hiya guys, i don't know if its just conincidence, but i've noticed im getting slow down on my system on things such as menus/quick launch bar/ windows loading in general, and its onyl really started since installing the GPU2 client again. i had a similar thing happen on my system when i had my old motherboard, but this is at most a month old install of XP Pro SP2. before the install, the menus etc were instantly responsive, unlike now, when i have to reload the quick launch to even be able to see the icons. is there actually any link between f@h or is it just coincidence?
It also depends a lot on your GPU. As far as ATI cards are concerned the higher-end cards can cope with larger data transfers to the GPU without causing 2D slowdowns, however the default data packet size is too much for lower-end cards. Mike Houston from AMD/Stanford is working on intelligent matching of packet size to card ability, but this isn't available in the current FahCores.
i get a lot of slowdown even when the client isnt running though, and its only since i reinstalled it.
Hmm, are you sure that the FahCore is actually being closed when the client isn't running? Look for FahCore_xx.exe (where xx = 11 to 14) If those aren't running it isn't Folding@home that's causing the problem.
yep, msconfig-ed out the service on startup, but i still get the issue. does the core run dormant in background services at all?
yeah, and it isnt, but i do remember in the past havin this issue witht he CPU console client running even atfer being told to shut down.
