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Title: Mining questions Post by: Vistination on March 20, 2013, 01:27:33 AM So I just started Bitcoin Mining. I am using a 7870 with BitMinter. For some reason, I'm only getting .038 Bitcoins a day when others with the same card are getting around .2 per day. Why is this? Also I'm at 363 Mhps
Title: Re: Mining questions Post by: mokahless on March 20, 2013, 01:36:57 AM No. You are actually getting exactly what you should. I have a spreadsheet I use to keep track of everything bitcoin including a calculator based on future and current difficulties. My calculator says that at the current difficulty you should make 0.037659034 BTC/day at 363MH/s.
I have 800-900MH/s going and haven't been able to get near 0.2 BTC/day for a few months now. Title: Re: Mining questions Post by: mjc on March 20, 2013, 02:25:56 AM The hash rate is going up, so your mining potential will decrease.
http://bitcoinsbs.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/how-much-mhash-does-it-take-to-mine-1-btc/ The rate will continue to rise as more ASIC miners come on line. this is why people have been warning against starting in GPU mining. Title: Re: Mining questions Post by: slakeco on March 20, 2013, 03:25:39 AM Yep, unfortunately thats about right for a 7870.
GPUTweak is a doos utility from ASUS to help get the most of your card. Increase your intensity as well and you may get closer to to 400Mh/s. But there is no way 400 or even 500 Mh/s will yield 0.2 btc per 24 hours. 500Mh/s like a 7950 will yield approx. 0.05BTC per 24 hours. Title: Re: Mining questions Post by: crash_override on March 20, 2013, 03:55:25 AM Don't worry, everything is fine. The total network hash rate has increased dramatically recently, as has the value of BitCoins. I believe GPU mining is still viable, especially if the cost of electricity is fairly low for you (it is for me), because 1 BTC is worth a LOT more than it was just a few short months ago...
Title: Re: Mining questions Post by: shruubs on March 20, 2013, 05:27:25 AM Yeah I'd say pretty luckily it seems that the price of one coin is tied to the amount people are investing into mining them. Thus more asics means a harder hash pool but also a high price. You might want to check out litecoins as a potential alternative, since some people are switching into mining them with GPU's as they remain profitable (also, they have the potential to start catching up with bitcoins)
Title: Re: Mining questions Post by: Jaff on May 25, 2013, 04:43:51 AM The hash rate is going up, so your mining potential will decrease. Title: Re: Mining questions Post by: Zetor on May 25, 2013, 06:56:27 AM I get ~0.2 - 0.4 a day on p2pool having 6GH/s so your numbers are correct (sadly)
Title: Re: Mining questions Post by: SwissMiner on May 25, 2013, 08:50:21 AM .. good to know
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