Message boards : BOINC client : BOINC 6 & GPU CUDA
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Send message Joined: 18 Apr 08 Posts: 9 ![]() |
Hello, i saw that in a log: "client: for CUDA, don't confuse coproc.name ("CUDA") from coproc.prop.name (e.g., "Device Emulation (CPU)" on my PC, which doesn't have a recent-enough gpu)" What's mean ? if i have a good GPU Nvidia not very old, like 7xxx or 8xxx or quadro or CUDA, i can use power of my GPU for computing in BOINC in parallel of my CPU ? |
Send message Joined: 19 Jan 07 Posts: 1179 ![]() |
if i have a good GPU Nvidia not very old, like 7xxx or 8xxx or quadro or CUDA, i can use power of my GPU for computing in BOINC in parallel of my CPU ? No, because there isn't any project that uses GPUs. |
Send message Joined: 18 Apr 08 Posts: 9 ![]() |
OK, but why to write GPU and CUDA ?! CUDA is a GPU specificly created for paralleling computing, and "NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology is the world’s only C language environment that provides access to processing power of NVIDIA GPUs. It enables developers to utilize NVIDIA GPUs to solve the most complex computation-intensive challenges such as oil and gas exploration, financial risk management, product design, medical imaging, and scientific research" http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_home.html i don't understand all :-( |
Send message Joined: 25 Nov 05 Posts: 1654 ![]() |
From you 1st post: WHICH log file had this message? Were you trying to run a specific program/project when you got the message? Regarding your 2nd post: Just because some company creates a "wonderful new piece of computer hardware", it doesn't mean that the science applications currently using BOINC will automatically run on it. The projects all need to re-write their applications to use the software that goes with the new hardware, in this case the CUDA. Which means having a CUDA, people who know the software, and time to write it. They also need to justify the costs to their administrators. In most cases they just won't bother. |
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Send message Joined: 25 Nov 05 Posts: 1654 ![]() |
Ah, right. Thanks. I thought it was in something from the OP's computer. Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky In that case, including it in version 6 is just future proofing. |
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