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ataranlen

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Quote from: warrensgun on June 03, 2011, 12:20:10 AM

I remember seeing one Lab admin's poster of his SETI @HOME achievement because he set it as the screen saver for all the lab machines. No one at the University who made decisions seemed to care, but I also doubt they check things like the power bill.

pshhhh, its government money, who cares, right?

No really, Universities are some of the most wasteful spenders of money. For crying out loud, I'll bet those pc's are all Dell's (or similar)! Such a waste!

warrensgun

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I remember seeing one Lab admin's poster of his SETI @HOME achievement because he set it as the screen saver for all the lab machines. No one at the University who made decisions seemed to care, but I also doubt they check things like the power bill.

PcChip

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Don't do it.

But if you did, use PuddinPop's CUDA Miner, and set the process to above-normal priority.

What mainstream NVidia card is your Quadro similar to?

My 8800GT got 24 MH/s, and my GTX570 gets 112 MH/s

irishmick

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I work at a school that has 4000 computers. They are not on all the time. Not saying yours are not, but figure out what bare cpu * (hours of operation) is going to gain you and then figure in the % chance that you will be fired or dismissed from your studies/job and determine yourself whether it is a worthwhile risk or not ;o)

I have complete 100% admin access (I am the admin) but their measly 2-4 and a few 10-20 MH/s are most definitely not worth it... lmao though I wish they were...

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I recommended using GUIMiner as it is very convenient to setup and use.
There is a full guide available here: http://bitclockers.com/forums/index.php?topic=3.0

RyNinDaCleM

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Legen -wait for it- dary

Idleing 24/7 is WAYY different than 100%/100% The electric bill auto-magically jumped $800 a month?

viktorism

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Thanks for the replies! I thought it was worth a try, but ok - now I know. Maybe it wouldn't be so nice to use the university's resources for this purpose anyway (but hey, these computers are on 24/7 anyway).

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Quote from: viktorism on June 02, 2011, 09:34:15 PM

Hello, I'm totally new to BitCoins, but figured I should start mining during the nights at my university. I have 40 computers with NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 at my hands. Is that a good graphic card to mine with?
Which software would you recommend me to use? All the computers have Windows 7 on them, and I have no admin access, so I can't install anything on them. It would be neat with some application that could be stored on a USB-stick.
I've tried bitcoinplus.com, but I have a feeling it isn't optimal.

Thanks in advance, and sorry if my questions are nooby.

Nvidia cards are notorious for being garbage at mining.
So it would really suck.
At best, you'd pull about as much as someone with a single 6990.
You'd be using about 40x as much power, and you'd also probably get royally screwed.

xenon481

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That is theft of university resources.

MiningBuddy

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Not worth it, you will make virtually nothing and is it worth risking your university placement for a few coins?

viktorism

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Hello, I'm totally new to BitCoins, but figured I should start mining during the nights at my university. I have 40 computers with NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 at my hands. Is that a good graphic card to mine with?
Which software would you recommend me to use? All the computers have Windows 7 on them, and I have no admin access, so I can't install anything on them. It would be neat with some application that could be stored on a USB-stick.
I've tried bitcoinplus.com, but I have a feeling it isn't optimal.

Thanks in advance, and sorry if my questions are nooby.

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