How do I find out?
If you don’t want to install Belarc and are using Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), try this:
1. Open the Start menu and right-click on the My Computer (or just Computer) item in the right column of the menu. (If you have a My Computer on your desktop, you can also right-click on that.)
2. In the pop-up menu, click on Manage.
3. When the Computer Management program opens, click on Device Manager.
4. You should see a tree view of all the parts in your computer. Look for the Display Adapters entry and expand it.
5. Let us know what it says your display adapter is called. For example, my desktop has “NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS” listed.
If it says NVIDIA 8xxx or 9xxx or GTX 2xx, or ATI 2xxx or 3xxx or 4xxx, then you can probably use your GPU to fold.
If you want to just try installing the software to see if it works, it’s available here:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/DownloadWinOther
The GPU2 program has a standard Windows installer. You just download the install program, run it, click OK a few times, and everything is set up for you (just like the CPU version). If you want a detailed walkthrough to the install/setup process, look here:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1339662
That page also explains how to run Folding@home on multiple graphics cards if you happen have more than one in your computer.