- Jul 10, 2008
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Would it be possible, or even worthwhile, to have a category under the CPU or GPU charts denoting their performance under popular volunteer and grid based computing projects? I know Toms has a Folding at Home team which that project is similar to some of the BOINC projects.(http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php).
Having charts to give you an idea of of where certain hardware stands in this respect is crucial. For example I participate in RSA Labs' 72bit RC5 Encryption Challenge. AMD's GPU offerings completely dominate the field, but in F@H and others, it is the complete opposite.
(http://n1cgi.distributed.net/speed/query.php?cputype=all&arch=4&contest=rc572&multi=3)
There are also GPUs other than the standard gaming graphics cards on the market that can help in research computing such as AMD FireStream GPU Compute Accelerators. I have yet to really see any benchmarks on those cards, which might be useful in these projects.
Thanks for your time.
Having charts to give you an idea of of where certain hardware stands in this respect is crucial. For example I participate in RSA Labs' 72bit RC5 Encryption Challenge. AMD's GPU offerings completely dominate the field, but in F@H and others, it is the complete opposite.
(http://n1cgi.distributed.net/speed/query.php?cputype=all&arch=4&contest=rc572&multi=3)
There are also GPUs other than the standard gaming graphics cards on the market that can help in research computing such as AMD FireStream GPU Compute Accelerators. I have yet to really see any benchmarks on those cards, which might be useful in these projects.
Thanks for your time.
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