FAH gpu client help

[sr71000]

Hey guys. Got the gpu client running on vista ultimate 23 bit. GPU is a ATI HD 2600. In order for it to even run correctly I had to run it as administrator. Now the GPU client is maxing out both my processor and GPU. Is that normal?

-Kevin

[ShyguyXPC]

if I was running Vista on the AMD rig I could answer that, but unfortunately I can't, only running XP on it... but am running a 2600 Pro on that machine, so its a similar card. But I also run the CPU client with the GPU one, so my AMD system is always maxed out with both running.

hopefully one of the others can comment on that.

[KarmaKiller]

No it's not normal Kevin.
What you need to do, is make sure you have the latest ATI drivers. Last I heard, a ATI card was still using 30-40% of one core, but both should not be maxed out.
Also, I always had to run as Admin the first time I ran it, then after that I could run as a normal user.

[sr71000]

Figured out why it throws the error. It's working now. It's a single core athlon 64 3000+ running a 32 bit os. Is it normal to max out a single core processor running the gpu client? From the googling I've done it seems it is.

[sr71000]

Hey all. I got the cpu & gpu clients running but I noticed that running them both cuts my gpu usage from nearly 100% to usually just over 50. Just wondering what you guys think....should I leave just the gpu client or should I run both?

/edit I should also note i'm running the catalyst 9.1 drivers....could that be the issues?

[KarmaKiller]

Really it's up to you. But what you can do, is download FahMon, set that up, and see what kind of PPD your netting with just a single client vs the dual clients. See if there is a difference, and if so, how much of one.
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[sr71000]

Thanks for the advice will run some benchmarks!!!

-Kevin