[CentOS] Folding At Home OT

Tue Apr 28 01:17:24 UTC 2015
Mark LaPierre <marklapier at gmail.com>

On 04/27/15 19:24, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 06:51:31PM -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>> On 04/22/15 21:05, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>>> Can someone recommend a good video card to use with CentOS 6.6 that has
>>> a GPU, or two, or more, that will work with the Folding At Home project.
>>>
>>> I built a killer machine primarily for contributing to the FAH effort
>>> but the video card, NVIDIA Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT], I had on
>>> hand is not getting any assignments.  I'm using the proprietary NVIDIA
>>> driver.  I've got a pcie 16X socket to plug it into.
>>>
>>
>> The underwelming response to my question leaves me wondering:
>>
>> Am I to gather that there are no CentOS FAH users here?
>>
>> or
>>
>> Am I to understand that none of the CentOS FAH users have a GPU that
>> works with FAH?
> 
> Yes, I'm a Centos Folder. I'm one of 3 or 4 currently active on 
> Team Centos
> 
> However, I've been unable to get GPU folding working, so I just
> dedicate all six cores to it.
> 
> You may want to ask your original question on the forums at the
> FAH site, also.
> 
> Fred
> 

Hey Fred,

Thanks for the tip.  I googled the FAH Hardware Forum.  They recommend
the NVIDIA 970 or 960 as their first choice.

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