litecoins were created by some people who got pissed off that they missed the bitcoin mining early days. I consider them along the same thing as forum gold. Worth some money to some people, but otherwise worthless.
That said, when I get "tired" of using my GPUs (since I have ASICs now) I'll just go back to gaming, and my electric bill will thank me.
Topic: In two days i'm stopping GPU Mining ! - page 2. (Read 6299 times)
It's just unfortunate that GPU mining becomes pointless right in the middle of summer
So, it's done!
My small rig is stopped for now. 1 gh less in the network ... will not change anything.
I will carefully review BTC price, if it's going up again (depend on diff) I will mine again... I will not use time with altcoins.
My small rig is stopped for now. 1 gh less in the network ... will not change anything.
I will carefully review BTC price, if it's going up again (depend on diff) I will mine again... I will not use time with altcoins.
I will continue mining until i get 0.5 BTC ...I'm at 0.4 for now ...
it will be not profitable in about 2 days if nothing change on the BTC price ...
I'm will not mine altcoin, but I will buy BTC on exchanges if price range stays as for now.
it will be not profitable in about 2 days if nothing change on the BTC price ...
I'm will not mine altcoin, but I will buy BTC on exchanges if price range stays as for now.
I already stopped btc a few days, ago and as the above posts have suggested, I switched to alts (DGC)
time to mine alt coins.
Ok, due to recent BTC price rise , GPU mining is still profitable, will check again next diff change ...
keep me informed im intrigued how you are doing.
Ok, due to recent BTC price rise , GPU mining is still profitable, will check again next diff change ...
not yet,
I will see tomorrow ...
I have my miner set at 0.5 btc payout ... i'm at 0.27 for now...
I'm just waiting until this 0.5 get paid..
power price raise by 5% in France in august, if BTC price remain stable, I will power off at least end of july.
I will see tomorrow ...
I have my miner set at 0.5 btc payout ... i'm at 0.27 for now...
I'm just waiting until this 0.5 get paid..
power price raise by 5% in France in august, if BTC price remain stable, I will power off at least end of july.
omfg... thats a big raise... its time for some asics buddy... and you prolly have a while to go before your payout thou! yur gonna spend yur payout on your power bill LOL!
LTC difficulty is still at 874, so yes, but it will surely rise.
Keep an eye on http://www.coinchoose.com/ or http://dustcoin.com/mining
If you are mining multiple alt-coins alongside BTC, you might want to use my front-end: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/crypto-miners-in-tray-a-lightweight-front-end-for-unattended-mining-149442
Keep an eye on http://www.coinchoose.com/ or http://dustcoin.com/mining
If you are mining multiple alt-coins alongside BTC, you might want to use my front-end: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/crypto-miners-in-tray-a-lightweight-front-end-for-unattended-mining-149442
I tried ltc mining for a week, mined about 8 litecoins, sent them to vircurex and exchanged to fiat. Problem is how do you get your money out. Also, yes theoretically you can make more money with altcoins but I didnt see it, during the 5 days of mining ltc.
Now, I am back to mining btc, much much better and more convertible even with monsterous difficulty and downward orice.
Now, I am back to mining btc, much much better and more convertible even with monsterous difficulty and downward orice.
You can change litecoin into bitcoin and then send the bitcoins to your favorite exchange.
Is it still profitable to mine LTC after all GPUs have (or are about to be) moved to LTC mining after today's difficulty increase?
not yet,
I will see tomorrow ...
I have my miner set at 0.5 btc payout ... i'm at 0.27 for now...
I'm just waiting until this 0.5 get paid..
power price raise by 5% in France in august, if BTC price remain stable, I will power off at least end of july.
I will see tomorrow ...
I have my miner set at 0.5 btc payout ... i'm at 0.27 for now...
I'm just waiting until this 0.5 get paid..
power price raise by 5% in France in august, if BTC price remain stable, I will power off at least end of july.
Does under/overvolting have any significant impact on the power consumption of a GPU mining rig, anyway?
Yes. It has a greater impact than just changing the clocks.
A 10% decrease in voltage will decrease the power consumption by 19%.
did you stop? 
You guys are talking about two different things, and acting like their the same.
BTC can underclock the RAM, while LTC needs high RAM speeds. This is known. However, this has nothing to do with undervolting, as no one I know of undervolts their RAM. I think only a few handful of GPUs can even do it.
For undervolting, we're almost exclusively talking about core (engine) speed. The lower a core speed, the lower it can be undervolted. BTC mining needs a high core speed, so usually undervolting is out of the question if you're going for max OC for performance. You can sacrifice performance by lowering your Core clock and undervolting, which is what most people do at this point I think.
LTC can actually get away with a lower engine clock, IIRC, as it's the relationship between the core and mem that matters most, not the highest clock you can get. If you can get away with a slightly lower clock and still get max performance, you could prolly undervolt and save some power. However, the increased RAM speed will add a significant temp/power increase that isn't negligible.
Now kiss and make up.
Does under/overvolting have any significant impact on the power consumption of a GPU mining rig, anyway?
You guys are talking about two different things, and acting like their the same.
BTC can underclock the RAM, while LTC needs high RAM speeds. This is known. However, this has nothing to do with undervolting, as no one I know of undervolts their RAM. I think only a few handful of GPUs can even do it.
For undervolting, we're almost exclusively talking about core (engine) speed. The lower a core speed, the lower it can be undervolted. BTC mining needs a high core speed, so usually undervolting is out of the question if you're going for max OC for performance. You can sacrifice performance by lowering your Core clock and undervolting, which is what most people do at this point I think.
LTC can actually get away with a lower engine clock, IIRC, as it's the relationship between the core and mem that matters most, not the highest clock you can get. If you can get away with a slightly lower clock and still get max performance, you could prolly undervolt and save some power. However, the increased RAM speed will add a significant temp/power increase that isn't negligible.
Now kiss and make up.
I don't understand people mining bitcoin with gpu
Altcoins are 175% more profitable on average. Often reaching 200%.
Altcoins are 175% more profitable on average. Often reaching 200%.
When mining Bitcoin you can downclock your memory and save heaps of electricity. With scrypt coins you can't.
You can undervolt the same on SHA and scrypt
What is wrong with you ?
The main factor to reduce energy consumption is undervolting the core voltage. The core clock and the memory clock are something else.
Almost the same settings can be used concerning core voltage and core clock for SHA and scrypt. Only scrypt need much more memory clock.
You can undervolt AND overclock = reduce consumption while increasing hashrate. It is a matter of balance and testing.
Moreover, it doesn't matter that you increase energy consumption if your gain from mining altcoin is much higher.
I tried ltc mining for a week, mined about 8 litecoins, sent them to vircurex and exchanged to fiat. Problem is how do you get your money out. Also, yes theoretically you can make more money with altcoins but I didnt see it, during the 5 days of mining ltc.
Now, I am back to mining btc, much much better and more convertible even with monsterous difficulty and downward orice.
Now, I am back to mining btc, much much better and more convertible even with monsterous difficulty and downward orice.
You could always exchange them for BTC, then sell them locally on LocalBitcoins.com.
good for you buddy start bumpin it up!!!
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