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GPU virtualization is still pretty experimental. Most VMs virtualize some old crap GPU by default. To get hardware access to your actual GPU, in Virtualbox there is an option to do that and it works, sometimes, somewhat. TBH, I havent tried GPU mining in a VM yet, I have used it for CPU mining and then VMs are trivial. Anyone got GPU mining to work in a VM?
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Here is a slightly revised generic banner (correct fonts, more readable, smoothed the start button border):  (edit: there is a little artifact near the S of webstart, not sure where that comes from but ill fix that). here is a sample for a normal sized personalised banner with MH/s (you want anything else on there?):  Here is slimmed down version. I also removed shadows as I think that may be difficult for you to generate:  Ill wait for feedback, make any requested changes and then Ill mail you the templates. edit: Ill be on IRC most of the day. |
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But the proper fix is to untangle the cause of the CPU usage. BitMinter doesn't have aggression options (just a vague "delay period" option that doesn't conceptually tie in well with "Aggression" IMO), but most others do.
AFAIK, its the exact same thing. Its just that "aggression" is defined so that higher aggression means higher GPU kernel priority. Break interval is the opposite, as I understand it, its the time between opportunities for the OS to do something else, so higher interval means lower GPU priority. |
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P4man, nice looking banner  Guess you won't mind if I use it in my signature here? Of course not, thats the whole idea, but its just a first draft, I was waiting for comments and suggestions. If you want anything changed let me know. BTW, what font are using on the website for the Bitminter logo? |
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Im pretty sure it is the overclock. I get 100% the same thing if I overclock too far.
Overclocks dont last forever, as the card gets older and more abused, max stable overclocks get lower.
Also, bitminterIts a different app as what you used previously, uses the gpu differently and more efficiently than most other miners, that means more heat and more stress. Trust me, just try reducing your clocks. I bet you a bitcoin the problem will disappear.
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Thats what happens when you overclock too much. Try reducing your clocks and see if its stable.
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Where do you see a top 10.
homepage, then click live stats at the top. |
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its not because you cant mine that you cant contribute. Dont worry about the mining; others will: its simple free market economics. In fact, its because enough ppl already mine that you cant extract a profit.
If you want to further the bitcoin cause; simply spread the word. Every online purchase or donation you do, send an email asking if they accept bitcoins. And use bitcoins for purchases whenever you can. That does infinitely more to help bitcoin than setting up a mining farm.
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First attempt:  |
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vmware is so hard to use  Virtualbox is pretty easy and works great. Its also free. |
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About how often do you get bitcoins with pool mining and how do you do it? I still am waiting for all my blocks to download so I'm not sure how the whole thing works :/
Depends how big the pool is. In a large pool, you can get payouts like every hour or so (although the first payout may take a day, because of the needed confirmations). In a smaller pool it can take days or weeks depending on luck, but obviously the payouts are bigger. As for how to do it, just put in your wallet address in the pool's config page. If you are having trouble, Id suggest bitminter, its a pool with their own mining app, extremely easy to use (and fast too): https://bitminter.com/ But its a small pool, so it can take a while. |
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If i read this well its simply in no way profitable to run a miner either if it runs on a pool nor as solo miner
As for the site given it seem to me giving incorrect values for germany and netherlands those prices are pure based on the energy itself but we pay transport costs and new energy tax and also a monthly tax which is not calculated by that site in total my energy per Kwh is 0.44 euro cents.
So if i am reading it right in no way this bitcoin mining can be profitable for me, even if i bought a enormous system with 3 x 6990 cards into it ( which i never can afford).
It simply would never cover the costs of the system and the needed electra which such system eats is like 1200 Kwh or something similar
BTW, I just checked your energy prices. Natural gas is cheap. 3-4x cheaper per KwH. Invest in a generator and produce your own energy . |
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If i read this well its simply in no way profitable to run a miner either if it runs on a pool nor as solo miner
As for the site given it seem to me giving incorrect values for germany and netherlands those prices are pure based on the energy itself but we pay transport costs and new energy tax and also a monthly tax which is not calculated by that site in total my energy per Kwh is 0.44 euro cents.
