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Message 41810 - Posted: 13 Sep 2015 | 16:20:18 UTC

how can i get my computer to use at 100%? my gpu. because it takes 15 hours to complete the long run tasks .

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Message 41812 - Posted: 13 Sep 2015 | 20:30:08 UTC - in response to Message 41810.

Noone can use the GPU to 100%. Depending on your current setup there are a few things you could do, tough. Not sure what you're currently already doing. Reserved a CPU core?

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Message 41814 - Posted: 14 Sep 2015 | 0:29:28 UTC - in response to Message 41812.

well my computer setup is a
core i7 930 @3.6GHz
16 GB RAM
EVGA SC 780
and boinc Setup is use 100% of the CPU and i dont know if there is a limit for how much the GPU can be used.

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Message 41817 - Posted: 14 Sep 2015 | 1:30:56 UTC - in response to Message 41816.
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1. As your CPU is hyper-threaded, it has only 4 cores, so you should reduce the number of CPU tasks running (set the BOINC manager to use at most 50% of the CPU cores).
2. You should set up the GPUGrid app to use a full CPU core to feed your GPU:
Set the swan_sync environmental variable to make the GPUGrid client use a full CPU core.
Start button ->
type systempropertiesadvanced to the search box ->
press enter, or click on the result ->
click on the "environmental variables" button near the bottom ->
click on the "new" button near the bottom (system variables section) ->
variable name: swan_sync ->
variable value: 1 ->
click OK 3 times ->
exit BOINC manager with stopping all scientific applications ->
restart BOINC manager

If it's not satisfactory, furthermore you can try to run 2 GPUGrid tasks at the same time. You can find the instructions for how to do it here.

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Message 41819 - Posted: 14 Sep 2015 | 4:25:18 UTC - in response to Message 41817.

how do i set up the GPUGrid app to do that?

i have done everything else

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Message 41839 - Posted: 17 Sep 2015 | 18:27:18 UTC
Last modified: 17 Sep 2015 | 18:56:00 UTC

I tried this and rosetta still gets 4 cpus and the gpu starved EDIT update for both machines - boinc manager CPU usage 95 % will get 'er done 3 rossettas and a gpu core , task manager says about 9 % but the perf graph says [ looks like ] about 1/2 . as soon as I did it it ask for more work . just the swan mod did not open up a core by itself , thank you for your help

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Message 41917 - Posted: 30 Sep 2015 | 18:17:22 UTC

I re -tried this again and its working with a full 100 % cpu usage

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