Radeon R9 280X - new Mantle API - higher performance ? - page 2.

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Quote from: SpeedDemon13 on October 11, 2013, 10:26:56 PM

In my area of California, we have off peak hours from 9pm to 10am M-F. Weekends, off-peak more of the 2 days except for a part of the afternoon. On peak hours are M-F from 1pm to 7pm, until winter time. Rates in my area are as follows: $0.1323/kwhr Off Peak, $0.153/kwhr Partial Peak and $0.3125/kwhr On Peak....

Wow, you must not be making much mining after electricity cost, if anything at all.

I'm currently paying $0.03/kwh for power and $0.04kwhr delivery. Thats $0.07/kwhr total no peak/off peak and I'm locked in for the next 6 months. That sounds great but half of my mining profits still go toward power, more than half if I'm running them in air conditioning.

I've been told that I have some of the cheapest power in the country, if that's the case, how does everyone else stay above power cost mining?

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Keep in mind that he just tried generic 7970 settings. He didn't tweak the settings for that card at all.

By the way, submit your own hardware configs to the wiki by filling out the form here: http://www.lurkmore.com/hardware-compare/

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Quote from: cowandtea on October 11, 2013, 09:50:11 PM

Quote from: SpeedDemon13 on October 11, 2013, 09:16:06 PM

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Quote from: SpeedDemon13 on October 11, 2013, 05:14:06 PM

Quote from: Blazed on October 11, 2013, 02:19:56 PM

Well i have free power so... depends i guess.

Hope your not stealing it....Are you getting solar power? Or you at a college dorm that includes utilities? Or at a company using mining as a way to test hardware?

I'm also interested to know too, I find it so hard to reduce my electricity bills.

Just use your electricity during off peak hours and partial peak hours, that should help. Look at your electric bill for that info. Nothing is free in life.

In my place, only commercial have off peak. For resident its all the same.

In my area of California, we have off peak hours from 9pm to 10am M-F. Weekends, off-peak more of the 2 days except for a part of the afternoon. On peak hours are M-F from 1pm to 7pm, until winter time. Rates in my area are as follows: $0.1323/kwhr Off Peak, $0.153/kwhr Partial Peak and $0.3125/kwhr On Peak....

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Quote from: SpeedDemon13 on October 11, 2013, 08:15:40 PM

Quote from: aa on October 11, 2013, 05:57:04 PM

An R9 280X has been added to the hardware comparison page. With OpenGL, it's either as good as the original 7970s or better. At this point, it seems to be way better than the 7970s. It looks like whatever they changed has fixed the original 7970 issues.

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

That's pretty impress at I=13..Wonder what it does at I=18?...Maybe 800~900 kh/s....

I believe I=13 would be the highest point, some card just don't work well in high intensity.

If it's like the HD 7970, it can do I=18, even I=20....But on average, most single GPU cards can do at least I=18...I do I=80 on my 2x HD 5870's and HD 5850...

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Quote from: SpeedDemon13 on October 11, 2013, 09:16:06 PM

Quote from: fattypig on October 11, 2013, 08:45:30 PM

Quote from: SpeedDemon13 on October 11, 2013, 05:14:06 PM

Quote from: Blazed on October 11, 2013, 02:19:56 PM

Well i have free power so... depends i guess.

Hope your not stealing it....Are you getting solar power? Or you at a college dorm that includes utilities? Or at a company using mining as a way to test hardware?

I'm also interested to know too, I find it so hard to reduce my electricity bills.

Just use your electricity during off peak hours and partial peak hours, that should help. Look at your electric bill for that info. Nothing is free in life.

In my place, only commercial have off peak. For resident its all the same.

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Quote from: SpeedDemon13 on October 11, 2013, 08:15:40 PM

Quote from: aa on October 11, 2013, 05:57:04 PM

An R9 280X has been added to the hardware comparison page. With OpenGL, it's either as good as the original 7970s or better. At this point, it seems to be way better than the 7970s. It looks like whatever they changed has fixed the original 7970 issues.

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

That's pretty impress at I=13..Wonder what it does at I=18?...Maybe 800~900 kh/s....

I believe I=13 would be the highest point, some card just don't work well in high intensity.

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Quote from: bholzer on October 11, 2013, 08:40:50 PM

Quote from: aa on October 11, 2013, 05:57:04 PM

An R9 280X has been added to the hardware comparison page. With OpenGL, it's either as good as the original 7970s or better. At this point, it seems to be way better than the 7970s. It looks like whatever they changed has fixed the original 7970 issues.

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

I get 750 kh/s with my Sapphire 7970s (w/ default firmware, 1080 engine, 1500 mem, I 13)

They're getting 740 kh/s on the 280x at 1100/1500. Obviously the same chip...so I wouldn't expect much different I suppose...but still a bit disappointing.

The driver is in beta still, so you can say it's a fail yet. HD 7970 is a mature product and the R9 280X is still in it infancy. The price is the same as any other HD 7970 and will eventually drop over time.

