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Can you add option to not run CPU versions of applications for which GPU versions are available?
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Send message Joined: 22 May 11 Posts: 71 Credit: 5,685,114 RAC: 0 |
Can you add option to not run CPU versions of applications for which GPU versions are available? I want to focus my cpu on N-Body Simulation and run Separation on gpu.. |
Send message Joined: 9 Dec 11 Posts: 38 Credit: 1,497,896,956 RAC: 0 |
That can be achieved by setting up a second location preference. For instance, the default setting can run GPU work, and you could set up, let's say work location, to do CPU work. That's how I do it. To do this, go to project preferences. Under the edit preferences link there are buttons to add separate preferences for home, work, and school. After you get a setting for the non-default preferences, go to your account page and click on the "computers on this account" link. Now looking at your list of computers, on the left hand side is a link for details, click on that. At the bottom there is a location drop-down menu. Select your location and then click the update location button. Hope that helps :) |
Send message Joined: 22 May 11 Posts: 71 Credit: 5,685,114 RAC: 0 |
Will there be gpu version of n-bodyapplication? |
Send message Joined: 24 Jan 11 Posts: 715 Credit: 555,448,201 RAC: 38,743 |
I believe Tom stated they are working on developing an n-body gpu app currently. |
Send message Joined: 9 Jul 17 Posts: 100 Credit: 16,967,906 RAC: 0 |
That can be achieved by setting up a second location preference. But that requires two PCs. I don't think you can exclude them on a single PC with a single location. That would be useful, though I think BOINC has scheduling/priority problems when you try to run both CPU and GPU work units on the same PC anyway. |
Send message Joined: 8 May 09 Posts: 3339 Credit: 524,010,781 RAC: 0 |
That can be achieved by setting up a second location preference. Yes Boinc does have problems cpu and gpu scheduling and yes you can run both on the same pc with fewer problems...load up a 2nd copy of Boinc in a different directory and run one for cpu tasks and one for gpu tasks. It's not as easy as it sounds but not that difficult either. |
Send message Joined: 9 Jul 17 Posts: 100 Credit: 16,967,906 RAC: 0 |
Yes Boinc does have problems cpu and gpu scheduling and yes you can run both on the same pc with fewer problems...load up a 2nd copy of Boinc in a different directory and run one for cpu tasks and one for gpu tasks. It's not as easy as it sounds but not that difficult either. I finally got around to doing it. I have done it before when needed, and it does work fine, at least on Linux. I think that is the hard way though. The project could provide that option I would think. I doubt that very many people will do the double instances of BOINC trick. It is a bit involved the first time. |
Send message Joined: 8 May 09 Posts: 3339 Credit: 524,010,781 RAC: 0 |
Yes Boinc does have problems cpu and gpu scheduling and yes you can run both on the same pc with fewer problems...load up a 2nd copy of Boinc in a different directory and run one for cpu tasks and one for gpu tasks. It's not as easy as it sounds but not that difficult either. Yes it is |
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