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Re: Nvidia 9600GS OpenCL Device
by
BiggieJohn
on 12/06/2011, 06:30:24 UTC
You can mine with it, but your best bet might be to sell it and buy a 5830.

Ok so Nvidia's aren't very good for mining? And is CUDA the only option for Nvidia users? Thanks.

Nvidia = CUDA = better at vector math, very good at matrix manipulation, requires 3 instructions per cycle for integer math

ATI = openCL = integer math = exactly what you need to calculate sha256 hashes (bitcoin blocks), does integer math in 1 instruction per cycle

edit: oops forgot the link  https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Why_a_GPU_mines_faster_than_a_CPU#Why_are_AMD_GPUs_faster_than_Nvidia_GPUs?