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Distributed Computing Technologies Inc. (Distributed.net) is a worldwide distributed computing effort that is attempting to solve large scale compute-intensive projects, by utilizing the combined idle processing cycles of member computers.
RC5-72 is a security-based encryption key project and is a competition to test the security and strength of 72-bit RC5 encryption keys. Packets are fetched from the server via the client, the cruncher tests each packet block of keys and sends the data back to the server. User statistics are logged on the stats server.
The 6800 architecture is way out in front with this particular test.
Boring reference design but crossfire performance is fantastic.
Their pricing is fantastic, there are price wars aplenty right now, they seem to be dropping every day !
HD6870 is still disappointing I think compared to 6850, but we will only be able to judge it when third party versions hit the market.
These are down to 179 quid in the UK today !
The pricing is different on every store I visit,. its a bit of a nightmare getting set figures for either 70 or 50.
wicked. two 6850s in CFX for me.
Excellent pricing but 460 is still good
I like the fact they have quietened the card down compared to reference design, however does anyone like the reference cooling? seems madness to buy now when we all know that better coolers will be announced for the same price in a month.
The 6870s are impressive but the 6850’s are bullshit because amd sumbitted 6850 with 1120 cores(6870) instead of 960 or whatever which proves that the results for the 6850 were just liek downclocked 6870s
as I said in the other discussion. not all 6850s had the higher count.
I realised sorry 🙂