How is mining with a laptop different from running Crysis on max settings?

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Quote from: silvestar on July 06, 2014, 12:51:59 PM

Quote from: Katarina on July 06, 2014, 08:08:14 AM

It doesn't really matter if you using your laptop to run high-end game or mining as long as your CPU & GPU temperature is lower then 75C and it should last quite long.

The problem is, your laptop GPU temperature could reach 80+ degree C in a short period of time mining (especially scrypt) Cheesy

This thread should just be marked with no don't do it and closed

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Quote from: Katarina on July 06, 2014, 08:08:14 AM

It doesn't really matter if you using your laptop to run high-end game or mining as long as your CPU & GPU temperature is lower then 75C and it should last quite long.

The problem is, your laptop GPU temperature could reach 80+ degree C in a short period of time mining (especially scrypt) Cheesy

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It doesn't really matter if you using your laptop to run high-end game or mining as long as your CPU & GPU temperature is lower then 75C and it should last quite long.

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Quote from: Godye Sclaro X9 on July 06, 2014, 04:40:36 AM

Just like the way it is possible to set settings to medium or low in Crysis to make it playable and you don't have to play Crysis every hour of every day, is it possible to set mining intensity to medium or low? And only run the miner a couple of hours a day?

Thanks.

You could adjust settingss.... but the amount you make would be very little. No matter what the anwser is pretty going to be if your laptop is nice enough to "game" on you are risking to much on small profit.

Even if you have warranty it's not going to be fun to do a RMA on entire laptop if it comes to it.

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Just like the way it is possible to set settings to medium or low in Crysis to make it playable and you don't have to play Crysis every hour of every day, is it possible to set mining intensity to medium or low? And only run the miner a couple of hours a day?

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Quote from: boymilk on July 01, 2014, 07:25:54 PM

Everyone says that mining on a laptop is a bad idea because it will overheat and fall apart. They say that laptops weren't designed to have their CPUs or GPUs running at 100% for long periods.

But how is mining different from running Crysis on max settings? I've never heard of people having their laptops break because they played too much video games. Shouldn't both mining and intensive gaming put an equal amount of stress on the laptop's components?

Just curious because I'm going to buy a new laptop soon. Grin

Even crysis on max setting going to take less cpu and gpu usage so no harm causes.

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TBH I wouldn't mine with my gaming/working hardware be it laptop or desktop for prolonged periods. The GPUs and CPUs themselves sure can take some heat while being cooled. The main issue is that the fans of laptops and desktop graphics cards usually are NOT fit to run at full speed 24/7 for prolonged periods of time (and that is just what they do when you mine). If it isn't uncooled parts like Ram, conduits or condensators that break first from overheat the weak spot will be the fans of your hardware. And there is nothing more fatal than a fan stopping to run while hardware is under 100% stress.

I dunno how it is with current hardware but I used to work at a PC manufacturer and we once tested what happens when unplugging the fan while stressing a CPU/GPU with a benchmark: It starts an actual fire while it melts it's way through the mainboard/graphics card.

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Well you don't play Crysis for 24/7 but you will have to mine for 24/7 which will eventually burn the laptop very soon.Don't gamble with your laptop.

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I always believe you won't destroy your laptop while mining only if you can maintain a good temperature. About 70C. But like others said laptop have crappy cooling, good luck on that.

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Quote from: notlist3d on July 02, 2014, 07:45:57 AM

Quote from: zimmah on July 02, 2014, 07:14:22 AM

The main reason mining on a laptop is useless is because you will waste more money on electricity than you will gain from mining.

Maybe some altcoins can be mined efficiently if your laptops processor is more energy-efficient than you desktop (which might be the case because laptops in general are designed for efficient use of battery)

I think the main reason is it's a perfect way to destroy a nice laptop.

You could have free power, and I think most would still agree mining on a "gaming laptop" is going to be detrimental long term.

If you don't mine on full throttle 24/7 but instead turn it done a little it won't destroy itself.

Of course it will mine a little slower but it will last longer too.

I still don't advice mining with computers or laptops. It just seems pretty pointless.

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Quote from: BunsenBurner on July 03, 2014, 05:48:36 AM

Quote from: notlist3d on July 02, 2014, 07:45:57 AM

Quote from: zimmah on July 02, 2014, 07:14:22 AM

The main reason mining on a laptop is useless is because you will waste more money on electricity than you will gain from mining.

