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Message 2017192 - Posted: 30 Oct 2019, 9:33:29 UTC

seeing i seen some old info form well over 6 years ago.
so am un sure if its even current info.
if you like check rigs to see which one would be good for doing that.
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Message 2017206 - Posted: 30 Oct 2019, 11:42:27 UTC - in response to Message 2017192.  

seeing i seen some old info form well over 6 years ago.
so am un sure if its even current info.
if you like check rigs to see which one would be good for doing that.


You create an "app_config.xml" file in the project folder. And set the number of gpu tasks to something like 0.5 for two tasks on a gpu card or 0.33 if you want to run 3 tasks.

You need a fairly high end video card to do this. I don't think anyone who is running much less than a gtx 1070/1080 under Windows would gain any total production.

If you are running Linux/Special Sauce aka: Tbar's All in One, it already uses the entire video card as hard as it can so running more than 1 gpu task will just slow it down.

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<app_config>
<app>
<name>setiathome_v8</name>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>0.5</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>1.0</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
<app>
<name>astropulse_v7</name>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>0.5</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>1.0</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
</app_config>

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Message 2017292 - Posted: 31 Oct 2019, 0:09:25 UTC

so with my 580s. it would not be wise to do that then correct?
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Message 2017307 - Posted: 31 Oct 2019, 3:00:28 UTC - in response to Message 2017292.  

You can always run it for awhile and check. I am even running 2 GPU tasks on my Vega 8 GPU (Ryzen 3 2200G). I think it runs faster but tbh I haven't had a chance to really look at the nitty gritty.
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