Can this card be flashed? 7950HD 3gb - page 2.

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Quote from: coinking on November 11, 2013, 02:26:08 PM

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Right on, it seems like people are saying go with the 7950's.. I found a few builds online and they all use those cards.

If I plan on having 4 cards will I still need a 1200w power supply?

200w per card and 100w for the motherboard/CPU/mem gets you very close to 1000w, I would go with the 1200W as it will last longer because it is not being pushed too hard.

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Quote from: ineedit on November 11, 2013, 01:50:45 PM

Quote from: coinking on November 11, 2013, 01:46:07 PM

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Great, thanks.. I'm not sure what you mean about mining BTC with the 7970's.. I was under the assumption BTC minig with gpu's is dead, if not dying.. Regardless I think I will go with the one 7950 for now and order my other parts online.. while they come maybe I can find another 7950 or two for a good price.

I really dislike buying new items (everything I own is pretty much second hand) but I may make an exception for the other cards I buy.

What would the requirements for the rest of the pc be with a 4 gpu rig? Thanks again in advance

You can still mine BTC by GPU it is just inefficient unless you have free electricity and access to enough hardware to make a miner but there are some that still use GPU's just because they can or want to.

2nd hand is good for mining Grin

run it till it dies and then get another

Right on, it seems like people are saying go with the 7950's.. I found a few builds online and they all use those cards.

If I plan on having 4 cards will I still need a 1200w power supply?

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Quote from: coinking on November 11, 2013, 01:46:07 PM

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Great, thanks.. I'm not sure what you mean about mining BTC with the 7970's.. I was under the assumption BTC minig with gpu's is dead, if not dying.. Regardless I think I will go with the one 7950 for now and order my other parts online.. while they come maybe I can find another 7950 or two for a good price.

I really dislike buying new items (everything I own is pretty much second hand) but I may make an exception for the other cards I buy.

What would the requirements for the rest of the pc be with a 4 gpu rig? Thanks again in advance

You can still mine BTC by GPU it is just inefficient unless you have free electricity and access to enough hardware to make a miner but there are some that still use GPU's just because they can or want to.

2nd hand is good for mining Grin

run it till it dies and then get another

coinking

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Quote from: ineedit on November 11, 2013, 01:31:08 PM

Quote from: coinking on November 11, 2013, 01:19:09 PM

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Thanks for the advice, I have another option.. 4x 5970's for $950 (can) but they are a couple years old with no warranty left.

My question is would it be worth it to wait and try an find individual cards (i'm looking to build a 3 or 4 gpu system) like the 7950 that I'm considering buying and build my rig from scratch or should I go with the 5970's with no warranty? I hear cards die quickly when mining so I'm tempted to go with something with warranty, even though the 5970's are a good price.

Would the fact that they are a couple years old affect the hashrate? or more likely to fail?

Personally I would buy 2nd 7970's for BTC and 7950's for alt-coins because of their lower power consumption which will keep your electricity costs down.

Great, thanks.. I'm not sure what you mean about mining BTC with the 7970's.. I was under the assumption BTC minig with gpu's is dead, if not dying.. Regardless I think I will go with the one 7950 for now and order my other parts online.. while they come maybe I can find another 7950 or two for a good price.

I really dislike buying new items (everything I own is pretty much second hand) but I may make an exception for the other cards I buy.

What would the requirements for the rest of the pc be with a 4 gpu rig? Thanks again in advance

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Quote from: coinking on November 11, 2013, 01:19:09 PM

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Thanks for the advice, I have another option.. 4x 5970's for $950 (can) but they are a couple years old with no warranty left.

My question is would it be worth it to wait and try an find individual cards (i'm looking to build a 3 or 4 gpu system) like the 7950 that I'm considering buying and build my rig from scratch or should I go with the 5970's with no warranty? I hear cards die quickly when mining so I'm tempted to go with something with warranty, even though the 5970's are a good price.

Would the fact that they are a couple years old affect the hashrate? or more likely to fail?

Personally I would buy 2nd 7970's for BTC and 7950's for alt-coins because of their lower power consumption which will keep your electricity costs down.

coinking

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Quote from: ineedit on November 11, 2013, 01:13:31 PM

Quote from: coinking on November 11, 2013, 12:31:13 PM

I have an opportunity to buy this card for $200 (canadian).. it's a year old and has a year of warranty left. Should I ONLY buy this card if it can be flashed? What's the communities take on this?

I've heard some models cannot be flashed.. has anyone had experience with this card in particular?

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202007

Thanks in advance

Yes, but use ATIFLASH from a bootable DOS disk and grab the BIOS from here http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/

Thanks for the advice, I have another option.. 4x 5970's for $950 (can) but they are a couple years old with no warranty left.

My question is would it be worth it to wait and try an find individual cards (i'm looking to build a 3 or 4 gpu system) like the 7950 that I'm considering buying and build my rig from scratch or should I go with the 5970's with no warranty? I hear cards die quickly when mining so I'm tempted to go with something with warranty, even though the 5970's are a good price.

Would the fact that they are a couple years old affect the hashrate? or more likely to fail?

ineedit

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Quote from: coinking on November 11, 2013, 12:31:13 PM

I have an opportunity to buy this card for $200 (canadian).. it's a year old and has a year of warranty left. Should I ONLY buy this card if it can be flashed? What's the communities take on this?

I've heard some models cannot be flashed.. has anyone had experience with this card in particular?

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202007

Thanks in advance

Yes, but use ATIFLASH from a bootable DOS disk and grab the BIOS from here http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/

coinking

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Activity: 927

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I have an opportunity to buy this card for $200 (canadian).. it's a year old and has a year of warranty left. Should I ONLY buy this card if it can be flashed? What's the communities take on this?

I've heard some models cannot be flashed.. has anyone had experience with this card in particular?

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202007

Thanks in advance

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