john-users - Re: GPU based cracking, AMD or NVIDIA

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Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:42:30 +0100
From: "Heiner Mueller" <hm0@....net>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: GPU based cracking, AMD or NVIDIA

>  No,it won't benefit from more VRAM size, however it could benefit from
> more VRAM speed and width only to a small extent. The main speedup will
> come from higher core clocks.
> 
> Regards,
> Sayantan

but I think more cores > core clocks?
eg. 1792 cores @900MHz (HD7950) > 1280 cores @1100MHz (HD7870)?

or is there only a small difference (as the HD7950 will cost ~70EUR more)

btw: thanks a lot @all for your hints!