How would this Laptop be for a miner on the go? - page 2.

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Quote from: bitpop on April 30, 2013, 04:38:06 AM

Well first of all, you need amd, no Nvidia

So
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Alienware-M17x-R2-i7-500GB-HDD-AMD-5870M-Crossfire-Core-i7-Blu-Ray-Laptop-/160980191943?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item257b2acac7

Would be faster than the previous computer posted?

ty RT

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GTX680 110.00 1110 1536 RPCMiner with OpenCL or others. Might crash once mining stops. No Flags and Stock Settings (GPU Boost @ 1110mhz Core) with EVGA GTX 680, latest version of GUIMiner (2012-2-19) and Windows 7 x64.

That computer has two of those with how I read it so thats like 3000.... not bad for being plugged into a airport.

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Well first of all, you need amd, no Nvidia

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Quote from: RavinTavin on April 30, 2013, 03:59:41 AM

then what is a good laptop?

this link has the performance numbers for various graphics chipsets:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison

get a laptop with a chipset that'll give you higher MHash/second.

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Quote from: Bitsaurus on April 30, 2013, 04:00:47 AM

Dedicated GPU in a desktop mining makes sense.

Mining on a laptop to earn $10 at the expense of a $500-$2k laptop does not.

It does in my case... Not buying it just for mining. Mining is just a hobby.

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Dedicated GPU in a desktop mining makes sense.

Mining on a laptop to earn $10 at the expense of a $500-$2k laptop does not.

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Quote from: panda1 on April 30, 2013, 03:53:12 AM

not that great for mining.

then what is a good laptop?

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not that great for mining.

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BFL is not the only asic provider
there are other companies which already started to deliver their units

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Quote from: keatonatron on April 30, 2013, 03:35:41 AM

Once ASICs start coming out, I think it will feel like a big waste of money Grin

Why do you need to take your mining rig with you? As long as you have a closet somewhere, just park it and let it do it's thing. They usually don't require constant monitoring...

I am a MFC model so I will leave 2 computers at home running and then this one is what I take when I travel anyways. I also think BFL is a scam....

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Jack of oh so many trades.

Once ASICs start coming out, I think it will feel like a big waste of money Grin

Why do you need to take your mining rig with you? As long as you have a closet somewhere, just park it and let it do it's thing. They usually don't require constant monitoring...

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Alienware-m18x-R2-Dual-NVIDIA-GTX-680M-SLI-i73610QM-SSD-HD-Gaming-Laptop-/190818582871

I have a mac/asus already but I need to upgrade all my computers again to keep up with the times.

Thanks,
RT

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