Ya I can see what you are doing and that makes sense, I just wanted to put it out there so some people who may not know the exact amount they are getting are informed and so people arent fully misinformed about the lottery.

Just putting it out there but thats only 26 cents. Doesn't really seem worth it

Could not have been put any better. I'm finally getting a full and complete understanding of mining/trading ect. of coins so I can finally get a setup of my own. I seriously wouldn't advise anyone to do so otherwise, or at least without some knowledge of what you are doing. It is very easy to lose 100s of dollars in one transaction so you have to be careful and knowledgeable of what you are doing. And thanks to everyone who thought the link in my previous post was helpful, I know it really helped me understand btc when I first heard of it. On another note litecoin is an alt coin worth looking into in my opinion.

1. Memory clock should be at around 1400 mhz, thread concurrency at 24000, and take off shaders.
2. Stratum probably isn't connecting to the pool.
3.that's just the way the 7950 reacts

So I've been following bitcoin since it was at about $150. Luckily in my small city I have a friend to show me what exactly Bitcoin is about. http://bitcoin.org/en/ This site and particularly the video on the main page really helped me get a basic understanding of btc.