Hello! I am aware that this topic has been brought up multiple times, but I want to rehash the question(I'm so sorry about this). Is there absolutely no way to limit GPU usage on a task? I understand that the GPU can only be at 100% utilisation or 0% utilisation, but is it possible to toggle it such that the task is active for 5 seconds, suspended for 5 seconds and resumed for another 5 seconds? Or is there a way to script such actions for boinc that I am unaware of ;-; I really want to contribute to SETI@home with my GPU, but I also want to keep the fan speeds down so I'm not too loud is all


https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82251#1902875

The issue here is not slowing the gpu down but slowing down the gpu fan speed?

I would see if there is an overclocking utility for your brand of gpu. Most of the overclocking utilities I have seen also can manually control the gpu fan speed.

If you know how to put parameters in the mb*SOG.txt command line file, I can suggest trying this one: -low_perf
This file is in the hidden "ProgramData" directory on your C drive. You have to go to "view" and enable to see the directory.

You probably want to use: -sbs 192 -spike_fft_thresh 2048 -tune 1 64 1 4 -low_perf

There are no equivalent parameters for the CUDA named gpu tasks. But probably in less then a week they will disappear because the SOG gpu tasks run more efficiently (have a higher GFlops# on website) for your sized gpu card.

Once the SOG tasks start processing and if you are running without the "-low_perf" your processing should stablize (sp) near 12 minutes per task.

HTH,
Tom

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