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Are there small GPU work units? And if so, is there a config to only accept/look for small work units?

I have a weak GPU. The work unit i received, F@H calculated that it would take about 5 days of 24/7 processing. My computer won't be able to complete the job by within the deadline because it won't be left on for long enough, so i've had to remove my GPU slot to give the work unit back to the server.

I'd still like to offer my GPU but only work on smaller work units if they're available.

There used to be a small flag. It was for Dial-up modem users, and it selected small data packets, not fast returning Work Units.

I seriously doubt any researcher is still crafting WUs for Dial-up, so even if you set it to small, I bet you get no work.

Gotcha. I assume there is more work involved for both the researcher and the server for small work units, so it makes sense.

Thanks for the advice.

FoldingFodder wrote:I assume there is more work involved for both the researcher and the server for small work units

Right now, where the assignment servers are so overloaded, would not be a good time to break the work into smaller, more plentiful WUs. I am surprised that they don't lean to fewer, huge WUs, as that would be less work for the assignment servers.