Changing GPU no new tasks

Milan
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Hello,

I have changed my GPU from RX550 to RTX 3050 and now i don't get new tasks.

What to do?

Harri Liljeroos
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So you changed from AMD to

So you changed from AMD to Nvidia? They have separate selection on the project preferences page so you have to allow tasks for Nvidia and disable for AMD in the appropriate preference set (work/home/school or generic).

Gary Roberts
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Milan wrote:What to do?Go to

Milan wrote:
What to do?

Go to your computers list on the website and click the last contact link for your computer.  This will show you what the scheduler thought about your host with the changed GPU.

In particular, you will see:-

NVidia device (or driver) doesn't support OpenCL

You perhaps need to install OpenCL libraries from nvidia?

I don't use either nvidia or Windows so can't help you with the details for that.

Cheers,
Gary.

Milan
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I have already set task for

I have already set task for Nvidia and reinstall Boinc.

I will try with OpenCL. Does That affect gaming GPU performance or everyday use? I don't know what is OpenCL.

Thank you for answering

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Milan wrote: I have already

Milan wrote:

I have already set task for Nvidia and reinstall Boinc.

I will try with OpenCL. Does That affect gaming GPU performance or everyday use? I don't know what is OpenCL.

Thank you for answering

All current drivers should support OpenCL. Can you try reinstalling the Nvidia driver from https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/? I see you have the latest one already (512.15) but sometimes Windows update can mess things up.

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Milan wrote:Does That affect

Milan wrote:
Does That affect gaming GPU performance

Probably depends on how compute intensive the game is.  If you notice a problem, you could easily suspend BOINC for the duration of the gaming session.

Milan wrote:
... or everyday use?

Not likely to have much effect on normal 'office' type work.

Milan wrote:
I don't know what is OpenCL.

Google it.  It's fully described on Wikipedia (and elsewhere).

When you had an AMD GPU installed (an RX 550, according to your previous tasks) you were using it then.  You can't do GPU compute at Einstein (for both AMD and nvidia) without having OpenCL installed.

Cheers,
Gary.

Milan
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I just check GPU specs with

I just check GPU specs with GPU-Z and there is no Open CL. No computing :)

I will try with drivers but i already instaled them from official site and clean up AMD drivers with official utility tool.

This is LHR chip can that be a problem?

I was going for RX6600 but it was more expensive then RTX 3050 so i decided Nvidia.

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Milan wrote: I just check

Milan wrote:

I just check GPU specs with GPU-Z and there is no Open CL. No computing :)

I will try with drivers but i already instaled them from official site and clean up AMD drivers with official utility tool.

This is LHR chip can that be a problem?

I was going for RX6600 but it was more expensive then RTX 3050 so i decided Nvidia.

LHR has nothing to do with this.

even AMD official cleanup utilities can leave behind problems.

 

best to use a program called Display Driver Uninstaller. get it here: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

  1. download the program.
  2. boot into Safe Mode
  3. run DDU in Safe Mode
  4. make sure the DDU preferences have "do not allow microsoft to install drivers" selected
  5. select the button to remove drivers, do this for BOTH AMD and NVIDIA GPU drivers
  6. boot back into the OS
  7. install the Nvidia driver from the official Nvidia driver package

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Keith Myers
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I learned from TimeLord over

I learned from TimeLord over on the Seti forums who I sold an old 970 to for conversion to MacOS BIOS, that Nvidia is restricting and deprecating driver support of OpenCL on older cards.

No option to download the Studio drivers for the 970 anymore which contains the OpenCL component for any OS.

Only the Gaming drivers are offered for download which do not have the OpenCL component.

 

Ian&Steve C.
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yeah but Milan has an RTX

yeah but Milan has an RTX 3050, and there are no reports of openCL depreciation for his card or driver version. he's likely not having this issue.

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Keith Myers
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I realized he had a newer

I realized he had a newer card.  Point I was trying to make is the differentiation between the Studio driver download and the Gaming driver download for the 510 series drivers.

Studio = Yes, OpenCL component in the package.

Gaming = No, OpenCL component not offered in the package.

 

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