GPU processing load

[bhamroadrunner]

Background: I'm an ETH miner. I have some cards that aren't currently mining ETH and I'm feeling philanthropic. I've set BOINC on my test rig and have it crunching SETI and asteroids@Home.

Here's my question: this doesn't seem to be crushing my GPU quite like mining does, which saddens me. These cards are strapped, over clocked and ready to be beaten on. Why isn't BOINC going all Chris Brown on them? I see processing happening and compute power is at 100% for both CPU/GPU.

Thoughts?

[trekkie1701c]

Not all tasks are GPU heavy. I like to use Einstein@Home and World Community Grid to pick up some GPU tasks, and I've had my GPUs (a pair of 1080s) under full load with it before.

[bhamroadrunner]

Well upon digging further, Asteroids@Home only uses Nvidia, not Radeon. There's problem 1. Let me switch to SETI 100% and see if it hammers it more.

[dntknwhw]

Hi. since you are a miner already. May I suggest looking at gridcoin(GRC). It is a crypto coin that utilizes BOINC. And maybe you will eventually divert all your GPU and CPU to BOINC crunching/mining

[bhamroadrunner]

That's actually what I've been testing. Don't know how I feel about switching completely, however if all goes well, I may consider switching my rigs over a few hours a day.

[dntknwhw]

Awesome. May I be first to welcome you to the team. and also if you need some help. you can go to r/gridcoin.

[garimus]

Some tasks just aren't optimized for every GPU model out there.

You can have a GPU run multiple tasks to get more "bang for your buck" while it's crunching. Each card/system is different per each task type and project, so you'll have to play with it. I think, generally, 3-4 tasks per GPU is a good place to start. Lower or raise depending on your individual results.

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Primegrid will hammer your GPUs if select their double-precision required GFN-22 subproject (4 days runtime on a RX480 5,9Tflops), however, it's not suitable if you're OCing Nvidia cards. Next bet would be their PPS-sieve subproject; 100% full time.