cheap GPU

Is a Galaxy 61TGS4HX2LTX GeForce GT 610 GC worth $25 in terms of Boinc crunching? I'm thinking about adding a GPU to one of my older systems to take the load off its CPU. (It has other duties as well.)

I do not know enough about nvidia but an ati hd5570 will out preform my fx 8150 8 core cpu even overclocked so do some web searching I have found and bought 5570's on ebay for $25 you just have to be patient.
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While it's not a very powerful GPU, it would probably give those old boxes a big boost.

It's not a big expense, and it doesn't need much power..

I have a couple of even more puny Geforce 8400s in a couple of old Core 2 machines. Even those cards boost the throughput of those boxes by about 50%. So adding that card into an old box is probably about like adding a core2 duo CPU.

Give it a go if you want.

Ian

not recommending the 5570 just saying any gpu supported by seti client's will boost performance hugely think of what 1 good card in every old clunker could do!!!
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Would have thought this EVGA GeForce GT 620 @ $29.99 would be a better bargain for Seti crunching.

I suggested that 620 with its 96 cores because it was only $5 more than the 610, 48 cores, the original poster had asked about.

Of course he can get much faster GPU's but just to go to the 630 would at least double the price to $54.99 on that site. Probably more that he is willing or able to afford.

I am sure if he could afford it he would fit a 680 or 690 and stop crunching with the cpu, because it's contribution would be insignificant

I'm with WinterKnight. For 5 bucks more you'll get a card that is almost twice as fast. Good catch WK.

Just keep in mind it's still a slower card than your 440.

From what I've read, the 630 is effectively a renamed 440.

Just for today at newegg "http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?nm_mc=EMC-SD112012&cm_mmc=EMC-SD112012-_-SD112912-_-item-_-combo"
a hole pc minus hd and mem for $229.99 after $20 mir !
the power supply is modest at 500watt and might not support the big boys
but would support 2 more modest midrange boards.
It has 2 pci express slots 1 x16 the other x1 but with a $25 to $30 riser card
from star tech.com it to can be x16 too if necessary.
So for 230 you have box for another 50 you have 8gig of pc1866,
that is for $280 you have a server load box with 2 expantion slots for later
expantion plus a leftover mouse and kb .
If you load os and tasks from a server no hd or cd are needed and though not recommender the power supply could support 1 hd5970 with 3000 streaming cores.
that can output 4.65 teraflops, or 2 lesser cards someone else can fill in the blanks_____ for nvidia I do not know them well enough.
Until l I get enough gpu tasks to get real numbers I can not say for sure but,
I will expect to better a rac of 120,000 in primgrid ,and expect to get at least 60,000 in seti with my 4.1 teraflop machine.
So build cheap, build smart, build lots over time.
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Best deal I've seen yet... MSI N640GT-MD1GD3 GeForce GT 640

Aside: I don't like the way UPS is handing off my packages to USPS lately. They take 2-3 days longer to arrive. I ordered the 630 last Friday and it still hasn't come. Keep in mind there's a Tigerdirect warehouse outlet about 4 miles from me, so I could have driven over and gotten it, but I get more bonus points on my credit card by going through the web site. I *really* wish TD would offer store pickup as a shipping option.

So I guess I have to retract this gripe. UPS's web site, which wouldn't even acknowledge the tracking number until today, said it would be delivered Friday. However, it was sitting on the porch when I got home today. But now that I have it, I'm chicken to put it in! Maybe this weekend...

... now that I have it, I'm chicken to put it in! Maybe this weekend...

You're just scared of all the dust and fur balls you'll find inside.

been there done th.....

That's part of it. But also, the computer it's going in has another one sitting on top of it, and I'll probably have to shut that one down and disconnect it to get it out of the way. Then, the one it's going in runs my radioreference.com feed (which is why I want to take the load off its CPU) and I don't want to keep that down any longer than necessary. Plus, I'm not even sure this card will go into this machine. Does it have a slot that fits? Does the PSU have the capacity and connections? The card wants two 6-pin or 8-pin power leads.

Heck, I don't even think the CD drive works, but I have a few dead boxes sitting around so I can swap that out if I need to.