Posts by nhelder

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : My Wish List - part 3. (Message 32622)
Posted 5 May 2010 by nhelder
Post:
Until both GPU manufacturers add GPU throttle controls to their drivers, there is nothing that the BOINC developers can do about this. The GPU can only be used completely (all stream processors do CUDA or CAL work), or not (all stream processors are idle).

That's ok.

Until then, I assume "in use" / "not in use" CPU settings would be technically feasible?
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : My Wish List - part 3. (Message 32617)
Posted 5 May 2010 by nhelder
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I would very much like the option to prioritize the CPU (and GPU) workload. For example. If i leave my computer untouched for a minute, it will switch to full processorusage, or what ever i set it to, but then when i start to use my computer, it will slow down to about 50% or 25% usage.


+1 to this here.

I'd really love to be able to tell my computer to use 25% of its power (one of the 4 CPUs, say, or all 4 CPUs at 25% workload) when the computer's not idle, and 100% when it is idle.

Additionally, if I could (for example) tell it to use one GPU when the computer is not idle, and all GPUs when it is idle, that'd be fantastic too.

+1

This perfectly sums up my wishes.


+1 from me, too.

If it helps to clarify, essentially the request is take the current settings for:
% of Processors
% of CPU Time
and split them in to two settings, one for when the computer is idle and one for when it is not (similar to how the Memory Usage parameter is currently handled).

Then, add similar parameters for:
% of GPU Processors
% of GPU Time
and allow them to also have different values for when the computer is idle and when it is not.

Cheers,

- Nathan
3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : My Wish List - part 3. (Message 32088)
Posted 10 Apr 2010 by nhelder
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I'd like to vote for a item from "Wish List - 2" - namely, Part A from:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=1943&nowrap=true#22507

Restating that request slightly: it would be nice if you could specify, in your BOINC computation preferences, how long a "snooze" request/enable should last.

Movie playback often doesn't include any mouse/keyboard activity, and if you're playing a large H.264 encode, when BOINC kicks in it tends to degrade playback quite a bit.

Rather than having to exit BOINC entirely (or keep moving the mouse), if I could set a snooze request to last 2 hours and just do that prior to watching such a file, that'd be pretty slick.



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