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Bitcoin => Mining => Topic started by: solitude on May 08, 2013, 11:48:00 PM



Title: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: solitude on May 08, 2013, 11:48:00 PM
Am i the only one who wants to play the vidya but is torn between playing and losing muh coins?

As far as I know i'd have to stop mining to play games.

How do you guys balance this conflict?


Title: Re: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: Gomeler on May 09, 2013, 12:01:18 AM
Am i the only one who wants to play the vidya but is torn between playing and losing muh coins?

As far as I know i'd have to stop mining to play games.

How do you guys balance this conflict?

i has separate computers. i run shelf ov gpus dedicatd 2 ltc minin an i has werkstashun dedicatd 2 gamin an minin support vms.

Purposely misspelling words on a global board is not cute. It limits your potential audience and may limit the feedback that you are asking for.


Title: Re: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: lumpycustard on May 09, 2013, 02:06:19 PM
Just think about how much each hour of gaming is costing you  :D

Nah actually I leave it mining over night and if I wake up to a block I'll play games all day.  Well, unless I'm working.


Title: Re: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: solitude on May 09, 2013, 04:45:43 PM
any other thoughts?


Title: Re: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: Lailoken on May 09, 2013, 05:20:58 PM
any other thoughts?

get another gpu solely for playing games.


Title: Re: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: mhill12 on May 09, 2013, 08:17:13 PM
I bought my first good GPU with the idea that Bitcoin would subsidize (and eventually pay for) the cost of the card. When I am not playing games, I earn money. I only lose about $0.40/hr by playing games.


Title: Re: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: BadPenny on May 09, 2013, 08:34:56 PM
Nah actually I leave it mining over night and if I wake up to a block I'll play games all day.
That is one tremendous if.  Ten million mornings says your gaming days are over on that rig.
If you are solo mining on one video card, then stop.  Join a pool and actually get something in return for your shares/time/effort.


Title: Re: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: rayfloyd on May 09, 2013, 08:39:44 PM
Gaming card: GTX 680
Mining card: Sapphire 5850

Those are in my main computer, I have a mining rig in another room


Title: Re: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: lumpycustard on May 09, 2013, 11:48:32 PM
Nah actually I leave it mining over night and if I wake up to a block I'll play games all day.
That is one tremendous if.  Ten million mornings says your gaming days are over on that rig.
If you are solo mining on one video card, then stop.  Join a pool and actually get something in return for your shares/time/effort.
Obviously I'm not mining BTC, scrypt is a much better target for GPUs since ages ago.  Have solo mined just under $1k in the last month.


Title: Re: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: clicksmoney on May 10, 2013, 08:29:33 AM
any other thoughts?

Get an Xbox 360 cheap with them going out. Trade games. Keep mining scrypt.


Title: Re: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: solitude on May 10, 2013, 02:05:50 PM
First World Problems:  The Thread


Title: Re: Mine bitcoins or play vidya
Post by: solitude on May 12, 2013, 06:20:53 PM
bumping for great justice