Alright with all this info here I can not decide of I should go with 2x 750s or 1 970. Space is not a problem for I want to start rolling out the old outdated 270xs
I'm doing exactly the same thing at the moment, I have acquired both 750ti's and 970s.
My favourite is still the 750ti's, but I'm mining only x11 so it may be different for other algo's.
the algos needs to be tuned for these cards. It seems obvious that the capacity of the 750ti hasn't disapeared, they are just hiding. That's one of the inconvenient of ccminer is that there isn't anything to configure for the user, that doesn't mean there is nothing to do...
I already reclaimed 0.6M on xcn + 1MH by adjusting the mem clock to 3500MHz using nvidia inspector (really strange, it applies for the mem clock the P2 state parameters and for the core clock P3 state... I think there is a major srew up here
they are running so cool, I will have problem in winter
Ya it's interesting you say that. TDP is never more than 55-60% when mining x11 on the 750ti's. So there's plenty to come I'm sure.
I think with the 970/980s it was an expectation thing, people get excited and sometimes a little unrealistic, including myself. I was dreaming of 6 x 980 rigs making mining profitable again...
People are getting unrealistic even with 750 ti. Buying 750 ti now for mining is crazy. I already start selling off all my card since 2 weeks ago, i am still selling. I have not even sold half of my total number of cards. I think it will take at least 1 - 2 months to completely sell all my cards.
Buying coins is much more cost effective now than buying card for mining.
I guess some people just like the idea of generating money out of GPU because it's funny, a bit like gaming for me, and there is one big difference between mining and buying directly, with mining you can always resell your equipment, with buying if the coin die(or price decrease too much) you are screwed, and gpu can't "die" like a coin
its the same. U can't spend 100% of the money to buy 1 coin. U have to split the money up to several coins unless someone buy the card to mine only 1 coin. Nobody only mine 1 coin with their GPU. Its the same as people shouldnt use the same amount of money to buy 1 coin. Use the money as if u are mining just that u can the coin instantly instead of waiting for days to generate those coins using GPU. Is like if u plan to spend 1 week to mine the coin , u can calculate the amount of coin u will get and buy it. I am sure it will not be 100% of the money.
Buying coin got a lot of advantage over GPU mining now compare to 6 months ago. Especially so when the BTC price is low.
People like the idea of mining more than the idea of making more money.
If u include the time and effort needed to set up GPU and manage them and so on , it's really not cost effective nowadays.
I make more money buying and selling XCN than mining it. The profit come way quicker and more.