TF benchmarks, mprime vs GPU

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Originally Posted by Mark Rose

Shouldn't be. I've bought a used GTX 580 as cheap as $50 here in Canada. That being said, it consumes far more power than a GTX 750 Ti. Gaming performance between the two will be about the same.

I found some on eBay for < $100. Amazon is a totally different story. Power consumption would be a problem for this machine. Anyone familiar for GPU-Z will understand this. When running mfaktc, the performance is 'capped' due to voltage level. This machine is an HP and there isn't much inside that is not proprietary. The PSU is 400 watts. The motherboard connectors are much smaller than what I've seen in the past, and fewer. An off-the-shelf PSU would not work. The workaround is to spec-out a completely new system, which I will do sometime. I already have the CPU and that's usually the most costly item.

Originally Posted by Mark Rose

There's no point getting an i7 for Prime95.

I suspected this would be the case.

Originally Posted by Mark Rose

GP2 wrote an excellent post answering that.

I quickly skimmed it. I saw what I was looking for. I'll have to go back and read it in detail. There is a lot in there.

I believe I overestimated the time for a P-1. I'm running a pair now. It finished stage 1 in 7.5 hours.