Physics Card

JCoveiro · 2006-11-29, 11:51

Can this Physics card with a FPU help prime95?

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/06/...eia/index.html

S485122 · 2006-11-29, 12:15

This has been discussed before : Graphic Card usable for Prime? for instance.

The problem is that most of the GPU are single precision and thus unusable.

moo · 2006-11-30, 00:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacob Visser

This has been discussed before : Graphic Card usable for Prime? for instance.

The problem is that most of the GPU are single precision and thus unusable.

this is a physics card not graphics card.

potonono · 2006-11-30, 02:31

It only does single precision and essentially, as Jacob put it, is "thus unusable".

moo · 2006-11-30, 04:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by potonono

It only does single precision and essentially, as Jacob put it, is "thus unusable".

true but i wanted to state there is a difference between a cpu and gpu.

2006-11-29, 11:51	#1
JCoveiro "Jorge Coveiro" Nov 2006 Moura, Portugal 2·13 Posts	Physics Card Can this Physics card with a FPU help prime95? http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/06/...eia/index.html

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2006-11-29, 12:15	#2
S485122 Sep 2006 Brussels, Belgium 3×19×29 Posts	This has been discussed before : Graphic Card usable for Prime? for instance. The problem is that most of the GPU are single precision and thus unusable.

2006-11-30, 02:31	#4
potonono Jun 2005 USA, IL C1₁₆ Posts	It only does single precision and essentially, as Jacob put it, is "thus unusable".