> OK, I now get why you want to use this - to prevent disasters, rather than control temperatures and performance.
> Does polling the GPU cause problems with OpenCL apps as is the case with CPU-Z and a few similar monitoring tools? No problem with running TThrottle and any OpenCL app I've tried. Ed On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:57 AM, S Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, I now get why you want to use this - to prevent disasters, rather than > control temperatures and performance. > > Modern CPU's and GPU's can automatically downclock when they are too hot. > Obviously if you overclock and disable fan warnings you are over-riding > existing emergency settings and TThrottle might help. However, in my > experience the most common hardware failures would be motherboard, PSU and > hard drive. While we don't want any catastrophic events, including GPU > failures, shouldn't these be the priority? If your PSU fails you can get > another, but if your hard drive fails you lose hardware and more > importantly data. > > Does polling the GPU cause problems with OpenCL apps as is the case with > CPU-Z and a few similar monitoring tools? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ed A <[email protected]> > *To:* S Ross <[email protected]> > *Cc:* "McLeod, John" <[email protected]>; Charles Elliott < > [email protected]>; BOINC Developers Mailing List < > [email protected]>; BOINC Alpha list < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, 17 January 2013, 14:42 > > *Subject:* Re: [boinc_alpha] [boinc_dev] "anonymous GPU" feature > > > Using a throttling tool is the wrong solution. > > You can better control the GPU's temperature using tools such as EVGA > Precision or MSI Afterburner. > > AFAIK we were referring to catastrophic conditions. MSI Afterburner is > excellent for controlling fan speed and thus temps under normal conditions. > The EVGA tool only works for a very limited number of GPUs. TThrottle > is a latter line of defense in case of some fan failure or extremely hot > weather. It works. > > Regards/Ed > > > Adding a case fan or two might also help! > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 8:21 AM, S Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > > Using a throttling tool is the wrong solution. > > You can better control the GPU's temperature using tools such as EVGA > Precision or MSI Afterburner. > > > On-off, on-off GPU crunching is Extremely Bad for performance; tasks > revert to their last checkpoint and the GPU clock will be increased and > decreased repeatedly (unless is stalls). > > If projects run too hot, increase the fan speed, reduce the Memory > frequency, downclock the GPU and/or the CPU. > You can even under Volt the CPU and GPU. > > TThrottle is also a poor solution to CPU temperature control, for the same > reasons. It's better to adjust the number of cores to crunch on, the CPU's > clock speeds and Voltages. > > Adding a case fan or two might also help! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
