02-24-2015, 12:46 AM
(02-23-2015, 10:55 PM)Atticuss Wrote: How common is it for CPU cracking to be a better option than GPU? Does it come down to something as simple as hash type?
Hash type + attack mode. For example, straight wordlist attacks against fast hashes are faster on CPU than GPU. So if you're e.g. going to run a dictionary attack against MD5, you'd use CPU not GPU.
(02-23-2015, 10:55 PM)Atticuss Wrote: I don't know how complex of an answer this will be, but why do you need as much RAM as VRAM?
You run the risk of encountering CL_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY errors if you don't.