posting this again as this as member is still active

Quote from: vapourminer on May 05, 2018, 02:23:47 PM

user: jujubax
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1939058

copeypasted my post:

Quote from: jujubax on May 03, 2018, 11:27:34 PM

seems right now even "mining" cards are 95% stock video cards, just with no display connectors. everything else is the same except maybe the bios.

i wonder how far a REAL mining card could be stripped down if it didnt need to conform to the pcie spec physically and electrically. only needs a 1x pcie connector, a few pcie power connectors, a GPU, memory and few glue chips and thats it. so it could be much less expensive, fit into smaller (non standard mining only) cases, reach higher rates (tweaked memory and timings and controllers, say 512 bits wide or something [if that can be done i gather memory bus is baked into the gpu, but maybe bank switching or something can be done]). twice the compute power in half the space. would be sweet.

just need someone to step up and order bare gpu dies and go to town.

from mine, i replied to him here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2786298.msg36338992#msg36338992

Quote from: vapourminer on May 04, 2018, 10:50:06 PM

Quote from: jujubax on May 03, 2018, 11:27:34 PM

seems right now even "mining" cards are 95% stock video cards, just with no display connectors. everything else is the same except maybe the bios.

i wonder how far a REAL mining card could be stripped down if it didnt need to conform to the pcie spec physically and electrically. only needs a 1x pcie connector, a few pcie power connectors, a GPU, memory and few glue chips and thats it. so it could be much less expensive, fit into smaller (non standard mining only) cases, reach higher rates (tweaked memory and timings and controllers, say 512 bits wide or something [if that can be done i gather memory bus is baked into the gpu, but maybe bank switching or something can be done]). twice the compute power in half the space. would be sweet.

just need someone to step up and order bare gpu dies and go to town.

steal posts much?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2786298.msg33011620#msg33011620

Quote from: vapourminer on March 23, 2018, 08:32:56 PM

seems right now even "mining" cards are 95% stock video cards, just with no display connectors. everything else is the same except maybe the bios.

i wonder how far a REAL mining card could be stripped down if it didnt need to conform to the pcie spec physically and electrically. only needs a 1x pcie connector, a few pcie power connectors, a GPU, memory and few glue chips and thats it. so it could be much less expensive, fit into smaller (non standard mining only) cases, reach higher rates (tweaked memory and timings and controllers, say 512 bits wide or something [if that can be done i gather memory bus is baked into the gpu, but maybe bank switching or something can be done]). twice the compute power in half the space. would be sweet.

just need someone to step up and order bare gpu dies and go to town.

reported

EDIT: can a DT member paint him with some red trust please. looks like hes trying to meet a bounty post count.

and my original post (link):
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2786298.msg33011620#msg33011620

Quote from: vapourminer on March 23, 2018, 08:32:56 PM

seems right now even "mining" cards are 95% stock video cards, just with no display connectors. everything else is the same except maybe the bios.

i wonder how far a REAL mining card could be stripped down if it didnt need to conform to the pcie spec physically and electrically. only needs a 1x pcie connector, a few pcie power connectors, a GPU, memory and few glue chips and thats it. so it could be much less expensive, fit into smaller (non standard mining only) cases, reach higher rates (tweaked memory and timings and controllers, say 512 bits wide or something [if that can be done i gather memory bus is baked into the gpu, but maybe bank switching or something can be done]). twice the compute power in half the space. would be sweet.

just need someone to step up and order bare gpu dies and go to town.

EDITs: archives

page with his copied post with my reply:

https://web.archive.org/web/20180507111957/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2786298.msg36248684#

my original post:

https://web.archive.org/web/20180507112409/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2786298.msg33011620