Which OS is best for OpenCL mining? | Bitcointalksearch.org

Jaime Frontero

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Quote from: bulanula on May 25, 2011, 10:46:39 AM

Quote from: Jaime Frontero on May 25, 2011, 10:45:09 AM

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Quote from: Jaime Frontero on May 25, 2011, 10:37:08 AM

if you're an experienced overclocker you want to run both OSs - windows to set the card BIOS, and linux to run your miners. that said, 30 Gig HDD is a tad small.

oh - and Rule #1: accept no backorders. difficulty just goes up too damn quick.

HOW quick?

quick. like every two weeks or thereabouts. it has recently tended to go up by 50 - 60 % every increase.

Meaning your earnings decrease by 50 - 60 % each time difficulty increases !

it sort of depends on the exchange rate for Bitcoin.

what is the calculable decrease, is your generation rate, with specific hardware.

bulanula

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Quote from: Jaime Frontero on May 25, 2011, 10:45:09 AM

Quote from: PRCman on May 25, 2011, 10:39:53 AM

Quote from: Jaime Frontero on May 25, 2011, 10:37:08 AM

if you're an experienced overclocker you want to run both OSs - windows to set the card BIOS, and linux to run your miners. that said, 30 Gig HDD is a tad small.

oh - and Rule #1: accept no backorders. difficulty just goes up too damn quick.

HOW quick?

quick. like every two weeks or thereabouts. it has recently tended to go up by 50 - 60 % every increase.

Meaning your earnings decrease by 50 - 60 % each time difficulty increases !

Jaime Frontero

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Quote from: PRCman on May 25, 2011, 10:39:53 AM

Quote from: Jaime Frontero on May 25, 2011, 10:37:08 AM

if you're an experienced overclocker you want to run both OSs - windows to set the card BIOS, and linux to run your miners. that said, 30 Gig HDD is a tad small.

oh - and Rule #1: accept no backorders. difficulty just goes up too damn quick.

HOW quick?

quick. like every two weeks or thereabouts. it has recently tended to go up by 50 - 60 % every increase.

PRCman

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Quote from: Jaime Frontero on May 25, 2011, 10:37:08 AM

if you're an experienced overclocker you want to run both OSs - windows to set the card BIOS, and linux to run your miners. that said, 30 Gig HDD is a tad small.

oh - and Rule #1: accept no backorders. difficulty just goes up too damn quick.

HOW quick?

Jaime Frontero

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if you're an experienced overclocker you want to run both OSs - windows to set the card BIOS, and linux to run your miners. that said, 30 Gig HDD is a tad small.

oh - and Rule #1: accept no backorders. difficulty just goes up too damn quick.

carriun

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Ok, so I have a new miner rig on order. AMD CPU, 3x6990s, 4 Gig RAM, 30 Gig HDD. I too the recommended list of parts from the wiki.

What OS should I use? I would rather use Linux (which flavor) but will run Win7 if that is what gives the best performance.

My plan is to run it headless stuffed in a corner of my office and just let it crank away 24/7.

My cost was about $400 less than NewEgg buying direct through my distributor. The 6990s are on back order but they should ship next week, just in time for the difficulty increase :/

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