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Quote from: gianogav on November 12, 2013, 04:45:41 AM

Unfortunately he never got back to me. So I got the second best offer there, which was a sapphire 6950 for $100. Maybe if I make my money back I'll buy another one

Still not a bad price. Still goes for $160-$170 new. You could have brought the price down to $90 to $80.

gianogav

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Unfortunately he never got back to me. So I got the second best offer there, which was a sapphire 6950 for $100. Maybe if I make my money back I'll buy another one

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Just watch the temperature not to hit 75 Degrees Celsius often. 65-70 is desirable.

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it‘s good

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So, did you end up buying them?

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That's not a bad deal. The best I could find was on craigslist for $80 each ($160 for 2). Best you just shader unlock 6950's, the 6970 flash can potential damage the 6950 via over voltage.

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Quote from: gianogav on November 05, 2013, 09:06:36 AM

I don't know if it counts as overclocking, but I was going to flash the cards and turn them into 6970's.

I have modded the original 6950 bios of mine, just unlocked shaders but kept the original voltage. Instead of raising to 1.188V, it stays at 1.1. I get 490 Kh/s out of it at 900Mhz core and 1500Mhz vram. You may get a tad more if you use the 6970's voltage.

Regarding if you will manage better Kh/$ elsewhere, I don't think so.

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Lets not turn this into a pissing contest. Yes I'm aware that I spent a massive amount of money on my 780. It was what I thought was a good card at the time. But for the purposes of mining, they are shit. Complete utter shit. If anyone knows of a better card that has a better KH/$ than what I'm trying to get, speak up.

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What are you talking about?

The stuff I've been seeing puts a 290 right about on par with a 780, kinda like what you've posted here.

http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/4954/amd-radeon-r9-290-review-cheaper-hawaii-vs-gtx-780

The 290 runs a heck of a lot hotter though, and from my personal experiences I'd much rather have the 780.

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A 290 won't even beat a 7970 (7970 can't best a 780,) and a 290x is just about on par with a titan. Unless you are going 290x a 780 is a better choice.

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Quote from: gianogav on November 05, 2013, 02:20:26 AM

Yeah it's second hand, and I really wouldn't use it for gaming, I have a gtx 780 on my pc.

Your gtx 780 isn't that good either.
Second hand or not, gaming is an option and in crossfire they are good.
$65 per GPU, considering their hashrate, this is a good deal.

Haha!

780 is better than most any AMD card, smoke any 7970 at least.

Nvidia for gaming, AMD for mining and wearing out Grin

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It might make them run hotter on what might already be weak fans, if they were used to mine, hard, previously.

Since you are mining I wouldn't worry much. Rig something up if the fans do die Grin

gianogav

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I don't know if it counts as overclocking, but I was going to flash the cards and turn them into 6970's.

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Quote from: gianogav on November 05, 2013, 02:20:26 AM

Yeah it's second hand, and I really wouldn't use it for gaming, I have a gtx 780 on my pc.

Just a word of advice, even if you buy it don't overclock too much and try to have temperature below 75C. this way you can make it last long.....

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Yes, buy them! You get 2.5 - 3$ /day mining and then you may even sell them for more than you paid for!

gianogav

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Yeah it's second hand, and I really wouldn't use it for gaming, I have a gtx 780 on my pc.

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Not worth it, I assume its 2nd hand and does not have any more warranties right?

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I did buy them, atleast you can use them for gaming, if altcoin aren't worth it.

gianogav

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If I did buy them I'd use them to mine alt coins. Are they worth it though? I don't pay for electricity if that changes anything.

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