Posts by Tim Lungstrom

1) Message boards : Number crunching : GPU Requirements [OLD] (Message 40705) Posted 27 Jun 2010 by Tim Lungstrom Post: Has anyone used the ATI HD 4850 card on MW? That seems the lowest priced double percision card that ATI has that will work with MW. The 4770 seems to be costing more and has 640 streams to the 4850's 800 streams. I am looking for the lowest costing ATI card for GPU. 4670 is the lowest costing I would buy, but it does not work with MW. So if I about double the cost to $100, then I can go to 4850 card. My GT220 card died a few weeks ago, so I was looking at getting a replacement and for Collatz, ATI was the only choice for the price. I can get over 4 times the credits going ATI for the same price as the GT220, so now I am looking for the lowest costing ATI that works with the most projects. I am running an AMD Phenom 9650 quad core @ 2.3 GHz, with only 1 PCIe x16 slot. It does have the smaller x1 slot though. I have 4 gig ram and 1 TB internal and 1TB external. I run Ubuntu 64-bit Linux. I could run 64-bit XP, but need the free DVD authoring and video editing software, since on a fixed income I cannot afford the software prices. That is why Ubuntu Linux. I am not a gamer and run GPU only for BOINC. My monitor max out at 1368 x 768 as a widescreen 16:9 monitor. I would love a bigger one, but that was all I had the money for. I am really limited with spare money to buy computer parts and such, so I need to get the best items for the lowest prices I can. $100 is the most I can spare each month for non monthly bills or food. Very limited. ALSO for anyone who is a programmer of C++ on Linux, please tell me what is the easiest C++ system on Debian/Ubuntu to learn and use. Also If there is an easier programming system, I would like to know. I wish to relearn programming skills after 2 strokes took much of it away. I used Pascal more than C/C++, but want to learn the easiest, most powerful language "system" I can find "FREE". I miss creating things like Mainframe Accounting systems and dedicated language editor, like I did for RPG, all those years ago before I went PC only. Now I just want to relearn it for my own fun, since it was fun for me or I would not have become a programmer all those years ago. Let me know OFF the lists at seti "at" krackedpress "dot" com.