Wipeout2097
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November 15, 2013, 10:03:10 AM |
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The best GPU for mining at your price point is the AMD Radeon HD7950. It has the best combination of price/hash rate/power consumption. It is also very good for gaming. If you find a "newer" R-280 for the same price, that's probably better.
There are 2 advisable tweaks: 1) undervolt; 2) download a particular modified .bin for extra hash rate.
Regarding Nvidia, they are inferior at mining either bitcoins or litecoins/alt-coins. You also get more btc if you mine litecoins or other scrypt alts, instead of directly mining bitcoins
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MarketTime
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November 15, 2013, 11:06:38 AM |
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The best GPU for mining at your price point is the AMD Radeon HD7950. It has the best combination of price/hash rate/power consumption. It is also very good for gaming. If you find a "newer" R-280 for the same price, that's probably better.
There are 2 advisable tweaks: 1) undervolt; 2) download a particular modified .bin for extra hash rate.
Regarding Nvidia, they are inferior at mining either bitcoins or litecoins/alt-coins. You also get more btc if you mine litecoins or other scrypt alts, instead of directly mining bitcoins
I think 7970 is better for power efficiency.. |
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BitcoinAddicts
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November 15, 2013, 12:36:51 PM |
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7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...
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skleven
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November 15, 2013, 01:59:53 PM |
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7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...
Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that? The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X. |
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MilesJohan
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November 16, 2013, 05:00:07 AM |
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7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...
Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that? The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X. you should get about 850 hash for R9 290. Seems like they are best for power efficiency.. |
MileyJohanson
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chaosknight
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November 16, 2013, 09:51:27 AM |
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7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...
Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that? The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X. 290x is the best choice, although its abit pricey but we will see some promotion on thanksgiving.. |
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Thenen
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November 16, 2013, 11:58:32 AM |
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R9 290 seems to be better then R290x in term of power efficiency, now lets just wait for the price to drop a little before we invest some..
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MarketTime
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November 16, 2013, 04:56:27 PM |
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The best GPU for mining at your price point is the AMD Radeon HD7950. It has the best combination of price/hash rate/power consumption. It is also very good for gaming. If you find a "newer" R-280 for the same price, that's probably better.
There are 2 advisable tweaks: 1) undervolt; 2) download a particular modified .bin for extra hash rate.
Regarding Nvidia, they are inferior at mining either bitcoins or litecoins/alt-coins. You also get more btc if you mine litecoins or other scrypt alts, instead of directly mining bitcoins
For $200, the best GPU that you can get is used 7970. otherwise go for R9 280 when it comes out... |
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skleven
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November 16, 2013, 05:04:45 PM |
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7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...
Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that? The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X. 290x is the best choice, although its abit pricey but we will see some promotion on thanksgiving.. Price is everything. The 280X is half the price of a 290X, and the 290X just hash around 100kh/s more. Not worth it in any way. |
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tom_o
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November 16, 2013, 08:46:48 PM |
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I have 2x Radeon 7950s in my gaming rig and I don't mine with them because difficulty is too high for it to be worth it (vs Electricity costs). Realistically the only way to make money at this point is to go big with ASICs and even then it's a pretty big risk.
Mine a scrypt coin then, you could make $4 a day at the moment, minus electric that is. |
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JessicaSe
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November 16, 2013, 11:49:17 PM |
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7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...
Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that? The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X. 290x is the best choice, although its abit pricey but we will see some promotion on thanksgiving.. Price is everything. The 280X is half the price of a 290X, and the 290X just hash around 100kh/s more. Not worth it in any way. Yeah, but usually when it is new, the price is high. It will drop once in a while and some crazy promotion brings the most expansive card to really cheap.. so I am waiting too |
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MarketTime
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November 17, 2013, 04:09:36 AM |
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7950 is overrated, R9 290 is better!!!...
Do anyone manage to get a hold of a R9 290? What`s the hashrate on that? The 290X pretty much sucks compared to the 280X. 290x is the best choice, although its abit pricey but we will see some promotion on thanksgiving.. Price is everything. The 280X is half the price of a 290X, and the 290X just hash around 100kh/s more. Not worth it in any way. newegg always have good promotion, what if they come out with buy 2 free 1 promotion  ... |
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