F@H Question. Why's my gpu only using 25%?

[Caliber Mengsk]

 

I've seen it at 50% for sure also (think I've seen it near 100%, but I'm not certain of that). I'm assuming it has something to do with cuda core vs render cores or something to that effect, but I'd still assume F@H could use more than 25% of the gpu's processing power. I'm asking cause I'm used to seeing my estimate at 6 million per day, and it's currently hovering at 700,000ish per day. Is it just a slower time for higher rated tasks atm? I know last year there was a time period where I was only getting like 1-2 gpu tasks a day that only ran for an hour or two.

[Hyrogenes]

Heavy cpu bottleneck looks like. But usually folding wouldnt have any issue with cpu bottlenecks. Not 100% sure

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Are you using full power folding? or low power? (you can change this in the web client)

[Caliber Mengsk]

2 minutes ago, Hyrogenes said:

Heavy cpu bottleneck looks like. But usually folding wouldnt have any issue with cpu bottlenecks. Not 100% sure

CPU is cause I have folding@home doing both CPU and GPU processes. (CPU is 3950x, GPU is 3090)

[minibois]

Click on the the title above one of the graphs (i.e. "Video Encode") and change it to "CUDA". That is where F@H usage is recorded at.

I see the CPU is at 100%. The general rule of thumb with Nvidia GPU's + F@H is leaving 1 thread over for the program itself and then 1 thread per every Nvidia GPU you're running.

You can change the amount of threads used in the advanced settings of the F@H desktop program.

[Caliber Mengsk]

-_- just saw that it changed to 7 million again. Guess the estimate was just off for a bit.

 

(I counted the digits 5+ times to be certain my eyes weren't playing tricks.)

 

 

-_- Thanks for the help all. I may just be a numpty.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Caliber Mengsk said:

-_- just saw that it changed to 7 million again. Guess the estimate was just off for a bit.

 

(I counted the digits 5+ times to be certain my eyes weren't playing tricks.)

 

 

-_- Thanks for the help all. I may just be a numpty.

You'll find the estimate swings quite a bit. Don't get too fixated on it.

[Caliber Mengsk]

1 minute ago, Den-Fi said:

You'll find the estimate swings quite a bit. Don't get too fixated on it.

Yeah, I know it moves, but it's normally not quite that drastic. It's normally between 6.5 million and 8.5 million depending on the task it's doing, not 700,000.

[Moonzy]

16 minutes ago, Caliber Mengsk said:

GPU is 3090

what's the VRAM temp?

you might be throttling due to VRAM overheating

since F@H hits VRAM quite hard

[Caliber Mengsk]

10 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

what's the VRAM temp?

you might be throttling due to VRAM overheating

since F@H hits VRAM quite hard

HWInfo doesn't say specifically vram.

 

I'm guessing that'd be the "Memory Junction Temperature" but I'm not sure what all things should be beside the main gpu temperature, in which 70 is totally normal. It's also only using 1.7gb of vram, so I don't "think" it would cause a lot of heat.

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, Caliber Mengsk said:

HWInfo doesn't say specifically vram.

 

I'm guessing that'd be the "Memory Junction Temperature" but I'm not sure what all things should be beside the main gpu temperature, in which 70 is totally normal. It's also only using 1.7gb of vram, so I don't "think" it would cause a lot of heat.

memory junction temp is the right parameter to look at

 

can you screencap more info that than? im particularly interested in the board power

 

did you do any undervolting or adjustments to clock speeds at all?

 

from the looks of it, you're way below the throttling limit which is 110c for memory junction temp

[Caliber Mengsk]

1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

memory junction temp is the right parameter to look at

 

can you screencap more info that than? im particularly interested in the board power

 

did you do any undervolting or adjustments to clock speeds at all?

 

from the looks of it, you're way below the throttling limit which is 110c for memory junction temp

 

There's all the GPU info. It's all at stock, no overclocking on cpu or gpu.

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Caliber Mengsk said:

There's all the GPU info. It's all at stock, no overclocking on cpu or gpu.

looks all normal, you're good