Latest posts of: hunter

Show Posts
Pages: « 1 2 [3]

on: June 22, 2011, 04:57:46 PM

Quote from: thinkweis on June 20, 2011, 04:17:48 AM I put a site together for brand new miners using windows that want to use a miner with a graphic interface. Easiest way to get started for a new miner. Currently sending people to slush's pool. http://startbitcoin.com Any feedback is appreciated. -Think Nice Quote First thing you need to do is get a “Bitcoin Wallet”. Because Bitcoin is an internet based currency, you need a place to keep your Bitcoins. Got to http://www.bitcoin.org and download the Bitcoin client for your Operating System. Install it and click “New” to get your wallet ID. It will be a long sequence of letters and numbers. One of most important things you can do is make sure you have a copy of this on a thumb drive and print a copy out and keep it in a safe location. The reason is that if you computer crashes and you do not have a copy of your wallet ID, you will lose all of your Bitcoins. They won’t go to someone else, they will disappear forever. It is like burning cash. Took me 3 days to figure that one out. I went straight to guiminer not realizing that I also needed bitcoin client.

on: June 21, 2011, 05:01:38 AM

For you guys tweaking affinity and priorities, check out Prifinitty. http://edgemeal.110mb.com/PriFinitty/index.htm

on: June 20, 2011, 05:36:48 PM

Quote from: Zagitta on June 20, 2011, 05:30:37 PM Quote from: hunter on June 20, 2011, 05:12:16 PM Quote from: AngelusWebDesign on June 20, 2011, 04:56:01 PM What brand are they? And, were you running the fan @ 100%? Anyhow, fans will only last so many cycles -- they don't age like a human being. Their only "aging" is how many times the fan has spun around. More RPM = less life, it's that simple. I wouldn't pay more than 40% of original price for a card that was "run to death". I assume you're talking to me. 2 XFX 2 Sapph They don't need more than 60% fan speed, that's at 1ghz/1.225v. All cards are running 65-70°c in 2 different boxes. And I 100% agree with PcChip, 1 Sapph fan went bad in the first month, smooth sailing since. Did you check your VRM temps on those cards? because my Asus reference 5850 runs at 1020 mhz, 300 mem, 1.2v and with 50% fan the VRM gets up to 140 degrees wich is 10 degrees above max supported operating temp of the chips according to the datasheet... Of course, top cards mid 70°c, bottom cards are mid 60°c. The 5850 probably has an inferior design, IDK for sure. Does it have the heat pipe on the base plate for the vregs?

on: June 20, 2011, 05:23:41 PM

This is what I see in FF..

on: June 20, 2011, 05:12:16 PM

Quote from: AngelusWebDesign on June 20, 2011, 04:56:01 PM What brand are they? And, were you running the fan @ 100%? Anyhow, fans will only last so many cycles -- they don't age like a human being. Their only "aging" is how many times the fan has spun around. More RPM = less life, it's that simple. I wouldn't pay more than 40% of original price for a card that was "run to death". I assume you're talking to me. 2 XFX 2 Sapph They don't need more than 60% fan speed, that's at 1ghz/1.225v. All cards are running 65-70°c in 2 different boxes. And I 100% agree with PcChip, 1 Sapph fan went bad in the first month, smooth sailing since.

on: June 20, 2011, 04:50:14 PM

Quote from: AngelusWebDesign on June 20, 2011, 04:36:27 PM Shows what you know about engineering and computer hardware. When you run them @ 100% they do not last for years. Try months. As in, count-on-one-hand single-digit months. Not necessarily true, my 5870s have been crunching 24/7 one thing or another since release. They show no signs of degradation, all are reference design.

on: June 16, 2011, 04:35:02 PM

How many bitcoins do you guys let build up before you move them to your wallet?

on: June 15, 2011, 02:00:59 PM

You could buy a 5870 now, install it in the primary slot, 5770 in the secondary slot. When it's time to game, stop mining on the 5870 and continue mining on the 5770. Same concept when you get the second 5870, except if running crossfire, then you'll have to disable crossfire.

on: June 15, 2011, 03:26:58 AM

Hello everyone, New miner, going on 3 days now. Have 3 x 5870s doing 1100-1400 Mhash/s day. I'm a member of a very large/popular tech site where we're not even allowed to mention bitcoins. What's the best way to cash out that doesn't involve a bank? Thanks

on: June 12, 2011, 04:20:12 PM

Just a little fyi.. I have my 2x 5870 system connected to a watt meter, from the wall the system is drawing 600w. That is on a i2500k system with the cards running 950/1.212v, 4 hdd's, 1 optical and 4 120mm fans. The i2500k is running at 4.7GHz/1.336v.

on: June 12, 2011, 03:21:31 PM

Quote from: foxcartier on June 12, 2011, 03:04:36 AM Well shit, that solves 2 minutes of vast confusion. Funny It was about 3 minutes for me.. I was in the 5870 thread looking around and I was like how the heck do you post a reply. Anyway I have 3 5870 cards mining. 950MHz/370-390 mhash/s 950MHz/370-390 mhash/s 1GHz/400-420 mhash/s The 2 950 cards are in crossfire or they would be running 1GHz as well. But as it stands the shader temp on one of them reaches 100°c at the voltage required for 1GHz, so I run them at 950MHz.

Pages: « 1 2 [3]