Exactly what low-end cards are supported with CUDA Specifically, is the 8400 supported?

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#1

I’m sorry if this question has been asked before, but I’m in a bit of a rush and I haven’t been able to find the answer with rudimentary searches of “8400” “8500” “G86” and “G84” here.

Does the 8400 (non-mobile!) work with CUDA? I’ve read that the 8500 works okay, but aren’t they identical with the only difference being that the 8400 has a 64 bit memory bus and the 8500 has a 128 bit bus? I know it’s a marginal difference in price, but at our school we already have a few high end cards and I’m thinking it might be nice to have a dozen or so workstations with these cards for learning and testing simple stuff on.

Thanks!

#2

Yes, CUDA is supported on all 8-series GPUs, although I would recommend the 8500 or 8600 if you can afford it because the performance will be much better.

#3

Good to know! Thank you for the swift reply to this.

#4

I’d recommend at least 128-Bit Memory Bandwidth. The 8400 has only 64 bit.
I think the 8500 has a 128 bit interface. It’s pretty cheap too.