Problem with Nvida 8500 GT

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KAMCOBILL Send message Joined: 7 Jul 07 Posts: 8 Credit: 960,646 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3333 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 0:14:19 UTC Last modified: 26 Oct 2008 \| 0:15:45 UTC
	I'm have problems with WUs while running. I'm running on WinXP Pro 2 core host. While WU is running alone, it takes up 50% and Explorer.exe takes up 50%. When runnng with a WU from another project, It take 25% and Other WUs 25% and Explorer 50%. When WU was received it had 11 hours to complete, but it is running slow and looks like it'll take over 100 hours. How can I stop Explorer.exe from hogging up all the processing? I downloaded 178_08 for WinXP. That's the driver it gave me to download. Thanks Bill Edited. It is happening with 6.3.14 and 6.3.17 both
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[SETI.USA]Tank_Master Send message Joined: 8 Jul 07 Posts: 85 Credit: 67,463,387 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3335 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 0:39:13 UTC
	disable the indexing service. I have found that to be the culprit for high CPU usage from explorer.exe. Also check to see if you have 2 explorer.exe running at once.
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3336 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 1:49:03 UTC
	something to keep an eye on: your 8500GT is very slow and will probably miss the deadline for a lot of WUs, even if you fix the explorer.exe problem. A 9600GT, which is more than twice as fast as your card, is recommended as the minimum. MrS ____________ Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002
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KAMCOBILL Send message Joined: 7 Jul 07 Posts: 8 Credit: 960,646 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3343 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 4:27:16 UTC - in response to Message 3336.
	I disabled the indexing and everythig that I could. It's still tearing up explorer. I jsut suspended all other WUs. Now, WU is 50% and Explorer.exe is 50%. Hopefully, It'll make the deadline. :D Thanks a lot. I'll have to check out a better GeForce.
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3353 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 9:53:20 UTC
	I think 178.08 was some beta driver. You could try 178.13 or 178.24, which are both WHQL and are running fine for a lot of people here. Getting a faster card would be nice, but this won't solve your software problem ;) Information regarding buying a new card can be found in these threads, though it's not up to date. Especially the price/performance ratio of GTX 260/280 improved considereably since the update to application 6.48. Only downside of these is a higher price and IMO that the Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 is not compatible with them. cheapest card what card performance (outdated) cooling MrS ____________ Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002
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KAMCOBILL Send message Joined: 7 Jul 07 Posts: 8 Credit: 960,646 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3379 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 17:38:23 UTC - in response to Message 3353.
	I couldn't find a way to get a newer driver.At least with the link to Nvida. When I selected WinXP, that's the driver it gave me. Where can I get a newer driver?
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Jayargh Send message Joined: 21 Dec 07 Posts: 47 Credit: 5,252,135 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3380 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 17:46:14 UTC - in response to Message 3379.
	At the NVidia download page type any versions that ETA gave you into search in top right corner and it will link you ;)
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[SETI.USA]Tank_Master Send message Joined: 8 Jul 07 Posts: 85 Credit: 67,463,387 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3385 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 19:07:38 UTC
	I get the drivers from http://www.nvidia.com
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3388 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 21:08:54 UTC - in response to Message 3385.
	I get the drivers from http://www.nvidia.com Just checked: download drivers, XP + Geforce 9 + English (doesn't matter for drivers anyway) -> 178.24. MrS ____________ Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002
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KAMCOBILL Send message Joined: 7 Jul 07 Posts: 8 Credit: 960,646 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3394 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 22:36:02 UTC - in response to Message 3388.
	Thanks. I found it and got it installed. It's still terring up Explorer.exe though and doesn't look like it'll make the deadline. I'll try to find a way to tune it somehow. :D Thanks for all the help.
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[SETI.USA]Tank_Master Send message Joined: 8 Jul 07 Posts: 85 Credit: 67,463,387 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3395 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 22:43:02 UTC
	the explorer problem isn't related to BOINC. Ive seen it before, but I don't remember how I resolved the problem exactly. Its been to long since I have used XP :P
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KAMCOBILL Send message Joined: 7 Jul 07 Posts: 8 Credit: 960,646 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 3396 - Posted: 26 Oct 2008 \| 22:52:25 UTC - in response to Message 3395.
	Know what you mean. Maybe, I'll send problem to Rom and see what he can come up with.
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