Windows vs Linux & Mixed GPU performance
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So I've been collating a few bits and pieces together and built myself a capable rig (well at least I think so), and it's come to deciding the operating system.

i7 6700k 4ghz
2 x GTX 1070
2 x R9 290x
Rm1000x psu

The mix of cards was a mistake on my part, accidentally hitting go on an eBay purchase before actually shopping around for 1070s. However having then sit around collecting dust vs in use in my rig I'd prefer to use them in the rig.

So my two questions are:
1. Is there a performance hit using hashcat in Linux vs hashcat in windows. (V3.20)

2. With mixed vendor GPU cards, would you recommend Windows or Linux being the easiest to get up and running?

Faffing about compiling and building kernel modules doesn't phase me (I use *nix on a daily basis) but I'm curious as to your experiences running mixed kit.

3rd question: is it even worth me running the mixed cards or should I just shove them on eBay and buy a 3rd GTX1070 from the proceeds?


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Windows vs Linux & Mixed GPU performance - by Scriptmonkey_ - 12-23-2016, 07:31 AM