Problem: Device #1: This devices local mem size is too small
#1
Hello all.
I need some help please. Im trying ti use Hashcat but I have this problem when I run it:

Device #1: This devices local mem size is too small

No devices found/left


And when I type hashcat64 -I:


hashcat (v4.0.1) starting...

* Device #1: This device's local mem size is too small.

OpenCL Info:

Platform ID #1
  Vendor  : NVIDIA Corporation
  Name    : NVIDIA CUDA
  Version : OpenCL 1.1 CUDA 6.5.51

  Device ID #1
    Type           : GPU
    Vendor ID      : 32
    Vendor         : NVIDIA Corporation
    Name           : GeForce 8800 GT
    Version        : OpenCL 1.0 CUDA
    Processor(s)   : 14
    Clock          : 1650
    Memory         : 128/512 MB allocatable
    OpenCL Version : OpenCL C 1.0
    Driver Version : 342.01

Platform ID #2
  Vendor  : Intel(R) Corporation
  Name    : Intel(R) OpenCL
  Version : OpenCL 1.2

  Device ID #2
    Type           : CPU
    Vendor ID      : 8
    Vendor         : Intel(R) Corporation
    Name           : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6300  @ 1.86GHz
    Version        : OpenCL 1.2 (Build 37)
    Processor(s)   : 2
    Clock          : 1860
    Memory         : 1535/6142 MB allocatable
    OpenCL Version : OpenCL C 1.2
    Driver Version : 6.4.0.37


Someone know how to solve this?.
#2
You need a GPU from this decade.
#3
(12-27-2017, 09:34 PM)epixoip Wrote: You need a GPU from this decade.

I read another users that use the same video card like mine. They have a speed of 7869 c/s.
So may be is old but for me that speed is acceptable. The problem of This devices local mem size is too small could be with the last version of hashcat?
#4
hello! I ones have such error but it turn out it was the system ram that was too small !
#5
The problem is your card, which is from 2006, and not hashcat. As dioxide said, you need a GPU from this decade. The 8800 has 128 MB of usable VRAM.
#6
(12-30-2017, 04:21 AM)soxrok2212 Wrote: The problem is your card, which is from 2006, and not hashcat. As dioxide said, you need a GPU from this decade. The 8800 has 128 MB of usable VRAM.
The XFX 8800 GT have 512 MB not 128 MB so I think is not a real mem size problem. And like I said before, some users said in this forum that used hashcat with this card (may be old versions of hashcat).
Anyway I replace the XFX 8800 GT with another old card, the GIGABYTE GV-N550OC-1GI (Gforce 550 ti) and works great using hashcat. Now, using it, I can undersand what Im lerning in this forum. Next step is buy a new card.. may be a gtx 1050 (I think is the best balance of cost and benefits).
Thanks all for your answers!
#7
(12-30-2017, 09:20 AM)pedroarg Wrote:
(12-30-2017, 04:21 AM)soxrok2212 Wrote: The problem is your card, which is from 2006, and not hashcat. As dioxide said, you need a GPU from this decade. The 8800 has 128 MB of usable VRAM.
The XFX 8800 GT have 512 MB not 128 MB so I think is not a real mem size problem. And like I said before, some users said in this forum that used hashcat with this card (may be old versions of hashcat).
Anyway I replace the XFX 8800 GT with another old card, the GIGABYTE GV-N550OC-1GI (Gforce 550 ti) and works great using hashcat. Now, using it, I can undersand what Im lerning in this forum. Next step is buy a new card.. may be a gtx 1050 (I think is the best balance of cost and benefits).
Thanks all for your answers!

If you’re serious about using hashcat, the GTX 1050 is a horrible choice. I wouldn’t get anything < GTX 1070 IMHO, but better yet, I’d wait to see what Volta brings.