Posts by Ace Rimmer

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Cores vs Threads ? (hyperthread matter?) (Message 34768)
Posted 20 Sep 2010 by Ace Rimmer
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Hey let me answer my own question... YES! I am seeing an improvement with other programs when HT is off and BOINC is on 100%.

Such programs as Media Player Classic and Firefox and Opera.
Media player and/or VLC's audio would pop and crackle and weren't playable until boinc was off.

Now that seems to be fixed with HT off. I've also been able to OC by 200mHz with no real change in temps... waiting for my h50 to return so I can OC more.

Hope this helps some ppl,

Jim.
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Cores vs Threads ? (hyperthread matter?) (Message 34764)
Posted 20 Sep 2010 by Ace Rimmer
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Just wondering if turning HT off on my i7 930 will I get a boost in the performance of non boinc apps whilst crunching at 100%. As it stands now, I'm having trouble running things whilst BOINC is at full. Would it be better to keep hyperthreading and reduce BOINC to use 7 cores???

Also, I believe you can overclock higher with HT off as it wont get as hot! Could I compensate for no HT with a good OC???
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : Only using one of two GPUs (Message 34538)
Posted 6 Sep 2010 by Ace Rimmer
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Thanks for the input, not getting as many errors now, I think its somehow learning not to give those work units to that card... that or the einstein server HAS cracked the shits with me and isnt giving me ANY of those WU's ??????

On another card issue, I have a second pc with a gts 250 in it, is it worth buying an ATI card for Milkyway instead??? if so which one is best for the price???
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : Only using one of two GPUs (Message 34509)
Posted 4 Sep 2010 by Ace Rimmer
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Hi there guys, I have a slightly different problem with regards to two cards that I was hoping you could help me with.

I'm using the cc_config setup that Gundolf Jahn has shown and plugging a dvi to vga connector into my second graphics card and then a vga cable into the spare port on my hd monitor.

YAY both cards are working in boinc now... but here's the problem:

BOINC - 6.10.58
Win 7
Latest Nvidia drivers
GTX 480 - main card compute capability 2.0
GTS 250 - secondary card compute capability 1.1

I believe im receiving errors when the second card tries to do work units its not capable of. Is there any way of fixing this??? Perhaps by telling it to only work on certain files???

I'm running seti, milkyway, lhc and Einstein. Its einstein that is posting the most errors and usually after 2-3 seconds of the card starting the WU.

Now I guess i could leave it and just waste the bandwith but wont the einstein servers crack the shits if i keep posting errors???

Thanks for all your help,

Ace.




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