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November 02, 2011, 06:48:09 PM
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I got couple old pc lying around and I was wondering if there are some good bitcoin calculating gpus? thanks
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November 02, 2011, 08:01:33 PM
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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.
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November 02, 2011, 09:39:09 PM
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Nope, amd DID make AGP cards of the 4k series. Namely 4650 and few more i think.

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November 03, 2011, 08:02:23 AM
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No, and even 48xx series cards sucks big time.
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November 03, 2011, 10:07:30 AM
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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.

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November 05, 2011, 12:43:38 AM
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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

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November 05, 2011, 07:28:40 AM
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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
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