Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to introduce myself to the forum. I'm new to mining, but have been lurking around news on Bitcoin for much longer (unavoidable if you read Zerohedge or watch Keiser). Anyway, i come from quite a bit of time in FX and the parallels and differences to BTC were too irresistible for me. The future in paper has me worried and it would appear that thought is shared here.
As for the meat and potatoes: I started mining not long ago with my OC'd Sapphire 1GB 6950, and was getting anywhere from 320-360Mh/s. This was decent for me and a good stable level to get acquainted with Phoenix, Eligius etc.
Within the last week I decided to purchase 2 HIS 3GB 7950 IceQ2's (half for bitcoin, half for gaming i'll be honest). With crossfire, and both cards OC'd to 1100MHz Core, I get 550-570 on each card or somewhere in the 1.1-1.2Gh/s range, which needless to say is a big improvement. Maintaining temps under 79c on the #1 card with both at 99% is also pretty acceptable to me.
Making money is probably most people's goals, mine too, but it's also pretty cool to think that if BTC is fully successful, i will have contributed toward unlocking an entirely revolutionary way of transaction. I can tell my kids oh yea Bitcoin? I helped create .00000000000000001% of those 21m coins. I mean, Bernanke can say he created $85b a month so why can't i have some fun too right?!
I assume that if and when these BFL contraptions get released, the gig will be up for anyone not willing to invest 15k in a rig. So until then I'll take advantage of the excitement right now, and once it's over for the small guy, back to games and my kickass new FPS.
Cheers,
Rusty
Topic: Bitroduction & Rig (Read 331 times)
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