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1  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Guide: Mining with your GTX 970/980 [WIP] on: June 06, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
So I've been around a lot this thread in the last week. I have the pleasure to live in a house where electricity is included in rent.
Until now I used my computing power for fold@home, quite fun, let's see how mining works.

The thing I didn't like, there no easy set up guide on how to have a set-and-forget configuration for a modern GPU.
I decided to write a guide for anyone interested.
The aims for this guide are:
  • Set and forget
  • Whatever you are mining will be converted to Bitcoin and stored in your wallet
  • Have your computer to mine the most profitable coin at any given time
Also I am writing this specifically for my hardware, GTX 970 which will work flawlessly with a 980 as well.

1. Set up an account with a profit-switching cryptocoin mining pool, ie Multipool.us
2. Download the latest version of ccminer from this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=770064.0
3. Modify the bat file to suit your need. Mine at the moment is
Code:
ccminer-x64-35-50-52 -a x11 -o stratum+tcp://eu.multipool.us:11111 -u *insert username* -p *insert password* --cpu-priority 3

Three variables you can change to increase payout
a. Mining pool
b. Mining software
c. Mining algorithm

From my research and at this moment in time (06/06/2015) the best option seems to be:
a. Mining pool
Multipool.us (rare downtimes, one of the first ones, highly regarded)

b. Mining software
ccminer 1.6.4 with pools and API - opensource (tpruvot)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=770064.0

c. Mining algorithm
x11

AT THE MOMENT I CONSIDER THIS A WORK IN PROGRESS GUIDE, IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
THANKS  Grin Grin
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