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so im wondering when it comes to the video cards is the video ram what gets lots of hash or is it the stream process. In other words will a 2 gb card with 1600 stream proc be better than a 4gb card with 1300 proc?
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The stream processors is pretty much where the money is, since they do all the actual hashing.
Thats why e.g. an older ati 6970 2GB will still outperform a 7870 Ghz Edition 4GB model. The 6870 has lower clock speeds and is the [s]inferior[/s] older architecture, but it has more stream processors.
It’s also pretty much the only actual disadvantage of the new R9 290 vs R9 290[color=red]X[/color].
AMD just disabled some of the stream processors and lowered the clock speeds on the 290. ;)