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Full Version: Spectre/Meltdown patch a prob?
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Did a quick search and came up blank.
But does the Spectre/meltdown patches effect cracking speeds?
I've heard performance hits all over the place (5%-30%)
Ubuntu server 16.04.4 lts

tia.
For GPU cracking definitely not. For CPU cracking, very likely not. You mostly lose performance when doing IO, which hashcat avoids as much as possible.
(08-02-2018, 05:25 PM)undeath Wrote: [ -> ]For GPU cracking definitely not. For CPU cracking, very likely not. You mostly lose performance when doing IO, which hashcat avoids as much as possible.

Cool bean-a-roonies!
Thanks