08-29-2012, 08:46 PM
atom,
Firstly, thank you very much indeed for your reply.
I looked over the charts that you linked to and it appears as though the 6990 reigns supreme (the 5970 coming in second, the 7970, third). Why do you suggest the 7970? I know the 7970 has the newest architecture but if the 6990 is better suited to cracking I would naturally prefer that architecture regardless of what benefit to gaming the 7970 provides. As for the 7990, when do you expect that to be arriving? Shall it have more cores, memory?
Also, you didn't mention anything about the FirePro. Is it generally not supported by cracking software? Is there nothing beneficial to cracking in the FirePro architecture?
Is there any time frame on when AMD's next architecture will be released ("8000 series")?
Thank you for clearing up my questions on NVIDIA's chips. Something still hangs in my mind about there being a single complex hash type that was only able to run on the TESLA (for what reason, I have no clue). Oh well.
My sincerest thanks for the help. I'll soon be making an investment and this information really helps.
Firstly, thank you very much indeed for your reply.
I looked over the charts that you linked to and it appears as though the 6990 reigns supreme (the 5970 coming in second, the 7970, third). Why do you suggest the 7970? I know the 7970 has the newest architecture but if the 6990 is better suited to cracking I would naturally prefer that architecture regardless of what benefit to gaming the 7970 provides. As for the 7990, when do you expect that to be arriving? Shall it have more cores, memory?
Also, you didn't mention anything about the FirePro. Is it generally not supported by cracking software? Is there nothing beneficial to cracking in the FirePro architecture?
Is there any time frame on when AMD's next architecture will be released ("8000 series")?
Thank you for clearing up my questions on NVIDIA's chips. Something still hangs in my mind about there being a single complex hash type that was only able to run on the TESLA (for what reason, I have no clue). Oh well.
My sincerest thanks for the help. I'll soon be making an investment and this information really helps.