bitcoin / litecoin mining

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  1. RetardedMonkey

    RetardedMonkey Active Member Silver Stacker

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    Sigh.

    Miner stopped.

    I really need to sort out some kind of remote access or even some stability for this Windows install.
     
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    That seems to be happening a lot :/
     
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    RetardedMonkey Active Member Silver Stacker

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    Linux, solid as. SSH access. Totally headless.

    Windows, fairly flaky (seems to happen when I come to work, not when I am actually at home). Can't RDP. No SSH. Needs keyboard/mouse to do most stuff.

    But with Windows, you can use Trixx to undervolt the cards.
    So on my two cards, I am using about 100w-150w at the wall less between the two.
    Which is worth Windows IMO
     
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    Yeap that's what I reckon you'll get if pool is going good or poorly 1 or less.

    Interestingly it seems that the lower hash rate poolers are getting a better % share? Perhaps its better to have more workers per device than just the one. Any thoughts on that?
     
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    In a relatively small new mainstream market there's bound to be wild volatility until everything finds a level. People are obviously forgetting that Bitcoin is designed to be a medium of exchange. Not an investment vehicle as some seem to be treating it. Ideally one Bitcoin would be pegged 1USD to make it simple. :);)
     
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    just teh way it runs, also I was getting lots of invalid hashes, i think it was because i wasn't connected to their strarum server, just the getwork one.

    Also just FYI, the ozco.in bitcoin pool has gone broke, so if you are about to start mining BTC it's probably not a good place to start.

    I expect people will be paid back up it will take a while as they are 700BTC short
     
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    Glad I swapped from ozco.in now - their LTC PPS pool went down and people reporting really bad luck on their DGM
     
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    I moved from ozco.in to coinotron, is a world of difference in reliability

    from https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=14085.msg1880493#msg1880493

     
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    I'm back using ltcmine.ru - seems to be going well for LTC.
     
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    Now mining on EMC, website has some nice analytics, seems stable so far, decided to ditch my LTC, have realised that I need far more bulk to trade it effectively (e.g. btc-e is charging .5 ltc to transfer out, etc)

    currently have 2.29045239 LTC, will trade for .05 btc
     
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    Got some hardware lying around..

    My options are either:

    2x Nvidia 2GB GTX 650Ti, or
    1x Nvidia GTX 580

    Thoughts on which option would be better?

    (I recognize that the answer is likely on the internet, but I'm trying to learn on the fly!)
     
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    unfortunately the nvidia cards aren't very good for it

    gtx 580 mh/s 150 power draw 244w
    amd 7770 mh/s 190 power draw 80w

    It's not really worth your power to use them =/
     
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    Damn, thanks though.

    With a budget of around $500-600, what AMD cards would you recommend? Better off going to big power or multiple cards?

    I am thinking about 4x Sapphire Radeon HD7770 1GB GHz Edition V2... $109 each

    Does memory on the card matter?
     
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    Hi rodman, lucky I've already done this experiment for you!

    I would recommend buying a single 7970 or 7950

    while the 7770 does represent extremely good value on both the cost and power consumption fronts cooling becomes a chore the more cards you pack together.

    I've tried mixing 7770 + 7950 you're better off just getting a 7970
     
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    Im still on give-me-LTC and they seem good
     
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    Also why did my thread get deleted for the pci risers and not even a message why?
     
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    there was a corruption of the forum database...
     

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