Just had this bad boy arrive. Will be set up mining this evening after work. Sales blurb states 66 degrees under max load!
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673
LTC blockchain already downloaded so just a case of installing, setting up the software and then mining!
M
I've been observing the hash rate on my 7970 and it fluctuates from 400 ~ 650 Mhash/sec...my temperature seems to be okay at 78 so does anybody know what is the cause for this?
Well, if you can afford Titan SLI, you can also afford four HD7970 for mining. I am sure some NV fans are doing exactly that, but are just to proud to admit it!A single 7970 @ 1150mhz is now making $350 a month. As the electricity cost is relatively small in most of North America compared to this level of profitability, the card practically pays for itself in 1.5 months. I am amazed people are not dumping their NV cards at this point since 680 has a higher price, which means you could sell it for $300, pick up a brand new 7970 with some games and in 1.5 months you just made all that $ back. In my eyes the 7950-7970 is now the greatest videocard(s) ever made because it turns your computer into a money making machine, for as long as this lasts.
$266. I am starting to think $300 is in reach.
A single 7970 @ 1150mhz is now making $350 a month. As the electricity cost is relatively small in most of North America compared to this level of profitability, the card practically pays for itself in 1.5 months. I am amazed people are not dumping their NV cards at this point since 680 has a higher price, which means you could sell it for $300, pick up a brand new 7970 with some games and in 1.5 months you just made all that $ back. In my eyes the 7950-7970 is now the greatest videocard(s) ever made because it turns your computer into a money making machine, for as long as this lasts.
ANy help on this? Also, it seems that my the rig with the dual 7970 seems to be only mining with 1 GPU...despite setting up GUIMINER to mine on the two GPUS More tinkling to do...
Well, if you can afford Titan SLI, you can also afford four HD7970 for mining. I am sure some NV fans are doing exactly that, but are just to proud to admit it!
Its okay because they get "smoother" gameplay out of the box on NV cards. We get free radeons and eventually heaps of $$.
pss.. I wish i listened to your advice many months ago and got into mining. Ive got a few rigs at work on 24/7 as well.. free electricity!
I agree abd have stated it myself. However, I think you give too much credit to the average "enthusiast." This is upper echelon type involvement and understanding, and most people stop at slapping a card in the slot and being glad it booted.A single 7970 @ 1150mhz is now making $350 a month. As the electricity cost is relatively small in most of North America compared to this level of profitability, the card practically pays for itself in 1.5 months. I am amazed people are not dumping their NV cards at this point since 680 has a higher price, which means you could sell it for $300, pick up a brand new 7970 with some games and in 1.5 months you just made all that $ back. In my eyes the 7950-7970 is now the greatest videocard(s) ever made because it turns your computer into a money making machine, for as long as this lasts.
Agree and if that doesn't work out you can launch separate instances for each card, that's what I do with my miners.Set up an individual worker for each GPU in your pool for each GPU. Then you'll end up with 2 individual workers in GUIMiner. You can toggle GPU0 and GPU1 when you set up the workers in GUIMiner.
For example.
GPU0 - Quinglong
GPU1 - Quinglong2
They can even have the same password. Alternatively, you can select GPU1 from the drop down menu in GUIMiner and input same username and password as GPU0 and they should both work under 1 pool worker. Just take a look at GUIMiner and there is a drop down for selecting a GPU.
when I saw newegg and amazon selling out of 7950's I bought another
and a rosewill thor
that should hold 2x7950's and a 6870 just fine.
I have room to not sandwhich them....hence my asking about the expansion cables
my wife refused to run the AC yet, its in the 70's so my office baking(half basement)
I am dropping this thor off at my dads, whose basement never strays from 60F
Been trying for over a week to sign up with the only UK based pool @ litecoinpool.org but they are still not accepting new members.
Idealy I favour a PPS pool but one is in russia which I don't fancy and notroll.in pool seems to be having lots of downtime and only mines 18/24 not 24/24.
Any suggestions from anyone of a good non PPS pool that is taking on miners? I have heard cointron pay out well even though not purely PPS and high fees? i will have a dedicated rig so will mine 24/7.
Any help welcome.
Also talk on forums of a new "stratum" software pools are switching to. Is this automatically compatible with GUIminer-scrypt or will I have to now use some other software?
Thanks
M
{
"pools" : [
{
"url" : "http://pool.50btc.com:8332",
"user" : "myusername",
"pass" : "mypassword"
},
{
"url" : "http://api.bitcoin.cz:8332",
"user" : "myusername",
"pass" : "mypassword"
}
],
"intensity" : "7",
"gpu-engine" : "0-1050",
"gpu-fan" : "0-90",
"gpu-memclock" : "1500",
"gpu-powertune" : "20",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-overheat" : "85",
"temp-target" : "75",
"expiry" : "120",
"failover-only" : true,
"gpu-threads" : "2",
"log" : "5",
"queue" : "1",
"scan-time" : "60",
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
}A single 7970 @ 1150mhz is now making $350 a month. As the electricity cost is relatively small in most of North America compared to this level of profitability, the card practically pays for itself in 1.5 months. I am amazed people are not dumping their NV cards at this point since 680 has a higher price, which means you could sell it for $300, pick up a brand new 7970 with some games and in 1.5 months you just made all that $ back. In my eyes the 7950-7970 is now the greatest videocard(s) ever made because it turns your computer into a money making machine, for as long as this lasts.
If mining LTC, simply lower the intensity. 13 is pretty quiet on my 7950s, 18-20 doubles the output but also makes the cards wind up to 70% fan speed.Is there a way to set the miner to only utilize a fraction of the gpu power ? I want to try to make my card inaudible but still having acceptable temp by putting gpu utilization at around 70%
There is no direct link, but when prices fall, less people (probably) mine, and when less people mine, difficulty falls.Does difficulty also dip when prices do?
If so, is it similar amount as to when it increased?
ANy help on this? Also, it seems that my the rig with the dual 7970 seems to be only mining with 1 GPU...despite setting up GUIMINER to mine on the two GPUS More tinkling to do...
It's probably automated, and if they aren't paying attention.... $##t may happen.This is unusable. mtgox should really just suspend trading until the database catches up, I don't understand why they keep it running like this.