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Title: Can I connect a graphics card to my raspberry PI model B? Post by: PREFETCH0 on March 01, 2014, 04:12:09 AM I have a model B raspberry PI which I currently use with my USB miners; however, I also have a SAPPHIRE HD 5830 1GB GDDR5 PCIE just laying around doing nothing.
I am wondering if I can connect the aforementioned graphics card to my PI and then use the graphics card to mine. If possible, would someone please post like a short instruction guide on what to buy to connect the two and if I need to code anything to establish a connection? I am a newbie at HARDWARE, so any additional help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Title: Re: Can I connect a graphics card to my raspberry PI model B? Post by: tom_o on March 01, 2014, 03:50:01 PM I have a model B raspberry PI which I currently use with my USB miners; however, I also have a SAPPHIRE HD 5830 1GB GDDR5 PCIE just laying around doing nothing. I am wondering if I can connect the aforementioned graphics card to my PI and then use the graphics card to mine. If possible, would someone please post like a short instruction guide on what to buy to connect the two and if I need to code anything to establish a connection? I am a newbie at HARDWARE, so any additional help would be much appreciated. Thanks. No that won't work, the cheapest way to get the card mining if you already have a spare USB stick (for scrypt/vert BAMT), 1gb ddr3 and PSU would be either of these boards, the Atom ITX takes laptop memory and would require a riser too. Both are fanless and will draw less than 18w under full CPU load. http://www.msi.com/product/mb/J1800I_.html http://www.msi.com/product/mb/C847MSE33.html |