System get laggy when using GPU

Stef
Stef
Joined: 8 Mar 05
Posts: 206
Credit: 110568193
RAC: 0
Topic 195980

Hi,

My system gets laggy when I enable GPU crunching. GPUZ displays a GPU usage of 90-95% (GT 220).
Is there a possibility to reduce the priority of the e@h-task on the GPU? Or is the only way to solve this issue to disable GPU crunching when the computer is in use?

It processes a BRP task in 2h45m, just fyi :)
The old 8800 GTS 512 was about 4x faster but consumed about 10x more energy. Maybe I will replace it again when it's colder outside.
Didn't had that laggy-issue with my old GPU.

DanNeely
DanNeely
Joined: 4 Sep 05
Posts: 1364
Credit: 3562358667
RAC: 0

System get laggy when using GPU

You'll probably have to set your GPU to compute when idle. GPU task swapping is much less mature than CPU task swapping; with the result that low end cards struggle to do two things at once without latency problems.

Bikeman (Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein)
Bikeman (Heinz-...
Moderator
Joined: 28 Aug 06
Posts: 3522
Credit: 715664583
RAC: 965878

Hi! Also the 6.12. series

Hi!

Also the 6.12. series of BOINC clients allow you to pause GPU tasks manually from the tray menu (CPU-only tasks will continue, unless configured otherwise).

HB

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.