SETI.USA Forums FAQ

As of this writing, Collatz, Einstein, GPUGrid, MilkyWay, Moo! Wrapper, PrimeGrid, SETI@Home, and SETI@Home Beta have active CUDA/NVIDIA applications. Note that MilkyWay requires a double-precision GPU (compute capability 1.3), GPUGrid only works with faster NVIDIA cards, and Einstein is a hybrid CPU/GPU app.

As of this writing, Collatz, MilkyWay, Moo! Wrapper, and PrimeGrid have full-time active ATI/AMD applications. Additionally, SETI@Home and SETI@Home Beta beta (testing) ATI/AMD applications. Note that MilkyWay requires a double-precision GPU and PrimeGrid requires an updated driver with OpenCL support.

For info on projects that support the Intel HD GPU see this post.

Most modern video cards are able to crunch for BOINC. For a complete listing of what video cards will be able to crunch for some project, please see this forum post.

Because of the longer work units, only faster NVIDIA cards will crunch on GPUGrid. For a complete list of cards that will crunch on GPUGrid, please see this post.

As of this writing, MW is the only project that requires a video card to be capable of double-precision math. This is due to the need for extremely accurate calculations in their research. For a complete list of video cards that will crunch on MilkyWay, please visit this forum post.

Making a dummy plug so you can run your GPUs without attaching a monitor is very simple and easy to do.

Here are two versions of a dummy plug that achieve the same result:
This example offers ease of use and durability: The 30 second Dummy Plug
This example is best when removal is not required: The 5 second Dummy Plug

If you can't find the exact resistors mentioned above, 100 Ohm 1/4 watt resistors work just fine.