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Message 5395 - Posted: 13 May 2017, 4:20:41 UTC
Hi folks :)

I have about a dozen pc's crunching away on CPU.

I have several low-end (but fairly recent architecture) AMD and NVidia GPU's (GTX 730, Radeon HD 6450)

Would it be better to use one of those instead of CPU?

Thanks!
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Message 5397 - Posted: 22 May 2017, 3:28:45 UTC
well I bought a GTX 1060 instead.

How do I use it to crunch Asteroids data?
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Message 5442 - Posted: 13 Jul 2017, 23:03:30 UTC - in response to Message 5397.  

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How do I use it to crunch Asteroids data?


Easy.

Install the card in your PC
Install the latest NVidia drivers

Start up BOINC Manager - it should detect that a GPU is present.

Go to your Project Preferences, (on your account, on this website) and allow GPU tasks.

Go to BOINC Manager, select the Asteroids project and then click on "update". If you haven't already, set BOINC Manager to "allow new work" on the Asteroids project.

That's about it.

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Tim
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