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Title: Does Litecoin use less electricity? Post by: Kennji on April 23, 2013, 03:18:32 AM Since it is only in khash and not mhash?
Sorry, I know total newbie question. But this is the newbie forum, after all. Title: Re: Does Litecoin use less electricity? Post by: joshki on April 23, 2013, 03:22:03 AM I do not believe so. The algorithm requires more memory and is harder to run, which probably actually uses more electricity though I'm not sure of that.
Title: Re: Does Litecoin use less electricity? Post by: aznmonky on April 23, 2013, 03:25:23 AM actually good question but no about the same except litecoin is more memory intensive. ultimately comes down to power usage of cards or computer
Title: Re: Does Litecoin use less electricity? Post by: cojo244 on April 23, 2013, 03:26:47 AM Since it is only in khash and not mhash? I believe that the amount of extra power usage is so minimal, then it wouldnt matter. That's just an opinionSorry, I know total newbie question. But this is the newbie forum, after all. Title: Re: Does Litecoin use less electricity? Post by: Kennji on April 23, 2013, 03:32:37 AM Interesting ... I am using this LTC calculator and it says I would be mining at a loss with my current setup. As opposed to BTC.
Title: Re: Does Litecoin use less electricity? Post by: cojo244 on April 23, 2013, 03:35:50 AM Interesting ... I am using this LTC calculator and it says I would be mining at a loss with my current setup. As opposed to BTC. Really, that is quite interesting... what is your setup?Title: Re: Does Litecoin use less electricity? Post by: Kennji on April 23, 2013, 03:36:04 AM Weird ... my 5770 is out performing my 6950 with LTC mining.
Title: Re: Does Litecoin use less electricity? Post by: MikeyNick on April 23, 2013, 03:45:06 AM The extra draw from memory is likely less than 5-10W, pretty negligible when you consider the overall draw
Title: Re: Does Litecoin use less electricity? Post by: joshki on April 23, 2013, 03:47:05 AM Weird ... my 5770 is out performing my 6950 with LTC mining. LTC is tricky to get setup correctly. It's taken me several days of messing with my dual-7970 setup to get both cards to 680 and stable at 72-74C. LTC mining should be slightly more profitable than btc mining unless you have sha-256 specific hardware. |