Title: any good agp gpu? Post by: micc on November 02, 2011, 06:48:09 PM I got couple old pc lying around and I was wondering if there are some good bitcoin calculating gpus? thanks
Title: Re: any good agp gpu? Post by: DeathAndTaxes on November 02, 2011, 08:01:33 PM I got couple old pc lying around and I was wondering if there are some good bitcoin calculating gpus? thanks Unlikely. The oldest generation of cards that can run OpenCL are HD 4xxx series. I don't think AMD made any AGP cards of that series. Anything older is incapable of running OpenCL kernels (no programmable unified shaders) so can't hash at any speed. Title: Re: any good agp gpu? Post by: Remember remember the 5th of November on November 02, 2011, 09:39:09 PM Nope, amd DID make AGP cards of the 4k series. Namely 4650 and few more i think.
Title: Re: any good agp gpu? Post by: Transisto on November 03, 2011, 08:02:23 AM No, and even 48xx series cards sucks big time.
Title: Re: any good agp gpu? Post by: bitlane on November 03, 2011, 10:07:30 AM http://i.ebayimg.com/t/PCI-PCIe-x16-Converter-Adapter-Riser-Card-/00/$(KGrHqIOKpEE4j-r!vSPBONQ612JQg~~0_35.JPG
https://cablesaurus.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=21&zenid=st6b02mkplql7n3ivbrmdro6b3 Throw one of these in a PCI slot (or fill as many PCI solts as you like), use a regular mining-suited PCIe card and call it a day. Title: Re: any good agp gpu? Post by: deslok on November 05, 2011, 12:43:38 AM Any money spent getting a system running using PCI>PCIe adapters or AGP video cards would be better spend on a cheap motherboard with 2+ PCIe 16x slots powered either by an amd sempron or an intel celeron cpu
Title: Re: any good agp gpu? Post by: worldinacoin on November 05, 2011, 07:28:40 AM Yeap I totally agree. The PCI-PCIe aren't cheap
Any money spent getting a system running using PCI>PCIe adapters or AGP video cards would be better spend on a cheap motherboard with 2+ PCIe 16x slots powered either by an amd sempron or an intel celeron cpu |