Title: Nvidia 9600GS OpenCL Device Post by: AllMiner on June 12, 2011, 06:02:11 AM Hi I have an Nvidia 9600GS graphics card and I was wanting to know if there was an OpenCL device for this card? I appreciate your help. Thanks.
Title: Re: Nvidia 9600GS OpenCL Device Post by: sirj on June 12, 2011, 06:03:52 AM You can mine with it, but your best bet might be to sell it and buy a 5830.
Title: Re: Nvidia 9600GS OpenCL Device Post by: AllMiner on June 12, 2011, 06:13:51 AM You can mine with it, but your best bet might be to sell it and buy a 5830. Ok so Nvidia's aren't very good for mining? And is CUDA the only option for Nvidia users? Thanks. Title: Re: Nvidia 9600GS OpenCL Device Post by: pancakes on June 12, 2011, 06:16:46 AM You can mine with it, but your best bet might be to sell it and buy a 5830. Ok so Nvidia's aren't very good for mining? And is CUDA the only option for Nvidia users? Thanks. Have a look at this chart https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison You'd be pushing 10mh/s with that card. At that rate it would take over a month to generate one BTC. Title: Re: Nvidia 9600GS OpenCL Device Post by: AllMiner on June 12, 2011, 06:21:26 AM Wow yea that's bad. I'll take a look at that chart. thanks.
Title: Re: Nvidia 9600GS OpenCL Device Post by: BiggieJohn on June 12, 2011, 06:30:24 AM You can mine with it, but your best bet might be to sell it and buy a 5830. Ok so Nvidia's aren't very good for mining? And is CUDA the only option for Nvidia users? Thanks. Nvidia = CUDA = better at vector math, very good at matrix manipulation, requires 3 instructions per cycle for integer math ATI = openCL = integer math = exactly what you need to calculate sha256 hashes (bitcoin blocks), does integer math in 1 instruction per cycle edit: oops forgot the link https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Why_a_GPU_mines_faster_than_a_CPU#Why_are_AMD_GPUs_faster_than_Nvidia_GPUs? (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Why_a_GPU_mines_faster_than_a_CPU#Why_are_AMD_GPUs_faster_than_Nvidia_GPUs?) Title: Re: Nvidia 9600GS OpenCL Device Post by: Vernon715 on February 17, 2013, 03:16:49 AM You can mine with it, but your best bet might be to sell it and buy a 5830. sub |