TDP is 275 for a R9 290, so the PSU has plenty of power. I'm running 4 GPU's on my GigaByte motherboard. I use 1x risers on all cards. What might be the key is running the presence mod on all PCI-e slots  It's what I needed to get my 4x GPU running and detected. Otherwise, I can confirm that with the presence mod, the Gigabyte 990FXA-GD65 works on 4 GPU's (with some GPU's in the 1x slots, all slots on presence mod. Even the 16x slots). The GD65 also has the great extra power plug near the PCI-e slots. Yes, you might not heed the a/b shorting mod with one card in the 1x slot and nothing for the rest, same with me. But with 4 cards, it was MANDATORY to do the mod on _all_ slots, even the 16x ones. Otherwise it did not work for me either.I used thin paperclips bent into shape with some pliers. Good luck, and look forward to the bounty. 1427iTKC5ygVBqeFjMj6YRkB9dtRnAgZA7 I have tried this. Shorting the 1x slot with a card on a 1x riser while the other 3 cards are plugged directly in. Same problem. No POST. I also tried putting the HDMI cable in each card while booting. Also some notes: Booting the card from a 1x slot with a 1x riser with and without shorting the A/B pins works perfectly. Just for shits 'n giggles, put them all on 1x risers and short all 4 slots? I mean, at my Gigabyte board one card on a 1x riser in a 1x slot works fine too. All 4 at once caused the problem. Just try it mate. |
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All of our savings (besides some of our 401K) is in BTC. Have not sold any toys. Not that we have any to sell anyways.  It did not start out that way. We threw a little in thinking we would gradually put more in as time went on. But with BTC we learned fairly quickly that the best strategy can be just to throw it all in as quickly as possible, especially if it can be timed before it hits an ATH. Oh, and our savings was nothing really impressive to begin with. However, even putting a small amount into BTC and holding there for over 8 months can give some amazing returns. Next year should be fun!  Oh man I love people like you. Greed is strong in this one. Let's just put everything on 31 black. And then ofcourse repeat until all is lost. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcr6opqAFVU |
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According to this benchmark: http://www.techspot.com/review/736-amd-radeon-r9-290/page8.html, the R9 290 takes 350 watts. Four cards would be 1400 Watts, add 125 watt for the cpu and the rest of the system and you're at 1525 Watt. A 1500 Watt PSU at 80% gives at most 1200 watts reliably, so perhaps one PSU wouldn't be enough to handle the load. However this is at 100% load, which it will never reach during POST sequence. 1500W is the power it will provide on the 12v side. With 80% efficiency it'll draw about 1875 Watts from the socket. Modern PSU's have no problem providing top power 100% of the time. My mining rigs are stable for many months at 24/7 100% PSU load (1200W on a 1250W Seasonic PSU). Power is really not the issue. CPU doesn't draw 125 Watt either, as all you need is the cheapest dualcore you can find. |
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TDP is 275 for a R9 290, so the PSU has plenty of power. I'm running 4 GPU's on my GigaByte motherboard. I use 1x risers on all cards. What might be the key is running the presence mod on all PCI-e slots It's what I needed to get my 4x GPU running and detected. Otherwise, I can confirm that with the presence mod, the Gigabyte 990FXA-GD65 works on 4 GPU's (with some GPU's in the 1x slots, all slots on presence mod. Even the 16x slots). The GD65 also has the great extra power plug near the PCI-e slots. Yes, you might not heed the a/b shorting mod with one card in the 1x slot and nothing for the rest, same with me. But with 4 cards, it was MANDATORY to do the mod on _all_ slots, even the 16x ones. Otherwise it did not work for me either.I used thin paperclips bent into shape with some pliers. Good luck, and look forward to the bounty. 1427iTKC5ygVBqeFjMj6YRkB9dtRnAgZA7 |
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Having a pool at launch is a bad idea
And i'll tell you why.
The thing will 50% the network instantly. There'll be forks on launch. You do not want that.
Especially on release, you need the decentralization that solo miners bring.
