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Other => CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware => Topic started by: DMetcalfe92 on March 06, 2012, 03:10:15 PM



Title: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Post by: DMetcalfe92 on March 06, 2012, 03:10:15 PM
Can I mine with this card? I don't think it's got OpenCL Support.

Its on the mining hardware comparison list though, as 9800GT and 9800GTX?

Does this mean I can mine with this card?


Title: Re: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Post by: rTech on March 06, 2012, 03:12:49 PM
Nope.. atleast not efficently..

You can try:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39820.msg485891#msg485891

but its practically just waste of time...


Title: Re: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Post by: DMetcalfe92 on March 06, 2012, 03:46:43 PM
Too bad im not on 64-bit windows :(

Anything is efficient for me. I'll be running this miner from work, so i don't pay electricity!


Title: Re: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Post by: Gabi on March 06, 2012, 03:52:00 PM
Can I mine with this card? I don't think it's got OpenCL Support.

Its on the mining hardware comparison list though, as 9800GT and 9800GTX?

Does this mean I can mine with this card?

You can't mine on that card. It doesn't support OpenCL (OpenCL is supported from ATI 4000 serie)
And it doesn't even support CAL (wich is deprecated but work fine for simple things like mining, is supported from ATI 2000 series)

(so 2000 and 3000 have only CAL, while from 4000 to now they have also OpenCL)


Nope.. atleast not efficently..

You can try:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39820.msg485891#msg485891

but its practically just waste of time...
He can't. That miner is in CAL, supported since ATI 2000

His 9800 is much older and doesn't support it.


Title: Re: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Post by: malevolent on March 06, 2012, 06:08:46 PM
ATi Radeon 9800 != GeForce 9800GT(X(+))


Title: Re: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Post by: PatrickHarnett on March 07, 2012, 08:41:49 AM
ATi Radeon 9800 != GeForce 9800GT(X(+))

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_R300
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison

At least it's an AGP card and not something even older.  There were a couple of double precision HD38xx cards with AGP interface that used to run the milyway-at-home project, but with the requirement for OpenCL I'm not sure even they would work based on the info in the mining comparison.