So if i am reading it right in no way this bitcoin mining can be profitable for me, even if i bought a enormous system with 3 x 6990 cards into it ( which i never can afford).
It simply would never cover the costs of the system and the needed electra which such system eats is like 1200 Kwh or something similar
If one card isnt profitable, 10x cards wont be either. And indeed, with such energy prices, its likely never profitable for you with GPUs. There might be brief windows of opportunity where it is profitable, when bitcoin price spikes and global hashrate and difficulty havent caught up yet, but in the grand scheme of things, nop. Unless you want mine with FPGA's. These have vastly lower energy cost per MH but are rather expensive to buy making it a somewhat risky or longer term investment. |
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Good idea.
[sarcasm]
How about" I havent earned anything for the the last 7d 10H 42 minutes on bitminter. And so can you"[/sarcasm]
On a more serious note, nice to see Fefox in that top 10. 9HG/s, wow. Welcome aboard!.
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Some people only have one computer and that must suck. Fortunately a few decades ago they invented virtual machines. Now anyone can have as many computers and OSs as he likes |
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Its a belgian forum, 9lives. 5870s going for 125 euro. 5850s for ~90
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Another thought.. we need a banner/signature. Seems like most posters in this thread dont have on, we might as well advertise our pool.
Do we have any graphic talent reading this?
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You can already see the effect on prices for used 5850s and 5870s. A local forum where I usually buy my second hand stuff is getting flooded by ex miner cards, and they are going cheap or not getting sold. Im holding off a bit longer, when the real fire sale begins. Then pick up a bunch and hopefully enjoy a profitable few months if BTC price starts to rise and difficulty lags enough.
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Maybe I am looking at this wrong but, lets say for a minute that somehow it were even pssible to forever limit mining to CPUs (which I don't believe it is but that's another discussion)...
Wouldn't eventually pretty much the same thing happen, it would become only profitable for those with the most (and fastest) CPUs and the resources needed to support them (electricity, etc) at the lowest costs. So for the average person with one or two average computers in their house eventually would not be able to profit?
And even if there isn't specialized hardware available to those with the know-how and resources to use it, there would still be specialized setups/datacenters (like mine in my basement, lol), and enough of them, that the same end result would happen as we have now with GPUs, and will have with some other technology in the future that we might not have even considered yet.
Am I wrong in thinking that as long as there is profit to be made, there will likely be many people competing for a piece of it which will always and automatically lead to those with the skills and resources will be the ones getting the profits, regardless of any limitations of what technology can be used?
Thats pretty much correct. Although there are some nuances; for instance, an individual who already owns a (gaming) PC may not have to factor in the cost of hardware. A "professional" will have to. Same applies to electricity, an individual would only have to take in to account the marginal electricity consumption caused my mining (for the time his machine would be powered on anyway), a pro would have to take the entire power consumption in to account. But yes, by and large, eventually mining will only be (marginally) profitable for those who can achieve the lowest cost /MH. |
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DrHaribo,
You may want to reconsider your promotion. I obviously cant speak for anyone but myself, but if Im mining here, its not because of the 6-11% more bitcoins. Its because I like the software, because I like diversity in pools (2 or 3 mega pools is a bad thing for bitcoin IMO), and frankly because you seem like a nice guy.
If others are like me, they would rather see the bitcoins you are spending to attract some bigger miners and increase our hashrate, thereby reduce the volatility. The ~8% seems insiginificant compared to the volatility (even though in the long run it obviously should pay off).
Just thinking, maybe you should offer some fixed bitcoins to any new miner joining the pool for say a month. Like 1BTC per GH mining a month. If that gets you 50GH extra even if just for a month (and yes, cost you 50BTC), it might be enough to lure in others too that are now scared away by the volatility.
As far as Im concerned, use my BTC promotion for such a goal. Ill even toss in a few bitcoins of my own.
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