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Title: Windows 7 vs XP: Mining Performance wise? Post by: xurious on July 29, 2011, 11:49:33 PM I was trying to find info on this, but my search attempts failed.
Is there any performance mining wise vs the two? Or any big factors I should know about? I've been using 7 to date, but I'd like to start installing windows xp to usb disks and don't want to have to purchase 16gb usb drives just becuase of the needed space. Title: Re: Windows 7 vs XP: Mining Performance wise? Post by: joulesbeef on July 30, 2011, 12:15:31 AM no there doesnt appear to be any difference when it comes to os.
Title: Re: Windows 7 vs XP: Mining Performance wise? Post by: xurious on July 30, 2011, 02:04:14 AM Excellent to hear. Now as long as they keep pumping out drivers for xp I'll be in business.
Title: Re: Windows 7 vs XP: Mining Performance wise? Post by: 1bitc0inplz on July 30, 2011, 02:45:43 AM IIRC the latest version of Catalyst doesn't run on XP.... but I could be wrong.
Title: Re: Windows 7 vs XP: Mining Performance wise? Post by: delson on July 30, 2011, 03:08:56 AM Drivers would seem to be the main issue, double check compatibility with those. XP is an aging OS and is almost EOLed on Microsoft's end.
Title: Re: Windows 7 vs XP: Mining Performance wise? Post by: bmgjet on July 30, 2011, 03:10:17 AM XP is 5mhash/s faster but win7 can be bought up to the same speed by turning aero theme off.
Title: Re: Windows 7 vs XP: Mining Performance wise? Post by: PLaci1982 on July 30, 2011, 06:13:07 AM IIRC the latest version of Catalyst doesn't run on XP.... but I could be wrong. 11.7 still aviable for XP, no word from AMD about to stop supporting it...Title: Re: Windows 7 vs XP: Mining Performance wise? Post by: Pumpkinman on July 30, 2011, 07:01:47 AM IIRC the latest version of Catalyst doesn't run on XP.... but I could be wrong. 11.7 still aviable for XP, no word from AMD about to stop supporting it...Title: Re: Windows 7 vs XP: Mining Performance wise? Post by: PLaci1982 on July 30, 2011, 08:09:50 AM IIRC the latest version of Catalyst doesn't run on XP.... but I could be wrong. 11.7 still aviable for XP, no word from AMD about to stop supporting it...Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000#Support_lifecycle): Quote The Windows 2000 family of operating systems moved from mainstream support to the extended support phase on 30 June 2005. Title: Re: Windows 7 vs XP: Mining Performance wise? Post by: jh1523 on July 30, 2011, 10:51:56 AM Or you could install this dedicated Linux environment to those USB sticks and use it for mining. Very stable and easy to configure.
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