New Computer with No OS

[mu50stang]

Just bought a new computer with no os and have a 5750 and 5570 radeon card. I was strictly going to use this for mining. Can i run both under windows and guiminer?  Also would it work better under linux.  Thanks.

[willphase]

general consensus is that Windows is easier to overclock on, but linux gives slightly higher hash rates. I would personally recommend going with whatever you feel most comfortable with. Also whether you have a Windows license (and whether you care) factors into these calculations.

Good luck.

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[gfaust]

windows also requires a monitor to be connected to each card.  Linux (ubuntu 11.04) does not have this problem.

[bsd]

Windows has to to detect each graphics card when you boot. You could either plug all your GPUs into separate monitors or our make a dummy plug: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=16816.0

The dummy plug is really really easy to make and costs less then $5.

I suggest using the operating system you're familiar with first. Make sure you keep it updated with the latest software and patches so you don't get hacked.