Asus 8800 GTS 320 MB (nVidia)

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Is there any way to use my GPU, Asus 8800 GTS 320 MB, for Boinc? It's reporting: "Your NVIDIA GPU has insufficient memory (need 300 MB)". Still my graphics card has 320 MB?!

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Asus 8800 GTS 320 MB (nVidia)

Hi and welcome to E@H!

The reported amount of memory is required free memory, not total memory. The display of your desktop etc also consumes some video memory.

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RE: Is there any way to use

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Is there any way to use my GPU, Asus 8800 GTS 320 MB, for Boinc? It's reporting: "Your NVIDIA GPU has insufficient memory (need 300 MB)". Still my graphics card has 320 MB?!

since you are just missing 3 MB - try to reduce the colour depth of your display to 16 bit. maybe this will free up enough resources after a reboot.

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could try turning off some of

could try turning off some of the "eye candy" . i dont run 7 so im not exactly sure how to do it.

seeing without seeing is something the blind learn to do, and seeing beyond vision can be a gift.

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RE: could try turning off

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could try turning off some of the "eye candy" . i dont run 7 so im not exactly sure how to do it.

Right click on the desktop, then chose Personalize, then Display at the bottom left, then Change display settings on the upper left.

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Worked for me ! Thanks

Worked for me !

Thanks guys, turned a paperweight into a E@H snail...

LOL

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RE: Worked for me ! Thanks

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Worked for me !

Thanks guys, turned a paperweight into a E@H snail...

LOL

dunx

Hey crunching is crunching, now just keep the cache low on that machine and you should be okay. Congratulations!!

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Don't laugh, I was trying to

Don't laugh, I was trying to shove it into the third slot on my Asus... but the case won't accept a dual slot GPU card !

Dammit !

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RE: Don't laugh, I was

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Don't laugh, I was trying to shove it into the third slot on my Asus... but the case won't accept a dual slot GPU card !

Dammit !
dunx

Hey that is how we all learn, trial and error.

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If I could be bothered I'd

If I could be bothered I'd take a hacksaw to the case, but I'm building another i7-870 Asus Maximus Formula based PC to share the WU's...

dunx

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RE: If I could be bothered

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If I could be bothered I'd take a hacksaw to the case, but I'm building another i7-870 Asus Maximus Formula based PC to share the WU's...

dunx

I know others that HAVE gone the hacksaw route! Good luck with your new system!!

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