Just started mining with the 5870 in my secondary rig. My hope is that it will provide enough heat to keep the computer room warm as autumn sets in up here in the Great White North. The BTC is just gravy really.
Just started mining with the 5870 in my secondary rig. My hope is that it will provide enough heat to keep the computer room warm as autumn sets in up here in the Great White North. The BTC is just gravy really.
Setting the right flags for your mining application can make all the difference. Check bitcoin forums for details for your specific GPU and application.Currently showing around 270MHash in GUI miner, but a Google search reveals that others are getting more than that with 5870s--up to 400MHash.
Other than overclocking (which I will be trying shortly) does anyone have suggestions for ways I can maximize my hash rate?
Edit: Wow, just by adding "-v -w 128" flags I've increased to ~370!
I guess, you can.I have an HD5870 in my primary rig that's starting to feel old for gaming. Is Bitcoin mining something I should look into to recoup some value or should I just sell it and move on to the newer cards?
I guess, you can.
If things go way they are, you might able to pull $50- $75 before it would get un profitable
Lmao I'd love to see your math on that one, unless you are assuming free electricity, no increase in difficulty, and aren't factoring the revenue halving six weeks from now.
Lmao I'd love to see your math on that one, unless you are assuming free electricity, no increase in difficulty, and aren't factoring the revenue halving six weeks from now. A 5870 will also continue to depreciate and the end of GPU mining will likely flood the market, pushing resale value down some more; nevertheless it may depreciate more slowly than current card prices are falling, so we can set that aside for now.
It kept my place from freezing all through last winter in IAJust started mining with the 5870 in my secondary rig. My hope is that it will provide enough heat to keep the computer room warm as autumn sets in up here in the Great White North. The BTC is just gravy really.
It's pretty reasonable, at 370MH/s he'll be currently making about .12BTC/day. Exactly when the block reward halves will be dependent on when the ASICs hit the network, but it probably won't be until around Thanksgiving. With free electricity and $12/BTC he could make at least $50 in that time.
I said UNLESS he was projecting free electricity, and no increase in difficulty and not factoring in block halving.
I should also have said "assuming that price was going to be stable or go up" or something as well. The big key was the free power part, I mean it's hard NOT to turn a profit if you have free power unless your card depreciates like crazy or the price crashes to nil.
Glad winter is coming. I have yet to turn my heat on and it's getting down to 40F at night. To top it off, my heat is electric anyway, so more money in the bank I suppose.I have 2 3560 cisco switches, 4 2611 XM Cisco Router, plus 7970 in my AMD 1055T with 2 1TB WD Black HDD........ only small window 1 Feet by 1 Feet is open........
and my Digital Junk room is still nicely Kool
Check out Hard working minner temps
Still running AC here in TX. I hate running the AC when I have two 7970's mining 24x7. Can't wait for cooler temps.
Meh, temps climbed back up again unfortunately. It was really nice when it was 45-60 (and it'd be even better if I could import mid-west weather here )Still running AC here in TX. I hate running the AC when I have two 7970's mining 24x7. Can't wait for cooler temps.
Yeah, I was all ready to preorder a Jalapeno a couple of months ago, but the more read, the longer I was inclined to wait, and the longer I waited, the less inclined I was to preorder.Please be real. Please don't be a scam. Please let me win the early shipment lotto.