True, my CPU is not a top-notch one anymore, but hey - even your CPU is just at 3.9 mhash/s. Compared to 370 mhash/s, this is a ridiculously low value when you compare CPU vs. GPU in general. If your gfx card is a slow one, and your CPU is doing better - stick to it. For me my GPU is more than 100x faster than my CPU.

Would be happy to get a share. Thanks for the special offer!

PPCoin address is: PHdgzYzDAdQwTgxVyLgKKC7tYgxc3242Nn

Just a comparision of my setup:

AMD/ATI XFX Radeon HD5870 vs. AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE
GPU: ~370 mhash/s vs. CPU: ~2.2 mhash/s

Conclusion: Mining on a CPU is useless.

I found the GUIminer to be pretty straightforward, and if it's based on poclbm and works now at that mhash-rate, I think I will stick to that for a while and play around with it.

At the moment I'm trying to figure out what settings I could use to have the mining running in background at lets say 50% of what the gfx card could run at, so I can let it run with low fan speed and low temperature during the night (I sleep in the same room, so a loud fan would be a major downside, lol).

I've tried cgminer but honestly lost patience after 1 hour not being able to get it to run, so I switched to GUIminer and it works now @~370 mhash/s. Quite okay I think. Next thing I need to investigate is the power consumption thing. Don't want to spend a fortune on power bills if there is no chance in mining enough coins in time to compensate that and still have something left.


I think GUIminer as it is at present uses poclbm by default.

Hi all,
I'm new to this xcoin thing and just thought I might as well play around with stuff a bit. Nothing on my mind in particular, yet.

Hello all,

since I'm pretty new to all of this I'd like to ask for your opinion on what software I should use to efficiently mine ppcoins.
My setup: AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE, XFX ATI Radeon HD5870. For now I consider using cgminer, if there's no better/faster/more efficient miner around. What do you think?

Thanks for your help!