GDDR5 is faster than DDR3, so theoretically, I guess it would be better to get that instead of DDR3.

I'm a newbie at this as well but I have an MSI RX 550 2 GB OC - According to the specs on Techpowerup, it appears to be better than the GT 1030 you listed:

RX 550 :

FP16 (half) performance
1,211 GFLOPS (1:1)

FP32 (float) performance
1,211 GFLOPS

FP64 (double) performance
75.71 GFLOPS (1:16)

GT 1030

FP16 (half) performance
17.62 GFLOPS (1:64)

FP32 (float) performance
1,127 GFLOPS

FP64 (double) performance
35.23 GFLOPS (1:32)

Of course, there's the CUDA vs OpenCL issue. It's possible the 1030 would run OPN faster with the CUDA app than the AMD would run OPN with the OpenCL app (of note, AMD cards can't run CUDA apps). But that's assuming a CUDA app launches (so far, this BETA is OpenCL only). AMD cards usually have an advantage with OpenCL over Nvidia.

My RX 550 uses 30-35 watts with Folding@home, Einstein@home, etc.
BOINC says: OpenCL: AMD/ATI GPU 0: Radeon RX550/550 Series (driver version 3188.4, device version OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (3188.4), 2048MB, 2048MB available, 1232 GFLOPS peak)


I hope I helped anyway.

I added that I meant if there would ever be one.

The AutoDock developers have a CUDA app, but I don't know if WCG will use it.

I should have used a word other than "issue", I suppose.

Snurk,

The minimum requirement for a GPU right now to run requires OpenCL 1.2 and greater. Note, this also runs on intel gpu as well if your device supports this already. You should be able to tell if your device has intel gpu by the initial startup for the client, however to get WCG work on it, you'll need to edit your device profile. We added a new section in there to allow members to choose which type of GPU they would like to allow to run.

Also, I would imagine in the next few days/weeks we will have a good idea of some specs for the various cards and runtimes to provide to the members.

Thanks,
-Uplinger

Not that I know anything about GPU processing but I read this article just now. Don't get the new Nvidia RTX 3060. The article is about cryptocurrency but I presume it applies to crunching also.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-to-restrict...ty-to-mine-cryptocurrency

For GPU computing, fan is better than fanless, DDR5 is better than DDR3, and 2 GB is better than 1 GB. If you are going to get one of the cards you listed, I would get the GT1030 with a fan. I bought two of these 1.5 months ago for 180 $US. Now the same cards are 160 $US a piece. Damn cryptomining.