How to set up single-GPU NVIDIA/ATI GPU2 Client

[bogmali]

What I am not understanding is under Part 3 of the tutorial where it says

Where exactly do you go to put this information to point it?
I cannot see anything in the Fahmon that makes me believe it is working properly.

Check post #34 and follow my simple guide

 

[msgclb]

What I am not understanding is under Part 3 of the tutorial where it says

Where exactly do you go to put this information to point it?
I cannot see anything in the Fahmon that makes me believe it is working properly.

You downloaded the F&H package where? Where did you extract it to?

It's the location of the extracted package you want.

i.e.
Clicked the 'Add a new client' and entered your username and then browse to where you installed 'Folding@Home-Win32-GPU_Vista-623' or whatever package you used then hit the OK button.

 

[Altered]

Check post #34 and follow my simple guide

How did I miss that I skimmed through this thread twice! Sorry.

You downloaded the F&H package where? Where did you extract it to?

http://img.techpowerup.org/090507/F@H-2009-07-06-1.jpg

It's the location of the extracted package you want.

i.e.
Clicked the 'Add a new client' and entered your username and then browse to where you installed 'Folding@Home-Win32-GPU_Vista-623' or whatever package you used then hit the OK button.

Great! I really appreciate it is reading something now. I presume I have it working VGA is working at 96% CPU @ 50%. Is it always going to draw this much or can you adjust it down some? I better go read up on WTF I am doing. I have no clue what to do when I am through or do you do anything I am going to read.

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

Yeah...I think I screwed up

 

[Papahyooie]

So if im reading right this is for Folding with an Nvidia as one gpu and ATI as the second GPU. This is exactly what I want to do exept the other way around (ATI=GPU1 Nvidia=GPU2) Can I just switch them around in the install process and it will work?

 

[bogmali]

Unless you're running Windows7 it is not possible to run both GPU. The other OSes will only recognize one driver. The GPU2 monicker refers to the second release of this GPU client.

 

[mike047]

Unless you're running Windows7 it is not possible to run both GPU. The other OSes will only recognize one driver. The GPU2 monicker refers to the second release of this GPU client.

But, you CAN run two Nvidia cards together?

I am on Linux for my farm and my learning curve will take a couple of days, but I assumed that I could run two 9600GSO in the same box.

 

[El Fiendo]

Yes, you can run two nVidia cards together in one box. However I'm not sure if Linux has drivers that support that. I know Linux is pretty limited to graphics cards that work. On top of that, I believe graphics cards take a huge hit running under Linux when it comes to daily production. If you don't mind me asking, whats the reason to run Linux over other OSes?

However, what Bogmali was talking about was mixing and matching ATi and nVidia as both Catalyst and Forceware drivers can't be installed on the same OS and work, except Win 7.

 

[mike047]

Yes, you can run two nVidia cards together in one box. However I'm not sure if Linux has drivers that support that. I know Linux is pretty limited to graphics cards that work. On top of that, I believe graphics cards take a huge hit running under Linux when it comes to daily production. If you don't mind me asking, whats the reason to run Linux over other OSes?

However, what Bogmali was talking about was mixing and matching ATi and nVidia as both Catalyst and Forceware drivers can't be installed on the same OS and work, except Win 7.

Linux[Ubuntu] is free. I am downsizing a farm of 46 boxes. I have over all had as much success with linux as windoze and am at 111 in the world Boinc. I folded before and used linux[Xandros] for 1.7m[IIRC]. OEM windoze is about $90 a pop and if you run many boxes and don't have a corporate os or a stolen os....... I couldn't afford it.

I don't think Linux Nvidia drivers are an issue as I run them on my 12 GPUs at GPUGrid without issues for the most part. They are readily available at the Nvidia web site.

[edit] To my knowledge Linux oss have a very good support of Nvidia cards. I have not found a card yet that did not run without adding drivers at all. Crunching at GPUGrid requires a certain level of driver [177.xx up] that you have to add manually.

 

[El Fiendo]

Sorry, I was thinking more along the lines of dual card support, single card support is probably just fine. Mind you, I guess it would recognize both as what they were but not do SLI. Seeming we don't want SLI in the first place it'd probably be fine.

I'm pretty soft in the area of Linux knowledge, and all I remember was going through a list of cards that Xubuntu supported with my brother. This was 4 or 5 years ago now so its probably alot better. On top of that, my knowledge of Linux drivers in general is about that old as well. I do seem to recall people saying the GPU cards didn't have the same throughput (over all production) that could be achieved in Windows. Though again, I could be wrong.

Anyways, when it all comes down to it, if the drivers are there and working you won't have any issue with 2 nVidia cards together. With the coming of Windows 7 ATi and nVidia work on the same system now. It may be even possible to do this in Linux, but I know it wasn't possible before in Windows.

 

[Papahyooie]

Ok so i would have to run windows 7. Just a thought though, I have had both catalyst and forceware running at the same time because I used an ATI card for graphics and a Nvidia card for physx under XP pro. Wouldnt that be the same thing? It recognizes both cards and they play nicely together.

EDIT: ok, I totally just realized that I totally misunderstood the OP. Ignore me. Mods can delete my posts in this thread or whatever they do.

 

[Hayder_Master]

how can i edit my sitting , im pick up an big package and my card going worm , i want take the normal one

 

[bogmali]

Paste a copy of your desktop here, I'm trying to see what shortcuts you have.

 

[Hayder_Master]

Paste a copy of your desktop here, I'm trying to see what shortcuts you have.

ok here is my friend

 

[bogmali]

OK looks like it's working and you want to know how to change the settings on what size WUs you want to work on correct?

 

[Hayder_Master]

OK looks like it's working and you want to know how to change the settings on what size WUs you want to work on correct?

i want to change to normal size , something use 60%-70% form GPU

 

[bogmali]

OK, that folding icon on the F@H-make a shortcut your desktop (two of them as a matter of fact). You can make a second copy from the first shortcut. See my illustrations below.

The one on the right -gpu 0 tag is only if you're using multiple gpu so you should leave your original shortcut alone. The one on the left with the configonly tag is the one you use to configure your client.

This is what it looks like when you run that configonly setting (similar to when you first setup the client):

Hope this helps

 

[Hayder_Master]

OK, that folding icon on the F@H-make a shortcut your desktop (two of them as a matter of fact). You can make a second copy from the first shortcut. See my illustrations below.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26003&stc=1&d=1243098937

The one on the right -gpu 0 tag is only if you're using multiple gpu so you should leave your original shortcut alone. The one on the left with the configonly tag is the one you use to configure your client.

This is what it looks like when you run that configonly setting (similar to when you first setup the client):

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26004&stc=1&d=1243099351

Hope this helps

thanx a lot my friend im go try it , and im really appreciate you all of this

 

[bogmali]

I finally figured out how to get the 2 cores on my GTX295 folding The key item was hooking into the HDMI output as opposed to using the 2 DVI ports. The HDMI port will be your primary display and one of the DVI will be secondary (dummy plugged).

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I finally figured out how to get the 2 cores on my GTX295 folding The key item was hooking into the HDMI output as opposed to using the 2 DVI ports. The HDMI port will be your primary display and one of the DVI will be secondary (dummy plugged).

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26227&stc=1&d=1243810316

Nice work! I never got that far as my 295 was fubar'd. I'd still like to get one for the built-in Sli, but they are hard to find now at a decent price.
.

 

[Duxx]

welllll i finally got Fahmon to work, lol that took way too long to find go 8800 gts ftw!