INTEL GPU
3 Aug 2023 14:53:15 UTC
Topic 229905
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Is the Intel GPU really capable of crunching work units?
What is the minimum GPU version required if so?
I've got some systems with both Intel and NVidia GPU's, it would be cool if both GPU's could crunch WU's
My systems are all Linux openSuse Tumbleweed and mostly i9-9900k and one i9-1300kf that doesn't have the on board Intel GPU but the CPU is a real powerhouse, crunching at a really decent rate - I wish i hadn't bought it for unrelated reasons I wont go into and bought the ASUS Rog strix gaming motherboard Instead.
Cat22 wrote:Is the Intel
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The biggest thing to remember is that unless it's a standalone gpu it's part of the cpu so you will reducing the amount of processing your cpu will get done, and if the gpu task is highly optimized that could be by alot!!
As for the Nvidia gpu's just go to nvidia dot com and find your gpu and download the drivers. I don't know about the Intel drivers as it's been a LONG time since I did that.
Cat22 wrote: Is the Intel
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I see that you have mostly NVIDIA GPUs but I can't tell if you have an Intel GPU running with your multiple GPUs listed. BOINC has a habit of only showing the best (most powerful) GPU in your listing of more than one co-processor.
Also, I'm not familiar with Linux openSuse Tumbleweed, only Linux Ubuntu, but I can tell you that if your Intel GPU is actually the CPU with Graphics capability then it is not recommended to use the CPU and your GPU(s) together as that is a no-no. One or the other, not both, and the CPU can crunch some projects but you must realize that you will be using up most of your CPU cores, and it will be slower to process project tasks.
From what I can tell, you have only one GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q, that only has 4GB of memory. While that may be enough for some projects running a single task at a time, it is not enough for other project's tasks, like Einstein's FGRPB1G which requires just a bit more than 4GB. The rest of your NVIDIA cards have 6GB or more, and they are fine for any project.
Also, one more thing. I can't say without extensive searching every project and every task what the minimum GPU version is to crunch work units or tasks. That you will need to find out for yourself.
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