I'm cpu-crunching for the world community grid project, which advises the boinc 5.10 clinet. And I'd like to see gpugrid in action... Is there any way to combine the two? Can I just install the 6.x boinc client next to it? Does it make sense (will gpugrid leave any cpu time?).

I'm cpu-crunching for the world community grid project, which advises the boinc 5.10 clinet. And I'd like to see gpugrid in action... Is there any way to combine the two? Can I just install the 6.x boinc client next to it? Does it make sense (will gpugrid leave any cpu time?).

Yes, you can do this, no problem.

I have at least one other project on my GPU enabled boxes. Simply install 6.3.10 over the top of the existing Boinc installation. Your existing projects will crunch away as normal. If your machine has the correct hardware you can then connect and crunch on GPU grid too.

Be advised that the GPU grid application takes a full CPU core, so a quad core will crunch 3 other normal WU and a dual core one other standard WU. If you are running on a single core, Boinc should schedule as normal, but I can't confirm that to be the case as I don't have any single core crunchers on GPU grid. Either way, your project cache may take a few days to settle down, the scheduler being rather erratic at first.

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I'm cpu-crunching for the world community grid project, which advises the boinc 5.10 clinet. And I'd like to see gpugrid in action... Is there any way to combine the two? Can I just install the 6.x boinc client next to it? Does it make sense (will gpugrid leave any cpu time?).

Yes, you can do this, no problem.

I have at least one other project on my GPU enabled boxes. Simply install 6.3.10 over the top of the existing Boinc installation. Your existing projects will crunch away as normal. If your machine has the correct hardware you can then connect and crunch on GPU grid too.

Be advised that the GPU grid application takes a full CPU core, so a quad core will crunch 3 other normal WU and a dual core one other standard WU. If you are running on a single core, Boinc should schedule as normal, but I can't confirm that to be the case as I don't have any single core crunchers on GPU grid. Either way, your project cache may take a few days to settle down, the scheduler being rather erratic at first.

Is there a way for my quad to crunch 4 units AND have the graphics card doing 1?

I'm cpu-crunching for the world community grid project, which advises the boinc 5.10 clinet. And I'd like to see gpugrid in action... Is there any way to combine the two? Can I just install the 6.x boinc client next to it? Does it make sense (will gpugrid leave any cpu time?).

Yes, you can do this, no problem.

I have at least one other project on my GPU enabled boxes. Simply install 6.3.10 over the top of the existing Boinc installation. Your existing projects will crunch away as normal. If your machine has the correct hardware you can then connect and crunch on GPU grid too.

Be advised that the GPU grid application takes a full CPU core, so a quad core will crunch 3 other normal WU and a dual core one other standard WU. If you are running on a single core, Boinc should schedule as normal, but I can't confirm that to be the case as I don't have any single core crunchers on GPU grid. Either way, your project cache may take a few days to settle down, the scheduler being rather erratic at first.

Is there a way for my quad to crunch 4 units AND have the graphics card doing 1?

Not yet

I'm cpu-crunching for the world community grid project, which advises the boinc 5.10 clinet. And I'd like to see gpugrid in action... Is there any way to combine the two? Can I just install the 6.x boinc client next to it? Does it make sense (will gpugrid leave any cpu time?).

Yes, you can do this, no problem.

I have at least one other project on my GPU enabled boxes. Simply install 6.3.10 over the top of the existing Boinc installation. Your existing projects will crunch away as normal. If your machine has the correct hardware you can then connect and crunch on GPU grid too.

Be advised that the GPU grid application takes a full CPU core, so a quad core will crunch 3 other normal WU and a dual core one other standard WU. If you are running on a single core, Boinc should schedule as normal, but I can't confirm that to be the case as I don't have any single core crunchers on GPU grid. Either way, your project cache may take a few days to settle down, the scheduler being rather erratic at first.

Is there a way for my quad to crunch 4 units AND have the graphics card doing 1?

Not yet

Which will produce more credit, 4 cores of Q6600 CPU @ 2.9 ghz or 3 cores at 2.9 ghz + 1 Nvidia 8800 GT 512

Is there a way for my quad to crunch 4 units AND have the graphics card doing 1?

only under MS Vista & Folding @ Home ;) there is only GPU Power 4 Crunching ... or you by an dualQuadsystem ... then u have many more Cores 2 Crunch ;) :) :)

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Which will produce more credit, 4 cores of Q6600 CPU @ 2.9 ghz or 3 cores at 2.9 ghz + 1 Nvidia 8800 GT 512

Definitely the last option.

MrS

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I know this asked a long time ago by the original author, but other people may still be asking.

Will your GPU give more credit than your CPU with one less core running?
It depends on your GPU, how many cores it has (CUDA cores, streams, pipelines: the GPU manufacturers keep changing the name). Number of cores * MHz = MIPS
For instance a
Nvidia 8800 GT: 112 cores @ 600MHz 67200
Nvidia GT 240: 96 cores @ 550MHz 52800
Nvidia GTX 280: 240 cores @ 600MHz 144000
Nvidia GTX 480: 480 cores @ 700MHz 336000

Quad core: 4 cores @ 3000MHz 12000
Dual core: 2 cores @ 3000Mhz 6000

See how even at those relatively low clock speeds, those GPUs with a load of cores can do some real work. So you lose a few thousand MIPS, with one core of the CPU busy handling the I/O, scheduling, logic, etc. for the GPU. But even an older or low end gaming GPU will add MPIS an order of magnitude higher.
CPU alone = 12000
CPU+GPU 3c @ 3000MHZ + 96c @ 550MHZ = 9000 + 52800 = 61800.