Much better. 60 CM USB cable is about 23.6 inches. Plenty of length so you can spread your GPUs apart. They'll get better airflow. Not to mention those ribbon cables are shady. They're put together poorly. The USB riser cards are more robust. And you didn't ask but there is a cheaper USB riser on the bottom left in the similar product section. It's the $4.09. It is version 1. The one you are linking to is version 1.4 (you can actually see it written on the x16 board.) Version 1 only has 2 capacitors. Version 1.4 has 3 capacitors. Version 1 has the USB on one side and power on the other. Version 1.4 has them side by side on a wider circuit board. This makes the bottom flat so you can support the back of the gpu with a piece of wood. I think the one you've linked to is the right one for several reasons. Definitely worth an extra 20 cents each. Don't try to save the money. Ensure that its the USB3 version (white USB cable) - humble lessons learnt from me. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs-lot-PCI-E-PCI-E-Express-1X-to-16X-Riser-Card-USB-3-0-Extender/1679698470.htmlIt says USB 3.0 on the former auction as well. Cable is also marked as 3.0 on pictures. Any other reason to go for the ones with green board and white cable? |
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On most of AMD cards downclocking/unedrvolting is disable  Not true. Every card can be downvolted and downclocked vie software except Gigabyte (downvolt). Agreed in general. The one I cant downvolt is 280x rev2. I have 2x380(Gigabyte) and they can be easily downcloaked and downvolted via Trixx. |
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Ya we stray a bit ot from time to time. On the pcie. Reason the 8 pin can deliver more is the extra ground. If you have had a pcie burn it's usually the ground side. Since one wire is used to sense voltage and the other two are ground. That coupled with the fact most psu come with 3 hot wires in the 6 pin pcie. So it can technically feed more thru the 12+ then the ground can return. Yes there is some burnt off as heat but most comes back down the return. And if that isn't the same as the 12+ then you have meltdown. Seen this many times now and that's the best I came up with as to why the 8 pin can deliver so much more and doesnt add anything more other than two more grounds and another voltage sensor.
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d57heinz
Interesting argument for the extra ground, though shouldnt it be 3/2 * 75W = 112.5W for the 8PIN?  Btw I have just finished new calc section for this merge mine: http://www.whattomine.com/eth_dcrWill add the new mystery coin as well when released. |
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It doesnt make any sense that 6PIN cant deliver more than 75W. Suddenly 2 extra cables give 75W more? Also it seems the 2 extra cables are ground only, check the image:  For me it rather makes sense that some hardware on 480 is routing too much power from PCI-E, while it should just get much more from the 6PIN. Honestly I have never mined with powered risers... I am using MSI boards with EPS12V (8PIN), maybe that saves my boards  The usual molex ones with basic resistor look so crappy to me that I am afraid to use them  The usb ones look decent, but you say they are not that good? Any good boards besides Asrock H81/61 Pro Btc that you can recommend? (to handle extra PCI-E power) |
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I am currently testing RX 480 Radeon cards. So far getting about 24 to 28 mh/s each card with no tweaks.
Using v4.7 and the stock 480 driver from Sapphire.
Will post more stats as I start to push it.
I hope that the new drivers will work as much as the 15.12 do with current cards.
I am getting the same hash great so far for refrence cards there amazing. There is a stock 480 driver from Sapphire? I used the Crimson 16.6.2 from AMD and I get 24-25MHs, but not up to 28MHs  OC memory to 9Ghz http://cryptomining-blog.com/8041-optimizing-the-power-usage-of-amd-radeon-rx-480-for-ethereum-mining/Can someone help. Got 6 AMD Sapphire RX 480 . And don't know how to tune it. When using their Strixx tune it says 0core clock, 0 fan speed 0 0 0 temp e.t.c. , When using Asus tune up 2 - it shows correct clocks, speed and fans, but i can't change anything except fan speen. How to tune at saphire card the Memory speed to 9ghz ? Use WattMan that should be part of Crimson drivers |
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I am currently testing RX 480 Radeon cards. So far getting about 24 to 28 mh/s each card with no tweaks.
Using v4.7 and the stock 480 driver from Sapphire.
Will post more stats as I start to push it.
I hope that the new drivers will work as much as the 15.12 do with current cards.
I am getting the same hash great so far for refrence cards there amazing. There is a stock 480 driver from Sapphire? I used the Crimson 16.6.2 from AMD and I get 24-25MHs, but not up to 28MHs OC memory to 9Ghz http://cryptomining-blog.com/8041-optimizing-the-power-usage-of-amd-radeon-rx-480-for-ethereum-mining/ |
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This site gives raw difficulty and misrepresents it as TH. (In fact its just Tera of unnamed unit)
The real hashrate hovers around 4TH currently.
