GTX 260

wombatman · 2016-01-02, 06:55

Is there anything useful I can do with this graphics card? I want to see if it's even worth the effort to put it in a case with a GTX 570 to do some kind of useful work (provided the PSU can even handle both of them at once).

endless mike · 2016-01-02, 06:59

I ran a GTX 260 for a while doing trial factoring with mfaktc. It was good for maybe 50 GHzDays/day, IIRC.

VictordeHolland · 2016-01-02, 11:23

50GHzdays/day is not worth the additional power consumption if you ask me.

Mini-Geek · 2016-01-02, 14:25

http://www.mersenne.ca/mfaktc.php?sort=gpw has figures that agree with the above posters: about 50 GHz-days/day, and a power usage that makes it 7 times less efficient than your GTX 570 (in GHd/d / W). I wouldn't bother crunching on it if I were you.

Mark Rose · 2016-01-02, 15:14

I still have a GT 430 (50 GHzd/d) and two GT 520 (30 GHzd/d) trial factoring. Not efficient, but free. In fact, as I've been distracted with the skipped bit levels stuff, these three cards are all I have doing GPU72 work. Each consumes less electricity doing TF than a GTX 580 consumes while idle.

VictordeHolland · 2016-01-02, 17:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Rose

GTX 580 consumes while idle.

Idle? That is blasphemy

wombatman · 2016-01-02, 20:30

Yeah, sounds like it may be time to retire it. Thanks!

Mark Rose · 2016-01-03, 03:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by VictordeHolland

Idle? That is blasphemy

Mine are almost never idle :)

But it's good to know one consumes 50 watts doing nothing.

2016-01-02, 06:55	#1
wombatman I moo ablest echo power! May 2013 13·137 Posts	GTX 260 Is there anything useful I can do with this graphics card? I want to see if it's even worth the effort to put it in a case with a GTX 570 to do some kind of useful work (provided the PSU can even handle both of them at once).

2016-01-02, 06:59	#2
endless mike Jan 2004 Milwaukee, WI 138₁₀ Posts	I ran a GTX 260 for a while doing trial factoring with mfaktc. It was good for maybe 50 GHzDays/day, IIRC.

2016-01-02, 11:23	#3
VictordeHolland "Victor de Hollander" Aug 2011 the Netherlands 2³·3·7² Posts	50GHzdays/day is not worth the additional power consumption if you ask me.

2016-01-02, 14:25	#4
Mini-Geek Account Deleted "Tim Sorbera" Aug 2006 San Antonio, TX USA 17×251 Posts	http://www.mersenne.ca/mfaktc.php?sort=gpw has figures that agree with the above posters: about 50 GHz-days/day, and a power usage that makes it 7 times less efficient than your GTX 570 (in GHd/d / W). I wouldn't bother crunching on it if I were you.

2016-01-02, 15:14	#5
Mark Rose "/X\(‘-‘)/X\" Jan 2013 2930₁₀ Posts	I still have a GT 430 (50 GHzd/d) and two GT 520 (30 GHzd/d) trial factoring. Not efficient, but free. In fact, as I've been distracted with the skipped bit levels stuff, these three cards are all I have doing GPU72 work. Each consumes less electricity doing TF than a GTX 580 consumes while idle.

2016-01-02, 20:30	#7
wombatman I moo ablest echo power! May 2013 13·137 Posts	Yeah, sounds like it may be time to retire it. Thanks!