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by tdwhite
Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:25 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: New to ATI GPU folding... could use some help
Replies: 21
Views: 4184

Re: New to ATI GPU folding... could use some help

Ok so with v7 running and I need to reboot, I'll just reboot. Easy enough. Next question and maybe more of a general windows question but I set the affinity for both instances of FahCore_11.exe *32 the way I want it but it seems to get set back to defaults which uses all four of my CPUs to run the G...
by tdwhite
Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:24 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: New to ATI GPU folding... could use some help
Replies: 21
Views: 4184

Re: New to ATI GPU folding... could use some help

You can check whether the GPU is being starved of stuff in needs from the CPU by checking the sensors on GPU-Z. In the ideal situation the Load should be 100%. If its not see if allocating an additional core lets it reach 100% load. I'm using MSI afterburner which shows both GPU cores simultaneousl...
by tdwhite
Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:00 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: New to ATI GPU folding... could use some help
Replies: 21
Views: 4184

Re: New to ATI GPU folding... could use some help

Ok guys, turns out I'm mistaken, I'm not running V7 I'm running GPU3 from the download page. So can I upgrade to V7 from GPU3 and not lose my work? If so, what is the process? I'd definitely be interested in V7 if it can run ATI cards in the GUI mode. Thanks for the help. Wow, so I went ahead and in...
by tdwhite
Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:31 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: New to ATI GPU folding... could use some help
Replies: 21
Views: 4184

New to ATI GPU folding... could use some help

I've been folding in the past with nvidia GPUs and always went the systray route due to the ease of use. Also I've only used a single GPU card in the past as well. I've upgraded some hardware over the past couple years and I am now using an ATI HD5970, I've not really folded with this machine since ...