Not "nearly", it is impossible... Vista uses a very restrictive driver model 
and that prevents two types of video drivers...



On May 18, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Ed A wrote:

> The mixed GPU machine is on Win7-64.  Have another 790FX board running 2
> NVidia cards in XP64.  Some are running mixed cards in XP but say it's more
> hassle to set up.  As I understand it, it's nearly impossible in Vista (but
> why anyone would want to run Vista is beyond me).  Haven't tried it in Linux
> either so can't be of help there.
> 
> Regards/Ed
> (Beyond)
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Raistmer <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Fine. What OS do you use?
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed A" <[email protected]>
>> To: "Raistmer" <[email protected]>
>> Cc: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:13 PM
>> 
>> Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] BOINC now supports OpenCL
>> 
>> 
>> Per your request, upgraded to v10.4 and BOINC v6.10.56.  Everything's
>>> still
>>> good, both ATI & NVidia GPUs detected and running great.  Right now the
>>> ATI
>>> is on MilkyWay and the NVidia on GPUGRID.  Some things to note: this is an
>>> AMD based system with 790FX chipset.  I have not had luck running mixed
>>> card
>>> types on my 790GX based MBs.  The 790GX will run either 2 ATI cards or 1
>>> NVidia and will not run a mixture of the two.  My 790FX based boards will
>>> run a combination of ATI and NVidia cards in whatever configuration
>>> chosen.
>>> I limit them to 2 cards/machine to keep the temps down.  Also, I never
>>> install CCC with the ATI drivers.  Have also heard that it's better not to
>>> install the NVidia control panel.  I use MSI Afterburner to ontrol the
>>> fans
>>> and clocks of pretty much any type of GPU, works better here than either
>>> of
>>> the factory apps.
>>> 
>>> Regards/Ed
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Raistmer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Could you try upgrade to Cat 10.4 ?
>>>> Catalyst 10.3 has bug in OpenCL part that leads to app crash.
>>>> Will Cat 10.4 recognize ATI GPU too ? Also, under what OS you trying
>>>> that?
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed A" <[email protected]>
>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 5:08 AM
>>>> 
>>>> Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] BOINC now supports OpenCL
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Works fine here with Cat v10.3 and NV v195.62.  Both cards are
>>>> recognized
>>>> 
>>>>> properly by the BOINC client v6.10.45 and work flawlessly together even
>>>>> when
>>>>> running different projects.  The strange thing I see is that with
>>>>> machines
>>>>> with 2 different NVidia cards, both cards are listed as the fastest on
>>>>> the
>>>>> "My Computers" listing (GPUGRID):
>>>>> 
>>>>> [2] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (895MB) driver: 19745
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> yet the client identifies them properly as a GTX 260 and a GT 240 in the
>>>>> WU
>>>>> info:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <core_client_version>6.10.45</core_client_version>
>>>>> <![CDATA[
>>>>> <stderr_txt>
>>>>> # Using device 0
>>>>> # There are 2 devices supporting CUDA
>>>>> # Device 0: "GeForce GTX 260"
>>>>> # Clock rate: 1.55 GHz
>>>>> # Total amount of global memory:                 939327488 bytes
>>>>> # Number of multiprocessors:                     27
>>>>> # Number of cores:                               216
>>>>> # Device 1: "GeForce GT 240"
>>>>> # Clock rate: 1.60 GHz
>>>>> # Total amount of global memory:                 536543232 bytes
>>>>> # Number of multiprocessors:                     12
>>>>> # Number of cores:                               96
>>>>> MDIO ERROR: cannot open file "restart.coor"
>>>>> # Time per step (avg over 625000 steps): 20.429 ms
>>>>> # Approximate elapsed time for entire WU:  12768.250 s
>>>>> called boinc_finish
>>>>> 
>>>>> </stderr_txt>
>>>>> ]]>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Raistmer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Problems with both ATI and NV GPUs installed looks much more like Cat
>>>>>> 10.4
>>>>>> bug not directly connected with OpenCL.
>>>>>> Catalyst doesn't see ATI GPU while both NV and ATI GPUs installed.
>>>>>> That's
>>>>>> why I hope it will be resolved soon (with new catalyst release).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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