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SpaceJelly

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Quote from: shep on December 14, 2012, 04:50:48 AM

In the same boat, have an Intel sandy bridge, but my GPU is an old Nvidia 9800. Looks like I'll be upgrading soon.

Personally I wouldn't bother. Unless you like PC gaming, getting a GFX card for mining alone is a: a waste of electricity and b: a waste of money as you'll be unlikely to make back the purchase price of the GFX card.

(This is all assuming that ASIC's hit sometime in Q1-2 2013)

ninjaboon

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Quote from: Mikrouwel on June 12, 2011, 08:57:26 AM

Hey Guys,

Is there a program that lets you mine in BTCMine with your CPU and you get decent Mhash/s and you dont have to stop GPU mining?

It seems weird that a CPU is more powerful than a GPU yet my 5870 can get 400Mhash/s were my i7 930 @ 4.2Ghz only gets 5Mhash/s Sad

Thanks

Mik

I get about 10 Mh/s on my i5 laptop and 710 Mh/s on my 5970...

shep

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In the same boat, have an Intel sandy bridge, but my GPU is an old Nvidia 9800. Looks like I'll be upgrading soon.

zThermal

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and by the time u get one, you cant make ur money back

batt01

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Get a Jalapenp from butterflylabs.

Mikrouwel

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Okay lol not worth it then

Thanks anyway

SomeoneWeird

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Quote from: Mikrouwel on June 12, 2011, 09:08:38 AM

Quote from: freequant on June 12, 2011, 09:05:18 AM

Quote from: Mikrouwel on June 12, 2011, 08:57:26 AM

Hey Guys,

Is there a program that lets you mine in BTCMine with your CPU and you get decent Mhash/s and you dont have to stop GPU mining?

It seems weird that a CPU is more powerful than a GPU yet my 5870 can get 400Mhash/s were my i7 930 @ 4.2Ghz only gets 5Mhash/s Sad

Thanks

Mik

This one: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/new-demonstration-cpu-miner-available-1925

I get a error message saying "application has stopped" working when I open it Sad

Also, how many MHash/s could I get out my CPU with that prog?

Mik

7 at the max.

Mikrouwel

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Quote from: freequant on June 12, 2011, 09:05:18 AM

Quote from: Mikrouwel on June 12, 2011, 08:57:26 AM

Hey Guys,

Is there a program that lets you mine in BTCMine with your CPU and you get decent Mhash/s and you dont have to stop GPU mining?

It seems weird that a CPU is more powerful than a GPU yet my 5870 can get 400Mhash/s were my i7 930 @ 4.2Ghz only gets 5Mhash/s Sad

Thanks

Mik

This one: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/new-demonstration-cpu-miner-available-1925

I get a error message saying "application has stopped" working when I open it Sad

Also, how many MHash/s could I get out my CPU with that prog?

Mik

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Quote from: bcearl on June 12, 2011, 09:00:12 AM

Quote from: Mikrouwel on June 12, 2011, 08:57:26 AM

It seems weird that a CPU is more powerful than a GPU yet my 5870 can get 400Mhash/s were my i7 930 @ 4.2Ghz only gets 5Mhash/s Sad

Does it seem weird that an aircraft carrier is more powerful than a car, but a car is way faster on motorways?

Good analogy.

freequant

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Quote from: Mikrouwel on June 12, 2011, 08:57:26 AM

Hey Guys,

Is there a program that lets you mine in BTCMine with your CPU and you get decent Mhash/s and you dont have to stop GPU mining?

It seems weird that a CPU is more powerful than a GPU yet my 5870 can get 400Mhash/s were my i7 930 @ 4.2Ghz only gets 5Mhash/s Sad

Thanks

Mik

This one: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/new-demonstration-cpu-miner-available-1925

SomeoneWeird

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Quote from: Mikrouwel on June 12, 2011, 08:57:26 AM

Hey Guys,

Is there a program that lets you mine in BTCMine with your CPU and you get decent Mhash/s and you dont have to stop GPU mining?

It seems weird that a CPU is more powerful than a GPU yet my 5870 can get 400Mhash/s were my i7 930 @ 4.2Ghz only gets 5Mhash/s Sad

Thanks

Mik

GPU's a made for different things. They are only made to handle a certain amount of things, but the things that they can handle, they are VERY good at. One of those is hashing.

bcearl

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Quote from: Mikrouwel on June 12, 2011, 08:57:26 AM

It seems weird that a CPU is more powerful than a GPU yet my 5870 can get 400Mhash/s were my i7 930 @ 4.2Ghz only gets 5Mhash/s Sad

Does it seem weird that an aircraft carrier is more powerful than a car, but a car is way faster on motorways?

Mikrouwel

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Hey Guys,

Is there a program that lets you mine in BTCMine with your CPU and you get decent Mhash/s and you dont have to stop GPU mining?

It seems weird that a CPU is more powerful than a GPU yet my 5870 can get 400Mhash/s were my i7 930 @ 4.2Ghz only gets 5Mhash/s Sad

Thanks

Mik

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