My aging GPU is showing it's age with an ASUS Nvidia GT220 GPU. Did I read that SETI (or another project) is/has dropped support from GT4xx back?

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George Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Oct 17 Posts: 222 Credit: 2,597,521 RAC: 13	Message 1994281 - Posted: 19 May 2019, 3:15:41 UTC In one of these forums I think I read that older GPU cards than (I think) GT4xx and backwards are no longer supported by SETI(?) tasks. It could have been Einstein@Home or Milkyway@Home. I think my aged computer is starting to show its age. Did I read this information correctly? George ID: 1994281 ·
Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13903 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 1994282 - Posted: 19 May 2019, 3:25:39 UTC Not that i've heard of. Certainly sometime some time in the future such old hardware will be depreciated, but not yet. Your system is still processing and getting work. Whether it's worth using such hardware to process work is an entirely different question- a cheap second hand card with only slightly higher power consumption would produce almost 7 times the amount of work. Grant Darwin NT ID: 1994282 ·
W-K 666 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19533 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67	Message 1994283 - Posted: 19 May 2019, 3:27:54 UTC Desktop GPU's older than the 470 and 480 are no longer supported by Nvidia. That maybe what you saw/heard. ID: 1994283 ·
Ian&Steve C. Send message Joined: 28 Sep 99 Posts: 4267 Credit: 1,282,604,591 RAC: 6,640	Message 1994285 - Posted: 19 May 2019, 3:42:18 UTC Last modified: 19 May 2019, 3:44:58 UTC Yeah. You can’t use new drivers. But I believe you can still use the GPU on the project as long as it is working properly. The newest driver you can use for that card is 342 on windows and 340 on Linux. Edit: there’s a sticky thread here about the old cards. Use drivers 339 and older. Seti@Home classic workunits: 29,492 CPU time: 134,419 hours ID: 1994285 ·
rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22713 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 1994299 - Posted: 19 May 2019, 6:41:41 UTC SETI@Home has a long standing policy of not restricting processing to "new" computers, there are people running GPUs older than yours. The only limitation is that they work, don't produce loads of errors, and the user is happy with what their computer is doing. Along the same lines, old versions of Windows and Linux are still in use (and probably a few Sun Sparc stations etc), even though the OS support for them stopped some years ago. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1994299 ·
George Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Oct 17 Posts: 222 Credit: 2,597,521 RAC: 13	Message 1994328 - Posted: 19 May 2019, 14:31:35 UTC Thank you guys for responding and clearing up my confusion on GPUs. Many thanks. My GPU is running the driver #342 from 2016, and even though BOINC Manager keeps sending messages to update my driver and Nvidia hasn't updated (doesn't support it anymore) the driver for this GT220 card. I will be updating/replacing it soon, and installing an SSD. I'll post again after I do. George ID: 1994328 ·

 
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