Ethereum mining still profitable? - page 58.

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Quote from: fricircled on February 27, 2016, 03:35:23 PM

Quote from: adaseb on February 24, 2016, 05:38:31 PM

Quote from: Eliovp on February 24, 2016, 02:53:44 PM

Got 16 Rigs with 6 GPU's with windows 7. Works perfectly.

Works even better on Windows 10.

How did you manage that? What drivers?

I have the same question. There are many reports that Windows 10 is bad for mining Ethereum.

not for nvidia apparently

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Quote from: adaseb on February 24, 2016, 05:38:31 PM

Quote from: Eliovp on February 24, 2016, 02:53:44 PM

Got 16 Rigs with 6 GPU's with windows 7. Works perfectly.

Works even better on Windows 10.

How did you manage that? What drivers?

I have the same question. There are many reports that Windows 10 is bad for mining Ethereum.

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Quote from: adaseb on February 24, 2016, 05:38:31 PM

Quote from: Eliovp on February 24, 2016, 02:53:44 PM

Got 16 Rigs with 6 GPU's with windows 7. Works perfectly.

Works even better on Windows 10.

How did you manage that? What drivers?

At least for the nVidia cards, the Windows 10 is worth than windows 7. You can find that in the Ethereum forum.

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Quote from: Eliovp on February 24, 2016, 02:53:44 PM

Got 16 Rigs with 6 GPU's with windows 7. Works perfectly.

Works even better on Windows 10.

How did you manage that? What drivers?

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Quote from: Eliovp on February 24, 2016, 02:53:44 PM

Got 16 Rigs with 6 GPU's with windows 7. Works perfectly.

Works even better on Windows 10.

Do you mean the miners hash faster on Windows 10. I heard somebody said Win 10 is not good for mining. Do you have AMD cards?

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Quote from: adaseb on February 24, 2016, 02:22:43 PM

+5 GPUs on Windows 7, wont with with the drivers you need to mine ETH.

There was a method with 13.12

Most motherboards will support 5 GPU without problem. Some boards share the PCIE lane, you cannot use all the slots.

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Huh?

Got 16 Rigs with 6 GPU's with windows 7. Works perfectly.

Works even better on Windows 10.

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+5 GPUs on Windows 7, wont with with the drivers you need to mine ETH.

There was a method with 13.12

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Quote from: thesmokingman on February 24, 2016, 11:35:44 AM

Quote from: adaseb on February 24, 2016, 12:53:19 AM

Quote from: 64dimensions on February 23, 2016, 11:20:14 PM

Quote from: Narosya on February 13, 2016, 04:24:11 AM

Quote from: adaseb on February 12, 2016, 10:51:17 AM

Anybody know if you can run ethminer using old AMD drivers like 14.4 and 13.12? I want to use more than 4 GPUs but I am using Windows 7.

Etherminer does not work with 14.4 or below. The lowest version which can work is the 14.6. It works well with 15.7. If you just want to mine with 6 GPU, there is no need to mod.

I have the same problem. With Win 7 and AMD 15.12 drivers, the fifth card doesn't install properly. All I can find on the internet so far are mystical references.

Cant do 5 gpus with WIndows 7, upgrade to 8.1

You can certainly do 5+ GPUs on Win 7, it just takes a little work to get it going....

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/7xgpu-windows-modding-amd-video-driver-is-the-answer-712228 - here's a thread for anyone wondering how to get it done. Hope it helps!

In general, it is possible to use up to 7 GPU in the Win7. Some motherboards do not support too many GPU.

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Quote from: adaseb on February 24, 2016, 12:53:19 AM

Quote from: 64dimensions on February 23, 2016, 11:20:14 PM

Quote from: Narosya on February 13, 2016, 04:24:11 AM

Quote from: adaseb on February 12, 2016, 10:51:17 AM

Anybody know if you can run ethminer using old AMD drivers like 14.4 and 13.12? I want to use more than 4 GPUs but I am using Windows 7.

Etherminer does not work with 14.4 or below. The lowest version which can work is the 14.6. It works well with 15.7. If you just want to mine with 6 GPU, there is no need to mod.

I have the same problem. With Win 7 and AMD 15.12 drivers, the fifth card doesn't install properly. All I can find on the internet so far are mystical references.

Cant do 5 gpus with WIndows 7, upgrade to 8.1

You can certainly do 5+ GPUs on Win 7, it just takes a little work to get it going....

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/7xgpu-windows-modding-amd-video-driver-is-the-answer-712228 - here's a thread for anyone wondering how to get it done. Hope it helps!

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Light reading for anyone interested in future Eth profit potential. Boost VC is moving away from investing in BTC companies to invest in companies building upon the Ethereum network.

http://themerkle.com/news/boost-vc-wants-to-invest-in-ethereum-projects/

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Quote from: Ayers on February 24, 2016, 07:02:04 AM

Quote from: Mastsetad on February 23, 2016, 12:37:34 PM

Quote from: bluebox on February 23, 2016, 08:12:57 AM

Quote from: Mulzatas on February 23, 2016, 03:25:21 AM

Did you measure your whole system power with a power meter from the socket on the wall?

