Video Card choices

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Jimbo Send message Joined: 30 Jul 09 Posts: 7 Credit: 112,838,474 RAC: 0	Message 53878 - Posted: 1 Apr 2012, 2:14:27 UTC - in response to Message 53553. currently i have 2 4670's but i am swapping those out with two 4850's so i will be able to run milky way. i chose the 4850's caz the wattage is lower than most of the others(110 watts each) the 4670 wattage is 70 each. i got a good deal.., is there a better card or is the 4850 a good choice? anyone? ID: 53878 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Jimbo Send message Joined: 30 Jul 09 Posts: 7 Credit: 112,838,474 RAC: 0	Message 53879 - Posted: 1 Apr 2012, 3:10:40 UTC - in response to Message 53878. with the 4670 i was having errors and i had to run 11-9 but runs 12-2 fine. - cheers ID: 53879 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Jimbo Send message Joined: 30 Jul 09 Posts: 7 Credit: 112,838,474 RAC: 0	Message 53880 - Posted: 1 Apr 2012, 3:24:38 UTC - in response to Message 53879. Milkyway@Home requires a GPU supporting Double Precision arithmetic. Examples (these lists are not all of the GPUs which should work) Nvidia: GeForce GTX 590 GeForce GTX 580 GeForce GTX 570 GeForce GTX 560 Ti GeForce GTX 560 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GT 545 GeForce GTX 480 GeForce GTX 470 GeForce GTX 465 GeForce GTX 460 GeForce GTS 450 GeForce GT 430 Geforce GTX 295 Geforce GTX 285 Geforce GTX 280 Geforce GTX 275 (credits to Bruce) Geforce GTX 260 Tesla S1070 Tesla C1060 Tesla M2090 Tesla M2070 Tesla M2050 Tesla S2050 Quadro Plex 2200 D2 Quadro FX 5800 Quadro FX 4800 Quadro 5000s, 5000s, 4000s (Based on GT200 GPU) AMD/ATI: AMD Radeon 7970 AMD Radeon 7950 AMD Radeon 6990 AMD Radeon 6970 AMD Radeon 6950 AMD Radeon 6930 ATI HD Radeon 5970 (credits to kashi) ATI HD Radeon 5870 ATI HD Radeon 5850 ATI HD Radeon 5830 ATI HD Radeon 4890 ATI HD Radeon 4870 ATI HD Radeon 4850 ATI HD Radeon 4830 ATI HD Radeon 4770 ATI HD Radeon 4830 ATI HD Radeon 38x0 (credits to cenit for the AMD documentation describing the products above) ATI Firestream 9270 ATI Firestream 9250 ATI Firestream 9170 (credits to Cluster Physik) ID: 53880 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

ExtraTerrestrial Apes Send message Joined: 1 Sep 08 Posts: 204 Credit: 219,354,537 RAC: 0	Message 53893 - Posted: 2 Apr 2012, 21:10:13 UTC - in response to Message 53878. The HD4850 is still fine, but getting really old. Sure, it doesn't consume as much power as other cards, but it's also slower. The chip is manufatured in dated 55 nm technology, which is inherently less power efficient than the 5xxx and 6xxx series in 40 nm. Personly I sold my HD4870 some time ago to a gamer on a budget, as I figured it was not power efficient for 24/7 crunching any more.. for me, at least. MrS Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002 ID: 53893 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

JLConawayII Send message Joined: 27 Apr 10 Posts: 35 Credit: 90,828,595 RAC: 0	Message 53894 - Posted: 3 Apr 2012, 1:29:11 UTC If you want a powerful card solely for this project, get an ATI card. Nvidia artificially cripples double precision computing on their video cards to an insane degree, and they do not perform well here. ID: 53894 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Jimbo Send message Joined: 30 Jul 09 Posts: 7 Credit: 112,838,474 RAC: 0	Message 54477 - Posted: 21 May 2012, 3:52:19 UTC - in response to Message 53894. i finally settled for an HD5850 1GB DDR5 - seems to be a little more stable. ID: 54477 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote