F@H Client and gpu folding Question.

[kpe1950]

I am running Console client's 6.23 on my dual core processor, is there a way to change the processor usage instead of editing the client.cfg file and rebooting for it to take affect?

What graphics cards are supported for GPU Folding@Home?

[MtM]

Uhm did you read the EULA?

It is NOT allowed to edit client.cfg manually, never ever ever.

The client.cfg file is not really a text. It is managed by the Cosm package, which is used
by the client as an aid to machine-independence. You've got the right idea with the
newlines. The routines which handle the config file are fairly picky about the format,
expecting that it will only be manipulated by the client itself, when it is first started
or later run with the -config flag. Here is what Adam Beberg, who wrote Cosm, says about
it in the header file for the config file functions:

The Rules:
o These are binary files, not text. You're not supposed to have to edit them.
o Config files contain ascii, not unicode.
o No linefeeds (\n) in section/keys/values - those are line separators.
o No '=' or '[' in keys, and avoid ']'.
o Everything is case sensitive.
o Blank lines are ignored, but added at the end of sections for humans.
o Any improperly formatted line is discarded.
o Comment lines don't exist, that's what documentation is for.
o The majority of cases the config will only be read, so optimize for reading.

http://fahwiki.net/index.php/Client.cfg

So, that's the lecture, now the method you could use is to simply create additional shortcuts with -configonly, which can be run along an existing instance, and change the settings. These will be picked up right away, except for the last 3 settings under advanced options which do require a client restart.

Gpu supported is also in the faq's, I would suggest you give them a better read! Nvidia needs > g80 and Ati needs > R600. If that doesn't make sence, there is a link on top of the forum called WIKI, click on it

[bruce]

Welcome to the foldingforum, kpe1950.

The official FAQ index is here: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ
Note the links on that page to
. . . # GPU2/ATI FAQ (Core 11, 12)
. . . # GPU2/NVIDIA FAQ (Core 11, 13, 14)

[kpe1950]

Thanks for the welcoming and the important information.