Hello.
I am interested to know if it would be possible to use the GPU (graphic processing unit) on graphic cards to crunch BOINC-WUs? What do you think? Some of the todays GPUs have more power than CPUs (so have even 2 or 3 graphic cards in their PC) so I think using that unused ressouces for crunching WUs could be a good thing.

Hello.
I am interested to know if it would be possible to use the GPU (graphic processing unit) on graphic cards to crunch BOINC-WUs? What do you think? Some of the todays GPUs have more power than CPUs (so have even 2 or 3 graphic cards in their PC) so I think using that unused ressouces for crunching WUs could be a good thing.

Sorry, I already found some answers to my question in the forum. Next time i will search more concentreted :-) ...

But maybe there are some news about?

I believe BOINC itself is already capable of recognizing GPUs and handling tasks that use them. However, there is an important distinction between the BOINC program itself, which does no processing, and the programs from various scientific projects, where all the computation occurs. Before anything can be done on a GPU, the project must develop an application that will work with it. So that means you will have to check with the individual projects you participate in to see about whether a GPU app is available. I am aware of none that are fully working, though there was a thread in SETI@home a while ago about a volunteer developing one.

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