Yep your right I think it was only a couple hours

I would firstly start reading some guides but you will need cgminer https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer

I had a lot of problems with my ATI 6950 and needed to downgrade to drivers 11.1 before either guiminer or cgminer would work at all. i'd get constant errors. But really, its not worth using GPU's to mine bitcoins anymore AFAIK, you simply burn through more power than you gain in money.

As i mentioned in OP i was getting around 330MH/s. with the difficulty variable being 21million+ right now (and rising), that meant after ~ 24hours I got a measly ~0.60AUD IIRC. far from worth it. I could have done ANY monotonous 2nd job for that... even delivering pamphlets, newspapers, or washing windscreens at the lights would be better off.

With the entry of ASIC dedicated chips, GPU's are on the out. Seem to still be people using multi GPU machines but running a single Radeon 6950 like you propose? its simply not worth it.

Hi please PM me the Paypal details.

I'd like to pay for 5 shares preferably to finish off Saturn #11 if there are still spots available. Otherwise Jupiter #1 is fine

I'm trapped! How long does it take to get out of newbie jail? Is it automagically 4 hours prior to the first post or is it based on a mod manually changing your account?

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Exactly ... 49MH/s isn't much. In my gaming PC i have a ATI 6950 which brings in around 330MH/s. although this was a fair bit and could make money a couple years ago, now with the ever increasing (exponentially) "Difficulty" variable, we now have 21Million+. This in practice meant that by letting my computer run for around 24hours at ~330MH/s i only made something like 60cents using a pool. considering the computer is using probably 140+Watt then its not nearly worth the effort. I'd be far better off delivering pamphlets in mailboxes after work hours!

The reason the difficulty is increasing so much lately is due to the ASIC chip based devices from the likes of Butterfly labs and KnCminer etc

Hope that helps a little Its just my 2cents from a newbie to another

Where did you get that info from?

In my 30's

Hi Guys,

I'm quite new to this whole thing. I was originally using a ATI 6850 to see whats involved in mining but its only getting ~330MH/s. This led me to bitcointalk. then onto Block Erupter USB's (which didn't to me seem to cut it IMO for price vs H/s) THEN onto KnCMiner ASIC miners. I'm really interested in the idea of buying in on shares for the jupiter setups etc. which is where i now stand.

Anyway I'll hope to be a contributor to the forum. have a good day!

Cheers