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AMD vs Nvidia hash test

Easter morning and things were quiet, so for fun I ran a couple of tests. One machine, an Alienware Aurora with 4 GHz i7-6700K with 16 GB DDR3, and an 8 GB Radeon Vega RX 64 (driving three screens, two-4k, and one-8k for a total of 50 Mpixels) with driver 18.3.4. The other machine—an Alienware Area 51 with a 3.3 ...

Jon Peddie

Easter morning and things were quiet, so for fun I ran a couple of tests. One machine, an Alienware Aurora with 4 GHz i7-6700K with 16 GB DDR3, and an 8 GB Radeon Vega RX 64 (driving three screens, two-4k, and one-8k for a total of 50 Mpixels) with driver 18.3.4. The other machine—an Alienware Area 51 with a 3.3 GHz i9-7900X with 16 GB DDR4, and an 8 GB GTX1080 (driving one-4k, and one-2460×1440 screens) with driver 391.24. Given the display load and processor, the Aurora system would seem the underdog. I then launched Claymore’s dual Ethereum and Decred
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