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by vesprini@gmail.com
Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:25 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: desktop lag when folding on GPU
Replies: 9
Views: 2387

Re: desktop lag when folding on GPU

thanks guys! thats excellent info for me all around...much appreciated. sounds like i should get a better gpu and try it out...worst case set to idle. thanks for the info on hardware accel too.
by vesprini@gmail.com
Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:01 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: desktop lag when folding on GPU
Replies: 9
Views: 2387

Re: desktop lag when folding on GPU

ahh. ok then sounds like im shafted with a 1 GPU setup. i take it a higher performing card wont matter either since the better card would still be maxed out running F@H, just performing better.

thanks for the info.
by vesprini@gmail.com
Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:09 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: desktop lag when folding on GPU
Replies: 9
Views: 2387

Re: desktop lag when folding on GPU

should also add that i only have enough space for 1 GPU so its sort of all or none...otherwise id get a good GPU and fold on that while keeping the 2nd for the monitor.
by vesprini@gmail.com
Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:02 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: desktop lag when folding on GPU
Replies: 9
Views: 2387

Re: desktop lag when folding on GPU

sorry, forgot to include that. its windows 7 with a GT1030. i know its not the best video card but im averaging 50k PPD for only 30 watts which is way better than my i7 3770k running at 50% load 24/7 (other 50% cpu utilization given to world community grid). id be happy to upgrade the GPU down the l...
by vesprini@gmail.com
Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:46 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: desktop lag when folding on GPU
Replies: 9
Views: 2387

desktop lag when folding on GPU

hi everyone apologies if this is in the wrong place, please redirect as needed. i am looking to use my single GPU for folding but i notice that when F@H is active my windows desktop is very laggy. scrolling in web browsers, moving windows around, etc is very choppy. ive used my CPU for years folding...
by vesprini@gmail.com
Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:50 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: GPU brand & specs question
Replies: 2
Views: 1331

Re: GPU brand & specs question

thanks very much for the information. much appreciated!
by vesprini@gmail.com
Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:45 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: GPU brand & specs question
Replies: 2
Views: 1331

GPU brand & specs question

hello im planing on building a computer specifically for running FAH 24/7. Im looking to get a dual GPU card setup and was wondering if FAH performs better with either a Nivida or ATI card. I know that the specific model and specifications of the card factor in but all else being equal (or close to)...
by vesprini@gmail.com
Tue May 22, 2018 8:21 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: CPU utilization question
Replies: 3
Views: 968

Re: CPU utilization question

thank you for the info! my concern was that the "shuffling" around of the various threads consumes unnecessary computation/management. If i watch the activity of each thread its highly volatile, large momentary spikes, then minimal activity, then some mid level activity, etc. At the same t...
by vesprini@gmail.com
Tue May 22, 2018 5:58 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: CPU utilization question
Replies: 3
Views: 968

CPU utilization question

hello sorry if this is the wrong forum for this, please redirect if so.... Ive been a long time user and am looking to build a new computer mostly for running FAH. On my current 4 core 8 thread system i split 50% of the processing power for FAH and 50% for World community grid and let my computer ru...
by vesprini@gmail.com
Tue Sep 20, 2016 7:11 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: forgotten team number
Replies: 3
Views: 1045

Re: forgotten team number

thanks very much! huge help!!
by vesprini@gmail.com
Tue Sep 20, 2016 5:25 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: forgotten team number
Replies: 3
Views: 1045

forgotten team number

ive just reformatted my computer and forgot to copy down my team number. I never made a team name. my team is really just a few computers i have at the office and my home, so there are no other team members i can contact. I still have my passkey but no team info....will my new install of F@H (with t...