Quote from: smooth on May 25, 2011, 02:16:01 AM

Quote from: xf2_org on May 25, 2011, 01:58:51 AM

Will ATI do a specific chip for miners? That seems unlikely.

But I could definitely see a 'headless' opencl card from a board manufacturer like Sapphire, after Sapphire notices bitcoin miners are a significant market.

It doesn't have to be bitcoin. There are lots of GPGPU applications now, so headless cards definitely could make sense.

Would also mean better airflow as they don't have to make room for the plugs and there's probably some things that could be removed from the board entirely, reducing the power usage and heat.

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