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). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
