07-19-2022, 07:35 AM
Hi,
I tried to see if someone asked on the forum already but I couldn't find anyone asking the question.
My computer's details are:
I have a NVidia GeForce GTX 1070 and my cpu is Intel core i7-770 @3.60GHz running Win10 64bit
I am running a The-Distribution-Which-Does-Not-Handle-OpenCL-Well (Kali) machine through my VMware workstation.
When I use HashCat on the The-Distribution-Which-Does-Not-Handle-OpenCL-Well (Kali) I have noticed (on Task Manager) that HashCat is only using my cpu. The gpu is not being used. I believe this is the reason HashCat is taking so long in cracking passwords.
From what I understand HashCat would be working a lot more faster for me if it was using the cpu and gpu together.
I have compared what I am doing on my machine to examples on youtube and using HashCat to do exactly the same job the youtube example took a few minutes while my system was telling me it was going to take about 2 and a half hours.
Am I correct in believing that it is the lack of HashCat using my gpu the reason for taking so long?
And if so, how (if any) can I get HashCat (or my The-Distribution-Which-Does-Not-Handle-OpenCL-Well (Kali) machine) to start using my cpu in conjunction with my gpu to process future calculations?
I have been using my The-Distribution-Which-Does-Not-Handle-OpenCL-Well (Kali) machine with HashCat for past 4 months or so, so I haven't mastered it. Please excuse me for any dumb questions I might be asking.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
I tried to see if someone asked on the forum already but I couldn't find anyone asking the question.
My computer's details are:
I have a NVidia GeForce GTX 1070 and my cpu is Intel core i7-770 @3.60GHz running Win10 64bit
I am running a The-Distribution-Which-Does-Not-Handle-OpenCL-Well (Kali) machine through my VMware workstation.
When I use HashCat on the The-Distribution-Which-Does-Not-Handle-OpenCL-Well (Kali) I have noticed (on Task Manager) that HashCat is only using my cpu. The gpu is not being used. I believe this is the reason HashCat is taking so long in cracking passwords.
From what I understand HashCat would be working a lot more faster for me if it was using the cpu and gpu together.
I have compared what I am doing on my machine to examples on youtube and using HashCat to do exactly the same job the youtube example took a few minutes while my system was telling me it was going to take about 2 and a half hours.
Am I correct in believing that it is the lack of HashCat using my gpu the reason for taking so long?
And if so, how (if any) can I get HashCat (or my The-Distribution-Which-Does-Not-Handle-OpenCL-Well (Kali) machine) to start using my cpu in conjunction with my gpu to process future calculations?
I have been using my The-Distribution-Which-Does-Not-Handle-OpenCL-Well (Kali) machine with HashCat for past 4 months or so, so I haven't mastered it. Please excuse me for any dumb questions I might be asking.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.