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On hind-sight I recant my advice now that it is working for you.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
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oh, you, wikipedia x)Originally Posted by Dirk Broer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...5xxx.29_series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_HD_5000_Series
it's sad we have to think like that, what with occasional driver oddities :DOn hind-sight I recant my advice now that it is working for you.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
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yes... I found if your running them in xp64 you cannot get drivers newer then 12.1 if I remember right. The 5xxx series cards are not very impressive on HCC at WCG , but they do still get a fair amount of work done compared to a CPU. The 7xxx series with the gain in power efficiency really seems to work well at WCG right now. Don't make the same mistake as me and buy 5xxx series with waterblocks for this project.
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The HD 5000 series definitely supports OpenCL 1.2, that's why you can use them in WCG. OpenCL 1.2 support is a prerequisite for WCG.
I have a OpenCL 1.1 capable HD 4770 which cannot be used for WCG, so it is running mainly MilkyWay.
I'll change the Wikipedia mentioning of OpenCL 1.1 above and below the table for the HD 5000 series (mind you: the infobox has the right mentioning)
Here's a complete list from AMD to see which AMD GPUs will operate using OpenCL 1.2 with the latest SDK (HD 5000 family included)
Looks like Plonk's OS is the culprit (Win2K8-R2 server is not on the list of supported OS-es for the last SDK)...
Last edited by Dirk Broer; 02-25-2013 at 08:13 PM. Reason: Win2K8-R2 server is the limiting factor here
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XP 64bit was not on the list, but it is able to run under its current setup with the 5xxx and 6xxx series cards. I believe i'm running 11.12 on my xp64 bit system and that may be one of the last versions they supported OpenCL on xp.
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if all else fails, you can just do bitcoin if you have cheap power ;)
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