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I've got about 950.000 Kittehcoin available, holding the rest for myself. Will send smaller batches as well.
PM me with your offers.
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There is backing information though. China is going up. That's all there is to it. We're following China.
Just watch that chinese news. We'll come crashing down once they put the ban through. Until then: to the moonz!!11!!
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If I have 100 btc at exchange with no fee then I'll make volume 100k only by selling and buying to/from myself.
I believe Huobi has transaction fees. Nope they don't. Noticed how BTCChina volume dropped like a rock richt after they introduced fees? Yeah. I don't trust chinese data for one moment. The only thing I trust is that suckers follow China 1:1. Good money. |
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Still have some CAT for sale. Looking for Doge mainly. Will sell in increments as small as 25 CAT.
You heathen! |
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I'm not sure how you're going to convince anyone that increased merchant adoption through BitPay won't help contribute positively to BTC price but good luck dude.
They're not directly related. Especially not through Bitpay, as their service is based on 100% BTC selling pressure. Because all their merchants are paid in fiat. Buying anything through Bitpay = selling BTC for fiat. |
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USA volume? USA? LOL.
Mtgox Japan
Btc-e Bulgary
Bitstamp UK/Slovenia
Murrica.
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It is almost im-fu*king-possible for someone NOT to make money in these markets. The only way someone fails to do this is if they go fiat. Thats the only way.
Does anyone REALLY think that 1240 is going to hold for long. Haha...hahaha...bwhahahahahahahahaha.
so the saying " you haven't made any money till you cashed out " is simply not true for bitcoin. hmmm interesting bitcoins are the real money Oh really, can you do your groceries with them and pay gas yet? No? Well fuck me but as long as you can't use it for the main human needs, it's not god damn money but a commodity and speculation. Speculation that it once will be the real money - which it might not be. |
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Ironically more VC money for Bitpay can mean higher prices because they can use that VC money to buy Bitcoins.
Bitpay has no interest in holding BTC. They're providing a service, that is all. Bitpay isn't a hedge fund. That doesn't mean they don't do it regardless. Not that they should or it would be anything sane to do, still that doesn't stop them from doing it. And they have admitted to play the markets on multiple occasions. I play the markets as well. For USD profits. Has Bitpay ever said they're hoarding the BTC? I could imagine they'd be wary of taking such risk when their current business model is already profitable. |
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@boxman90
If Warren Buffet invested in Exxon, would you say he didn't buy any oil? I would read between the lines and say he probably owns at least a few barrels now through Exxon.
Lol. Wat. No. If he invested in Exxon, he owns Exxon shares. Not some barrels of oil. Warren Buffet gets a cut of the profit. Not barrels of oil. You read between the lines, well, let me get my crystall ball then :/ |
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None of the Bitpay connected companies actually get any BTC - they get FIAT. So your whole correlation of "more Bitpay transactions = higher prices" is completely skewed.
And the bitcoins just disappear, never to be seen again. Because it's not like someone didn't buy them when bitpay sold them as part of their service  I give up, not mad just seriously impressed! I love how you all give up. I never heard of selling BTC on exchanges at market price caused the price to go up. That'd be new. Ask yourself this, what would you rather own - a bunch of gold or Visa and Mastercard? The answer is obvious, it's much better to own VISA or Mastercard rather than a bunch of gold because then you make money consistently and not only when you sell what you have. That's what the smart investors are after - consistency, not pumping and dumping.
That's just wrong. You're comparing Bitpay to VISA or Mastercard, while VISA and Mastercard deal with USD transactions between persons. Bitpay is essentially a BTC selling company. It's not dealing with buying BTC. Also, comparing BTC 1:1 to gold? Really? Since when is gold designed as a currency? Ironically more VC money for Bitpay can mean higher prices because they can use that VC money to buy Bitcoins.
Bitpay has no interest in holding BTC. They're providing a service, that is all. Bitpay isn't a hedge fund. |
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Bitpay grows if number of bitcoin transactions increase. If number of bitcoin transactions increase, it means bitcoin has become more popular. Bitcoin becoming more popular will mean price will increase.
