That's still pretty epic for what...6 seconds of work?

The card is here. Out of the box, it's pulling down 190. I'm off to find some software to get the memory clock speed down to 300...the heat is killing me.  

Edit: Okay...figured it out. Can't seem to do much better than 950/400 on clocks without crashing. This IS my actual computer I'm doing this on and not a rig, so I guess it is what it is. Running a music program, the miner, MSI Afterburner and posting this and still getting 240...250 when idle. I had it up to 270, but it crashed constantly. I guess I'll keep messing with it until I get it stable enough to actually use while mining. Went with 10.7 and 2.1 per your advice. Temp is running right around 85...can't seem to do much better than that, either. It's an HP Pavilion with a BS mobo that has no business doing what it's doing. I'm happy.

There were only 55 shares for that block, until it was solved -- that's what it took everyone. Since the whole block was only 6 seconds, you probably wouldn't have even seen it during the processing if you had found one. You would have gotten a huge reward, though.

Edit: My report for this block looks exactly the same as yours.

Thanks. I've been in Slush's Pool since I started with my 4 Mhash/sec...he doesn't seem to mind me basically mooching and getting my bit nickel every 39 hours or so. :p Just worked out overclocking last night with a program called RivaTuner (I really am that big of a noob -- I accidentally put the memory clock speed on my nVidia 9300 up to 750...I was restarting in safe mode before I knew it...) and the new card will be here tomorrow, along with a buddy of mine to help me install it and the new PSU. I've been reading as much as I can on the forums...but the vast majority of you guys are way further along than I am with regards to the whole tech thing...especially hardware. It's never too late to learn, though.

4 BTC a day sounds like a fine return on my investment for my time. I'm probably going to hold on to them and see what happens. I got a great deal on this card, and the PSU will support just about any modern card out there (including the coveted 5970 if I get to that point), so I can definitely upgrade if this goes well. I'm even thinking about starting my own Bitcoin business...but that is another thread for another forum category.

I'll be back tomorrow night with news.

Edit: I think you did help, and I will definitely share the wealth.

I am guessing (and I'm almost certainly wrong, here, owing to my noobiness) that only the lucky share finders for this block got paid...according to what you posted, the solution was discovered after a mere 55 shares. Only the workers who found those shares are getting a payout for this block.

Am I the only lucky noob who's not getting payouts? Granted, I suck, and my miners suck, but I've been over threshold for like 5 hours. How often do payouts happen, anyway?

Edit: Just came through...I guess I just need to learn how to wait.

Hi there...new the the forums and just picked up a 5830 and a 600w PSU to go along with it -- they arrive Monday, and I'm excited to really get started. I am not as tech savvy as a lot of you guys so I'll be getting a friend to come and help me install these pieces (surprisingly, the power supply is what I'll need help with -- I'm awful with cords)...I did manage to already set up CPU and GPU miners on my own, though, so I'll probably be fine once I get the hardware out of the way. I'm using an nVidia 9300GE, which is CUDA in name only. Between the Athlon Dual Core 4850e (not OC) running at ~2.5GHz each and that terrible card, I've been pulling down about 3.5 mhash/s...which is pitiful. I make laughable amounts of BTC right now. I figure I can turn the CPU miner completely off once I get this card installed (no point in running it, really). Also thinking about slaving the gf's parent's computer, once I see what hardware it's running. Maybe I'll see a whole bitcoin one of these days...

Anyway, looking forward to being an active part of your community. I'll come and let you all know how everything turns out once I get the card installed.