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Quote from: fattypig on October 11, 2013, 08:45:30 PM

Quote from: SpeedDemon13 on October 11, 2013, 05:14:06 PM

Quote from: Blazed on October 11, 2013, 02:19:56 PM

Well i have free power so... depends i guess.

Hope your not stealing it....Are you getting solar power? Or you at a college dorm that includes utilities? Or at a company using mining as a way to test hardware?

I'm also interested to know too, I find it so hard to reduce my electricity bills.

Just use your electricity during off peak hours and partial peak hours, that should help. Look at your electric bill for that info. Nothing is free in life.

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Quote from: SpeedDemon13 on October 11, 2013, 05:14:06 PM

Quote from: Blazed on October 11, 2013, 02:19:56 PM

Well i have free power so... depends i guess.

Hope your not stealing it....Are you getting solar power? Or you at a college dorm that includes utilities? Or at a company using mining as a way to test hardware?

I'm also interested to know too, I find it so hard to reduce my electricity bills.

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Quote from: aa on October 11, 2013, 05:57:04 PM

An R9 280X has been added to the hardware comparison page. With OpenGL, it's either as good as the original 7970s or better. At this point, it seems to be way better than the 7970s. It looks like whatever they changed has fixed the original 7970 issues.

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

I get 750 kh/s with my Sapphire 7970s (w/ default firmware, 1080 engine, 1500 mem, I 13)

They're getting 740 kh/s on the 280x at 1100/1500. Obviously the same chip...so I wouldn't expect much different I suppose...but still a bit disappointing.

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Quote from: aa on October 11, 2013, 05:57:04 PM

An R9 280X has been added to the hardware comparison page. With OpenGL, it's either as good as the original 7970s or better. At this point, it seems to be way better than the 7970s. It looks like whatever they changed has fixed the original 7970 issues.

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

That's pretty impress at I=13..Wonder what it does at I=18?...Maybe 800~900 kh/s....

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Quote from: SpeedDemon13 on October 11, 2013, 05:19:03 PM

It's a felony and imprisonment plus fines....

That is if you could know it's me.
I might be stealing it from your house off of someone else for me Wink

I doubt that, I have security cameras and watch my PG&E meter reading...

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An R9 280X has been added to the hardware comparison page. With OpenGL, it's either as good as the original 7970s or better. At this point, it seems to be way better than the 7970s. It looks like whatever they changed has fixed the original 7970 issues.

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

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Quote from: SpeedDemon13 on October 11, 2013, 05:14:06 PM

Quote from: Blazed on October 11, 2013, 02:19:56 PM

Well i have free power so... depends i guess.

Hope your not stealing it....Are you getting solar power? Or you at a college dorm that includes utilities? Or at a company using mining as a way to test hardware?

What is wrong with stealing power if you can? Roll Eyes

It's a felony and imprisonment plus fines....

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Quote from: Blazed on October 11, 2013, 02:19:56 PM

Well i have free power so... depends i guess.

Hope your not stealing it....Are you getting solar power? Or you at a college dorm that includes utilities? Or at a company using mining as a way to test hardware?

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People have to remember that AMD made these GPU cards primarily for gaming and HD content, not mining. If they did make one on mining, I bet they can make GPU cards just as efficient as the rumored fpga scrypt miners. Gaming/HD market > Mining market in overall profits....Gamers buy more games and miners just mine, which only the electricity company gains profit.

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Quote from: Blazed on October 11, 2013, 02:19:56 PM

Well i have free power so... depends i guess.

that must be quite a rare position, i don't know anyone that gets free power. Must be a nice position all the same.

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Well i have free power so... depends i guess.

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Quote from: fattypig on October 11, 2013, 10:26:57 AM

Quote from: cryptohunter on October 11, 2013, 10:08:53 AM

Quote from: fattypig on October 11, 2013, 08:18:53 AM

Someone who pre-ordered please update the status of the gpu. I wanna know the energy efficiency vs HD 7970

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The scrypt fpga coming out are 4x more efficient than 7950. I wonder what these will be.

Base on speculation, its 1.5x more costly then GPU.

that would still be a good deal then if it is 4x more efficient. The new gen of cards won't come anywhere near that efficiency i'm sure. In term of cost of production surely scrypt coins are totally undervalued right now in terms of power needed to create them anyway. I don't mean bitcoin since that is kind of a league of it's own but new 256coins vs new scrypt if the same total coins, block size , rate etc all the same. The scrpyt coins should cost more?

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Quote from: cryptohunter on October 11, 2013, 10:08:53 AM

Quote from: fattypig on October 11, 2013, 08:18:53 AM

Someone who pre-ordered please update the status of the gpu. I wanna know the energy efficiency vs HD 7970

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The scrypt fpga coming out are 4x more efficient than 7950. I wonder what these will be.

Base on speculation, its 1.5x more costly then GPU.

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Quote from: Blazed on October 11, 2013, 10:09:57 AM

Scrypt FPGA are a lot more expensive too?

Not sure no pricing released as yet i think.

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