Is there a way to fold ONLY core17's?

Akagi · 12 Feb 2014 at 20:02

Hi guys, I'm, pretty sure this has been asked before, but this time it is because core 15's give my GPU terrible coil whine, whereas it is silent with 17's.

Is there a way to do this?

Akagi · 12 Feb 2014 at 21:17

Still curious, but not so important now as I have decided to return the GPU.

It seems lots of things make it squeal like a banshee, not just folding.

MGP · 13 Feb 2014 at 14:34

I don't know of any way to force only one WU type, be that CPU or GPU. Setting advanced or beta type flags merely suggests that you are able to accept those WUs that are still regarded as "in test" by Stanford. It doesn't mean you only get those types.

Essentially you get what ever is given to you, that you PC declares it can handle based on it's benchmarking. Your only viable option is to decide if you will allow GPU or CPU folding, both types, or simply to go not on :eek:

Akagi · 13 Feb 2014 at 16:46

Apparently Linux can only take core 17's so I guess I could run F@H from inside a Linux VM?

MGP · 13 Feb 2014 at 19:16

Now that is getting technical. And I'm not sure if there would be a performance hit by running a VM?

Berserker · 13 Feb 2014 at 20:59

Almost certainly. And most* VM software doesn't allow direct access to the GPU anyway.

* All that I'm aware of, but I've been out of this 'game' for a while and there's bound to be an exception

Whitestar · 13 Feb 2014 at 21:03

It's not likely that any VM solution will give direct access to the GPU. There's just no need for it.

Akagi · 13 Feb 2014 at 22:13

Ah well...

Kei · 14 Feb 2014 at 22:49

I've experienced the same problem. Core 15's makes my system squeal, after some closer inspection, it is the power supply in mine. It is only folding a core 15 or super high frame rates (like ice storm in 3dmark) that resulted in squealing on mine. I tend to use v-sync on everything though which may minimise the issue.