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Message 52161 - Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 15:43:36 UTC

Hi everyone,
i'm going to buy an APU (AMD A8-6600K). This cpu have an GPU within (HD 8570D).

Can i use BOINC with CPU and his GPU both? I know that the GPU doesn't have much power, but what do you think about? is it a good idea?

Thx, and sorry for my bad english!
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Message 52162 - Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 16:03:07 UTC - in response to Message 52161.  

Hi everyone,
i'm going to buy an APU (AMD A8-6600K). This cpu have an GPU within (HD 8570D).

Can i use BOINC with CPU and his GPU both? I know that the GPU doesn't have much power, but what do you think about? is it a good idea?

Thx, and sorry for my bad english!


Yes, its possible but not good.
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Message 52167 - Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 19:02:27 UTC

why it's not good?
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Message 52169 - Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 19:12:06 UTC - in response to Message 52167.  

why it's not good?


Very very slow.
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Message 52171 - Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 20:04:46 UTC - in response to Message 52169.  

more slow than the cpu itself?

i've always knew that gpu>>>cpu with boinc...

i think, even it's half than cpu, it's better than nothing, isn'it?
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Message 52172 - Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 20:37:52 UTC - in response to Message 52171.  

more slow than the cpu itself?

i've always knew that gpu>>>cpu with boinc...

i think, even it's half than cpu, it's better than nothing, isn'it?


You can test it with a GPU project. But its better to use a GTX660 or a comparable card.
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Message 52174 - Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 20:56:49 UTC - in response to Message 52171.  

more slow than the cpu itself?

Actually, yes. The CPU has as a quad core, 4 OpenCL compute units. The APU has only got 2.

As a comparison, my Radeon HD7870 GPU has 20 OpenCL compute units. The GTX660 that Rebirther points out will have between 15 and 21, depending on which version one has.
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Message 52181 - Posted: 28 Jan 2014, 7:23:45 UTC

The new AMD APUs and other SOCs are certainly more economical than a dedicated GPU, from a consumer standpoint, which is why I assume they're showing up in a lot of low-end devices. As I'm not terribly familiar with their construction, does using the GPU provide any slowdown to the CPU (or vice-versa) or are you simply making a comparison between the APU's GPU performance versus a dedicated GPU?

I don't have one myself, but one of my team members does. However, it doesn't get much crunching done because most of the time it is used on battery.
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Message 52185 - Posted: 28 Jan 2014, 9:06:02 UTC - in response to Message 52172.  

more slow than the cpu itself?

i've always knew that gpu>>>cpu with boinc...

i think, even it's half than cpu, it's better than nothing, isn'it?


You can test it with a GPU project. But its better to use a GTX660 or a comparable card.


is wcg a GPU project? anyways, i'll test it when i'll buy it...in few days..
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Message 52186 - Posted: 28 Jan 2014, 9:09:26 UTC - in response to Message 52174.  

more slow than the cpu itself?

Actually, yes. The CPU has as a quad core, 4 OpenCL compute units. The APU has only got 2.

As a comparison, my Radeon HD7870 GPU has 20 OpenCL compute units. The GTX660 that Rebirther points out will have between 15 and 21, depending on which version one has.


uhm... i see. :(

so, more or less, is about 50% slower than the cpu...
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Message 52188 - Posted: 28 Jan 2014, 9:13:00 UTC - in response to Message 52181.  

P.S: i'm sorry but i didn't find multiquote option.. :(

The new AMD APUs and other SOCs are certainly more economical than a dedicated GPU, from a consumer standpoint, which is why I assume they're showing up in a lot of low-end devices. As I'm not terribly familiar with their construction, does using the GPU provide any slowdown to the CPU (or vice-versa) or are you simply making a comparison between the APU's GPU performance versus a dedicated GPU?

I don't have one myself, but one of my team members does. However, it doesn't get much crunching done because most of the time it is used on battery.


I will add a stand alone video card (ati hd7950), but i however want to use my APU's GPU.

I just wanted to know how powerfull was it... :)

Anyways, can you ask your teammate how much crunching he can do with apu's gpu in 24 hours?
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Message 52222 - Posted: 30 Jan 2014, 4:15:54 UTC

is wcg a GPU project? anyways, i'll test it when i'll buy it...in few days..


WCG does not have any GPU sub projects at this time. According to the community advisors and admins, there isn't any projects in the pipeline any time soon that will use them either. Check the forums at WCG regularly for updates.
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Message 52298 - Posted: 3 Feb 2014, 9:25:31 UTC - in response to Message 52222.  

i add at my pc an ATI hd7950. Is there any way to make BOINC use both gpus?

Now it see only my 7950 and not my integrated gpu...is there something i can do?

Thanks!
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Message 52304 - Posted: 3 Feb 2014, 15:39:24 UTC - in response to Message 52298.  

i add at my pc an ATI hd7950. Is there any way to make BOINC use both gpus?

Now it see only my 7950 and not my integrated gpu...is there something i can do?

Thanks!


You need to create a cc_config.xml if you have not and add the line

<cc_config>
<options>
<use_all_GPUs>
</options>
</cc_config>

to it.
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Message 52306 - Posted: 3 Feb 2014, 15:55:38 UTC - in response to Message 52304.  

It always helps to give questioners a link to the documentation, and sometimes to refer to it yourself. You need a closing tag too, as shown.

You need to create a cc_config.xml if you have not and add the line

<cc_config>
<options>
<use_all_GPUs>1</use_all_GPUs>
</options>
</cc_config>

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Message 52312 - Posted: 3 Feb 2014, 20:47:59 UTC

wonderfull! thank you so much!!

i suppose that it's even possible to set the integrated gpu to be used by boinc!

I'll make some test! thanks!
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