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7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...

Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that?
The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X.

290x is the best choice, although its abit pricey but we will see some promotion on thanksgiving..

Price is everything. The 280X is half the price of a 290X, and the 290X just hash around 100kh/s more. Not worth it in any way.

newegg always have good promotion, what if they come out with buy 2 free 1 promotion

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Quote from: skleven on November 16, 2013, 01:04:45 PM

Quote from: chaosknight on November 16, 2013, 05:51:27 AM

Quote from: skleven on November 15, 2013, 09:59:53 AM

Quote from: BitcoinAddicts on November 15, 2013, 08:36:51 AM

7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...

Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that?
The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X.

290x is the best choice, although its abit pricey but we will see some promotion on thanksgiving..

Price is everything. The 280X is half the price of a 290X, and the 290X just hash around 100kh/s more. Not worth it in any way.

Yeah, but usually when it is new, the price is high. It will drop once in a while and some crazy promotion brings the most expansive card to really cheap.. so I am waiting too

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Quote from: Quix on November 12, 2013, 11:26:46 PM

I have 2x Radeon 7950s in my gaming rig and I don't mine with them because difficulty is too high for it to be worth it (vs Electricity costs). Realistically the only way to make money at this point is to go big with ASICs and even then it's a pretty big risk.

Mine a scrypt coin then, you could make $4 a day at the moment, minus electric that is.

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Quote from: chaosknight on November 16, 2013, 05:51:27 AM

Quote from: skleven on November 15, 2013, 09:59:53 AM

Quote from: BitcoinAddicts on November 15, 2013, 08:36:51 AM

7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...

Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that?
The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X.

290x is the best choice, although its abit pricey but we will see some promotion on thanksgiving..

Price is everything. The 280X is half the price of a 290X, and the 290X just hash around 100kh/s more. Not worth it in any way.

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Quote from: Wipeout2097 on November 15, 2013, 06:03:10 AM

The best GPU for mining at your price point is the AMD Radeon HD7950. It has the best combination of price/hash rate/power consumption. It is also very good for gaming. If you find a "newer" R-280 for the same price, that's probably better.

There are 2 advisable tweaks: 1) undervolt; 2) download a particular modified .bin for extra hash rate.

Regarding Nvidia, they are inferior at mining either bitcoins or litecoins/alt-coins. You also get more btc if you mine litecoins or other scrypt alts, instead of directly mining bitcoins

For $200, the best GPU that you can get is used 7970. otherwise go for R9 280 when it comes out...

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R9 290 seems to be better then R290x in term of power efficiency, now lets just wait for the price to drop a little before we invest some..

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Quote from: skleven on November 15, 2013, 09:59:53 AM

Quote from: BitcoinAddicts on November 15, 2013, 08:36:51 AM

7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...

Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that?
The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X.

290x is the best choice, although its abit pricey but we will see some promotion on thanksgiving..

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Quote from: skleven on November 15, 2013, 09:59:53 AM

Quote from: BitcoinAddicts on November 15, 2013, 08:36:51 AM

7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...

Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that?
The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X.

you should get about 850 hash for R9 290. Seems like they are best for power efficiency..

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Quote from: BitcoinAddicts on November 15, 2013, 08:36:51 AM

7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...

Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that?
The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X.

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7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...

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Quote from: Wipeout2097 on November 15, 2013, 06:03:10 AM

The best GPU for mining at your price point is the AMD Radeon HD7950. It has the best combination of price/hash rate/power consumption. It is also very good for gaming. If you find a "newer" R-280 for the same price, that's probably better.

There are 2 advisable tweaks: 1) undervolt; 2) download a particular modified .bin for extra hash rate.

Regarding Nvidia, they are inferior at mining either bitcoins or litecoins/alt-coins. You also get more btc if you mine litecoins or other scrypt alts, instead of directly mining bitcoins

I think 7970 is better for power efficiency..

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The best GPU for mining at your price point is the AMD Radeon HD7950. It has the best combination of price/hash rate/power consumption. It is also very good for gaming. If you find a "newer" R-280 for the same price, that's probably better.

There are 2 advisable tweaks: 1) undervolt; 2) download a particular modified .bin for extra hash rate.

Regarding Nvidia, they are inferior at mining either bitcoins or litecoins/alt-coins. You also get more btc if you mine litecoins or other scrypt alts, instead of directly mining bitcoins

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Get a CPU rig and mine some primecoins.

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I believe the best miners would be CPU mining...

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Quote from: Dlcoates1 on November 09, 2013, 11:12:49 PM

Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good GPU for BTC mining for the cost of around $200 - $300.
I am a gamer, but I figure when I am not gaming I could do some mining.
I am a laptop user, but I am planning to build a PC this tax season to save some money for upgrades later on.
The current setup I am looking to build uses a GTX 7770, but I heard Nvidia's were not too great when it comes to btc mining. (ltc mining is a different story though apparently, but btc pays off more)

Anyway's, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Cheers!

Used 7970 should be best for your budget.... but please don't use it on BTC.... gaming is better

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Quote from: Quix on November 12, 2013, 11:26:46 PM

I have 2x Radeon 7950s in my gaming rig and I don't mine with them because difficulty is too high for it to be worth it (vs Electricity costs). Realistically the only way to make money at this point is to go big with ASICs and even then it's a pretty big risk.

The problem is, even with ASIC people are not making money.. those that make the most money is purchase Bitcoin and did nothing...

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I have 2x Radeon 7950s in my gaming rig and I don't mine with them because difficulty is too high for it to be worth it (vs Electricity costs). Realistically the only way to make money at this point is to go big with ASICs and even then it's a pretty big risk.

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Quote from: Dlcoates1 on November 09, 2013, 11:12:49 PM

Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good GPU for BTC mining for the cost of around $200 - $300.
I am a gamer, but I figure when I am not gaming I could do some mining.
I am a laptop user, but I am planning to build a PC this tax season to save some money for upgrades later on.
The current setup I am looking to build uses a GTX 7770, but I heard Nvidia's were not too great when it comes to btc mining. (ltc mining is a different story though apparently, but btc pays off more)

Anyway's, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Cheers!

Why not do CPU mining instead?

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Quote from: Dlcoates1 on November 09, 2013, 11:12:49 PM

Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good GPU for BTC mining for the cost of around $200 - $300.
I am a gamer, but I figure when I am not gaming I could do some mining.
I am a laptop user, but I am planning to build a PC this tax season to save some money for upgrades later on.
The current setup I am looking to build uses a GTX 7770, but I heard Nvidia's were not too great when it comes to btc mining. (ltc mining is a different story though apparently, but btc pays off more)

Anyway's, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Cheers!

Go ASIC please, even USB erupter is more efficient then GPU and you don't need motherboard, memory etc...

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a 7950 is pretty good hashing rate, mines getting 400+KH/s on scrypt and 400+MH/s on sha-256

or you could order some usb asic miners, each go for around $35 each, and do 330MH/s

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