Welcome to MilkyWay@home

How to set PC to use ATI GPU

Message boards : Number crunching : How to set PC to use ATI GPU
Message board moderation

To post messages, you must log in.

AuthorMessage
dado385

Send message
Joined: 5 Mar 10
Posts: 2
Credit: 117,505
RAC: 0
Message 37775 - Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 17:35:10 UTC

Hi, sorry if this is already "old" subject, but I can not find applicable answer.
In short, I have installed BOINC 6.10.18
My GPU is ATI Radeon 5670, so it should be supported!
My prefferences are:
*********************
Resource share
If you participate in multiple BOINC projects, this is the proportion of your resources used by MilkyWay@home 100
Use CPU
(enforced by 6.10+ clients) yes
Use NVIDIA GPU if present
(enforced by 6.10+ clients) yes
Use ATI GPU if present
(enforced by 6.10+ clients) yes
Is it OK for MilkyWay@home and your team (if any) to email you? yes
Should MilkyWay@home show your computers on its web site? yes
Default computer location home
Amount of concurrent blocks(NVIDIA GPUs Only)
Higher values lead to shorter completion times at the expense of interface lag (1 .. 50000, default is 128) 128
*************************
OS is Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit

In View Computers under MilkyWay project my PC is correctly listed, but under GPU there is nothing???

I am crunching only with CPU??
Why and how to fix it

Damir
ID: 37775 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile Tails
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 19 Feb 10
Posts: 17
Credit: 7,573,117
RAC: 0
Message 37777 - Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:42:03 UTC

Its single precision, isnt it ?
ID: 37777 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile arkayn
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 14 Feb 09
Posts: 999
Credit: 74,932,619
RAC: 0
Message 37784 - Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 21:52:01 UTC
Last modified: 26 Mar 2010, 21:53:09 UTC

The 5670 is a single precision GPU, which means that it cannot be used on Milkyway, but can be used on Collatz.

You need...
38xx
4730
4770
48xx
58xx


Also did you install as a service (protected mode) as that will not allow BOINC to see the GPU.
ID: 37784 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
John Clark

Send message
Joined: 4 Oct 08
Posts: 1734
Credit: 64,228,409
RAC: 0
Message 37785 - Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 22:24:38 UTC

As arkayn says . go for Collatz
Go away, I was asleep


ID: 37785 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
dado385

Send message
Joined: 5 Mar 10
Posts: 2
Credit: 117,505
RAC: 0
Message 37786 - Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 23:03:57 UTC

Yes, I installed in protected mode, since I wanted to crunch even when no user is logged on.

OK, thanks for answers, so MilkyWay is not supporting my GPU

THX again
ID: 37786 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote

Message boards : Number crunching : How to set PC to use ATI GPU

©2024 Astroinformatics Group