Re: video card recommendations for new system

[Kevin Shaw <kevin.lee.shaw () gmail com>]

No, I douht Crossfire configurations have anything to accommodate or improve
GPU password cracking.  However, I believe there are provisions in the
cracking software for using multiple cards.
On Nov 14, 2010 11:04 AM, "Robin Wood" <robin () digininja org> wrote:
> On 13 November 2010 22:19, Kevin Shaw <kevin.lee.shaw () gmail com> wrote:
> > Crossfire is where you use two video cards chained to each other - they
will
> > run the three and also give you serious graphics power for gaming (if you
> > do)
>
> Will it help with password cracking though? I'm deliberately not a
> gamer, if I were I'd never get any work done.
>
>
> > On Nov 13, 2010 3:27 PM, "Robin Wood" <robin () digininja org> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > I'm building a new desktop system, I'm going to be going for the
> > > latest spec, so i7 and all that but want a recommendation on graphics
> > > cards. I run three monitors off two AGP cards at the moment and want
> > > to continue to be able to run at least 3. The local computer shop was
> > > talking about crossfire but that doesn't mean anything to me.
> > >
> > > I don't play games and run Linux mainly through terminals so the only
> > > thing I want graphics power for is password cracking and similar GPU
> > > based activities. What would people recommend?
> > >
> > > I don't really know the price of "good" graphics cards but I suppose a
> > > budget of up to £100 (approx $160) per card is about the top of what
> > > I'd like to spend.
> > >
> > > Robin
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