Will a GT 520 work for GPU Grid?

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Khali Send message Joined: 13 Jan 14 Posts: 8 Credit: 371,367,922 RAC: 445,306 Level Scientific publications	Message 34733 - Posted: 20 Jan 2014 \| 0:07:26 UTC
	I just found some GT 520's for $20 each. Brand new overstock/discontinued. Will this card work for GPU Grid? EVGA GeForce GT 520 Part Number: 01G-P3-1523-KR Core Clock Speed: 810MHz CUDA Cores: 48 Memory Clock Speed: 1794MHz Memory Bandwidth: 14.3GB/sec Shader Clock Speed: 1620MHz Bus: PCI-E 2.0 Interface: DVI-I, HDMI, VGA Product Warranty: 3 year warranty Product Length: 5.7in - 144.8mm If it will I am thinking of putting four of them into a old 3 GHz Core Duo system. I will probably have to upgrade the PSU but beyond that I should be good to go. Any thoughts or recommendations?
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Retvari Zoltan Send message Joined: 20 Jan 09 Posts: 2356 Credit: 16,377,515,923 RAC: 3,462,917 Level Scientific publications	Message 34734 - Posted: 20 Jan 2014 \| 1:50:56 UTC - in response to Message 34733.
	I just found some GT 520's for $20 each. Brand new overstock/discontinued. Will this card work for GPU Grid? It won't work. See the FAQ - Recommended GPUs for GPUGrid crunching. A general advice for everyone thinking about doing something similar: Don't put 4 slower cards in a PC instead of one faster. Outdated cards are inadequate for crunching (at least for GPUGrid). They are slow and inefficient, while this project has very short deadlines.
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Khali Send message Joined: 13 Jan 14 Posts: 8 Credit: 371,367,922 RAC: 445,306 Level Scientific publications	Message 34735 - Posted: 20 Jan 2014 \| 2:15:03 UTC - in response to Message 34734.
	I just found some GT 520's for $20 each. Brand new overstock/discontinued. Will this card work for GPU Grid? It won't work. See the FAQ - Recommended GPUs for GPUGrid crunching. A general advice for everyone thinking about doing something similar: Don't put 4 slower cards in a PC instead of one faster. Outdated cards are inadequate for crunching (at least for GPUGrid). They are slow and inefficient, while this project has very short deadlines. Thanks for the reply. You just provided back up to what some one my Crunching team pointed out. Those older cards are just too slow for the job. I may just have to pick up another GTX 680 like I have. Assuming I can even find one.
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kingcarcas Send message Joined: 27 Oct 09 Posts: 18 Credit: 378,626,631 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 34742 - Posted: 20 Jan 2014 \| 17:45:07 UTC Last modified: 20 Jan 2014 \| 17:48:25 UTC
	You are better off spending $100 on a GTX 650 at the least. (380 Cuda Cores) The GT 240 I had and the 430/620 I have at least had 96 Cuda Core ____________
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