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Forum Archive 2023 => dMw's Community Centre => Community Archive => Dead Men Folding => Topic started by: Penfold on May 19, 2009, 03:08:01 PM

Title: GPU buggering up email
Post by: Penfold on May 19, 2009, 03:08:01 PM
My GPU folding has started to realluy mess up my email.

I've updated the drivers and reduced the core usage but no change.

Look at the different load time when GPU is running and when it's turned off.

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Title: GPU buggering up email
Post by: delanvital on May 19, 2009, 03:47:10 PM
are you using beta gfx drivers?
Title: GPU buggering up email
Post by: Penfold on May 19, 2009, 03:52:08 PM
no :(

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Title: GPU buggering up email
Post by: delanvital on May 19, 2009, 04:03:12 PM
What kind of Vista are you running? This is XP-related, but you might find something here (http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=3817&start=0)

Are you running on a dual or quad core? If so, play around with the affinity setting in the GPU-folding settings
Title: GPU buggering up email
Post by: Penfold on May 19, 2009, 04:09:46 PM
Windows 7 and what are the affinity settings?

Thanks
Title: GPU buggering up email
Post by: delanvital on May 19, 2009, 04:52:05 PM
Quote from: Penfold;276650Windows 7 and what are the affinity settings?

Thanks

There are issues with Windows 7 if you try a custom skin and it is not made properly. Try a few skins, just for testing?

Right-click folding in tray, configure, advanced, then try both ticking and unticking  "do NOT lock cores to specific CPU"
Title: GPU buggering up email
Post by: Bob on May 19, 2009, 09:01:33 PM
Quote from: delanvital;276649What kind of Vista are you running? This is XP-related, but you might find something here (http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=3817&start=0)

Are you running on a dual or quad core? If so, play around with the affinity setting in the GPU-folding settings
Interesting read. Thanks!

I have similar problems at work. I run three CPU folding processes and one GPU folding process on my work computer. When I have the GPU active though, I experience severe lag (especially when moving windows, items or whatever around on the screen) - so I end up disabling the GPU process and activating another CPU process instead while at work. Will try the fix in the link you posted tomorrow and see if that perhaps can help out a bit :)
Title: GPU buggering up email
Post by: delanvital on May 19, 2009, 09:40:30 PM
Quote from: Bob;276717Interesting read. Thanks!

I have similar problems at work. I run three CPU folding processes and one GPU folding process on my work computer. When I have the GPU active though, I experience severe lag (especially when moving windows, items or whatever around on the screen) - so I end up disabling the GPU process and activating another CPU process instead while at work. Will try the fix in the link you posted tomorrow and see if that perhaps can help out a bit :)

I have read quite a bit about it, as I have the same problem with GPU on XP (I fold on all four cores of a quad core + GPU normally, when you disable affinity and use recent nvidia drivers, you don't need to free a core anymore). It seems that it can be a variety of things - with type of OS + type of GFX card (even between diff nvidia) and amount of cores. The GPU-lag is common with quad core CPUs.
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