true SETI GPU RAC will be as I plan to feed it a dose of Einstein and Collatz as well.

So far, so good (other than Collatz only wants to feed my ATI GPU..that I don't & never had).



*[EDIT] Ohh ya. What's the consensus on the best nVidia drivers for the 240's?

I was thinking I read where the newer ones may actually be better, but don't recall a definitive outcome on the idea.
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Message 976484 - Posted: 7 Mar 2010, 10:47:50 UTC - in response to Message 976330.  



I was thinking I read where the newer ones may actually be better, but don't recall a definitive outcome on the idea.


I am using the drivers shipped with the card. The ones off the Nvidia site made my machine BSOD on bootup (which was scary!)
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Message 976487 - Posted: 7 Mar 2010, 11:07:59 UTC - in response to Message 976484.  

Andy your using the same driver as me and many others 19107. I tried the newer ones from the Nvidia site but noticed a marked slowdown.
Went back to 19107 and stuck with it.

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Message 976554 - Posted: 7 Mar 2010, 18:04:36 UTC

So, is there any agreement on the 'best' version of BOINC (64 bit under Vista)? I've seen ppl running 6.6.x, 6.10.x, and even lower versions than 6.6. Peoples thoughts, and pros/cons to each recommended version?

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Message 992905 - Posted: 30 Apr 2010, 12:15:41 UTC

Please anybody, having two GT240s, confirm - can they run in SLI on SLI capable motherboard or not.
I find controversial opinions.
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Message 993134 - Posted: 1 May 2010, 3:00:44 UTC - in response to Message 992905.  

Please anybody, having two GT240s, confirm - can they run in SLI on SLI capable motherboard or not.
I find controversial opinions.


According to specs for all GT 240s I have seen, they are NOT SLI capable.

BTW: I replaced a GTS 250 with TWO GT 240s (same total $$ with rebates, BING cashback) and get about 50% higher RAC from the 2xGT 240, with same or lower power usage.
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Message 993155 - Posted: 1 May 2010, 4:59:58 UTC - in response to Message 992905.  

Please anybody, having two GT240s, confirm - can they run in SLI on SLI capable motherboard or not.
I find controversial opinions.

There is NO SLI link on my GT240.
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Message 993197 - Posted: 1 May 2010, 8:40:25 UTC
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I know there is no SLI link header on GT240, its obvious, and I know officially they are not SLI capable. But since SLI bridge is not needed, I need clarification from someone who has two of them on SLI capable motherboard, which allows intercard communication to be done thru PCIe(I suspect patched HAL Windows for X38/X48 and siblings may not behave the same as native SLI motherboard, thus the condition in my question).
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