Does Litecoin use less electricity?

[Kennji]

Since it is only in khash and not mhash?

Sorry, I know total newbie question.  But this is the newbie forum, after all.

[joshki]

I do not believe so.  The algorithm requires more memory and is harder to run, which probably actually uses more electricity though I'm not sure of that.

[aznmonky]

actually good question but no about the same except litecoin is more memory intensive. ultimately comes down to power usage of cards or computer

[cojo244]

Since it is only in khash and not mhash?

Sorry, I know total newbie question.  But this is the newbie forum, after all.

I believe that the amount of extra power usage is so minimal, then it wouldnt matter. That's just an opinion

[Kennji]

Interesting ... I am using this LTC calculator and it says I would be mining at a loss with my current setup.  As opposed to BTC.

[cojo244]

Interesting ... I am using this LTC calculator and it says I would be mining at a loss with my current setup.  As opposed to BTC.

Really, that is quite interesting... what is your setup?

[Kennji]

Weird ... my 5770 is out performing my 6950 with LTC mining.

[MikeyNick]

The extra draw from memory is likely less than 5-10W, pretty negligible when you consider the overall draw

[joshki]

Weird ... my 5770 is out performing my 6950 with LTC mining.

LTC is tricky to get setup correctly.  It's taken me several days of messing with my dual-7970 setup to get both cards to 680 and stable at 72-74C. 

LTC mining should be slightly more profitable than btc mining unless you have sha-256 specific hardware.