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by Rhyalus
Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:51 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Reduce % GPU?
Replies: 14
Views: 3249

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 ...
by Rhyalus
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 ...
by Rhyalus
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...
by Rhyalus
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...