Cheapist graphics card to run this project Any one selling one

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Matt Send message Joined: 18 Aug 08 Posts: 8 Credit: 0 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 2858 - Posted: 7 Oct 2008, 20:58:55 UTC Hi can any one please tell me the cheapest card to run this project. Or does any one have a card for sale for £30 or less that will run this project. Cheers. ID: 2858 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 2861 - Posted: 7 Oct 2008, 21:28:44 UTC The slowest card which is able to return WUs within the deadline seems to be the 9600GT. Around the same price point I see 4 options for you, I'll quote them with current prices from mindfactory.de: 9600GT: 312 GFlops @ 86€ 9600GSO: 396 GFlops @ 81€ 9800GT 256 MB: 508 GFlops @ 89€ 9800GT 512 MB: 508 GFlops @ 105€ Buying anything smaller doesn't make sense, e.g. the 9500GT already only has 32 shaders compared to 64 on the 9600GT and performane drops to 134 GFlops. Performance in GPU-Grid is approximately proportional to GFlops. Therefore the smallest card which makes sense is the 9600GSO, but for 8€ more I'd surely choose the 9800GT, which is considerably faster. And you may get better deals if you look around a bit more. MrS Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002 ID: 2861 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Sherman H. Send message Joined: 28 Sep 08 Posts: 27 Credit: 6,201,632,872 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 2867 - Posted: 7 Oct 2008, 22:45:35 UTC - in response to Message 2861. While we're on the subject, what is the consensus on the dependence of the project on the amount of video memory? ID: 2867 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Kokomiko Send message Joined: 18 Jul 08 Posts: 190 Credit: 24,093,690 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 2869 - Posted: 7 Oct 2008, 22:59:57 UTC - in response to Message 2867. Have you read this link from the start page? Check compatible Nvidia graphics cards ID: 2869 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 2872 - Posted: 8 Oct 2008, 6:31:00 UTC - in response to Message 2867. While we're on the subject, what is the consensus on the dependence of the project on the amount of video memory? I think currently 256 MB is fine, but no one can guarantee that it will stay this way in the future. MrS Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002 ID: 2872 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

GDF Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 14 Mar 07 Posts: 1958 Credit: 629,356 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 2885 - Posted: 8 Oct 2008, 18:35:40 UTC - in response to Message 2872. 256 is fine, but 512 is strongly suggested for future applications. gdf ID: 2885 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

[Toscana]SickBoy88 Send message Joined: 6 Sep 08 Posts: 2 Credit: 886,989 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 2888 - Posted: 8 Oct 2008, 19:38:04 UTC - in response to Message 2885. Last modified: 8 Oct 2008, 19:43:02 UTC Why does the amount of video ram influence the speed of calculation? I though was the number of stream processor that are important.. not the ram.. Sorry for my bad english .__. ID: 2888 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 2889 - Posted: 8 Oct 2008, 19:56:57 UTC - in response to Message 2888. The amount of RAM does not influence the speed as long as you have enough of it. But if you run out of RAM the GPU needs to use system memory, which drops the bandwidth from 50-100 GB/s to a few GB/s. MrS Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002 ID: 2889 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote