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Topic: GPU mining, any use left for it? (Read 1428 times)

sr. member
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January 20, 2016, 03:47:07 PM
#10
I use them as space-heaters in the winter.
There are 3 folding coins to mine with gpus, so that at least you mine for a good cause. One is Gridcoin which is rallying and I'm currently mining. Unfortunately the mining setup is a PITA on linux, so I can mine just with my mule.

 Curecoin I'm familier with, and might actually start mining eventually "just because".

 What's the 3'd such coin?



 X11 coins can be mined for a profit if you have fairly low electric cost and an efficient setup. Haven't paid attention to anything else for a long time, as way too many of the "other than Scrypt/SHA256/X11" coins are fairly hard to find reliable exchanges for.
There are plenty of coins you can mine for a profit but if you just want Bitcoin point the gpus to nice hash after running their benchmarks for your cards (they have a neat application) and boom you're done.
hero member
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February 11, 2016, 11:36:08 AM
#9
You can mine Ethereum. It is very hot coin at present. But there is no guarrantee how long you can mine it profitably.
legendary
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January 20, 2016, 03:45:42 PM
#8
I use them as space-heaters in the winter.
There are 3 folding coins to mine with gpus, so that at least you mine for a good cause. One is Gridcoin which is rallying and I'm currently mining. Unfortunately the mining setup is a PITA on linux, so I can mine just with my mule.

 Curecoin I'm familier with, and might actually start mining eventually "just because".

 What's the 3'd such coin?



 X11 coins can be mined for a profit if you have fairly low electric cost and an efficient setup. Haven't paid attention to anything else for a long time, as way too many of the "other than Scrypt/SHA256/X11" coins are fairly hard to find reliable exchanges for.
sr. member
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January 20, 2016, 01:55:26 PM
#7
Mining with gpu? Can someone confirm profitability of mining?
What are you mining and with what gpu is best?
legendary
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Bitcoin is antisemitic
December 05, 2015, 06:53:38 PM
#6
I use them as space-heaters in the winter.
There are 3 folding coins to mine with gpus, so that at least you mine for a good cause. One is Gridcoin which is rallying and I'm currently mining. Unfortunately the mining setup is a PITA on linux, so I can mine just with my mule.
hero member
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December 05, 2015, 04:25:13 AM
#5
Hello Smiley

I have been a long time off any mining activity (last time I was actively mining the LTC was 40$ a piece). Are there any coins left that can be mined via GPU usages and still result in profit? I do not have free power, so that could very well be what tips the scale against such a case. Still, even the slightest profit would be enough to make me try.

Scrypt has been dead on GPU for years now, however take a look at nicehash/westhash and see if your card manages any profit on the other algorithms.
legendary
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December 04, 2015, 07:56:31 AM
#4
Yes or mining some coin and staking and waiting for pump.
hero member
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December 04, 2015, 04:50:14 AM
#3
Hello Smiley

I have been a long time off any mining activity (last time I was actively mining the LTC was 40$ a piece). Are there any coins left that can be mined via GPU usages and still result in profit? I do not have free power, so that could very well be what tips the scale against such a case. Still, even the slightest profit would be enough to make me try.

If your electricity is more than $0.1 per kWh, then there is no coin to mine for profit. Home mining is only for hobby now.
newbie
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December 02, 2015, 09:59:57 PM
#2
try a few cheap 750ti's ,

get the ones with 6-pin extra power plug required, i have seen many reports of that helping with overclocking, while staying stable

but the key is .... if you can have fun then maybe you might even make a few $'s Smiley
newbie
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December 02, 2015, 05:48:05 PM
#1
Hello Smiley

I have been a long time off any mining activity (last time I was actively mining the LTC was 40$ a piece). Are there any coins left that can be mined via GPU usages and still result in profit? I do not have free power, so that could very well be what tips the scale against such a case. Still, even the slightest profit would be enough to make me try.
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