curious video card question

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Trayal Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3 Credit: 17,515,863 RAC: 368	Message 2004641 - Posted: 28 Jul 2019, 16:21:18 UTC Hi all. I have looked at some of the stats other (extreme) users have listed and I have a question. I keep seeing things like this... [64] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (4095MB) driver: 410.78 OpenCL: 1.2 Tell me there is no way this user has 64 video cards installed!! Thanks ID: 2004641 ·

Bernie Vine Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9952 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328	Message 2004652 - Posted: 28 Jul 2019, 17:40:05 UTC - in response to Message 2004641. Last modified: 28 Jul 2019, 17:42:08 UTC No they do not, however there is a way to recompile the Boinc software (it is open source) that allows a user to "spoof" the number of GPU's. You will see it mostly used on Linux machines running the "special app" where a top range GPU, think RTX2080 can do a task in 60-90 seconds. These users run out of work during the outage, due to the 100 work unit limit per GPU, and use this method to keep crunching 24/7 There is a thread on the Number Crunching forums where it is sort of explained. It is not generally available, you need to download the Boinc software and make the alterations yourself. ID: 2004652 ·

Trayal Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3 Credit: 17,515,863 RAC: 368	Message 2004654 - Posted: 28 Jul 2019, 18:34:15 UTC - in response to Message 2004652. Copy that. Makes sense. It was just throwing me for a loop. Thanks ID: 2004654 ·

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