GTX 750 GPUs for coin mining, does RAM amount matter?

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Quote from: ghur on March 06, 2014, 04:35:12 AM

Quote from: -ck on March 05, 2014, 10:56:13 PM

Memory makes no difference. But then, mining bitcoin with GPUs makes no sense now, so I guess you're talking about mining altcoins.

OP didn't mention bitcoin and posted in the "Mining (Altcoins)" section. What made you think this was about bitcoin?

Yeah!

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Quote from: -ck on March 05, 2014, 10:56:13 PM

Memory makes no difference. But then, mining bitcoin with GPUs makes no sense now, so I guess you're talking about mining altcoins.

OP didn't mention bitcoin and posted in the "Mining (Altcoins)" section. What made you think this was about bitcoin?

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Quote from: -ck on March 05, 2014, 10:56:13 PM

Memory makes no difference. But then, mining bitcoin with GPUs makes no sense now, so I guess you're talking about mining altcoins.

Memory becomes important when you try to mine high N-factor coins such as Yacoin. For scrypt mining, 1 GB will do just fine.

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Yes, altcoins. But I'd just buy a bunch of 750's and just hold them until supply ran short and the price rose, then sell them for profit.

But I decided not to even do that right now.

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Ruu \o/

Memory makes no difference. But then, mining bitcoin with GPUs makes no sense now, so I guess you're talking about mining altcoins.

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Quote from: CoolIT on March 05, 2014, 05:33:19 PM

1- GPU mining is now for alternative currencies such as litecoin.
2- You can view an estimate of how cards perform here.
https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

I recommend an ATI, Nvidia cards do not perform well for mining... Someone correct me if I am mistaken.

This is just the latest article on the subject.
If you're reading about Nvidia 750 Ti you're reading about low power draw scrypt mining

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1- GPU mining is now for alternative currencies such as litecoin.
2- You can view an estimate of how cards perform here.
https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

I recommend an ATI, Nvidia cards do not perform well for mining... Someone correct me if I am mistaken.

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Quote from: evel on March 05, 2014, 10:18:32 AM

GTX 750 is not as good as you think. Better wait for the big 20nm cards, you'll save those 150$.

It's not going to be the highest performer compared to a top end GPU but it stands out for high hashpower for relatively little power use compared to most GPUs which deliver a similar amount of hashpower.Look up that article and you'll see what I'm talking about (though I wish I didn't forget the link to it as I could give it to you)

No GPU will be as efficient as an ASIC for scrypt mining but they're not widely available at a reasonable price yet so GPUs are still great for mining these coins

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GTX 750 is not as good as you think. Better wait for the big 20nm cards, you'll save those 150$.

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No, 1 vs. 2 doesn't matter. The part of the GPU that's being utilized is the GPU processor.

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id suggest 4gb ram.

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I see the GTX 750 video cards from Nvidia are getting decent reviews for coin mining. I see that some have 1 GB of RAM, and some have 2 GB. Would this RAM difference matter for coin mining speed?

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