A Small Victory - 7970

[dben428]

I am happy to announce that I now have my brand new 7970 running at 650 Mh/s. Quite the upgrade from my GTX 470, which only managed 100 Mh/s. Oh, and it runs about 20 degrees cooler as well (stupid Fermi).

I was quite late to the mining game, and I'll happily use Bitcoin as an excuse for a GPU upgrade. I'll probably never make ROI on it, but that doesn't matter to me. I'm having fun. 

[ktttn]

The important part is the question: is one mining bitcoin, yes or no.
If yes, one wins; if no, one loses.
All the tech specs and price aside, this is what really matters.

[spooderman]

I am in the same boat my friend.

Bought a 7970 about 2 weeks ago.

Mined about 0.38 btc.....probably spent much more on electricity, not even concerned about ROI.

Question is....what pool are you using?

[Edit: actually, I have probably spent about a third of that on electricity thinking about it a little more....]

(Using eligius myself btw)

[dben428]

I'm using Slush's Pool at the moment. I like the score-based payment method.

Yes, power is of course a large concern. Fortunately for me, power is included as part of my rent. So I guess I'm actually mining at a cost to my property owner.