Got two 7970s in April, and 2 more last week for a milk rate rig. Also have 2x 5870s for gaming/mining.
Seeing it now as a self funding hobby with gaming perks, maybe pay for a new gaming rig if lucky.
Can't see it being more than that due to asics, like others posted escape hatch is ltc or ebaying the cards.
Topic: Anyone still buying GPUs? (Read 4507 times)
I've been combing my local B&S web sites and see prices for 5800 series down to sub 100 dollar levels. Would any of you still buy a 5870 card for a hundred bucks at this time? Thanks.
can you gave the link?
it sounds cheap
you could turn it immediately for a profit, assuming it's not missing any parts, hah
If you can get ROI by the end of the year you should be fine...
BTC/GH in one year
BTC/GH in one year
I stopped buying GPUs last summer, somehow I'm sitting here with 40 more cards than I had back then. I've definitely stopped buying them now though!
40 pcs cards is enough i guess
if 1 can get 300 mhash, it already 12ghash/s
I stopped buying GPUs last summer, somehow I'm sitting here with 40 more cards than I had back then. I've definitely stopped buying them now though!
Recently bought two 7950 from Gigabyte with 3 fans, run great, both on 1050 Mhz, doing 555 Mhs, default vcore.
For mining and occasional gaming.
similar here - but as its winter i run up to 1100mh/s and they are currently on 64*C and peaking at 600mh/s.For mining and occasional gaming.
I also use them for gaming - so BTC is basically a hobby and a way to pay for some of the initial cost of my hardware upgrades.
I bought 3 7970's a couple months ago and will probably break even with btc. When the asic hits and the difficulty skyrockets ill swap them over to LTC. I tend to think of BTC like gold and LTC like silver.
I've been combing my local B&S web sites and see prices for 5800 series down to sub 100 dollar levels. Would any of you still buy a 5870 card for a hundred bucks at this time? Thanks.
can you gave the link?
it sounds cheap
I'm holding out to see if Avalon ships...if not, then I think I may be able to break even if I buy these old 5800 series cards (free power)
Recently bought two 7950 from Gigabyte with 3 fans, run great, both on 1050 Mhz, doing 555 Mhs, default vcore.
For mining and occasional gaming.
For mining and occasional gaming.
My GPU buying is getting less and less, for two reasons, I do have a claim in the ASIC race so relying on that, But also, As my cards drop off this mortal coil, I am less inclined to replace them due to the cards holding price, I mean the 5870 is the same price it was a year ago? So unless I find cheap deals, My farm will get smaller.
Well, 5870 has dropped some bit tbh. I bought most of mine for about $160 approx. 6 months ago. Now you'd be doing good to clear about $105-$110 after eBay fees. Clearing $100 would be more realistic (have a nice shipping price, too).5830's, though.... just glanced at eBay and they're still going for $60-$80 before shipping (so average price maybe around $70-$90?). I bought a bunch of mine back in April of 2011 for $100.. That newegg promotion, I'm sure a bunch of people here remember that. I think a few weeks after that there was another promotion (maybe with amazon) where they sold them for like $110 with a shogun steam code.
My GPU buying is getting less and less, for two reasons, I do have a claim in the ASIC race so relying on that, But also, As my cards drop off this mortal coil, I am less inclined to replace them due to the cards holding price, I mean the 5870 is the same price it was a year ago? So unless I find cheap deals, My farm will get smaller.
Yes, I do. 5850/70 if less than $60, and 6950 if less than $120 (got mine for that recently). If it is cheap enough, there is close no no risk, I will buy it and mine on it until I feel the price has catched up - then I sell the HW and invest in something new again.
I'd buy a dozen 5870's for $75 each as long as they were all in working condition... you could sell them on eBay for at least 33% profit... not sure about the 5850 and 6950 pricing
Yes, I do. 5850/70 if less than $60, and 6950 if less than $120 (got mine for that recently). If it is cheap enough, there is close no no risk, I will buy it and mine on it until I feel the price has catched up - then I sell the HW and invest in something new again.
For what? Gaming or mining?
No, of course nobody buying gpus for gaming! Everyone today is playing on modern consoles with state-of-the-art powerful hardware!
For what? Gaming or mining?
No, of course nobody buying gpus for gaming! Everyone today is playing on modern consoles with state-of-the-art powerful hardware!For what? Gaming or mining?
No, of course nobody buying gpus for gaming! Everyone today is playing on modern consoles with state-of-the-art powerful hardware! For what? Gaming or mining?
No, of course nobody buying gpus for gaming! Everyone today is playing on modern consoles with state-of-the-art powerful hardware! I've been combing my local B&S web sites and see prices for 5800 series down to sub 100 dollar levels. Would any of you still buy a 5870 card for a hundred bucks at this time? Thanks.
you can still sell 5830's on ebay for like $60-$85+ (not including shipping on some of these)
http://www.ebay.com/csc/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&LH_Complete=1&_nkw=radeon+hd+5830&_sop=13
5870's look like they average around $125
http://www.ebay.com/csc/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=radeon+hd+5870&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc
but then you'd have to pay about $14 of that in ebay fees
actually it was just 3 or 4 recent cards went for a lot. the average is more like $100. just do a buy it now for $115 or something, always the best
I've been combing my local B&S web sites and see prices for 5800 series down to sub 100 dollar levels. Would any of you still buy a 5870 card for a hundred bucks at this time? Thanks.
5870s are good miners but mining with them for btc will be obsulete when ascis are out if you want to make a rig for alt coins like Litecoin then maybe this is suited as my 5870 works perfect for it and gets arround 300 to 400Kh/s on litecoin and btc i pull 400MH/s
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