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trawetSluaP
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2017/06/09 11:21:22 (permalink)
Hi all,
 
When Folding if I watch Youtube on Twitch I tend to get a fair amount of Lag/Buffering.  
 
If I bought a secondary cheap GPU and ran my monitor from it would it stop this?
 
Thanks,
Paul

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    Cool GTX
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    Re: Using a secondary GPU while Folding 2017/06/09 11:39:14 (permalink)
    Good question
     
    I would think it would indeed help if your internet is not the issue, as long as you were not folding on the second card.
     
    Do you have a good internet connection - Fast ?  Are you sharing the connection with other data intensive uses ? 
     
    When not Folding do you see the lag/ buffering ?
     
    Most do not Fold on the CPU as it is not as energy/ PPD effective as a GPU.  Are you Folding on the CPU ?
     

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    trawetSluaP
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    Re: Using a secondary GPU while Folding 2017/06/09 11:44:34 (permalink)
    Hi, 
     
    Got a Fiber connection, and the lag isn't present when I turn off Folding so it's definitely down to it.  I don't Fold on my CPU either.

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    Re: Using a secondary GPU while Folding 2017/06/09 12:03:20 (permalink)
    Cool GTX
    Good question
     
    I would think it would indeed help if your internet is not the issue, as long as you were not folding on the second card.
     
    Do you have a good internet connection - Fast ?  Are you sharing the connection with other data intensive uses ? 
     
    When not Folding do you see the lag/ buffering ?
     
    Most do not Fold on the CPU as it is not as energy/ PPD effective as a GPU.  Are you Folding on the CPU ?
     


    That is a good question for anyone folding or crunching. I use 2 GPUs and my cpu to fold and crunch on three separate computers. On one of the boxes  I have the monitor plugged into the mobo for video and the other two the card in position 1. I do not watch video on any of those except to make onsite changes to the project I am running. In that case does it make any difference where the monitor is plugged in to?
    I use teamviewer to make most changes.
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    bcavnaugh
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    Re: Using a secondary GPU while Folding 2017/06/09 12:03:41 (permalink)
    You can give this a try
    One Day Attached Images will start working.
    [turn off accelerated graphics] in your Browser
     
    To disable hardware acceleration, follow these steps:
     
    1.Click Start, and then click Internet Explorer.
    2.Click the Tools icon in the upper-right corner, and then click Internet Options.
    3.Click the Advanced tab, and then under Accelerated graphics, select the Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering check box.
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    Re: Using a secondary GPU while Folding 2017/06/09 13:07:24 (permalink)
    What settings are you using for folding? Are you setting it to full? Giving it a higher priority in configuration? These will cause it to lag as it will compete with front and center processes.


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    Re: Using a secondary GPU while Folding 2017/06/09 14:27:19 (permalink)
    i would disable hardware acceleration like bcavnaugh said first. if it still persists then a second GPU in your motherboard primary pcie socket that doesnt fold would be a solid second choice, as you can fold on that when you are not at your pc ;)


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    Re: Using a secondary GPU while Folding 2017/06/12 14:15:24 (permalink)
    Or use an APU and set your desktop up to run on the APU's GPU (which would need a new system, but something to keep in mind for the future).

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