I just installed a 'new' old 8800GTS. I get this message.

4/12/2011 9:56:29 PM NVIDIA GPU 1 (not used): GeForce 8800 GTS (driver version 26724, CUDA version 3020, compute capability 1.0, 285MB, 259 GFLOPS peak)

What does not used mean? The card isn't getting any work.
Windows is recognizing it with the dummy plug in, but BOINC won't give it any work. My other card:

4/12/2011 9:56:29 PM NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 470 (driver version 26724, CUDA version 3020, compute capability 2.0, 1248MB, 1120 GFLOPS peak)

BOINC version is 6.10.58 running on Win7 x64. Could it be the cards have a different compute capability and work can't be split in such a way? I haven't tried running just the GTS by itself.

---

What does not used mean?

Just as it says, it's not used. By default, BOINC will only use the best card, not anything else you stick in there. If you want to use all cards, tell BOINC to do so, by using a cc_config.xml file with the following lines in it:

<cc_config>
<options>
<use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>
</options>
<cc_config>

If you haven't got one yet due to something else you needed it for, use Notepad to make said file and save as All Files, with only .xml extension in your BOINC Data directory, save as ANSI format.

---

Still coming up as not used.


I didn't have the config file, but I created according to this:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration

I even had the client 'read config file,' but nothing came up in the messages about the GPU. When I run the xml file it loads in explorer without any errors, so the syntax is right.

Did you place it in the BOINC data directory?

You find the path to that folder in your Messages tab after a reboot.

If you don't see a file named client_state.xml where you created the cc_config.xml, you aren't in the data directory.

Gruß,
Gundolf

---

Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

I even had the client 'read config file,' but nothing came up in the messages about the GPU.

No, GPU detections are only done at BOINC start-up. So you will have to exit BOINC and restart it. BOINC Manager->File->Exit->Check "Stop running science applications on exiting Manager?"->OK, followed by Start->(All) Programs->BOINC->BOINC Manager.

And yeah, the file needs to be in your BOINC Data directory.
Default places are shown in this FAQ, and otherwise it shows in your startup messages where you put yours.

---

It was the data directory. I searched but never found the client_state, so I un-installed and then re-installed just to find the correct directory. Works now. Thanks for your help guys.

Carl

Idea for the next time, and also for others still scratching their heads how to get that information. The path to the Data directory is shown in your BOINC start-up messages.

Like so:
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Starting BOINC client version 6.12.22 for windows_x86_64
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: report completed tasks immediately
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: ignoring ATI GPU 3
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't compute while SpybotSD.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't compute while Crysis2.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't compute while oblivion.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't compute while falloutnv.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't compute while LaunchGTAIV.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't compute while GTAIV.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't compute while Launcher.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't compute while speed.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't compute while NFS11.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't compute while halo.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't compute while FarCry2.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: don't use GPUs while steam.exe is running
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: GUI RPC allowed from:
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Config: 192.168.1.4
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, benchmark_debug, checkpoint_debug
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | log flags: cpu_sched, dcf_debug, file_xfer_debug, sched_op_debug, statefile_debug
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.5
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Data directory: D:\ProgramData\BOINC
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Running under account Ageless
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz [Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 2]
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Processor: 256.00 KB cache
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 syscall lm vmx tm2 popcnt pbe
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | OS: Microsoft Windows 7: Ultimate x64 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.01.7601.00)
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Memory: 3.99 GB physical, 7.98 GB virtual
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Disk: 205.08 GB total, 66.72 GB free
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | Local time is UTC +2 hours
12/04/2011 18:30:00 | | ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD 4700/4800 (RV740/RV770) (CAL version 1.4.1332, 1024MB, 1000 GFLOPS peak)

That's quite possibly the easiest way to get that information. No need to uninstall and reinstall. Another way is to check in the registry, in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Setup\, look for the DATADIR entry. make sure you don't change anything here, just take a look. Write it down, or copy the key name.

---