I think a GUI would go a long way with a lot of windows people 
I don't think making all cards work in tandem is a very good idea because it probably only would result in more trouble than it's worth, much like crossfire/sli did in the beginning when both cards were working on the same frame... It's quite a different senario yes but i still doubt it would be faster :3
I don't think making all cards work in tandem is a very good idea because it probably only would result in more trouble than it's worth, much like crossfire/sli did in the beginning when both cards were working on the same frame... It's quite a different senario yes but i still doubt it would be faster :3
Agreed, a GUI would be nice.. I wonder if I could throw one on. I know that there is a python based miner with a GUI out there.. haven't tried it though.
I wonder if I could handle the data differently than a crossfire/sli would... certainly at a higher level and simply divide the work chunks (what a gpu mines at a time) between the cards. Potentially the overhead would be much less than fully integrating the cards together. Unfortunately I don't have multiple GPUs, so im a little handycap writing this sort of code. I think I may try it, as an option, but I think the default will simply give each card their own work.
What are you writing in? What platform are you targeting?
I'm writing a Java based miner. Target platforms are Linux and Windows... Ive heard Mac/OSX doesn't support opencl very well, but I guess it's a target as well. I use basically the same opencl kernel that poclbm, phoenix and Diablo use.
Realistically, the only thing that really matters is speed. Personally, I'd love to see a good fast miner written in C/C++ but that's just because I could hack on it. Python makes my brain cramp.
Python makes my brain hurt too ;-)
Glad to see some responses to my post.. thought no one was interested ;-) I'm planning on posting my code on github.. you guys interested in beta testing?
I would love to see a C/C++ miner published!
If you need a beta tester, I can be one.