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Title: Scrypt Mining Gpu Only?
Post by: phaddie on December 15, 2013, 01:20:06 AM
Hey guys,

   Are there alternatives to GPU for mining scrypt coins (like LTC) or are the people I see on my pool that do 144,000 Kh/s using over a 1000 video cards?

  Phad


Title: Re: Scrypt Mining Gpu Only?
Post by: Lessaj on December 15, 2013, 01:49:22 AM
Nope, currently only GPUs can mine scrypt unless there's some FPGA/ASIC that I don't know about...


Title: Re: Scrypt Mining Gpu Only?
Post by: Gator-hex on December 15, 2013, 01:53:47 AM
There is a new Chip that claims to mine bitcoin and litecoin at the same time.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=355268.0

I'm skeptical, LTC ASICs have all been scams so far, but the photos of the chips looked pretty real so you never know.

Most likely explanation is a virus that steals people's GPU power, or a pool within a pool (P2Pools).

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144,000 Kh/s using over a 1000 video cards?

It's just 111x video cards! 7990's = 1.3MH/s each.  ;)