I wish... Can't wait to play BF3 on a decent card.  The preview vids on Youtube look AMAZING!!!

Man! Right after I switch to Propo 4 20+ minute blocks in a row! Fml..

Except a lot of us (myself included) don't even do this for the money, although it's a nice secondary benefit.  Some of us are gadget freaks and just enjoy building systems and doing something other than playing WoW 24/7.

Looks about right.  I wonder if anybody has put together a chart that shows what payout method is better for any given hash rate per average block time.  If not, I guess I could start on an XLS or something, but I just ate lunch.  Sleepy time.

PMI, but how long does it take for a payout type to kick in (ie. switching from PPS to Proportional, or vice versa)?  I was under the impression that you finish up the current block and then you get switched over by the next block.  But I just switched to Proportional and there's been 5 or 6 blocks go by since I switched and I haven't seen my BTC count move at all.  And the block history column is showing + 0.00000000 BTC as if I was still under PPS for those blocks.  Is there some kind of delay where you don't earn any BTC between switching between payout types?

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Looks like it...

So we're not allowed to mine for the fun of it? 

I can't find my wallet.dat anywhere within my /bitcoin directory (or any subdirectories therein).  I did some test transactions from the pool I'm in and sent a grand total of maybe .05 BTC to my Bitcoin address and they're showing up in the Received tab.  However, I *may* have deleted the entire /bitcoin directory and then re-installed -- I honestly can't remember.  I'm not too worried about the .05 BTC I have potentially lost.  What does worry me is if I do another transaction from my pool's website to my Bitcoin address, will it automatically create a new wallet.dat, or will the coins become lost in limbo since I don't already have a wallet.dat on my system?

Edit:  Nvm, found it in my \Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\ directory.  Freakin Windows...

Was your 5870 used?  If so, make sure to clean out the fans and internal heat sink fins.  It'll make a world of difference if they're clogged with dust.

What's the diff between this one and the $109 version?

I feel weird admitting this, but I almost won't consider buying a card with a mid-mounted fan.  I like the monolithic looking boards with the fan at the very end, like this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103182&cm_re=6970-_-14-103-182-_-Product

My only exception is the 5830 that I just ordered, simply because it was a really good price.  Anybody else favor the reference form-factor cards for the aesthetics alone?

I have no control over my voltage.  That's what the AMD GPU Tool sets it at automatically any time I specify any kind of OC value to the core.  I thought it was kinda weird, but it works.

OOS

.05 btc says they'll be gone by end of business day

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102878&cm_re=5830-_-14-102-878-_-Product

Get them while they last!

Awesome! 1.50 totally eliminated the "miner is idle" lines I was seeing every so often!

Edit: I take that back.  I"m seeing the "miner is idle" lines again, although less frequent than before.

Nope.  Mining is no longer profitable.  Turn off your mining rig, disassemble it, and sell the parts.  PM me if you have any 5870s, 5970s, or 5850s.  Thanks!

Just wanted add a 5870 datapoint:

Catalyst 11.5
Core 975MHz
Memory 333MHz
430MH/s

Catalyst 11.6
Core 975MHz
Memory 333MHz
385MH/s

Nothing else changed other than going from 11.5 --> 11.6.

ATI HD5870
Catalyst 11.5
SDK 2.4
975MHz core / 333MHz memory
1.250v (not sure how to change this lower, it automatically bumps up when I change core/memory freq)

Phoenix parameters: -u device=0 VECTORS BFI_INT AGGRESSION=14 WORKSIZE=256 -k phatk

430.xx MH/s, stable over the past 24+hrs
69-70C @ 50% fan speed with case-cover on, house A/C thermostat set at 78F

Everybody told me to try 300MHz for the memory and that kicked the MHz up quite a bit.  After a little experimenting I found the sweet spot to be 333MHz (using ATI GPU Tool) which increased the hash rate by about 6-8 MH/s over 300MHz memory clock on my system. YMMV.

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