Why isn't the project GPU-only by default?

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xotwod Send message Joined: 2 May 20 Posts: 1 Credit: 13,214,362 RAC: 0	Message 1394 - Posted: 11 May 2020, 19:26:38 UTC I am new here, so please be kind if I am totally off on this, and I apologize if I am. That said, I don't quite understand why the project is sending CPU-only tasks when it seems to take more than 100x longer. Why hasn't the project become GPU-only, or at least GPU-only by default? Especially with the pentathlon coming up, you would think we would want to have the most efficient way of completing tasks being the default? Cheers, xotwod ID: 1394 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

JohnMD Send message Joined: 8 Jan 18 Posts: 11 Credit: 25,123,011 RAC: 0	Message 1401 - Posted: 13 May 2020, 11:20:08 UTC - in response to Message 1394. Last modified: 13 May 2020, 11:23:04 UTC I am new here, so please be kind if I am totally off on this, and I apologize if I am. That said, I don't quite understand why the project is sending CPU-only tasks when it seems to take more than 100x longer. Why hasn't the project become GPU-only, or at least GPU-only by default? Especially with the pentathlon coming up, you would think we would want to have the most efficient way of completing tasks being the default? Cheers, xotwod Uncheck the CPU box in Amicable preferences if you don't want to use your CPU. The project just wants to get as many WU's done as possible ! ID: 1401 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mikey Send message Joined: 20 Feb 17 Posts: 19 Credit: 577,234,192 RAC: 4,494,284	Message 1444 - Posted: 10 Sep 2020, 23:17:59 UTC - in response to Message 1394. I am new here, so please be kind if I am totally off on this, and I apologize if I am. That said, I don't quite understand why the project is sending CPU-only tasks when it seems to take more than 100x longer. Why hasn't the project become GPU-only, or at least GPU-only by default? Especially with the pentathlon coming up, you would think we would want to have the most efficient way of completing tasks being the default? Cheers, xotwod Because ALOT of crunchers don't have a gpu that can crunch or understand that they need to load drivers that aren't included in Windows or Linux, some do, to crunch with their gpu. They are gamers that are trying something new and the games just work while crunching does NOT!!! ID: 1444 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Herlin Send message Joined: 13 Oct 20 Posts: 2 Credit: 2,727,641 RAC: 775	Message 1458 - Posted: 12 Nov 2020, 8:42:30 UTC - in response to Message 1394. Last modified: 12 Nov 2020, 8:46:24 UTC I am new here, so please be kind if I am totally off on this, and I apologize if I am. That said, I don't quite understand why the project is sending CPU-only tasks when it seems to take more than 100x longer. Why hasn't the project become GPU-only, or at least GPU-only by default? Especially with the pentathlon coming up, you would think we would want to have the most efficient way of completing tasks being the default? Cheers, xotwod It's not 100X, it's 10X workingtime(s) cpuTime(s) Crédit Application 1,119.29 102.45 6,836.19 Amicable Numbers up to 10^21 v3.02 (opencl_nvidia) 10,907.50 86,211.89 6,836.19 Amicable Numbers up to 10^21 v3.03 (mt) ID: 1458 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote