Worth what?
It all depends on your idea of worth and what you plan to do with the card.
Mining with GPUs is on the way out. I was only introduced to BTC and this whole idea a few days ago and I can already see that GPU mining is about finished. As the difficulty grows, more powerful machines are going to be necessary for making any gains.
Avalon seems to be the up-and-comer and I read something about a Butterfly (?) system that's going to be even faster. If this type of currency proves stable over the long haul then you can bet your life there will be even more efficient/speedy machines created in the future.
So....if mining is your only reason for buying a new GPU then I would have to say absolutely NO...it's not worth it.
However, I can always find other projects and hobbies that would benefit from better, faster, more GPUs. Personally, I would like to buy another GPU...but I've been wanting one anyway.
Maybe it's worth it for you...maybe it's not! All depends on your plans for it...at least that's the way I see it.
At the moment I'm a LTC miner
I don't think it woulda killed you to read that >.>
I did!
It makes no difference what you're mining. Faster machines will become the standard for mining.
Like I said, if it's worth it for you...go for it!
Again...as I said...I would buy another GPU, simply because I can use it for other things if this digital currency suddenly loses it's appeal. Your situation may differ and no one can answer the question for you.
I was simply trying to help...no need to get snotty!
I only said what I said because of
Mining with GPUs is on the way out. I was only introduced to BTC and this whole idea a few days ago and I can already see that GPU mining is about finished. As the difficulty grows, more powerful machines are going to be necessary for making any gains.
ASIC's cant do LTC so, yeah. And if I don't get my ROI in a month or two I'll simply sell the GPU. It'd be brand new, 2 months old with warranty. I'd lose 15-20bucks at most on it.
Perhaps you missed the part in my post where I said that I'm also new.
In fact, I just heard of Bitcoin for the first time in my life, 3 days ago. So...I too have much to learn.
I was just offering some assistance in weighing out some things you may or may not have considered.
Being new to this, I didn't know that LTC can't be mined with ASIC. Still much for me to learn and understand. If I were a gambling man, I would bet that LTC will eventually be mined by ASIC or something of similar efficiency.
Hey...if you do get the 5770 and decide it's not worth it and wanna get rid of it, remember me. I might be interested in buying it to run Xfire with my current one.