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Topic: Mining CPu needed with GPU? bottleneck? (Read 1740 times)

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June 08, 2011, 10:20:55 AM
#9
cpu will NOT idle, read more topics, if you have 2 or more cards it will use 100% for sure, for one card it depends on OS and luck...
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June 08, 2011, 09:14:10 AM
#8
i do not want to use cpu miners just gpu i i could i would boot up without a cpu lol
so p4 is suppost to just idle there.
hero member
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June 08, 2011, 07:27:05 AM
#7
humm one core to all gpus why?
will the pentium 4 do?

any cpu will do, you need to dedicate one core to GPUs if you plan to use cpu miners + gpu miners

pentium 4 is worthless junk that consumes way too much power
newbie
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June 08, 2011, 05:45:10 AM
#6
just buy a very cheap dual core cpu like i did, bought the cheapest amd athlon dualcore available for like 40 euros and it does not feel like a bottle neck for me.
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June 08, 2011, 05:26:21 AM
#5
humm one core to all gpus why?
will the pentium 4 do?
hero member
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June 08, 2011, 04:40:04 AM
#4
wrong, if you can't dedicate at least one core to all GPUs installed, you will suffer a penalty 15% or more
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June 07, 2011, 11:02:29 PM
#3
I know in video games the cpu can often bottleneck a graphics card.
With hashing in mind will a pentium 4 bottle neck one 5850 or more?

No, all the work is done by the GPU. There will be little to no load on the CPU if you're using a GPU miner.
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June 07, 2011, 11:00:08 PM
#2
I know in video games the cpu can often bottleneck a graphics card.
With hashing in mind will a pentium 4 bottle neck one 5850 or more?

No, the CPU will not be a bottleneck. AMD Sempron 140 is fine.
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June 07, 2011, 10:58:35 PM
#1
I know in video games the cpu can often bottleneck a graphics card.
With hashing in mind will a pentium 4 bottle neck one 5850 or more?
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