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In this FAQ I'll try to detail what minimum requirements are necessary to use GPUs for calculations at the various projects. Each project has its own page, with minimum/maximum requirements and possibly against which plan class. Depends on if I can get all that information from the project developers.<br>  
 
In this FAQ I'll try to detail what minimum requirements are necessary to use GPUs for calculations at the various projects. Each project has its own page, with minimum/maximum requirements and possibly against which plan class. Depends on if I can get all that information from the project developers.<br>  
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For drivers, always download these from the GPU manufacturer's web site. Don't let Windows update the drivers, because Microsoft removes key parts from the drivers that are needed to do CAL, CUDA and OpenCL calculations. Windows 10 is herein troubling because they update the whole OS every year, overwriting your preferences, drivers and settings. Make sure to reinstall your videocard drivers after this yearly update.<br>
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[https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Nvidia drivers download page]<br>
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[https://support.amd.com/en-us/download AMD drivers download page]<br>
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[https://downloadcenter.intel.com/ Intel drivers download page]<br>

Latest revision as of 16:09, 23 November 2016

In this FAQ I'll try to detail what minimum requirements are necessary to use GPUs for calculations at the various projects. Each project has its own page, with minimum/maximum requirements and possibly against which plan class. Depends on if I can get all that information from the project developers.


Asteroids@Home
Collatz Conjecture
Einstein@Home
GPUGRID
Ibercivis
Milkyway@Home
Moo! Wrapper
Primegrid@Home
Seti@Home
Universe@Home

For drivers, always download these from the GPU manufacturer's web site. Don't let Windows update the drivers, because Microsoft removes key parts from the drivers that are needed to do CAL, CUDA and OpenCL calculations. Windows 10 is herein troubling because they update the whole OS every year, overwriting your preferences, drivers and settings. Make sure to reinstall your videocard drivers after this yearly update.

Nvidia drivers download page
AMD drivers download page
Intel drivers download page