Maybe some altcoins can be mined efficiently if your laptops processor is more energy-efficient than you desktop (which might be the case because laptops in general are designed for efficient use of battery)

I think the main reason is it's a perfect way to destroy a nice laptop.

You could have free power, and I think most would still agree mining on a "gaming laptop" is going to be detrimental long term.

Well, if you have free power, free air-conditioning, and idle laptops, it may not be detrimental (though you won't get much for all that effort).

If you have the above stated resources, you could lease your computing power to companies. Several cloud based computing companies pay you a little for your computing power (by little I mean a couple pennies - which is far more than you can earn mining).

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Quote from: notlist3d on July 02, 2014, 07:45:57 AM

Quote from: zimmah on July 02, 2014, 07:14:22 AM

The main reason mining on a laptop is useless is because you will waste more money on electricity than you will gain from mining.

Maybe some altcoins can be mined efficiently if your laptops processor is more energy-efficient than you desktop (which might be the case because laptops in general are designed for efficient use of battery)

I think the main reason is it's a perfect way to destroy a nice laptop.

You could have free power, and I think most would still agree mining on a "gaming laptop" is going to be detrimental long term.

Well, if you have free power, free air-conditioning, and idle laptops, it may not be detrimental (though you won't get much for all that effort).

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Short of running Futuremark I don't think any games or apps really max out any GPU. You need both the core and memory to be running at top speed to max the TDP.

Run Afterburner and you'll see the graph jump around while playing a game. Mine scrypt and it will max the thermal output for most cards.

Most likely some parts will fail in as little as a couple weeks. I have seen cases warp in 1 weeks time just from clogged fans.

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That laptop will overheat, due to being under full load all the time. Another thing is tat it will never earn back what it has burned in electricity ?

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Not only will the electricity cost you more than the coins you would make by mining, but you also have to consider the long-term damage this will make to your laptop. Running Crysis on max settings 24/7 would also be a massive strain on your laptop's health.

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Hi all,
I used my laptop to mine different altcoins for fun 24/7 for weeks

It was at work and I was leaving it mining during the night too . No problem at all. It was really hot, but I managed to do all my work ( as a support) while it was mining. There was really too less in return , but I made lot of my co workers mine for me too in ypool for XPM and the profit was better

So hope this aptop still survive after this masacre to its CPU.
You can give it a try just for fun. If something breaks while it is in guarantee you can change it. The seller will not know that you were minign on it.
BR

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Quote from: zimmah on July 02, 2014, 07:14:22 AM

The main reason mining on a laptop is useless is because you will waste more money on electricity than you will gain from mining.

Maybe some altcoins can be mined efficiently if your laptops processor is more energy-efficient than you desktop (which might be the case because laptops in general are designed for efficient use of battery)

I think the main reason is it's a perfect way to destroy a nice laptop.

You could have free power, and I think most would still agree mining on a "gaming laptop" is going to be detrimental long term.

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The main reason mining on a laptop is useless is because you will waste more money on electricity than you will gain from mining.

Maybe some altcoins can be mined efficiently if your laptops processor is more energy-efficient than you desktop (which might be the case because laptops in general are designed for efficient use of battery)

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Quote from: boymilk on July 01, 2014, 07:25:54 PM

Everyone says that mining on a laptop is a bad idea because it will overheat and fall apart. They say that laptops weren't designed to have their CPUs or GPUs running at 100% for long periods.

But how is mining different from running Crysis on max settings? I've never heard of people having their laptops break because they played too much video games. Shouldn't both mining and intensive gaming put an equal amount of stress on the laptop's components?

Just curious because I'm going to buy a new laptop soon. Grin

As others mentioned, even on max setting, your GPU isn't running at 100%.
And also, you probably won't play the game consecutively for hours, days and weeks.

You may try mining on your new laptop for say an hour, and monitor your GPU temp closely to see how high it reaches.

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Well I see they sell "cooling equipment" for notebooks with huge fans and it's like a docking station, but I guess, you need more area around the Gpu / Cpu to ventilate it properly.

There should be ways to do it though.

They even developing protocols now, where you mine Alt coins from cellphones, so it's not that it's not possible to do it.

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