Can I use this antique?

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QuietDad Send message Joined: 2 Oct 99 Posts: 83 Credit: 28,926,603 RAC: 59	Message 1765609 - Posted: 17 Feb 2016, 3:54:15 UTC Just found an old Galaxy GT 240 in the scrap pile and threw it in a Q6600 box with Windows 10 to get it off the internal video that doesn't have a Windows 10 driver. It is currently crunching CPU only with Lunatics 44, but is does the latest Lunitics support an old card like this? ID: 1765609 ·

jason_gee Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0	Message 1765613 - Posted: 17 Feb 2016, 4:11:38 UTC - in response to Message 1765609. Last modified: 17 Feb 2016, 4:12:01 UTC Should work best probably with the Cuda 2.3 build. Let us know :D "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. ID: 1765613 ·

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13904 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 1765614 - Posted: 17 Feb 2016, 4:12:34 UTC - in response to Message 1765609. It is currently crunching CPU only with Lunatics 44, but is does the latest Lunitics support an old card like this? It does support CUDA, but I don't know which version would be best. Grant Darwin NT ID: 1765614 ·

TimeLord04 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23	Message 1765617 - Posted: 17 Feb 2016, 4:17:57 UTC Is that an old NVIDIA GT-240??? If so, you will need to Download and Install NO NEWER than Driver 337.88 for that card. On my old GTX-275, I went even older than that Driver and installed 266.58. With Lunatics 0.43b, (v7 days), it ran fine with Driver 266.58. Then I was given a used GTX-750 TI SC!!! I had to Uninstall Driver 266.58, remove the GTX-275, then installed the GTX-750 TI SC, and finally Installed Driver 337.88. Since then, I've Clean Installed Driver 353.30 for the 750, and all is well. Bottom line, get Driver 266.58 for that old card. As to New Lunatics 0.44; I'll defer answering that to someone with more knowledge of Pre-Fermi GPUs. TL TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos ID: 1765617 ·

TimeLord04 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23	Message 1765618 - Posted: 17 Feb 2016, 4:19:34 UTC - in response to Message 1765614. It is currently crunching CPU only with Lunatics 44, but is does the latest Lunitics support an old card like this? It does support CUDA, but I don't know which version would be best. Thanks Grant. :-) Cuda 23 is what is needed for that old of a card. It's what I selected in Lunatics 0.43b when I was running the GTX-275. :-) TL TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos ID: 1765618 ·

Bernie Vine Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9958 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328	Message 1765670 - Posted: 17 Feb 2016, 9:05:38 UTC Well here is my old Windows Home Server, it just runs SETI on an old GT-240 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=6994034 It's only on 314.22 because trying to install newer drivers fails due to an "incompatible operating system". Still it manages around 1,200 RAC on CUDA 3.2. ID: 1765670 ·

BetelgeuseFive Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Jul 99 Posts: 158 Credit: 17,117,787 RAC: 19	Message 1765680 - Posted: 17 Feb 2016, 9:50:33 UTC - in response to Message 1765618. It is currently crunching CPU only with Lunatics 44, but is does the latest Lunitics support an old card like this? It does support CUDA, but I don't know which version would be best. Thanks Grant. :-) Cuda 23 is what is needed for that old of a card. It's what I selected in Lunatics 0.43b when I was running the GTX-275. :-) TL I had a GT-240 (GDDR-5 version) before I replaced it with a GTX-750. It was a very nice card. I got the best results (highest RAC) with CUDA 3.2. Tom ID: 1765680 ·

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