Also, what you have to understand, is that paying through Bitpay is essentially the same as selling BTC for fiat. Because Bitpay converts the Bitcoin directly to fiat at the current rate so that the companies run no risk. The companies attached to Bitpay couldn't care less about owning Bitcoins. They just want the pool of Bitcoin enthusiasts as a targeted audience to buy their products. Plus free marketing as news sites pick it up. None of the Bitpay connected companies actually get any BTC - they get FIAT. So your whole correlation of "more Bitpay transactions = higher prices" is completely skewed.
I give up dude. But you're wrong
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He probably has also invested in bitcoin directly, as many investors have, e.g. Richard Branson (another billionaire).
But that is not something which needs to be announced.
Bitpay grows if number of bitcoin transactions increase. If number of bitcoin transactions increase, it means bitcoin has become more popular. Bitcoin becoming more popular will mean price will increase.
That's pure speculation sucked right out of your thumb, and you have zero basis for that statement. You don't know what he has or doesn't have. You have the news article to go on, and that specifically says an investment in Bitpay. Not Bitcoin. Also your inductive reasoning is not sound. The number of transactions conducted through Bitpay are not necessarily related to bitcoin price. The only "thick" one here is the guy who can't draw a relationship between increased bitcoin transactions and bitcoin exchange rate. There are only so many coins. If lots of people want them because bitpay makes paying with them easier THAN BITCOIN GOES UP you dense fool.
Volume=transactions=less volatile prices. Less volatile prices brings more new money to bitcoin, helping to make things even more stable. China explicitly banned banks and the like from investing due to volatility.
The stupid stick sure hit you hard.
Lol u mad bro. :/ |
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Since when is investing in a US based company the same as buying Bitcoins?
No matter how much you are uber-bull and want to spin this, this is not an investment in Bitcoin. It's an investment in a US based company.
if bitcoin fails, bitpay won't exist. It doesn't matter. The dude above me is trying to spin this to "China will definitely allow Bitcoin now". I cannot say it more clearly than this: the news message did not say anywhere that he bought or owns bitcoin. If anything, this is sooner the proof of the opposite: China definitely is going to ban bitcoin and therefore Chinese investors need to look for other ways to invest in something Bitcoin related - namely a company that deals with bitcoin. if bitcoin fails, bitpay won't exist.
How can it be any more obvious than this? No matter how much you are uber-bear, there is no way to spin an investment in BITpay as unrelated at all to bitcoin. Gee whiz are you guys thick? Investors in Bitcoin will watch the price. Investors in Bitpay (a bitcoin related US based company) will look at the number of transactions conducted in Bitpay, the number of companies attached to Bitpay and their transaction volume.. Price is not a factor for Bitpay, the number of transactions is. I'm not saying it's unrelated to bitcoin, I'm saying its not an investment in Bitcoin and therefore price won't change, and China Govt stance on Bitcoin will DEFINITELY not change because of it. Whoever said that must be on some good acid. |
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So some asian dude invests in a Bitcoin related company.
He did not invest in bitcoin
So he's just doing what we are all doing. Using Bitcoin for fiat profits. Don't delude yourself at this moment with "bitcoin is the next money coming this year". No. It's all speculation and FIAT profits.
Are you for real? Investing in BitPay IS investing in Bitcoins! Anything else is just absolute nonsense. Furthermore he's not "some asian dude", this is almost the equivalent of Bill Gates or Warren Buffet getting involved, and as I said he would never do it if the Chinese where to ban Bitcoins. This most likely not only means that China will be back on track soon, but serious investors are now openly in the game. Do you think Wall Street will stand idly by as Asias richest man moves into what could become a new global currency, or do you think that they will want a piece of the action? Since when is investing in a US based company the same as buying Bitcoins? No matter how much you are uber-bull and want to spin this, this is not an investment in Bitcoin. It's an investment in a US based company. |
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