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Other / Beginners & Help / Re: is 70ºC too hot for a graphic card?
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on: October 06, 2012, 10:41:44 PM
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I've been mining for 4 hours. I overclocked it and put the fans at 85% (manual mode) and got these:
Activity: 99%
GPU clock: 1150%
Power: 0%
Temperature: 72º C
Fan Speed: 85%
For what I read, it seems pretty good if I don't reach 85º-90º C, right?
Also I got a new case, so I have more room for fans. 7 total. (not counting power supply and CPU fans)
3 fans installed on the graphic card (came with them)
2 fans at front pulling in air
1 fan at the back pulling out
1 fan on top of the case, pulling out
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Other / Beginners & Help / Re: is 70ºC too hot for a graphic card?
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on: October 06, 2012, 07:55:50 PM
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70 FAHRENHEIT is super cool, your PC must be in a fridge.  70 CELSIUS is a good temp, especially with an OC. 70%  who knows Get GPU-Z to read your GPU's temperature sensors. Its not recommended to mine 24/7 with fan speed at 90%+. Try to keep below 80%. The GPU fan may fail much sooner if you don't. CGMINER is good for setting fans speeds, clock speeds, etc. It is command line app, you'll need to read up on it. What do you recommend to not have your fans 24/7 at 90%? what do you do to cool it down? |
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Other / Beginners & Help / is 70ºC too hot for a graphic card? (broken already?)
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on: October 06, 2012, 07:38:54 PM
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Hi I just bought an ATI 7970 and ready to mine Right now I got these values: Activity: 99%
GPU clock: 1100%
Power: 0%
Temperature: 70%
Fan Speed: 92%are these values ok? where can I get more info about temperature and OC? Thanks! Happy Saturday B. Edit: Temperature: 70º C |
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Other / Beginners & Help / how do you mine in 2 or more pools at the same time?
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on: October 04, 2012, 06:11:40 PM
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Hi
In my other post people told me this:
"miner status is good, many miners don't just mine on 1 pool anymore so it suits them"
"the best pools can have downtime and you want to be prepared for that. Most of the latest miners allow you to setup backup pools that your miner will automatically switch over to if it loses communication with your main pool. For this reason you will want to have accounts with at least 2 different pools."
My question is....
how do you do this? Do you open both mining clients and both pools at the same time? how do you set up to automatically switch over?
Thanks!
B.
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Other / Beginners & Help / Re: I just started.... What's your recommendation?
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on: October 03, 2012, 10:31:47 PM
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Those are not mining clients, they are mining pools.
Edit: More info for clarification:
Mining client: the program that runs on your computer to mine
Mining pool: a group of people that work together, with the right kind of client that allows collaborative mining, to mine blocks
BitMinter is a pool that has its own browser-based client to mine. Your last post was about pools, whereas earlier in the thread, the discussion was about mining clients.
oh, my bad! I thought we were talking about the same thanks for clarifying it Edit: I was about to join 50BTC.com (a pool) but it says that I need poclbm-GUI miner (a client), right? So, do I need both? |
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Other / Beginners & Help / Re: I just started.... What's your recommendation?
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on: October 03, 2012, 07:31:07 PM
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thank you both SgtSpike and Shadow383 Shadow383: using the flag where? BitMinter? He was talking about guiminer, which again, I wouldn't recommend using! It is old and slow compared to BitMinter and the other mining software out today. The same rules apply for cgminer, diablominer etc  Are these also GUI or command line? 1.Deepbit 3927 GH/s 2.50BTC 3651 GH/s 3.BTC Guild 2651 GH/s 4.Slush's 1973 GH/s |
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Other / Beginners & Help / Re: why pay fees when mining??
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on: October 03, 2012, 07:27:01 PM
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So I am trying to figure out this for myself. I have been with Slush's pool for a while, not mining frequently, because my GPU only does like 5Mh/s. But, since they changed it so later shares are worth more, I make almost nothing. Been looking at deepbit, but trying to find the best match for me. What is meant by orphans? Hashes you get after the block is already found?
I'm also trying to figure it out....but so far, I found out that an orphan is: Blocks in shorter chains (or invalid chains) are called "orphan blocks", and while they are stored, they are not used for anything. When a block becomes an orphan block, all of its valid transactions are re-added to the pool of queued transactions and will be included in another block. The 50 BTC reward for the orphan block will be lost, which is why a network-enforced 100-block maturation time for generations exists. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Block_chainHere you can see the % of all pools: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=104664.0and the Top Ten: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=106417.0Top Ten Pools 1.Deepbit 3927 GH/s 2.50BTC 3651 GH/s 3.BTC Guild 2651 GH/s 4.Slush's 1973 GH/s 5.EclipseMC 1889 GH/s 6.BitMinter 1229 GH/s 7.MT. Red 876 GH/s 8.OZCoin 840 GH/s 9.P2Pool 372 GH/s 10.LTZod 367 GH/s Courtesy of organofcorti weekly pool watch Updated 10/01/2012 Current Difficulty 10/03/2012 3054627.52695 All Information Can be found on http://www.btcmu.info/Neighborhood Pool Watch http://organofcorti.blogspot.com/ |
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Other / Beginners & Help / why pay fees when mining??
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on: October 03, 2012, 06:16:10 PM
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I was wondering what's the advantage of mining in pools like 50btc and others where they charge you 3% (others sites may vary)
Why would you pay a % when you can do it for free? Do you mine more btc in those places?
I use bitminter. There is no % but they don't pay you for orphans like 50btc does
Is it a better option to pay a small % but be paid with orphans?
What is your pool and why you chose it?
Thanks
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Other / Beginners & Help / Re: what is the best rig-device-product to buy right now? (in stock)
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on: October 02, 2012, 11:47:43 PM
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I have no idea about how to rig. How much would it be for that? would you recommend 7990x1 or 7920x2?
7970x2 and 7990x1 are the same card... It's basically a single slotted card with double the 7970 hardware on it - doing internal crossfire. the problem is AMD didn't make a reference board for the 7990. . . so the video card companies are making their own. The only reason to specifically get these cards is they're top of series - and will hold value much longer than others in the series. what's your over-all budget for the whole thing? Let me know and I'll get you a quote on what it'd cost to put together. Thanks...but I think it would be out of my budget. I was checking prices and two cards, plus your cost, would be too expensive. I may go with 1 card then. Thanks for the info! |
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Other / Beginners & Help / Re: what is the best rig-device-product to buy right now? (in stock)
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on: October 02, 2012, 04:38:26 AM
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Don't bother buying FPGAs right now at all (unless you're going bfl and getting the upgrades purchased at the same time).
I'd look at picking up some 7990 ( or 7970x2 ) cards. Should be able to get between 1gh/s and 1.4gh/s. Then run them until asics are out and the difficulty shoots up - at the point where you see a 50% loss in btc generation, then you should sell the cards (should have held 80-90% of value) and purchase asic product.
If you'd rather not rig them yourself --- let me know - I'd be happy to assemble, custom cool, overclock and ship to you.
I have no idea about how to rig. How much would it be for that? would you recommend 7990x1 or 7920x2? |
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Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Introduce yourself :)
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on: October 01, 2012, 06:07:07 PM
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Hey there I'm a newbie...well, you can guess it as I'm writing here I'm Bitconian from Europe. New to the forums, new to the whole BTC world. Thanks B. |
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