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1  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: My Brain Hurts - Which GPU? on: October 29, 2017, 01:34:54 PM
PS.  Question.  Do the 1070's need modding too for better performance?
2  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: My Brain Hurts - Which GPU? on: October 29, 2017, 01:20:04 PM
Superb read and a great insite.  I really appricate all your help guys.

Thank you.
3  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Pools (Altcoins) / Multipool or? on: October 29, 2017, 12:58:24 PM
Hi guys.

I'm about to build my first rig and awaiting some parts that will hopefully arrive tomorrow.

I need to understand and learn how to identify what to mine and when (which is a big subject I know).

I'm curious about Multipool but OMG there is sooooo much to absorb and read, my head bleeds.

Here is my setup which might not matter for this discussion but still:

4x RX 570 Sappaire Nitro+  (I will get to a total 12 in a month).
Biostar TB250-BTC Pro 12PCIe
4GB Ram

Questions:

A:  Multipool?  As I understand, it mines what’s profitable, but is it a good place to start for a beginner?
B:  I was reading about Dual mining.  If so, if Multipool still a good option.
C:  My interest is long-term not short and I want to keep building.  Electricity is NOT AN ISSUE as the office I rent give me unlimited electricity.
D:  Coins of interest, ETH, ZED, BTG when it comes out and if it kicks.  What other coins should I keep my eye on?

Hope someone can help me make sense on this or guide me to a better solution.

Thank you.
4  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: My Brain Hurts - Which GPU? on: October 27, 2017, 09:04:17 PM
Forget about AMD and buy Nvidia cards - with the Lyra2rev2 hash you can get with them you can make a killing on Vertcoin or sometimes Monacoin - and they are so much better than AMD for ETH mining. My 1070s get 32mh/s at 150W per card. I am mining vertcoin now with 4 x 1070s and 5 x 1060s and getting close to 300mh/s. Plus you get amazing efficiency on all the equihash coins. I don't know why people bother with AMD cards. Is it just price? Or is it because you don't care about electricity prices?

I wont have any electricity costs with the office I'm about to rent dude, so thats not the problem..

Also, the 1070 will cost me:  £360 compared to £300 for 5mh/s extra maybe.
5  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: My Brain Hurts - Which GPU? on: October 27, 2017, 08:46:53 PM
R580 Nitro+ can reach 31MH/s, but its very very power hungry. You should better to go with P106-100. 25.8 Mh/ 85-90W at wall.



Power is not an issue sir Smiley
6  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: My Brain Hurts - Which GPU? on: October 27, 2017, 08:29:27 PM
I have both cards. The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 570 4GB is a good card. It overclocks well for a 570 and runs cool. It uses a bit more power than my other 570's which are Powercolor Red Dragon's. With a simple 'one click timing patch' using Polaris Bios Editor' v1.62 from jaschaknack and a 1200 MHz core clock and 2020 MHz on the memory, I get ~28.5 MH/s and 740 MH/s dual mining DCR.

The advantage of the RX 580's over the 570's is the 580's uses faster memory, 8,000 MHz for the RX 580 vs 7,000 MHz for the RX 570, which can overclock higher. The RX 580's have better dual mining performance as well. The MSI Gaming X RX 580 8GB is a good card, but I like the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580's better. They Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580's run cooler than the MSI Gaming X RX 580 and I can overclock the memory to 2200-2250 MHz on the Sapphire vs 2100-2120 on the MSI. With the MSI I get 29.5 MH/s on ETH and 860 MH/s DCR dual mining.

My brain hurts even more lol Smiley

The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580 was an option but its out of my budget (another £50 per card).

It has to be one of the two above.  Remember, I can get 5x Sapphire Nitro+ RX570 or 4x MSI RX580.  Unless the 8GB on the RX580 is going to be advantagous in the future, my heart is pushing to The Sapphire.

Is the 8GB really going to help in the next one/two years?  Its if and butts.

Sigh..
7  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / My Brain Hurts - Which GPU? on: October 27, 2017, 08:00:48 PM
Hi guys.

I'm getting back into mining has a side hobby and I need to make a decision and hope you guys can help.

I have a choice on either:

5x 4GB Sapphire Radeon RX 570 NITRO+ @ £280
or
4x 8GB MSI Radeon RX 580 GAMING X @ £300

I've been reading soo much my brain hurts.

Some say go for the Sapphire RX 570 due to value and dual mining.  And some say go 8GB MSI RX 580 due to the future proofing element and more RAM.

I will not have electricity costs at the office I will be renting.

If it helps, I am planing to use Simple Mining / Multipool.

Please help me decide.

Thank you.
8  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: [Mining OS] SimpleMining.net - Easy to use GPU MINING Operating System on: October 27, 2017, 07:28:59 PM
Hi there,

Question.

Do I still need to custom rom my GPU's to get the most out of Simple Mining?  Or is there no need?

Thanks
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