I recently acquired a Dell T1500 from a yard sale with an i7 860 2.8 GHz cpu and 8 gigs of ram. I'm planning to add an entry level 3d video card to it. My budget is up to $150 and according to Dell no more than 150 watts. I'm wondering what would give me the best bang for the buck as far as SETI? The cards I'm looking at are the GTX 750ti ($90), GTX 1050 ($110), and GTX 1050ti ($140). My logic is that if the performance difference is something like 10% between cards I'd go with the cheaper option. I don't feel a need to squeeze out every bit of performance possible but I would go for the 1050ti if there is a tangible benefit. I'd be willing to consider other video cards in my price and wattage range, but my understanding is AMD cards aren't optimal for SETI and the cards I am considering are very energy efficient (which is nice if I leave the computer on 24/7)

Thanks Much!

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My logic is that if the performance difference is something like 10% between cards I'd go with the cheaper option.

That'd be the GTX 1050 then; although I don't know just how well the GTX1050Ti performs compared to the non Ti model, if it's on par with past Ti models it will be more than 10% faster.

my understanding is AMD cards aren't optimal for SETI and the cards I am considering are very energy efficient (which is nice if I leave the computer on 24/7)

The AMD cards are quite capable, however when it comes to work done for power used, they just aren't in the running with the Nvidia Pascal cards.


c/o Shaggie76.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Forget the 750Ti as its old technology now so that cuts your choice down to 2 and for my $'s I'd choose the 1050Ti.

Cheers.

... for my $'s I'd choose the 1050Ti.

Especially so if the difference is only $30 over the base model.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Thanks!

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Thanks!

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Now that comparison chart has me wondering if I have something messed up because I'm seeing my 980 out performing my 1070.

Either I have my device IDs mixed up or I have something wrong ....

That is a great freaking chart!

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Now that comparison chart has me wondering if I have something messed up because I'm seeing my 980 out performing my 1070.

On your Windows system?
Try
-tt 1000 -period_iterations_num 3
with your other configuration settings.
If you get unacceptable screen lag/lost characters when typing try -period_iterations_num 5 or so. With that video hardware 3 should be OK, but 5 or even 8 might be necessary if lag is an issue.
As usual, check to see that it does give a boost to your performance, otherwise better just to go back to what you have now.


EDIT- I personally wouldn't use the iGPU even if I had one. The load from that tends to saturate the internal Bus, as well as putting significant heat load in to the CPU die, reducing the CPU's ability to crunch.
I also have 1 CPU core reserved for each of my GPUs. The loss of those CPU cores outputs is more than offset by the output of the GPUs (I have to admit I haven't tried running the system without reserved cores with any of the later SoG releases, so reserving a core may not provide the performance boost it once did).

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Grant
Darwin NT

Forget the 750Ti as its old technology now so that cuts your choice down to 2 and for my $'s I'd choose the 1050Ti.

If you want top end crunching I would agree. But for a midrange card on a budget, the 750Ti's still cut the mustard. I have 4. Boinc projects for me are an affordable hobby no more than that. My next door neighbour spends more on rounds of golf per month that I do crunching, and arguably gets more exercise and fresh air!!

Given the price difference between them, the GTX750Ti just isn't worth the money. If it were $40-$50 cheaper then fair enough. But only $20? Nah.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Forget the 750Ti as its old technology now so that cuts your choice down to 2 and for my $'s I'd choose the 1050Ti.

If you want top end crunching I would agree. But for a midrange card on a budget, the 750Ti's still cut the mustard. I have 4. Boinc projects for me are an affordable hobby no more than that. My next door neighbour spends more on rounds of golf per month that I do crunching, and arguably gets more exercise and fresh air!!

Yes they were fine when you got them Chris, but I can't see the logic there, as the newer cards are more productive while using a bit less power and they're 2 generations newer so why try to save a couple bucks?

Cheers.

Couple of bucks? How much would it cost to change out 4 x 750Ti cards for 4 x 1050Ti cards??? And maybe some PSU upgrades. Again, Seti is a HOBBY nothing more, I have no interest whatsoever of being anywhere near the top of the leader boards. Firstly I can't afford it on a pension, and secondly I'm not that interested anyway. My RAC is what it is, so what? No fireworks, no medals, who cares?

Uhm, it's not about you, it's about the OP.
I run a 750 myself, but I agree with most here, the 1050ti is the best choice today if you want a reasonably fast AND efficient card.

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I have both a 1050 Ti on a Windows 10 host and a 750 OC on a Linux box, vintage 2008. The 1050 is much faster but its fan is making a lot of noise, while the 750 is silent. The PSU of the Windows host gives 300 W only, while the PSU of the Linux gives 400 W. No additional connectors are used. Now I have installed the Linux Cuda application on the Linux box and I am curious to see what it can do.
Tullio

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Greetings All

If your budget allows it, go the 1050ti.

Unfortunately over this way, there is a massive price difference between the 750ti new ($170) and the 1050ti ($260).

Although 2nd hand the 750ti's can be had for $100, but if you look hard enough you can find one for $80.

But it also comes down to what type of cruncher you are, ie aiming to be top 10 or just wanting to do your bit, and also your power bill budget.

Happy Crunching

Mark

I bought a Palit GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB RAM for 162 euro in Italy, via Amazon.
Tullio

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