Nvidia GTX460 not supported? Too slow. [Resolved]

[Fldngbob]

I have a newer computer that I am re-building that has a Nvidia GTX460 graphic card. The CPU is folding properly.

The log file shows:

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12:45:01:WARNING:FS01:No CUDA or OpenCL 1.2+ support detected for GPU slot 01: gpu:-1:-1.  Disabling.
12:45:01:Adding folding slot 01: gpu:-1:-1

The command "nvidia-smi" shows:

• nvidia-smi
  Wed Jan 10 07:47:55 2024
  +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  | NVIDIA-SMI 390.157 Driver Version: 390.157 |
  |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
  | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
  |===============================+======================+======================|
  | 0 GeForce GTX 460 Off | 00000000:02:00.0 N/A | N/A |
  | 30% 33C P12 N/A / N/A | 40MiB / 709MiB | N/A Default |
  +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  
  +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  | Processes: GPU Memory |
  | GPU PID Type Process name Usage |
  |=============================================================================|
  | 0 Not Supported |
  +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

(Cannot configure font correctly to get graphic to appear normal width but, I think we get the idea.)

Almost done:

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root@fah003:~# cat /var/lib/fahclient/GPUs.txt | grep "GTX 460"
0x10de:0x0dd1:0:0:GF106 [GeForce GTX 460M]
0x10de:0x0e22:0:0:GF104 [GeForce GTX 460]
0x10de:0x0e23:0:0:GF104 [GeForce GTX 460 SE]
0x10de:0x0e24:0:0:GF104 [GeForce GTX 460]
0x10de:0x0e28:0:0:GF104 [GeForce GTX 460]
0x10de:0x1203:0:0:GF114 [GeForce GTX 460 SE v2]
0x10de:0x1205:0:0:GF114 [GeForce GTX 460 v2]
root@fah003:~# lspci | grep VGA
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] (rev a1)
root@fah003:~# cat /var/lib/fahclient/GPUs.txt | grep GF104
0x10de:0x06da:0:0:GF104GLM [Quadro 5000M]
0x10de:0x0e22:0:0:GF104 [GeForce GTX 460]
0x10de:0x0e23:0:0:GF104 [GeForce GTX 460 SE]
0x10de:0x0e24:0:0:GF104 [GeForce GTX 460]
0x10de:0x0e28:0:0:GF104 [GeForce GTX 460]
0x10de:0x0e30:0:0:GF104 [GeForce GTX 470M]
0x10de:0x0e31:0:0:GF104 [GeForce GTX 485M]
0x10de:0x0e38:0:0:GF104GL
0x10de:0x0e3a:0:0:GF104 [Quadro 3000M]
0x10de:0x0e3b:0:0:GF104 [Quadro 4000M]
0x10de:0x0e3e:0:0:GF104 [ES]
0x10de:0x0e3f:0:0:GF104 [INT]

And finally the config.xml file:

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12:45:07:Saving configuration to /etc/fahclient/config.xml
12:45:07:<config>
12:45:07:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
12:45:07:  <cause v='ALZHEIMERS'/>
12:45:07:
12:45:07:  <!-- HTTP Server -->
12:45:07:  <allow v='127.0.0.1 192.168.242.0/24'/>
12:45:07:  <deny v='0.0.0.0/0'/>
12:45:07:
12:45:07:  <!-- Network -->
12:45:07:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
12:45:07:
12:45:07:  <!-- Remote Command Server -->
12:45:07:  <password v='*****'/>
12:45:07:
12:45:07:  <!-- Slot Control -->
12:45:07:  <power v='full'/>
12:45:07:
12:45:07:  <!-- User Information -->
12:45:07:  <passkey v='*****'/>
12:45:07:  <team v='233601'/>
12:45:07:  <user v='rbrtewdn'/>
12:45:07:
12:45:07:  <!-- Web Server -->
12:45:07:  <web-allow v='127.0.0.1 192.168.242.0/24'/>
12:45:07:
12:45:07:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
12:45:07:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
12:45:07:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
12:45:07:    <pci-bus v='0'/>
12:45:07:    <pci-slot v='2'/>
12:45:07:  </slot>
12:45:07:</config>

I am probably incorrect but, it looks to me like the driver is not supporting the graphic card at all?
A restart of the computer and fahclient deletes all the manually created gpu settings on restart.
I am confused why this graphic card is not working?
Suggestions or does this configuration appear to be hopeless?

[bikeaddict]

The TechPowerUp GPU database shows the GTX 460 doesn't support OpenCL 1.2, only 1.1.

This GPU is too slow to do any useful work anyway.

[Fldngbob]

Quickly resolved. Thank you. While I was given this card from a relative I am not out any cash$$. So, into the electronic trash bin it goes. Question is am I rough with it or gentle . . . slam dunk sounds really good! BAM!

[Joe_H]

In addition to not supporting OpenCL 1.2 the GTX 460 also does not support a high enough version of Nvidia's CUDA. The oldest Nvidia GPUs that can be used for folding are those based on the Kepler microarchitecture introduced on many of the GT(X) 600 series cards. Some of the low end 600 and 700 series cards were still based on the previous generation Fermi GPUs such as used in the GTX 460.

Due to limitations of the libraries used in creating the GPU folding cores, Kepler based GPUs will use OpenCL for folding. CUDA will be used by the next generation Maxwell and newer GPUs introduced with the 700 and newer series cards.