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- Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:51 am
- Forum: New Donors start here
- Topic: Reduce % GPU?
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Re: Reduce % GPU?
Hello - just returned and I downloaded the new version... so this was a small incremental change. Now it is easy to manually stop the GPU by sliding to medium, but this still misses the mark, at least for me. I am just looking to control heat. So wouldn't some sort of "duty cycle" control ...
- Thu Jan 03, 2013 6:20 pm
- Forum: New Donors start here
- Topic: Reduce % GPU?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3249
Re: Reduce % GPU?
Thanks folks... I am learning a lot. The reason I want to scale the speed back is not so much that it interferes with my other uses. I just don't want my system running all day at maximum heat generation, etc. This is my personal PC; while I am willing to commit unused CPU and GPU cycles, it is not ...
- Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:50 am
- Forum: New Donors start here
- Topic: Reduce % GPU?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3249
Re: Reduce % GPU?
One more question.... Since I am running say only 30-50% of my CPU on folding (I have an i7-3930k), will it take too long for these work units to complete? And if so, is it a waste of time? That is, does the managing system assume that the work units are lost and assign them to others so that when m...
- Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:21 am
- Forum: New Donors start here
- Topic: Reduce % GPU?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3249
Reduce % GPU?
Hello All, Installation went fine... I want to set less than 100% to both CPU and GPU to keep heat down and to allow me to use my PC for other things. I figured out how to reduce the # of threads for the CPU, but I have two questions; 1) How can I commit less than 100% of my GPU to this effort? 2) U...