Re: Speed pages
"Michael J. Sears" <[email protected]>
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Processor speed and how much it is Over clocked may account for some of the difference. Not all gt-280 have the same speed. - Mike On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:01 PM, waldo kitty <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob Steward wrote: >>> Subject: [RC5] Speed pages >>> >>> On the speed page is the speeds for either steam client or the cuda >>> client going to be added(with a new column for video cards?) ? With the >>> clients moving along I feel the need to have those comparisons between >>> the two added in,bet that would be very interesting to look at. >>> >>> Bert >> >> There needs to be a breakdown not only by Chipset Model Number, but by >> BRAND of manufacture for the card. Not all "NVidia" cards are equal, even >> if they have the same RAM and the same NVidia chipset. >> >> I found this out the hard way when Fry's had the GT-280 cards on sale, and >> I bought a BFTech 1 GB RAM card, thinking it was going to equal my existing >> 280 card by EVGA, which had the exact same chipset and RAM. The BFTech >> card is about 25% slower running the same CUDA and DNetC software (even >> swapped cards in the same machine). >> >> So a listing of cards by the Chipset Model Number may not be as informative >> as one would expect! > > definitely sounds like the BFTech card has a custom or earlier BIOS that doesn't > use all of the capabilities of the GPU on the card... > _______________________________________________ > rc5 mailing list > rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] > http://lists.distributed.net/mailman/listinfo/rc5 > _______________________________________________ rc5 mailing list rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] http://lists.distributed.net/mailman/listinfo/rc5