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Title: Will a weak CPU bottleneck GPU's mining process? Post by: metallicaband on June 05, 2011, 08:32:26 AM Hi all,
Just a quick question, when it comes to gaming, if a CPU isn't powerful enough, you won't be able to use your GPU's full potential. Is that the case with BTC mining as well? Lets say that you have enough PCI-E slots and enough power coming from a quality PSU. If you have these 2 setups: 1- Low end Intel Core 2 duo processor (or AMD Athlon x2/x4) + AMD 5870 2- Core i7 930 + AMD 5870 Will you get a hash rate of 400mhash/s with both setups or will it only be possible with the i7 930? Title: Re: Will a weak CPU bottleneck GPU's mining process? Post by: supa on June 05, 2011, 08:35:29 AM No. Gaming and using the card for mining/hashing/etc is completely different. :) Title: Re: Will a weak CPU bottleneck GPU's mining process? Post by: RyNinDaCleM on June 05, 2011, 08:37:49 AM Will you get a hash rate of 400mhash/s with both setups or will it only be possible with the i7 930? Yes! Both will be adequate! Mining only uses a handful of CPU minutes per month of mining.Title: Re: Will a weak CPU bottleneck GPU's mining process? Post by: metallicaband on June 05, 2011, 08:47:48 AM Thanks a lot for confirming.
Title: Re: Will a weak CPU bottleneck GPU's mining process? Post by: ElectroGeek007 on June 05, 2011, 08:49:44 AM I am using a Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.86 GHz) for my 5870/5850 rig (800 MH/s), and it works fine (100% CPU usage, due to a bug, but fine).
Title: Re: Will a weak CPU bottleneck GPU's mining process? Post by: TheSeven on June 05, 2011, 09:28:48 AM 1- Low end Intel Core 2 duo processor (or AMD Athlon x2/x4) + AMD 5870 That's still oversized. A sempron or celeron would do. |