Topic: 6950 Worth it for Mining? - page 2. (Read 3111 times)
i have unlocked cards and oc to 960core they pull 410-415Mhs each
Ah, thanks for the input. Still think I'm going to go with it, I'd love to step up the graphics on my games.
I use a pair of 6950s (unlocked to 6970s) and I don't get 420 each. At most (as OC'd as any software allows) I get 360 a piece (Peak of 720 MH/s total). I'd say it's a good investment, but note I didn't buy these for mining, I'm an enthusiast gamer and found mining recently.
The Sapphire 1GB 6950 is $250 shipped on newegg, plus there's currently a $20 MIR but assuming that doesn't work I should still be able to get 420MH/s out of the card with proper overclocking. At the current difficulty level thats ~.75BTC/day and I realize this will drop about once a week but I still feel that it will be profitable, and in any case my desktop could really use an upgrade from an old 4550.
Anyone think this is a bad idea?
Anyone think this is a bad idea?
You won't get anywhere near 420MH/s out of that card... More like 325-335... It's not a reference card so you can't unlock the shaders on it... Otherwise it's a good card.
The Sapphire 1GB 6950 is $250 shipped on newegg, plus there's currently a $20 MIR but assuming that doesn't work I should still be able to get 420MH/s out of the card with proper overclocking. At the current difficulty level thats ~.75BTC/day and I realize this will drop about once a week but I still feel that it will be profitable, and in any case my desktop could really use an upgrade from an old 4550.
Anyone think this is a bad idea?
Anyone think this is a bad idea?
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