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kimikale

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Message 33214 - Posted: 2 Jun 2010, 14:48:59 UTC

Hi, i noticed that the computation service is running as 32 bit instead of x64 (i see it in task manager as *32). I tried different boinc versions,always the same.. i'm running on 7 x64..Any idea?
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Message 33215 - Posted: 2 Jun 2010, 15:34:02 UTC - in response to Message 33214.  

Not all projects have 64bit applications, most have 32bit applications only.
BOINC doesn't do any calculations, the project science applications do.
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Message 33247 - Posted: 3 Jun 2010, 23:23:37 UTC

U can double check what architecture your client is by checking the very first log entry line (messages tab in advanced view of the manager) right after a restart. It'll tell you if its x86 or x86_64 in both WinXP and Linux.
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Message 33253 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 16:11:46 UTC - in response to Message 33214.  

The BOINC client is 32-bit so it's able to link to NVIDIA 32-bit-only libraries. It still runs 64-bit project apps (if available). Bitness of the client is pretty irrelevant :)
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