Meter on a UPS -- 260W total, mobo, drives, fans, etc. take about 80W, cards ~90W each full-out w/boost. It's basically a multi-boot linux workstation and occasional gaming rig, not exactly designed for lowest power consumption... It's not worth putting a dedicated mining rig together with $300 cards unless you have better reasons to use them (or can recoup a high percentage of their initial cost, as some/most GTX models apparently can). Wink

These 970 cards cost $370 in my country. So it is not profitable to make a rig with them if the Ethereum price drops.

you can always sell them if it is not profitable, 970 can be sold easily on the market, but the question is is ethereum still profitable?

Building a rig and set up the system costs lots of time of money. If we can make good profit, it is ok to build.

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Quote from: Ayers on February 24, 2016, 07:02:04 AM

Quote from: Mastsetad on February 23, 2016, 12:37:34 PM

Quote from: bluebox on February 23, 2016, 08:12:57 AM

Quote from: Mulzatas on February 23, 2016, 03:25:21 AM

Did you measure your whole system power with a power meter from the socket on the wall?

Meter on a UPS -- 260W total, mobo, drives, fans, etc. take about 80W, cards ~90W each full-out w/boost. It's basically a multi-boot linux workstation and occasional gaming rig, not exactly designed for lowest power consumption... It's not worth putting a dedicated mining rig together with $300 cards unless you have better reasons to use them (or can recoup a high percentage of their initial cost, as some/most GTX models apparently can). Wink

These 970 cards cost $370 in my country. So it is not profitable to make a rig with them if the Ethereum price drops.

you can always sell them if it is not profitable, 970 can be sold easily on the market, but the question is is ethereum still profitable?

Yes, we can sell. But buying and selling costs lots of money if you have a big farm to deal with.

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Quote from: Mastsetad on February 23, 2016, 12:37:34 PM

Quote from: bluebox on February 23, 2016, 08:12:57 AM

Quote from: Mulzatas on February 23, 2016, 03:25:21 AM

Did you measure your whole system power with a power meter from the socket on the wall?

Meter on a UPS -- 260W total, mobo, drives, fans, etc. take about 80W, cards ~90W each full-out w/boost. It's basically a multi-boot linux workstation and occasional gaming rig, not exactly designed for lowest power consumption... It's not worth putting a dedicated mining rig together with $300 cards unless you have better reasons to use them (or can recoup a high percentage of their initial cost, as some/most GTX models apparently can). Wink

These 970 cards cost $370 in my country. So it is not profitable to make a rig with them if the Ethereum price drops.

you can always sell them if it is not profitable, 970 can be sold easily on the market, but the question is is ethereum still profitable?

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The life span of the GPU rigs for Ethereum is just 10 months. Do you know any coin worth mining?

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Quote from: bitcoinpete on February 24, 2016, 05:16:57 AM

Quote from: Juliamit on February 24, 2016, 05:10:37 AM

The hash rate is 822GH/s now. It is rising very fast. It doubled from 3 months ago. The rate is increasing.

I predict it will rise even faster in the months leading up to the summer

Why? Do you think people are spending more time and money to build more rigs to mine ethereum?

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Quote from: Juliamit on February 24, 2016, 05:10:37 AM

The hash rate is 822GH/s now. It is rising very fast. It doubled from 3 months ago. The rate is increasing.

I predict it will rise even faster in the months leading up to the summer

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The hash rate is 822GH/s now. It is rising very fast. It doubled from 3 months ago. The rate is increasing.

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Quote from: adaseb on February 24, 2016, 12:53:19 AM

Quote from: 64dimensions on February 23, 2016, 11:20:14 PM

Quote from: Narosya on February 13, 2016, 04:24:11 AM

Quote from: adaseb on February 12, 2016, 10:51:17 AM

Anybody know if you can run ethminer using old AMD drivers like 14.4 and 13.12? I want to use more than 4 GPUs but I am using Windows 7.

Etherminer does not work with 14.4 or below. The lowest version which can work is the 14.6. It works well with 15.7. If you just want to mine with 6 GPU, there is no need to mod.

I have the same problem. With Win 7 and AMD 15.12 drivers, the fifth card doesn't install properly. All I can find on the internet so far are mystical references.

Cant do 5 gpus with WIndows 7, upgrade to 8.1

For me, there is no mining performance difference between the W7 and W8.1. So it is OK to upgrade.

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Quote from: 64dimensions on February 23, 2016, 11:20:14 PM

Quote from: Narosya on February 13, 2016, 04:24:11 AM

Quote from: adaseb on February 12, 2016, 10:51:17 AM

Anybody know if you can run ethminer using old AMD drivers like 14.4 and 13.12? I want to use more than 4 GPUs but I am using Windows 7.

Etherminer does not work with 14.4 or below. The lowest version which can work is the 14.6. It works well with 15.7. If you just want to mine with 6 GPU, there is no need to mod.

I have the same problem. With Win 7 and AMD 15.12 drivers, the fifth card doesn't install properly. All I can find on the internet so far are mystical references.

Cant do 5 gpus with WIndows 7, upgrade to 8.1

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