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Shelby Melban

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Message 52854 - Posted: 28 Feb 2014, 4:07:54 UTC

I have 3 video cards in my machine yet only two of them are showing up with tasks running. Is there anything I can do to make it utilize all my GPU's?

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Message 52855 - Posted: 28 Feb 2014, 4:49:30 UTC

What projects do you have running? Even though your two nVida cards are from the same family, they may have different features (memory, OpenCL compatibility, double-precision, etc) that prevent them from running the same projects. You could use the results at WUprop to see what other people are successfully running on each of your cards.
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Message 52857 - Posted: 28 Feb 2014, 6:54:37 UTC

You'll need a cc_config file with a <use_all_gpus> tag in it to get the two Nvidia cards working. See the doco for details. I would cut and paste one except I'm typing this on a phone in a moving bus :-(
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Message 52861 - Posted: 28 Feb 2014, 10:09:49 UTC - in response to Message 52857.  

<cc_config>
    <options>
        <use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>
    </options>
</cc_config> 

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration
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Message 52865 - Posted: 28 Feb 2014, 12:47:07 UTC - in response to Message 52854.  

I have 3 video cards in my machine yet only two of them are showing up with tasks running. Is there anything I can do to make it utilize all my GPU's?

How many GPUs does Boinc detect? You may need to extend your desktop onto one of them to get Boinc to detect it.

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Message 52867 - Posted: 28 Feb 2014, 12:56:08 UTC

Creating a cc_config with hose values worked. Thank you.
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