Message boards : Questions and problems : Boinc and Rendering/Gaming GPUs
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![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 17 Mar 24 Posts: 2 |
Hello, I have severall laptops i9 with dual GPUs. The Primary is usualy an Intel and the secondary a NVidia GForce. The Gforce Experience does not regnise BOINC as a software that is able to run with the NVidia, and therefor runs on the Intel instead. For better and faster results, it would be nice to have the BOINC client running on the NVidia GPU... It's just a suggestion... Thanks Best Regards. Lord Bessa |
![]() Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15585 ![]() |
BOINC has had Nvidia GPU support since the start of CUDA in 2004. It all depends on drivers. Install the correct drivers and add the projects that use your GPU, and it'll work itself out. |
Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5142 ![]() |
The use of CUDA within BOINC was first announced at the very end of 2008 (source), although that was admittedly only the end of a lengthy period of development under NDA. Later, support for a second programming language - OpenCL - was also added. BOINC projects generally tend to use one or the other, but not both. You are best off installing drivers directly supplied by the manufacturers of your graphics device(s) - Nvidia, AMD, or Intel. The drivers included in your operating system may not support the full range of languages. |
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Use https://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx?lang=en-us to download the drivers for your GPU. Do choose the correct model before downloading the drivers. Thanks Richard, for correcting the year that Nvidia added support. |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 17 Mar 24 Posts: 2 |
Thanks everyone. I will update to the Latest Drivers. |
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