Posts by Dirk

1) Message boards : Number crunching : options in the preferences (Message 49141) Posted 1 Jun 2011 by Dirk Post: Of course we have, but all you can do there is say whether you want to use CPU and/or GPU. You can't specify which kind of WUs you want to run nor can you choose not to run CPU tasks which are also available. Let me show you what we'd like with this screenshot from the einstein@home preferences.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : options in the preferences (Message 49139) Posted 31 May 2011 by Dirk Post: This would be really, really nice indeed. I'd like to run the n-body WUs on my cpu but nothing else really. My GPU takes about 4 to 7 times as long as many ATI cards at the GPU WUs so it's of better use at GPUGRID or einstein (I'm trying out running 4 einstein tasks at once on my GPU) and I don't want to use my CPU on tasks which also run on a GPU.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : GPU Requirements [OLD] (Message 48971) Posted 25 May 2011 by Dirk Post: Well, you could also download a program like MSI afterburner or EVGA precision for monitoring your GPU. The great thing about those programs is that you can adjust the fan speed curve so it goes to a higher rpm earlier to keep the temps down. For example on my GTX 480 at full load my GPU will hit around 90c before the fan really gets going at the standard settings by nvidia. I've adjusted the curve so that it kicks in much earlier and it helps keep temps between 60-70c while crunching for different projects (or gaming for that matter). Of course this is more noisy but that isn't a very big deal for me.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : N-body .40 taking over (Message 48968) Posted 25 May 2011 by Dirk Post: I quite like the n-body WUs. They run quite fast on my machine (under an hour I believe but I usually don't see them actually complete). Is there a way to only run n-body on my cpu and de_seperation on my gpu? Einstein@home has a nice option in the preferences which you can tick so you only get cpu work that isn't available for your gpu too.