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Topic: Does Litecoin use less electricity? (Read 575 times)

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April 22, 2013, 10:47:05 PM
#9
Weird ... my 5770 is out performing my 6950 with LTC mining.

LTC is tricky to get setup correctly.  It's taken me several days of messing with my dual-7970 setup to get both cards to 680 and stable at 72-74C. 

LTC mining should be slightly more profitable than btc mining unless you have sha-256 specific hardware.
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April 22, 2013, 10:45:06 PM
#8
The extra draw from memory is likely less than 5-10W, pretty negligible when you consider the overall draw
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April 22, 2013, 10:36:04 PM
#7
Weird ... my 5770 is out performing my 6950 with LTC mining.
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April 22, 2013, 10:35:50 PM
#6
Interesting ... I am using this LTC calculator and it says I would be mining at a loss with my current setup.  As opposed to BTC.
Really, that is quite interesting... what is your setup?
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April 22, 2013, 10:32:37 PM
#5
Interesting ... I am using this LTC calculator and it says I would be mining at a loss with my current setup.  As opposed to BTC.
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April 22, 2013, 10:26:47 PM
#4
Since it is only in khash and not mhash?

Sorry, I know total newbie question.  But this is the newbie forum, after all.
I believe that the amount of extra power usage is so minimal, then it wouldnt matter. That's just an opinion
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April 22, 2013, 10:25:23 PM
#3
actually good question but no about the same except litecoin is more memory intensive. ultimately comes down to power usage of cards or computer
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April 22, 2013, 10:22:03 PM
#2
I do not believe so.  The algorithm requires more memory and is harder to run, which probably actually uses more electricity though I'm not sure of that.
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April 22, 2013, 10:18:32 PM
#1
Since it is only in khash and not mhash?

Sorry, I know total newbie question.  But this is the newbie forum, after all.
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