In Memoriam GPU Thread - A lasting place for your GPU rigs - RIP

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Quote from: statdude on July 05, 2014, 02:04:24 AM

what exactly are you guys even mining?

Isn't it really profitable to mine new coins then dump when they hit exchange?

yes it still is, but you neeed patience, on some coin, don't dump them asap

the good thing about instamining is that you don't need a big farm, one rig is more than enough, but you need to be fast at launch

YourMom420

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ive just gone to renting out my rig.

statdude

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Quote from: boozer on July 05, 2014, 03:16:55 PM

Quote from: statdude on July 05, 2014, 02:04:24 AM

what exactly are you guys even mining?

Isn't it really profitable to mine new coins then dump when they hit exchange?

If you (or anyone) can make it really profitable then you can:

A) buy my farm (look at my earlier posts to find it)
B) Manage my farm and we can split profits

Post here or PM me and let me know.

What about XMR mining? 3x as profitable as other coins.

boozer

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Quote from: statdude on July 05, 2014, 02:04:24 AM

what exactly are you guys even mining?

Isn't it really profitable to mine new coins then dump when they hit exchange?

If you (or anyone) can make it really profitable then you can:

A) buy my farm (look at my earlier posts to find it)
B) Manage my farm and we can split profits

Post here or PM me and let me know.

Karn

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"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."

Quote from: kqpahv on July 05, 2014, 02:27:08 PM

Quote from: 5w00p on July 05, 2014, 01:13:25 AM

If it costs $299 you could get two 750Ti's for that much coin.

It's not going to be more than 229$ but probably less than that. The problem with 750Ti's is that you still cant mine a lot of stuff and you so dependant on 2-3 developers. You will be missing all the good opportunities on new algos. It's almost funny to see how all those 750Ti owners are ass kissing Christian over there Grin

It would be great to see more dev's for nvidia. My 750's have ran cooler, less power, cost less and more reliably than my AMD cards.

kqpahv

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Quote from: 5w00p on July 05, 2014, 01:13:25 AM

If it costs $299 you could get two 750Ti's for that much coin.

It's not going to be more than 229$ but probably less than that. The problem with 750Ti's is that you still cant mine a lot of stuff and you so dependant on 2-3 developers. You will be missing all the good opportunities on new algos. It's almost funny to see how all those 750Ti owners are ass kissing Christian over there Grin

Judgment

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You people who have to pay much for electricity, have you tried extreme undervolting these cards? I tried this briefly on a single r9 290 setup, pulling just 229 watts from wall under mining (55 watts idle). The performance hit wasn't too bad (something like 30% decrease of performance for 100% decrease in power consumption):

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/Judgment89/7272_zps59b1382f.jpg

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what exactly are you guys even mining?

Isn't it really profitable to mine new coins then dump when they hit exchange?

5w00p

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If it costs $299 you could get two 750Ti's for that much coin.

kqpahv

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Quote from: 5w00p on July 04, 2014, 12:21:32 PM

Very cool (pun intended).

I will look into the Tonga. Glad to hear AMD has some fast & efficient stuff coming.
I wonder about the cost, because that is another nice thing about the 750...

edit: I looked into Tonga and I wouldn't get too excited about it.
from: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/185823-gpu-rumor-mill-leaked-shots-of-gtx-880-surface-point-to-8gb-of-ram-while-amd-plans-august-update

"... Tonga could wind up offering 5% to 10% better performance than the older R9 280 and R9 280X cards ..."

A 750Ti is even weaker than a 650Ti Boost. Still it's way ahead in mining thanks to compute 5.0.
What they are talking about there is gaming performance. Compute performance is a whole other thing. Even if it would only offer a 10% performance boost it's still a better way to go if the energy consumption will be decent.

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Man oh man. Some pretty burly looking GPU farm's going on in this thread.

Personally I've been mining with my little ole sapphire 7970 since January of 2013. Ahhh, the good ole days.

BTW, Visiontek 7970's really suck temp/performance wise if using the stock coolers if there is anybody out there thinking about getting any.

Karn

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"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."

I can only dream about having a set up like some of yall. 4 gpu's here 7990, 280, 2 750ti's still mining even though profits are low.

5w00p

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Very cool (pun intended).

I will look into the Tonga. Glad to hear AMD has some fast & efficient stuff coming.
I wonder about the cost, because that is another nice thing about the 750...

edit: I looked into Tonga and I wouldn't get too excited about it.
from: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/185823-gpu-rumor-mill-leaked-shots-of-gtx-880-surface-point-to-8gb-of-ram-while-amd-plans-august-update

"... Tonga could wind up offering 5% to 10% better performance than the older R9 280 and R9 280X cards ..."

kqpahv

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Quote from: 5w00p on July 04, 2014, 01:45:39 AM

You guys are my heroes.
For real, I like seeing these rigs.
Being an AMD overclocking guy from Athlon days around the turn of the century (Thunderbird core), I defected to nVidia and Intel with my current lowly single GPU rig, and with electricity being such a cost issue, the 750Ti I have has not let me down.
Just can't beat the efficiency.
What does AMD have in the works to answer?

New Tonga GPU coming out this August. Its probably going to wipe the floor with 750Ti's Wink

GCN 2.0, Energy efficient, twice the compute power of a 750Ti and "latest architectural improvements such as new ACE (Asynchronous Compute Engine) Units and more focus towards compute shaders"

Obviously geared towards mining Wink

5w00p

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You guys are my heroes.
For real, I like seeing these rigs.
Being an AMD overclocking guy from Athlon days around the turn of the century (Thunderbird core), I defected to nVidia and Intel with my current lowly single GPU rig, and with electricity being such a cost issue, the 750Ti I have has not let me down.
Just can't beat the efficiency.
What does AMD have in the works to answer?

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First account stolen, in traditional BCT fashion!

Maybe its dead for larger rigs, but for smaller rigs GPU mining is still quite profitable.

How?
- Find the right coin each day (best) or use NiceHash X11/X13/X15 if your lazy.
- Mine only X11, X13, X15 of course
- Replace old/dead cards with 750ti - which uses 60w max, probably less with X11 etc.

boozer

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Quote from: mazuma on July 01, 2014, 10:03:21 PM

I feel you bros

lol, thanks man!

mazuma

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I feel you bros

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Personally I have access to large amounts of free AC. Roughly 300 Amps so 35,000 watts in addition to what I'm not using. If anyone is interested in selling rigs, preferably 280x (that's what I use in my farm) I'd be open to receiving offers.

My Free AC deal is locked in through next July. Lastly, it's completely legal if there are any concerns. My business took over a company that went bankrupt and part of the settlement included AC for the remainder of the lease.

I'd be interested in cards, but preferably turnkey rigs. OS not necessary.

Strato

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Quote from: Stratobitz on July 01, 2014, 07:31:45 PM

If power wasn't a concern would GPU mining really be dead? GPUs are still the only way to mine X11, X13 and X15, among others.

You are correct... GPU mining isnt dead for those who have cheaper power. This is not a thread saying GPU mining is dead... its just a thread for GPU miner's to post/share their rigs as they retire them. GPU mining is still very much alive.

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