[QUOTE=The Best;30442436]Oh. Well I've got a 6950 with unlocked shaders to a 6970.
The past few times I've tried mining I've left my computer on with the fan at 90%.
The temp hovers around 77 C. I left for like 5 hours and came back to find my computer in sleep mode. Not sure if it overheated or not.
I did not underclock however - I assume it's perfectly safe just to drag the slider all the way back[/QUOTE]
Yeah, just the mem clock, 77c is fine for the 6xxx series afaik.
Did some maths, and a PC running a 5830 24/7 for a month would generate about $300 worth of bitcoins at the current market price and difficulty. Power drain would probably be about $15-20/mo extra by having something run 24/7.
My roomate is wanting to build a media center PC for the living room... would be a good idea I think to use a 5830 in it and make it a very low-power consuming PC that runs 24/7 and that mines whenever it isn't being used. Would help pay the rent!
Just registered my account at Mt. Gox and Dwolla ahead of time, so I don't have to worry about it when I actually have enough to convert to moneys.
Now for more waiting.
Are there any alternatives to get the money except Mt. Gox?
[QUOTE=Shadaez;30442465]Yeah, just the mem clock, 77c is fine for the 6xxx series afaik.[/QUOTE]
I don't know why my GPU shuts off though. It might be going higher.
Also, my mem clock is as low as it can get from the Catalyst Control Center, at 1375 mhz
How exactly does lowering memory clock increase mining performance?
just gort mah second bitcoin
huzzah
[QUOTE=Nexus435;30442826]Are there any alternatives to get the money except Mt. Gox?[/QUOTE]
TradeHill.com is who I signed up with. You can use my referral for a lifetime 10% discount on trades when you sign up.
Note though that it still works pretty much like Mt.Gox, you need to have Dwolla account if you use USD, unless you want to pay the $15 fee and fill out the forms for a bank wire transfer.
[QUOTE=chipset;30442993]How exactly does lowering memory clock increase mining performance?[/QUOTE]
It doesn't, it helps keep the power down though.
[QUOTE=chipset;30442993]How exactly does lowering memory clock increase mining performance?[/QUOTE]
It doesn't directly, but with it lower you can often increase the shader speeds.
[editline]13th June 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=The Best;30442978]I don't know why my GPU shuts off though. It might be going higher.
Also, my mem clock is as low as it can get from the Catalyst Control Center, at 1375 mhz[/QUOTE]
you said you didn't know if it was crashing, what do you mean your GPU shuts off?
Why do people put value on BTC when the only way to get them does isn't a service to anyone/creates no product to sell.
Unless what they are actually using our processors for is something illegal, this makes no sense.
We're all probably helping terrorists hack some government or big company.
:ohdear:
open sores money
[QUOTE=KorJax;30443067]TradeHill.com is who I signed up with. You can use my referral for a lifetime 10% discount on trades when you sign up.
Note though that it still works pretty much like Mt.Gox, you need to have Dwolla account if you use USD, unless you want to pay the $15 fee and fill out the forms for a bank wire transfer.[/QUOTE]
i'll use your referral, hook me up yo
[QUOTE=chipset;30442993]How exactly does lowering memory clock increase mining performance?[/QUOTE]
mining isn't memory intensive and with higher speeds you will melt your gpu
How long does BitClockers usually take to find a block?
I almost have 0.01 BTC! :dance:
[QUOTE=chimitos;30443226]Why do people put value on BTC when the only way to get them does isn't a service to anyone/creates no product to sell.
Unless what they are actually using our processors for is something illegal, this makes no sense.
We're all probably helping terrorists hack some government or big company.
:ohdear:[/QUOTE]
It's the same as gold.
Is gold a useful commodity? Is it accessible to everyone to mine?
No, it's not particularly useful, apart from being an appealing colour and good for jewellery (only because of the assumed value of it).
It used to be very accessible to be a gold miner, you could go to texas, grab a pick and then be a gold miner, risky, yes but accessible none-the-less.
Gold became the standard currency denominator when it's rarity was discovered, in reality it's just a metal much like iron, just a lot less common, and generally a lot less useful. Currency was created for the general populace to access, and is essentially coins and notes with denominations of value. This value was initially decided at a share rate of the national reserve in gold.
For example, $1,000,000 dollars total, distributed for circulation to a population of 100,000 people. that means everyone gets $10 and this is what is circulated, and thus the value of a dollar is relatively high.
The price of setting up a farm would be the full initial investment of $10 a year, but enable to a farmer to make a return of $16 a year, a total of $6 profit per year for himself, whilst providing him with housing and paying a staff member $2 (both calculated in the initial cost of $10). End of first year he has $16 in his pocket, which he can then take, and stop running the farm, or invest another $2 to run his farm for another year (we assume most of the initial build costs are now covered, and he can generate his own seeds), or even invest more, to make more the following years.
The staff member receives his $2 and is generally happy with this, as he doesn't have to invest his initial $10 in anything. End of first year he should theoretically have $12. But, he's had to pay for food, right?
We'll assume the single farmer above, with his farm, can sustain 50 people within the total population for a year. To make that $6, he is selling his food produce at $0.12 per household per year.
In general this is relatively affordable for the populace, they pay out $0.12, which equates to roughly 6% of their total worth, yet are able to survive for another year without worrying about food, and they can send 1 worker from each household to provide a service and thus make enough to cover themselves for future years.
Banks said to the general populace:- 'we'll keep hold of your money, and strategically invest it in other people who wish to start businesses, take a share of the profits, and give you a return on your investment in a years time'. This made sense to a lot of people, as they could essentially store their money at no cost, and make money from it, whilst preventing it from being stolen or lost.
