Cheers to both of you guys for your input!  I think I will have to try the drivers because I'm not sure what else(other settings) to look for honestly.  I'll let you guys know how it goes if i can find those older Catalyst drivers/software.  I think I deleted the old installer from the downloads folder.

No need, u gave good instructions.  I punched those settings in "other" and tried again while setting my GPU's to default settings/speeds.  I found the console and the read out was "check you hardware" and "verification failed".  I think the newer AMD drivers are "fail" with this version of guiminer.  Would you agree?  Since they are at default settings the only other thing that has changed is the drivers.  I've even installed the SDK again.  Thoughts?

How do you enter that manually?

Well i think it defaulted to slush's pool, but I was mining on it before the driver troubles and reinstall of the newer drivers.  Just downloaded the SDK and installed as well and that didn't solve it.  This was working, kinda weird.  I keep seeing flashes of "verification failed" at the bottom of the guiminer.  ***And yes i have entered the settings myself using the user and pw given by the slush's pool site and account page.  Again i appreciate the prompt responses.

Hey guys,
  I'm new to Bitcoin and I recently had my miners working correctly.  I have two AMD 5870's and they were both chugging along.  I read some things about adjusting clock settings and my cards starting acting funny and freezing up.  Needless to say, i uninstalled all AMD products including CCC, then I downloaded and installed new drivers, v 13.4. 

New drivers:
                         Display Driver ver. 12.104
                         OpenCL(tm) Driver ver. 10.0.1124.2
                         Catalyst Control Center ver. 2013.0328.2217.38225

Can someone please tell me what I'm missing here.  With my new drivers I continue to see flashes of "verification failed" and "0 shares accepted".  Also on my "slush's pool" account page, there are no Mh/s being shown.  I feel like I'm not authenticating properly, but could it be an OpenCL or SDK issue?  Please help!

Kruncha,
  Thanks again man.  Your prompt responses are appreciated!  I guess it was just bugging me in slush's pool(acct settings page) that I didn't have any namecoin settings and it said i could make more "coinage" by using both types.  I will disregard it due to my current mining being in stratus.

Recommend slush's pool or a diff one?

Headed to the house on lunch break; gonna adjust my core and memory clock settigns to something better for mining.  Dual 5870's.  Tips welcome all.

Can anyone point me to a good guide or instructions for implementing Namecoin with guiminer please?  I feel like I'm missing something here.  Thanks!

Can anyone tell me why at the bottom of my account page it only shows approx 280 Mh/s rather than 560 for the two gpu's that are currently running the same speed?  I have both of them set to use (my name).worker1 in the guiminer.  Should i move one to worker2 or are they properly configured as is?  Thanks a lot for the info guys, learning curve is significant it seems.

It is for a pre-order but part of the batch that should ship at the end of April.  Do you think it was worth $580; i think in a few weeks/months it should more than pay for itself.  Thoughts?

Thank you for the information kind sir; i will check my stats again shortly.  Just purchased a 5GH/s miner off ebay as well!  Can't wait to get it!  Tips anyone?

Hey guys, ive only been mining bitcoin for a few days; my guiminer displays nearly 4000 shares per gpu of which i have two 5870's that have been taken out of crossfire.  When i check my account on the slush's pool site, it only reflects about 200 shares in my .worker1 at the bottom of the account page.  I am using both gpu's on .worker1 setting; should i create an additional worker for my second gpu?  And if anyone could explain why it doesn't reflect all of the shares that are in the giuminer that would be great!  Thanks and any tips appreciated!

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