MindCrime
03-11-14, 11:05 PM
My current rig is my daily driver, it crunches about 23 hours a day on average. I have an 8800GTS 640MB (https://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/EN8800GTSHTDP640M/#specifications) (i think it was the sleeper of the 8 series) from an old non functioning s939 opteron build that isn't doing anything and I want to know if it is worth the trouble to add a third gpu to my current system. So here is my current system details
win 7 64bit
i5-3570k max clock ~4.2ghz (hd4000 igpu runs opencl1.2 apps)
8gb DDR3 1800mhz
nvidia gtx 560 (non ti, stock clocks atm) I've been trying to set my projects to only use this gpu if they have a cuda app. Haven't done much research but the system seems to slay cuda apps compared to CPU and openCL apps.
Oh most importantly the motherboard is an ASUS z77 sabertooth (http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z77/#specifications)
I remember something wonky about the pcie slots speeds when using more than one gpu in the manual, im not sure if that was only 1 slot specific or all or SLI, Xfire functionality. I guess my question is: Is it worth installing? Considering, is it supported by any boinc projects, are those apps going give any respectable results in contrast to the gtx560 and the i5-3570k. Oh my PSU is a corsair AX650. It's fully modular but I'm concerned I'd be pushing it's limits if I were crunching on all that hardware.
Let me know what you guys think and if you can share any experience, thank you for your time.
win 7 64bit
i5-3570k max clock ~4.2ghz (hd4000 igpu runs opencl1.2 apps)
8gb DDR3 1800mhz
nvidia gtx 560 (non ti, stock clocks atm) I've been trying to set my projects to only use this gpu if they have a cuda app. Haven't done much research but the system seems to slay cuda apps compared to CPU and openCL apps.
Oh most importantly the motherboard is an ASUS z77 sabertooth (http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z77/#specifications)
I remember something wonky about the pcie slots speeds when using more than one gpu in the manual, im not sure if that was only 1 slot specific or all or SLI, Xfire functionality. I guess my question is: Is it worth installing? Considering, is it supported by any boinc projects, are those apps going give any respectable results in contrast to the gtx560 and the i5-3570k. Oh my PSU is a corsair AX650. It's fully modular but I'm concerned I'd be pushing it's limits if I were crunching on all that hardware.
Let me know what you guys think and if you can share any experience, thank you for your time.