hello all,

I have an older alienware laptop and the model is an m14x r1

it has a gtx 555m gpu. why is it that when I go to do a project, that it says 5 days to complete? I would not mind except for the fact that it passes the deadline. Are there any ways that I can extend the deadline or make it less than 5 days?

Thanks. I just find this really weird since I have an old gtx 460 that can process faster than this..

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Cruncher/Learner in progress.

Oops I mean it's a gt 555m gpu

Your GT555M has only 144 cores which means it is too slow for this project and yes, a GTX460 would beat it hands down.

I have an older alienware laptop and the model is an m14x r1

it has a gt 555m gpu. why is it that when I go to do a project, that it says 5 days to complete?

Because this GPU's computing capability is this low.

I would not mind except for the fact that it passes the deadline. Are there any ways that I can extend the deadline or make it less than 5 days?

No, there isn't.

I just find this really weird since I have an old gtx 460 that can process faster than this..

The "X" marks the top-end cards in NVidia's naming conventions, so you are comparing a mid mid-range mobile GPU to a low top-end desktop GPU. Generally desktop GPUs can be faster because they have higher TDP limits than mobile GPUs. If you compare their specifications (GTX 460 vs GT 555m) it is quite clear, why the GTX 460 is faster:

                   GTX 460           GT 555m
CUDA cores           336               144
Graphics clock       675 MHz     up to 753 MHz
Processor clock     1350 MHz    up to 1506 MHz
Texture Fill Rate     37.8        up to 16.2 Billion/sec

ah, alright. I figured it wouldn't be fixable but I thought I'd ask just in case.

Thanks everyone.

any projects you recommend that this GPU would work on just fine?

any projects you recommend that this GPU would work on just fine?

POEM@home (OpenCL), Einstein@home (CUDA), SETI@home (CUDA).

Hi Logan Carr PrimeGrid Has work for small & older GPU's. I think you will be happy.
Generalized Fermat Prime Search n=15 (GFN-15) Recent average GPU time: 0:05:02
Generalized Fermat Prime Search n=16 (GFN-16) Recent average GPU time: 0:06:18
Generalized Fermat Prime Search n=17 (GFN-17-Low) Recent average GPU time: 0:21:05
you can find them in( Subproject )

Hi Logan Carr PrimeGrid Has work for small & older GPU's. I think you will be happy.
Generalized Fermat Prime Search n=15 (GFN-15) Recent average GPU time: 0:05:02
Generalized Fermat Prime Search n=16 (GFN-16) Recent average GPU time: 0:06:18
Generalized Fermat Prime Search n=17 (GFN-17-Low) Recent average GPU time: 0:21:05
you can find them in( Subproject )

thanks! i got it to work however i have gpu enabled and it is only using my cpu, why is that?

After the general selection at the top of the preferences page for PrimeGrid you select GPU and then you also need to scroll down and select each specific subproject you would like to run. Within each of the Generalized Fermat Prime Search subprojects there are three checkboxes - CPU, NVidia GPU, and AMD/ATI GPU - please check the NVidia box. For more help on running PrimeGrid please post on the forums on that site (I crunch for both so I'll likely see you over there) - happy prime hunting!

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Thanks - Steve