Ethereum Mining with Linux installed PS4?

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Quote from: TheStarfox on July 02, 2017, 04:50:03 PM

Hi guys.
is this possible to mining ethereum on a linux installed ps4?

ı haerd of that some hackers modded ps4 and installed linux inside of ps4.
and also they run steam on ps4.

so...
that means we can logically mine ethereum on linux installed ps4?

Works only on ps3 Grin

And don't go online on PSN, you will be banned Grin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxaLmS7XPiI

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Quote from: akuci on July 02, 2017, 04:59:06 PM

Gamers will be very angry. Cheesy

We took all the GPUs, now we will move on to consoles.

Lol

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Quote from: QuintLeo on July 03, 2017, 05:07:18 PM

PS4 uses an AMD Integrated GPU that has the same core count as a HD 7850 but lower clock and lower memory speed - on ETH it's not going to mine worth beans IF you can assign enough RAM to the GPU to mine AT ALL on ETH.

It would be MUCH more applicable to compare it to a A10 78xx series with twice the GPU cores - which can't mine ETH at all because the DAG file is bigger than the max RAM you can assign to the GPU.

It MIGHT be a viable ZEC miner, but even there the slow memory is going to hamper it - my testing on an A10-7890K gave around 11 sol/s, I'd guess the PS4 GPU might manage 2-3 times that.

An XBox One would work better, since they used GDDR 5 instead of DDR3 - but even THAT console probably won't be able to mine ETH and won't be particularly fast at ZEC mining.

In THEORY, either should be usable to mine on for SOME altcoins - just not worth the power cost of the console.

I know this is somewhat of an older thread but I'm sure there's still some interesting in mining on PS4 so just wanted to get the specs corrected. You're backwards on the xbox vs ps4 memory. It's the PS4 with 8GB of GDDR5 and XB One with DDR3. On PS4 developers also have a minimum of 4.5GB of that 8GB they have access to, which should be enough power to turn a profit, especially on the newer PS4's that are far more efficient.

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That would be really cool but I'd need to see proof before I'd believe this tho

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PS4 uses an AMD Integrated GPU that has the same core count as a HD 7850 but lower clock and lower memory speed - on ETH it's not going to mine worth beans IF you can assign enough RAM to the GPU to mine AT ALL on ETH.

It would be MUCH more applicable to compare it to a A10 78xx series with twice the GPU cores - which can't mine ETH at all because the DAG file is bigger than the max RAM you can assign to the GPU.

It MIGHT be a viable ZEC miner, but even there the slow memory is going to hamper it - my testing on an A10-7890K gave around 11 sol/s, I'd guess the PS4 GPU might manage 2-3 times that.

An XBox One would work better, since they used GDDR 5 instead of DDR3 - but even THAT console probably won't be able to mine ETH and won't be particularly fast at ZEC mining.

In THEORY, either should be usable to mine on for SOME altcoins - just not worth the power cost of the console.

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Quote from: TheStarfox on July 02, 2017, 05:32:13 PM

Quote from: couture on July 02, 2017, 04:56:31 PM

What are the graphics specs for a os4?

I must be honest - I am very doubtful this will yield very much

ı heard of that ps4 using an amd 7870 gpu.

ı am realy curious about how much MH can be make with a ps4.

No. The PS4 has an APU whose integrated graphics are on par with the R9 270, which is a rebrand of the HD 7850. It's not using a dedicated GPU however.

Aside from having virtually no yields whatsoever, the chip will overheat a LOT and will either run very slow as it's supposed to, or die after a certain period of time.

TheStarfox

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Quote from: couture on July 02, 2017, 04:56:31 PM

What are the graphics specs for a os4?

I must be honest - I am very doubtful this will yield very much

ı heard of that ps4 using an amd 7870 gpu.

ı am realy curious about how much MH can be make with a ps4.

akuci

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Gamers will be very angry. Cheesy

We took all the GPUs, now we will move on to consoles.

couture

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What are the graphics specs for a os4?

I must be honest - I am very doubtful this will yield very much

TheStarfox

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Hi guys.
is this possible to mining ethereum on a linux installed ps4?

ı haerd of that some hackers modded ps4 and installed linux inside of ps4.
and also they run steam on ps4.

so...
that means we can logically mine ethereum on linux installed ps4?

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