Topic: I think I'm done GPU mining - page 2. (Read 4189 times)

Cue the endless supply of cheap GPUs for gamers!

I'll drop bitcoin GPU mining in a few weeks when difficulty hits 50M. Will gladly milk some more litecoin until it dies.

I powered down my HD6970 for the last time today.  One Block Erupter is doing basically the same, only it's using 2.5W rather than 300W.  

I still have two 7950 cards mining, but I'm only running them to warm the downstairs of the house over the winter.

That was joke post and yeah i agree, block erupters are really amazing.

After countless hours of tuning a multi-family (Tahiti and Cypress) GPU rig for scrypt I give up.  It's too unstable.  It uses even more power, causing the heat to go through the roof and the fans get pegged at my limit of 88%.  The hashrate is 15% less on my rig due to the multi-family GPU issues.  Even though a lot of the scrypt coins I was mining were 200% more profitable, it just wasn't worth the work and crashing.

Who wants to mine Litecoins, it's a waste of time because there's nowhere to spend them. I tried it and most of the blocks don't even contain a single transaction. Litecoin is as dead as a dodo.

Me too, I've just bought 2 i.e. around 700 MH/s with no noise, no heat and no more hard disk failures due to overheating.

I suspect that it will never ROI especially given the massive jumps in difficulty but it will generate me some bit-dimes to play with.

Guess what doesn't mines litecoins ? Your block erupter. 

Guess what doesn't make a shit ton of noise 24 hours a day?  My Block Erupter
Guess what doesn't make my mining room 85F even with ventilation and A/C?  My Block Erupter
Guess what doesn't take 800w of power?  My Block Erupter
Guess what doesn't crash my computer every couple of days?  My Block Erupter
Guess what doesn't have constant driver problems that are impossible to solve?  My Block Erupter
Guess what doesn't break when I update my GPU drivers?  My Block Erupter
Guess what doesn't fail to set clock speeds, initialize, compile a kernel, etc on startup of cgminer?  My Block Erupter
Guess what doesn't keep my Windows 8 login screen from loading because the GPU drivers are corrupt from the computer crashing so much?  My Block Erupter
Guess what doesn't take even MORE power, heat, noise from trying to mine scrypt instead of SHA-256 and causing more crashes?  My Block Erupter
Guess what doesn't slow down when I want to play a video game?  My Block Erupter
Guess what doesn't kill a motherboard and multiple PSU's because it draws so much power and puts out so much heat?  My Block Erupter

My 3 GPU's now only make me something shitty like $1 a day.  Even though my Block Erupter is only 333MH/s, I can let it run forever without having to do any work.  Plus, I've been mining since the middle of 2011 and now I can finally play video games again!

In before trolls say:
"Guess what will never ROI?  Your Block Erupter"
I'm ready to invest in the next ASIC which doesn't cost $20,000 and can ship the same day I order it like my Block Erupter.  Haven't seen one, yet.