This was all well and good for many years, but as population increased into the millions, so, inflation occurred, and money was injected into the economy, which devalued notes, so that over a 10 year period, the $0.10 of the previous years became $1.00 dollar today. How did this happen?
Immature lending was one cause. Previously banks required guarantors for personal loans, which assured they'd be paid off even if the person owing failed to pay it off, or died, so that people who invested in the banks, by opening accounts, were not at risk of losing money, banks also kept gold in stock (enough to pay everyone out if everyone suddenly came in at once to make a withdrawal) which they no longer do.
Loans became a bit of a 'funny money' situation, given out for shit people wanted [b]NOW[/b], like cars, houses and luxury items, and banks saw a lot of potential to make a lot of cash with personal loans. They could give a dude enough to buy his car, and assumed he'd be able to pay it back because he had a job that paid relatively well.
Unfortunately as time went on, housing prices went up, jobs lost their stability, and loans became all-too-common (such that 95% of families now have a loan or mortgage). Not only that but people decided to dilate their loans down so much that they expect to work 20 years before paying off a loan of $20,000, because they can't bare to be without spending a large quantity of cash on luxury items/ lifestyle on a yearly basis and pay off their loans quickly.
Banks got into trouble because of this, so the government/ adjudicators/ admin injected a whole pile of non-existant currency into the banks vaults, so they could cover peoples debts, but in reality, this currency has no real value, as there is not enough gold bullion in existence to cover the currency if everyone was to 'cash it in' for the gold it is worth.
Not that you can actually do that, because banks do not keep enough currency OR gold in their vaults to cover everyone's withdrawal at once, nor can you even ask for your money's amount in Gold anymore direct from banks, despite the note itself saying 'Bank of England promises to pay the bearer on demand the sum of £20' but in reality, [b]what is £20?[/b]
Bitcoin relies on the same principle, but is [i]theoretically[/i] a better investment, because over time, the difficulty increases, so the value [i]theoretically[/i] increases as well, counteracting the effects of inflation by large-scale adaption of the currency.
When I try it just says "rpcminer.exe -cuda has stopped working"
:smith:
Nvidia 8800GTS, if that helps. Anyone have any ideas? Or is my card too old?
[QUOTE=Trumple;30447399]When I try it just says "rpcminer.exe -cuda has stopped working"
:smith:
Nvidia 8800GTS, if that helps. Anyone have any ideas? Or is my card too old?[/QUOTE]
Update your GPU drivers. It started working for me then.
SUch an old nvidia card will be too weak to actually mine any bitcoins.
[QUOTE=sim642;30447796]Update your GPU drivers. It started working for me then.
SUch an old nvidia card will be too weak to actually mine any bitcoins.[/QUOTE]
Would overclocking be of any help then?
[QUOTE=Trumple;30447906]Would overclocking be of any help then?[/QUOTE]
I don't really know, but I doubt it would make a huge change.
[QUOTE=Trumple;30447399]When I try it just says "rpcminer.exe -cuda has stopped working"
:smith:
Nvidia 8800GTS, if that helps. Anyone have any ideas? Or is my card too old?[/QUOTE]
Mining on Nvidia cards are not worth it even if you have a GTX460 my 5770 would still out perform it
I tried this out, and I was getting about 50 MHash/s with my GTX 260, but it was also slowly roasting my card at 89 degrees celsius. After a bit of case reconfiguration (dust clearing, cable management, etc.) I managed to cool it down to 72 degrees, but I don't think it's practical to leave my computer on at 100% GPU processing for the sake of making less than a dollar a day. I suppose if you have a good enough cooling system and graphics card, you could make some serious cash with this, but not me.
[QUOTE=sim642;30447949]I don't really know, but I doubt it would make a huge change.[/QUOTE]
I got it working with updated drivers as you said, thanks.
Overclocking roasts my GPU and only gives me 23 M something or whatever, which is probably useless
Is there a way to use CPU and GPU at the same time?
[QUOTE=Doritos_Man;30448034]Mining on Nvidia cards are not worth it even if you have a GTX460 my 5770 would still out perform it[/QUOTE]
Even a 580 would be comfortably outperformed by your 5770
I'm so rich. I'll buy a boat. [img]http://gyazo.com/0a85a5e852e3d87814b3c41951926361.png[/img]
[QUOTE=sparky28000;30448713]I'm so rich. I'll buy a boat. [img]http://gyazo.com/0a85a5e852e3d87814b3c41951926361.png[/img][/QUOTE]
What you talkin about
I'm the rich one here: [img]http://gyazo.com/c8343b6252b42aebbd4d150ab8fe9775.png[/img]
[QUOTE=chipset;30435448]I have a pretty huge problem, when I'm mining I can't do ANYTHING that requires graphics acceleration or my entire pc freezes (even mouse cursor) and I have to do a hard reboot. I tried using different miners and setting aggression to 1 but it doesn't matter how little the miner is working, any other load and it all breaks.
I really would like to mine while I browse and shit, I don't know where the problem lies.
I have a 6950 with [B]unlocked shaders,[/B] it's not overheating.[/QUOTE]
If you mean you unlocked the 6970 shaders then they're probably unstable.
[QUOTE=djshox;30443315]i'll use your referral, hook me up yo[/QUOTE]
My code is TH-R13644
You also get additional commishion I think for every trade I do. Though I just set it up and haven't done any trading yet
[QUOTE=Doritos_Man;30448737]What you talkin about
I'm the rich one here: [img]http://gyazo.com/c8343b6252b42aebbd4d150ab8fe9775.png[/img][/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.1337upload.net/files/bitcoinfuckyeah.png[/img]
:downs:
If I remember right, someone had almost 2 bitcoins?
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