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Setting WCG to predominantly use the CPU.

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HI guys! New here! :)

I have been using BOINC to run MilkyWay@Home. Since MW@Home spends most of its time using my GPU with my CPU being not implemented very much I thought it could be put to work on WCG curing Childhood cancer. I have been looking in the boinc manager trying to figure out how to get the WCG to leave my GPU alone and focus on my CPU's idle cycles.

Can anyone give me some pointers on how to accomplish this?
 
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The BOINC wiki says:

There is a separate set of project preferences for each project in which you participate. These include:
Resource share
If projects contend for resources, the amount allocated to a project is proportional to this number. The Default is 100.
Email prefs
Whether the project should send you newsletters by email.
Hide computer information
Whether the project should show information about your computers (their CPU and OS type, benchmark ratings etc.; not their names or addresses) on its web site.
Default computer location
The location assigned to computers that attach to this account.
Project-specific preferences
Defined by the project; e.g., to specify graphics color schemes.

To edit these preferences, visit the Your Account page at the project's web site.
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but I cant find these options on my accounts page at the projects web site :(

ok found a device profile page but its still not clear to me how to get what I want setup setup. No clear option to tell the project to only use the CPU.
 
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WCG doesn't use the GPU at all. You're probably running MW@H and WCG at the same time.
 
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WCG doesn't use the GPU at all. You're probably running MW@H and WCG at the same time.
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Yes I am. So that's cool then. Thats what I want. MW@Home to use the GPU and WCG to use CPU. So if its defaulting that way then great. :)
 
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Ok just joined the TechPowerUp team for WCG. Hope you guys don't mind.
 
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I knew I'd get you to do it eventually... ;)
 
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