TheLegendOfMart
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You don't run them in SLI, you can jam as many cards in as you have PCI-E slots and cudaminer/cgminer will detect and use them all.
You don't run them in SLI, you can jam as many cards in as you have PCI-E slots and cudaminer/cgminer will detect and use them all.
And none of those cards will be worth buying.
Only an idiot is going to buy an ex-mining card for gaming use, unless he's paying less than $20 for it.
Of course you're not gonna feel bad. You're greedy and don't care that you're contributing to the shortage of GPU's and raised prices for people who just want to game. Cuz you got some money out of it.
Congrats.
I don't really understand what bitcoin is and how does this work. Reading the wiki didn't really give me clear understanding about it. Any sites that can explain what bitcoin is for dummies?
So much for Steam Machines, dead in the water if this mining shit keeps up.
Could, but highly unlikely to be.
Really depends on the miner. Most will actually undervolt/underclock their cards to minimise costs and heat. Unless they're running crazy overclocks and don't mention how they were using them begin with, these ex mining cards are fine for gaming.
Seeing comparison numbers from Folding @ Home to this recent coin mining boom has been pretty depressing.
No one wants to cure cancer, but put the promise of a gold carrot in front of them and people climb over themselves to make this happen.
bah
I don't really understand what bitcoin is and how does this work. Reading the wiki didn't really give me clear understanding about it. Any sites that can explain what bitcoin is for dummies?
Seeing comparison numbers from Folding @ Home to this recent coin mining boom has been pretty depressing.
No one wants to cure cancer, but put the promise of a gold carrot in front of them and people climb over themselves to make this happen.
bah
As a buyer, I don't generally trust the seller and any statements they might make about undervolting etc.
There is zero chance of me buying any card that has been popular for crypto-currency mining second hand, full stop.
Most miners are running on cheap electricity, or shared bills, or inclusive bills w/rent etc., underclocking fo heat/power is not the norm for mining, maximising return is, which means most overclock.
Only a fool would buy one of these cards second hand now.
Don't worry all,
once the governments outlaw the use of bitcoins, the whole market will be dead and there will be a lot of oversupply of new cards out there on the market.
I don't really understand what bitcoin is and how does this work. Reading the wiki didn't really give me clear understanding about it. Any sites that can explain what bitcoin is for dummies?
Given that desktop PC hardware appears to be shrinking into a more niche market, any increased demand should be welcomed and met with increased production imo.
The problem is that cryptocurrency is a joke pursued bydeluded moronslibertarians. The bubble is going to burst, probably within twelve months.
actually,he does.some cards hbve increased their price significantly in the last few monthsIt's really interesting that this doesn't effect prices in Europe at all. Why is that?! It can't be that no one over here is into mining..
Actually, what's sad is that no cryptocurrency has linked it's process to folding @ home. They could be mining for coins while actually contributing instead of just doing nonsense math. Guess someone needs to start a foldingcoin currency or something.
I can't seriously believe that there is a Dogecoin,...
WHAT THE FUCK HAS HAPPENED TO THE WORLD HAHAHAH
How am *I* hurting the GPU market for using GPUs I bought for gaming to mine when I am at work and asleep?
So I should stop mining and tell everyone else to because some gamers want to buy a graphics card?
Supply and demand, things are only worth what people will pay for them. If you don't want to pay $900 for a graphics card, don't. Don't begrudge people because they can afford to. Blame retailers for hiking up the price.
I feel like an old person when people talk about bitcoins.. Even after explaining them, why do these hold any value? Is it just a general consensus that each coin is worth so much or are some worth more than others? So the math equations that are done to resemble a bit coin, are they duplicatable?
I can't seriously believe that there is a Dogecoin,...
WHAT THE FUCK HAS HAPPENED TO THE WORLD HAHAHAH
But gold and Dollars are valuable because God said so?I've already posted this in another buttcoin thread, but let me say it again. Bitcoins are only valuable because some other people think it is.
I'm not saying you're some super villain or some ultra greedy corporate head, just that your display of non-chalance towards gamers being shafted by this whole ordeal just because you made some money off of it *is* greed, pretty much by definition. You're benefitting at the expense of others.
Mine if you want to. Just be aware of what you're contributing to, at least.
Just a point of possible interest:
I don't think the 750 Ti can be SLI linked.
You can mine with way over four cards in one computer and with both Nvidia and AMD at the same time. They're not playing games on them
People glossing over the fact that this is actually GREAT for gamers.
Why? Because AMD and Nvidia are making more money off of additional sales. Additional sales means additional revenue that can be put into R&D, additional R&D means better graphics/performance/etc for everyone.
Yeah, I really don't see much of an issue here for PC gamers.People glossing over the fact that this is actually GREAT for gamers.
Why? Because AMD and Nvidia are making more money off of additional sales. Additional sales means additional revenue that can be put into R&D, additional R&D means better graphics/performance/etc for everyone.
But gold and Dollars are valuable because God said so?
What I love most about cryptocurrencies is how much they teach us about "regular" currencies.
Welcome to libertarianism. "Fuck you, got mine" is the official motto.You're benefitting at the expense of others.
GPU has a processing core, but it is specialized for graphics. I'm no expert on HW, but AFAIK the CPU some general processing cores while the GPU has tons of small cores for parallel processing. The R9 290X for example has 2816 cores and this is why we see super GPUs (just add more stuff) while on the CPU side more cores doesn't do much at the moment for gaming.But is the graphics processor who did the mining job? It is not a core processor raw power thing?
I just mine with my sole card so I don't really understand how they do it, but they are hilarious machines. Hopefully once this calms down scrypt mining will be a secondary thing you do with your GPU to make a bit of money and secure the network when it otherwise wouldn't be doing anything.Okay I need to lay off the Bitcoin threads. This shit is just mangling my brain.
Bitcoins are valuable because the foundation is really strong. It is a recipy to make a digital currency without a central authority. That could be huge in countries without a stable currency or government.Gold is valuable for the same reason as buttcoins: because people think it is. But gold also has value of its own because it can be used to make jewelry that people think looks good. It is also used in electronics.
Dollars are valuable because the government says they are the legal method of payment, which in turn makes everyone accept it as a method of payment. And you probably know why we need a form of money that everyone can accept having value.
Bitcoins are valuable for a certain group of people because it represents a political stance for libertarians and it's helpful for criminals to do illegal activities with. Your average joe has no reason to use bitcoins, and it is too difficult for them to use anyway.
The more I read about it, the more I'm struggling to see this bitcoin-mining thing as anything but some sort of mass insanity.
People glossing over the fact that this is actually GREAT for gamers.
Why? Because AMD and Nvidia are making more money off of additional sales. Additional sales means additional revenue that can be put into R&D, additional R&D means better graphics/performance/etc for everyone.
And AMD and nVidia should really, eventually, come around to increasing supply to meet demand.
And if more graphics cards are sold overall, that should if anything help bring prices down a bit as r&d costs etc. get spread over more units.
AMD and nVidia should be working to meet demand better though.