ATI Radeon

From BOINC

Though at present ATI Radeon cards do not support as many projects as Nvidia cards, ATI's have a very high performance in those projects that they do. Therefore, when you are active in one of those projects, you might want to consider upgrading to a recent Radeon card.

Projects with ATI/AMD applications:

You will -at this moment- generally get the most performance out of the latest and highest models Radeon cards, the 58xx, 59xx, 69xx, 77xx, 78xx and 79xx families. Mind you: not all Radeon 5xxx cards have the same features, e.g. a feature like double precision -needed for Milkyway@home- is *NOT* to be found in a HD 57xx or lower, nor in the HD 68xx series. Radeon cards are not the only cards manufactured by Ati/AMD that support double precision either.

Get the latest BOINC software

Get the latest Ati driver

Run BOINC, and look at the Messages. If BOINC reports a GPU, your current driver is OK. Otherwise

It never hurts to check whether there is a more recent driver though.

Things to be aware of

  • By default, your GPU will be used only when you are not using the computer; otherwise graphical updates become jerky. If you want to use the GPU all the time, you must change your preferences.
  • You can configure BOINC to not use GPUs when particular applications are running.
  • You can configure BOINC to not use specific GPUs on a multi-GPU system.
  • If you have questions or problems related to GPUs, check the BOINCFAQ.