this thread has just cost me 200 bucks... bought an ati 6870 to run in conjunction with my nvidia 560 se. hopefully my 750 watt psu can handle it. if so, i'll finally be profitably mining!
maybe i'll even be able to save enough for a Lancelot fpga before the Great Reward Halving...
maybe i'll even be able to save enough for a Lancelot fpga before the Great Reward Halving...
fyi, a 6870 is a nice card.. but a poor miner. Some people seem to get 380m/h out of it severely overclocked with two gpu threads. mine won't clock that high, and two threads give me the same as one.. about 280-290.
that $200 would have been better spent on a 5870. lots on ebay for less than $200.
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running about 280 - so, yea, i hear ya. my mistake. i was reading a thread here about best cards to get and hadn't noticed the 6870 was overclocked. i've pushed mine up from 900 to 970 core mhz... oh well, eh? live and learn. still - it's a zillion times better then my nvidia 560 at mining, and is making more then the electricity costs. so, in the end it will aide my march to an FPGA.
