Today's Numbers: Get 'Em While They're Hot!

[Movieman]

Would 1000 be enough? Better double that order!

Actually I wrote that as a joke but then started thinking.
From all I know the GTX570's seem to be the best card to use on WCG GPU ( Correct me if I'm wrong)
So my plan is to write and see what kind of price I could get for 1000 of them.
Now the issue is twofold:
1) Will they and at one price
2) Are there 1000 guys here that would buy them?

[NKrader]

2) Are there 1000 guys here that would buy them?

for 100$? ill take one

[0ne.shot]

I could use another GTX 570 for $100 too!

[Movieman]

I could use another GTX 570 for $100 too!

$100 ain't gonna happen for a $300+ card.
I'm thinking more like $200-$225
AND on that thought..Goodnight!

[retro77]

I've got a lot of open PCIe slots over here...depending on the price, I'm game. My newest cards are HD4850's and I have one host signed up for beta but I don't see any beta WU's hitting.

[Moo]

I've got a lot of open PCIe slots over here...depending on the price, I'm game. My newest cards are HD4850's and I have one host signed up for beta but I don't see any beta WU's hitting.

Your in the same boat as me 4800 series cards won't work with the gpu wu's. You need a card that supports opencl 1.1 or higher.

[D_A]

Actually that's 1.2 or higher. The requirements have been updated.

[Bobsama]

Actually I wrote that as a joke but then started thinking.
From all I know the GTX570's seem to be the best card to use on WCG GPU ( Correct me if I'm wrong)
So my plan is to write and see what kind of price I could get for 1000 of them.
Now the issue is twofold:
1) Will they and at one price
2) Are there 1000 guys here that would buy them?

1) 1000 is bulk--a smaller bulk order (depending on the manufacturer) but bulk nonetheless.
2) It's not a matter of 1000 guys--500 tops. And it's not just WCG'ers--include most XS-DC'ers and the General Population too.
3) Anyone have a real results for each GPU (at stock)? Also, GTX680 is now available for $500/ea on Newegg.

[Bun-Bun]

out of stock

EDIT:

I'll sell anyone my GTX580 for $350 ^^

[retro77]

We should start a thread to see what the interest is.

[Movieman]

We should start a thread to see what the interest is.

Yes, will do but I just sent an email out to see if this is possible so I'll wait till I hear something positive
before starting a new thread.
Cross your fingers.

[Toolius]

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[Movieman]

Xxxxxxxxxx

LOL..Thought you were sending me kisses at first..LMFAO!

[retro77]

XtremeSystems Numbers for 3/22:

16,289,354

[WFO]

Actually I wrote that as a joke but then started thinking.
From all I know the GTX570's seem to be the best card to use on WCG GPU ( Correct me if I'm wrong)
So my plan is to write and see what kind of price I could get for 1000 of them.
Now the issue is twofold:
1) Will they and at one price
2) Are there 1000 guys here that would buy them?

Me thinks you should start with whatever is one step down from the top of the line new PCI-E 3 600 series cards. Why purchase now obsolete cards in bulk? I purchased a 7970 because it could power 3 monitors simultaneously with 1 gpu. It also draws ridiculously low watts when the monitors are off. ( 100w less than a GTX 295) Of course that isn't a gpu crunching consideration. 3 monitors would be for gamers/ part time crunchers. Cough! Xtreme! Remember?

[Movieman]

Me thinks you should start with whatever is one step down from the top of the line new PCI-E 3 600 series cards. Why purchase now obsolete cards in bulk? I purchased a 7970 because it could power 3 monitors simultaneously with 1 gpu. It also draws ridiculously low watts when the monitors are off. ( 100w less than a GTX 295) Of course that isn't a gpu crunching consideration. 3 monitors would be for gamers/ part time crunchers. Cough! Xtreme! Remember?

My mind was thinking the 570GTX cards because I'd seen them at WCG being the top cards to use.
Now today I read about the new 680 cards and what grabbed me was 195w draw vs the 580's 250w draw..
Maybe I should ask for a price on 1000-680's?

[WFO]

My mind was thinking the 570GTX cards because I'd seen them at WCG being the top cards to use.
Now today I read about the new 680 cards and what grabbed me was 195w draw vs the 580's 250w draw..
Maybe I should ask for a price on 1000-680's?

[pfm3136]

Actually that's 1.2 or higher. The requirements have been updated.

That 1.2 is for nvidia's gpu compute capability, not the opencl version, it isn't the same thing.

About the GTX 680, from the reviews i've read, it seems that it has less compute performance than the previous generation GTX580/570. The GTX 680 is more intended for gaming. So better wait a little for more reviews/tests of it's compute performance.
And my little experience, tells me that AMD is better at opencl.
So i would wait, and just gather as much information as possible about the better cards for HCC. We still have time before HCC GPU gets out of beta and into production.

[Movieman]

That 1.2 is for nvidia's gpu compute capability, not the opencl version, it isn't the same thing.

About the GTX 680, from the reviews i've read, it seems that it has less compute performance than the previous generation GTX580/570. The GTX 680 is more intended for gaming. So better wait a little for more reviews/tests of it's compute performance.
And my little experience, tells me that AMD is better at opencl.
So i would wait, and just gather as much information as possible about the better cards for HCC. We still have time before HCC GPU gets out of beta and into production.

Good advice and please people, chime in with any knowledge you have.
cpu's I know..GPU I don't at least any more than the basics..
Last vid card I played around with was a Leadtek 780GTX..LOOONG time ago..
BUT that 195W draw shown for the 690 did grab my attention..
Jusr like cpu, GPU is initial cost and electrical cost both

[retro77]

XtremeSystems Numbers for 3/23:

14,882,567

[Bobsama]

Good advice and please people, chime in with any knowledge you have.
cpu's I know..GPU I don't at least any more than the basics..
Last vid card I played around with was a Leadtek 780GTX..LOOONG time ago..
BUT that 195W draw shown for the 690 did grab my attention..
Jusr like cpu, GPU is initial cost and electrical cost both

Maybe we should hold off as WCG's beta moves on. They'd probably support whatever card a majority of dedicated crunchers own, but there might be a different card for top performance per dollar/watt.

[pfm3136]

There is a thread on the World Community forums to watch for the Working GPU crunching times, and who is participating on the beta can also check and report his own and the wingman times, but that would need it's own thread, not on this one.
The HD 7970 seems to smoke the competition, the only catch is that there is also a cpu part that takes time. So the HD 7970 may take half the GPU time of the GTX580 or HD 6970, but then the total time is diluted by the cpu time.
From what i've read so far. the new GTX 680 seems to have good 32 bit floating compute performance, but not 64 bit, nor opencl, neither integer (for bitcoin) performance, and we have to wait to know it's performance on HCC.
For now, my bet on the best card in terms of initial cost/performance/wats would be the HD 7950, personally i'm waiting for the HD 7990 to come out, and how the prices will be.

[retro77]

XtremeSystems Numbers for 3/24:

14,883,607

XtremeSystems Numbers for 3/25:

14,670,723

Happy weekend all!

[retro77]

XtremeSystems Numbers for 3/26:

15,945,436

Seems like we settled out nicely.

[retro77]

XtremeSystems Numbers for 3/27:

16,882,731

Nice work, team Xtreme