<p>It seems unlikely. SHA-256 uses very little memory, so while I don't know a lot about GPU mining code, I would doubt that additional GPU memory would be used at all - I can't think what it would be used for.</p>

<p>But if you want to know for sure - since this is a simple BIOS option, why not just try it both ways and see?</p>

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Nate Eldredge
<p>GPU Mining is dead. It's been overtaken by ASICs which are many orders of magnitude more efficient. There is no point in even trying.</p>

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Thanks, but I already know that and it doesn't answer my question.
Andreas Hartmann
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Jannes
<p>Example: I am mining on a Windows computer with guiminer on an onboard gpu. Will assigning more memory to the IGP improve its performance while mining?</p>

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Does Bitcoin mining benefit at all from having more video memory?
Andreas Hartmann
# Does Bitcoin mining benefit at all from having more video memory?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-19)

Example: I am mining on a Windows computer with guiminer on an onboard gpu. Will assigning more memory to the IGP improve its performance while mining?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-20. Score: 1

It seems unlikely. SHA-256 uses very little memory, so while I don't know a lot about GPU mining code, I would doubt that additional GPU memory would be used at all - I can't think what it would be used for.

But if you want to know for sure - since this is a simple BIOS option, why not just try it both ways and see?


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-08-19. Score: 0

GPU Mining is dead. It's been overtaken by ASICs which are many orders of magnitude more efficient. There is no point in even trying.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks, but I already know that and it doesn't answer my question.  

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