03-04-2016, 02:43 PM
(03-04-2016, 12:15 PM)epixoip Wrote: Also keep in mind the architecture changes in v2.10 will allow you to use both CPU & GPU simultaneously, so yeah, CPU kind of matters now as it can provide a decent boost in performance -- especially when you have multiple systems clustered, you can get like another GPU's worth of performance out of your CPUs. For example, http://pastebin.com/MY2BrmEA -- that's 6 GH/s NTLM on CPU alone, which is faster than some of the GPUs you guys are still using!
I agree with you except of one point: I don't care how fast a single device will perform, I will always break it down to price/performance-ratio. The CPU you mention is 3000 bucks shy, so yeah, maybe it's faster then some GPUs, but it actually costs as much as three Titan X. So you should really know what you're gonna crack and before you throw a bunch of money in a fast CPU you might have better used it in faster/better GPUs.
It's all relative, that's what I'm saying.