Ok, never checked on the 5870M.
Good to know if I can get my hands on a cheap one.
Cheers
Jabba
Topic: To all you haters of laptop mining (Read 4412 times)
nobody hates laptop mining.
People just know that mining at such a low rate w\ the current difficulty is pointless.
People just know that mining at such a low rate w\ the current difficulty is pointless.
Who hates laptop mining?
not me, it just not profitable. 
We would need a mxm to pci express adapter. Which I think I could make although I would need to look into part availability but the price of mxm cards themselves after all its said and done ...
Yes you can, but just in idle mode 
. No way to get them down this low. Otherwise proof it!
BTW: 5870 gives you 320MHashes@ stock. I think you mean a different card - otherwise proof it!
Jabba
. No way to get them down this low. Otherwise proof it!BTW: 5870 gives you 320MHashes@ stock. I think you mean a different card - otherwise proof it!
Jabba
I finally got ahold of a representive of that company i'm talking with them on skype right now(the skype address right on their webpage never did get a reply to my email though)
Yeah that didn't go well, "the product no have"
Are u just thinking about feasibility of mining on notebooks or is it about efficiency?
Otherwise start thinking of underclocking your rigs. I give you something to think of: 505W @ 1.3 GHashes using 4 x 5870
Beat this!
Jabba
Otherwise start thinking of underclocking your rigs. I give you something to think of: 505W @ 1.3 GHashes using 4 x 5870
Beat this!
Jabba
I finally got ahold of a representive of that company i'm talking with them on skype right now(the skype address right on their webpage never did get a reply to my email though)
Here is a link to company that sells a dual MXM to single PCIe adapter:
http://www.pcidv.com/products.asp?id=628
Have tried contacting them numerous times without a response. If you are able to somehow contact them I'd love to buy 5 or so of these adapters.
http://www.pcidv.com/products.asp?id=628
Have tried contacting them numerous times without a response. If you are able to somehow contact them I'd love to buy 5 or so of these adapters.
Pipesnake,
I think this is the card in your link
http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/278-mxm-graphics-goe-pci-express.html
spiccioli.
I'm wondering if anybody has considered iPhone mining...
Heat will reduce the life of the battery significantly, I would consider removing it while mining.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
See the tables in the article for summaries.
Thanks for the tip!! Didn't even think of that...http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
See the tables in the article for summaries.
Post your wallet ID and I'll send you a tip (you can PM it to me if you don't want to post it) .
it would be nice if we could get
a.) cheap mobile cards.
b.) adapters to fit them in desktops at a resonable price.
a.) cheap mobile cards.
b.) adapters to fit them in desktops at a resonable price.
My Alienware m17x has two 5870m cards and runs at 308mh/s (stock clock). Fans do not run at 100%.
Going to buy a second one and install a 6970m (already purchased) and a 6990m when I can purchase it seperately.
Mobility cards are far more efficient than their desktop counterparts (albeit at half the speed for twice the price).
Going to buy a second one and install a 6970m (already purchased) and a 6990m when I can purchase it seperately.
Mobility cards are far more efficient than their desktop counterparts (albeit at half the speed for twice the price).
Heat will reduce the life of the battery significantly, I would consider removing it while mining.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
See the tables in the article for summaries.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
See the tables in the article for summaries.
I replace my laptop on average every year and a half (its a company laptop on lease). That being said, I am not overclocking it whatsoever and the fan barely runs so I know it isn't overheating. On top of that I don't care if it would ruin the laptop because I get a new one on a schedule and the warranty covers if it breaks before then.
If it's a quality brand I wouldn't writer about it too much unless you let it overheat as far a damage goes. I used the last thinkpad I had your f@h for there years before I bought a newer one. Now the new one manages about thirty mhash although with an nvidia quadro it's diving up more than 20a to run.
Degrading your laptop & running it 24/7
for .25 cents per day
for .25 cents per day
I made over 600 BTC with my Core2Duo T7500 laptop back in the day (I think I was hitting maybe 2 MH/s tops lol). But mining wasn't nearly as profitable back then as it is now and I didn't really think Bitcoins were going anywhere. I ended up reformatting the drive w/o backing up my wallet. Oh well, live and learn.
I'm not a hater. I just don't see the point. 32mhs isn't enough to compensate for the wear and tear on your laptop. Heck, 32mhs could be accomplished by a little overclock. It is .3% more hashing power for you.
http://danpenning.com/pics/Capture.PNG
Here's the best I can do for now. This is during normal workload as well. Approximately 8 tabs of Firefox, the miner, 5 remote desktops, Microsoft Outlook, and my company's IM program running.
Here's the best I can do for now. This is during normal workload as well. Approximately 8 tabs of Firefox, the miner, 5 remote desktops, Microsoft Outlook, and my company's IM program running.
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