video card

[r2d2]

I have gotten my hands on this video card free.. How do I get boinc to recognize it?

NVIDIA® GeForce® 210 Graphics Card
Core Clock 520 MHz
Processor Cores 16
Memory Amount 1024MB DDR3 On-board Frame Buffer
Memory Frequency (effective) 1000 MHz
Memory Interface 64-bit
Power & Thermal 24W - Active
On-board Outputs DVI-I and HDMI and VGA
Bus Type PCI Express® 2.0

Key Features
NVIDIA® Unified Architecture
NVIDIA CUDA™ Parallel Computing Architecture

[zombie67]

Just install the appropriate driver. That's it.

[r2d2]

Hmm, I installed all the drivers for the card, but Boinc is not utilizing it or showing that I even have a GPU.. What could I be missing. Should I try and uninstall/reinstall boinc

[Duke of Buckingham]

I am not sure if this can be of any help, multiple GPUs usually need use all GPUs line at cc_config file.

Maybe someone can help you to make a good cc_config for your use and that wouldnt be me for sure.

[zombie67]

Yes, if you have multiple GPUs, BOINC will ignore the the weaker GPU by default. If you want to BOINC to use both, you have to add this line to you cc_config.xml:

<cc_config>
<options>
<use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>
</options>
</cc_config>

[shiva]

I have the same problem with a GTX650. Boinc doesn't even know it is there.

[r2d2]

Did you happen to try what Zombie said about adding that info to the cc_config.xml? I won't be home untill tonight to try that out.


I have the same problem with a GTX650. Boinc doesn't even know it is there.

[r2d2]

hmm. I added the cc_config.xml file to the data folder, and put that in there and still nothing.. Np GPU found... grrr.

[zombie67]

Just to double check, does BOINC see the cc_config.xml file?

When you ask BOINC to re-read config files, it should look something like this"

Fri Jan 24 09:39:40 2014 | | Re-reading cc_config.xml
Fri Jan 24 09:39:40 2014 | | Not using a proxy
Fri Jan 24 09:39:40 2014 | | Config: report completed tasks immediately
Fri Jan 24 09:39:40 2014 | | Config: GUI RPC allowed from any host
Fri Jan 24 09:39:40 2014 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, sched_op_debug
Fri Jan 24 09:39:40 2014 | RNA World | Found app_config.xml
Fri Jan 24 09:39:40 2014 | The Lattice Project | Found app_config.xml
Fri Jan 24 09:39:40 2014 | SETI@home Beta Test | Found app_config.xml
Fri Jan 24 09:39:40 2014 | Beauty@LHC | Found app_config.xml
Fri Jan 24 09:39:40 2014 | Albert@Home | Found app_config.xml
Fri Jan 24 09:39:40 2014 | Einstein@Home | Found app_config.xml

[r2d2]

This is what its showing:

1/24/2014 12:21:49 PM | | Re-reading cc_config.xml
1/24/2014 12:21:49 PM | | Not using a proxy
1/24/2014 12:21:49 PM | | Config: use all coprocessors
1/24/2014 12:21:49 PM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task

[r2d2]

I did a full uninstall of boinc, folders and all and then reinstalled.. All is good.. Boinc has recogized the GPU!!!..