3,9-4,2 TH to be exact. (Keep in mind there is no way to tell what amount of hashrate is currently targeted onto a chain - we can only take past block times and estimate)
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Once the AIB partners come out with their own PCB design with possibly 2 6pin or 1 8pin connector, the PCie power issue should go away. That would also allow the card to be overclocked closer to the 1500mhz mark, which in theory should push up the hashrate, making this a decent mining card.
Of course, those running 390s or 390xs shouldn't feel inclined to buy the RX 480s.
If the RX 470s clock 2-3 below the 480, that could be the better card for mining with a 110W TDP.
Cheers
From what I can see, the 480 is able to provide almost the same hashrate at half the power? I think they should update asap |
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I would prefer a card with 30+ Mhash as well You need to buy the 1070 or the R9 490. I am pretty sure the 490 will be faster than the 390 and consumes less. I kind of hoped for 480 to deliver around 30 at stock 390 is twice as expensive as 380, but producing only 1,5x more hashrate. Expecting the same from future 490. Will be buying 480 for sure, as 1070 is too expensive for my taste. |
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I'm pretty happy with the developers response time in slack. Very open communication.
First altcoin I really believe in. To me, the profit is secondary - this is a altcoin I can actually build a business with. Exciting!
You have very VERY bad judgement. Let me tell you something MrWhiteBites I invest in waves when the price of btc was around 400 usd, now the price is 660 usd. I can sell at "loss" at .000027 Imagine 1000 waves 1000* .00036 = .36 btc = 144 usd Price btc 2 months ago 1000* .00027 = .27 btc = 178 usd Price btc now Stop whining pussies, only invest what you are willing to lose, if you cant handle it, crypto is not for you Where is this logic coming from? Let me rephrase your logic with another example: You have 100USD and decide to invest in EUR at a rate of 1,25 -> you change 100USD into 80EUR Now you have some other business opportunity to loan someone 80 EUR at a X rate (with a risk to only get 80% back) -> you do it Karma strikes you and you get only 80% back, which is 64EUR, but in the meantime EUR/USD raises to 1,8 -> your 64EUR is now worth 115,2USD Your conclusion: "Hey lending that money was a good investment, cause I have still made 15 bucks" PS I dont wish to FUD here, I am pretty calm with the price we have for now. |
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Come to think about it, Waves ICO wasnt that bad since BTC went up, and in dollar term, it is still positive at current price. Much of altcoin prices sunk during BTC rally.
Hey look!!!! Someone who gets it!! Yes, and I am just spamming to get activities up. That said, I hope for one day, I could sell Eth at waves network and pick up cash at local Seven Eleven. Far fetched? Maybe so.... But you do realize, if you didnt invest in Waves, but instead kept your BTCs, then your income would be greater? Not sure why people forget that. |
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I would prefer a card with 30+ Mhash as well |
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Is it just me or is everyone else also getting like 10-20%+ less earnings than what calculators suggests these days. Calculator: http://karldiab.com/EthereumMiningCalculator/Mining on dwarfpool and getting almost 10% less. Other pools I tried I might even get up to 20% less. True, I was happy with 90%+ rate from dwarfpool, but that changed like 2 DAGs ago. Right now mining around 84%. Blame uncles and pool luck |
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Server back online after provider failure.
Also recently updated Lyra2rev2 multipliers for both 280x and 750ti.
Reduced 280x multiplier for ethereum to 19Mh/s.
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Could someone please check the block explorer?
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Dwarf has been giving me lowered results since last DAG change, gonna switch to coinotron for some time.
Btw as of todays switch one of my 280x is under 19Mh/s
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Have anyone managed to make CDM with new Dagger-Hashimoto algo on Nicehash? Could you share the config or bat file?
What coins is this algo for? I tried to search for it, but was only able to find Ethereum based coins (and Ethereum is not using pure dagger-hashimoto afaik) This is mainly for the Ethereum based coins. It can also co mine other coin, called Decred. It is all in the OP. I was asking about dagger-hashimoto on nicehash. They already have ethereum algo so this is confusing. The Etherium option on nicehash is working like ordinary pool. Noone can buy hashing power from it. Dagger-hashimoto option works like all other algos on nicehash(except eth). Users can buy hashing power and redirect it to any pool they need (to be precise to any pool that supports new nicehash stratum implementation). Hmm, guess I will have to take a second look into it. Benchmark in nicehash miner have shown me two different values for those 2 algos. Thanks for the info  |
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