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by Gandalf
Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:23 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Introduction
Replies: 11
Views: 1186

Re: Introduction

It's the initials I didn't get. Back in the day, I used test those chips, when I was troubleshooting PCBs.
bruce, I'm a wizard. Remember? Understanding is not the problem.
I'm just to lazy to look FPU up in my Wizard Knows All book.
by Gandalf
Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:45 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Introduction
Replies: 11
Views: 1186

Re: Introduction

Hi bruce. Thanks for the info. One thing, FPU? That's new to me. What does it mean? F... Processing Unit?
by Gandalf
Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:24 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Introduction
Replies: 11
Views: 1186

Re: Introduction

P5-133XL - Thank you for the information. For clarity purposes, this is an image of how I am currently running my computers for WCG... http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww27 ... 97cff8.png It might take 15 minutes to run a GPU task, while it might take hours to run a CPU task. I am running a Pre-R...
by Gandalf
Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:18 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Introduction
Replies: 11
Views: 1186

Re: Introduction

Question about how F@A uses a computers' capabilities. An Intel quad-processor has eight threads. Does the F@A tasking configuration set one task per thread? Can an ATI GPU configuration be set to run 10 tasks per ATI GPU with the support of two CPU threads (0.2C + 0.1ATI)? Thanks for the info. Gand...
by Gandalf
Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:29 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Introduction
Replies: 11
Views: 1186

Re: Introduction

Hello and thank you, Jesse_V. I guess I now have my weekends' homework assignment. :roll:
Do you have a F@H team you can recommend me joining. Here is a look at where I am at now with PCHF...
http://www.pchelpforum.com/xf/threads/p ... 13.149317/
With BOINC, I'm known as Gandalf the Grey.
by Gandalf
Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:49 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Introduction
Replies: 11
Views: 1186

Introduction

Permit me to introduce myself. I am Gandalf the White or Gandalf to my friends :D . I have been crunching with WCG for a couple of years for the PCHF Team. The word has been bounced around that the WCG > hcc1 GPU tasking will be phased out in the next couple months. I have been advised that this mig...