Graphics Card/Processor Question

[pwest]

Hi:

I recently upgraded from an aging dual-core Athlon machine on which I could (just barely) run PowerSDR (in the background, with the panadapter off), WSJT-X, and Gridtracker with my Flex-1500. My new Intel NUC8i5BEK runs all these, with the panadapter on, at about 25% CPU load, with no problems so far.

From the Task Monitor, I see that GridTracker exploits the built in GPU, as does Chrome, but that PowerSDR doesn't touch it. Is there anything I can do, settings or driver-wise, to get any processing offloaded to the GPU?

Thanks,
Phil

[ke9ns]

Not really. PowerSDR uses some tricks for fast display updates, but does not use DirectX (or similar) to take direct advantage of the GPU's.

But luckily multi-core/multi-thread1 CPU's come to the rescue.
I have a AMD Ryzen 6 core (12 thread), so PowerSDR averages 5% cpu

Its still important to have a fast graphics card or chip, and very nice to have a solid-state hard drive.



Darrin
ke9ns