Noob questions - should I use my IGP?

[eddyc]

Hi Guys,

I have been using the FAH GPU Tracker V2 for the last couple of weeks on and off (mainly when it gets cold in my room). But I have only been using my CPU to crunch.

I don't have a graphics card because I'm not really a gamer but I do have an IGP in my mobo. It is an ATI Radeon HD 4200.

Is there anyway of using that for folding? Or am I in danger of overheating it? It just has the standard passive heatsink on it...

 

[eddyc]

Oh well. Thought it was worth a try. Thanks for the help.

 

[eddyc]

Folding on any ati card or igp does not give good performance

Interesting. Is it just to do with how the software is set up or is it down to the type of calculations that are required for folding?

A boinc project like Collatz conjecture or Moo! wrapper might work ok, worth a try we have teams for both

Thanks. I'll have a look at those. I think I do have a really old ATI card somewhere that I could dig out. Might be slightly better than the IGP...