GPU Power

Reply #8

RJOh — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:42:23 GMT

time*treat writes:

I am trying to do something in a way that I already know would be inefficient .

I thought that was what all of us who are trying to design a program to make playing the lotteries profitable were doing. I never thought it was a lack of computer power but rather a lack of any idea of how to do it. I guess if you want to make the task even harder then that's one way of doing it. Good luck to you.

Reply #7

time*treat — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:07:45 GMT

I think folks are misunderstanding what I am getting at.

I have *plenty* of both processing power AND ram. Those things are not the issue.

You guys have heard of Rube_Goldberg machines, I am sure.

I am trying to do something in a way that I already know would be inefficient .

I'm not looking to overclock, change my BIOS, or anything like that.

Reply #6

Todd — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:29:49 GMT

The applications that benefit from powerful GPUs are mainly games and high-end CAD applications used for 3-dimensional modeling of objects. I can't think of anything related to the lottery that would be helped by a powerful GPU.

If you want to increase the computational power of your PC, get a multi-core CPU, more RAM (at least 1GB) and a fast SATA hard drive with lots of room. I personally like the Athlon 64 bit processors if I get the choice. But the new Intel dual core processors are go... [ More ]

Reply #5

MillionsWanted — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:44:52 GMT

You might want to check out your PC's BIOS. It can be modified to improve speed of both CPU , memory and graphics card.

Check out which BIOS you got and search for BIOS optimization in the search engines.

In some cases you will need to get an overclocking fan for your PC's CPU.

Reply #4

SirMetro — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:54:21 GMT

I believe SETI is the organization. At least they had that program a few years ago. Am not sure if it is still sponsored or not now.

As for a tenth of a second on a quarter mile run, in the drag racing industry, that would be the equivalent of us doubling our ram capacity on our computers. For that application, such a modification is hugely beneficial (considering there is thousands of dollars on the line in both prizes and sponserships).

Personally, if I was seeking an option to do pure

Reply #3

time*treat — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:05:21 GMT

Metro,

You are right. There are other (more efficient) options for gaining more computational power.

It's not so much a matter of needing the extra power. I'm just wanting to know if/how anyone has gone about doing it. As an analogy, some guys spend entire weekends (and hundreds of dollars) modding their cars to shave a tenth of a second off their quarter-mile time.

Does anyone really have to be in a place so near, so soon? Waste of time money?

I wont touch that one , but I'll... [ More ]

Reply #2

Fibonacci — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:35:06 GMT

Do you mean S.E.T.I

Reply #1

SirMetro — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:05:11 GMT

Graphic processors typically do not have any idle time even when you are doing nothing with the computer. If your after processor power, I suggest you consider dual and/or multiple processor based units. Or, perhaps even consider RISC based processor systems. RISC processors operate faster and more effienciently (or at least they use to) then standad Intel/AMD type processors.

The graphic cards with memory and processors are designed to remove the load from the primary CPU which in turn off... [ More ]

GPU Power

time*treat — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:50:10 GMT

Since some higher end graphics (video) cards now have their own processor and memory, I'm thinking it should be possible to do some number crunching within the GPU as well as the CPU. Anyone done anything like programming into their GPU? A lot of these cards have more proc power than entire older computers.