Mac GPU question - ATI Radeon X1900 XT

Michael Robertson
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Topic 196650

First of all, my apologies if this is covered elsewhere and I have simply overlooked it.

I believe I have everything set up correctly for utilizing my GPU, but for some reason all of my E@H work units are being handled by the CPU. I'm wondering if (a) this ATI card is not supported or (b) if I have missed a configuration step along the way.

I am using BOINC 7.0.31 Mac OSX i686. In my E@H preferences, i have "Use ATI GPU" set to yes. I also have "Use CPU" and the "Run CPU versions of..." line set to yes, assuming that BOINC will route work as is most efficient. Should any of those settings be changed? Is there another step I'm missing?

Thanks advance for your help.

Edited to add more info: my OS is fully up-to-date as well.

Claggy
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Mac GPU question - ATI Radeon X1900 XT

Boinc isn't detecting a GPU on your host, until it does Einstein can't issue any GPU work.

Please post the Boinc startup messages from the Event Log, the first 20 to 30 lines will do.

By the way, what is your GPU?

Claggy

Horacio
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AFAIK, the Radeon X1900 cant

AFAIK, the Radeon X1900 cant be used for General Pourpouse computing, but for sure its not supported on this project, as you need a GPU from the HD5xxx series or newer.

The full requirements for GPU computing in Einstein are here:http://einsteinathome.org/node/196325

Michael Robertson
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Thanks for the info - I had

Thanks for the info - I had missed that bit about the minimum requirement being a 5xxx series card.

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