SOLD OUT EVERYWHERE!!

[mlouca]

Damnit i have been looking for about 2-3 days for the Radeon HD 6990... its sold out everywhere, or backordered! demand is crazy!!

[IIOII]

Damnit i have been looking for about 2-3 days for the Radeon HD 6990... its sold out everywhere, or backordered! demand is crazy!!

So nobody should say that bitcoin is bad for the economy...   

[bcpokey]

6990s were sold out before bitcoin became a craze. They were a limited production line top end card. They're also a terrible $/hash buy for mining.

[padrino]

I had better luck with 5870s as well as unlockable 6950s. You obviously do not get the same density however they are less $/h

[Jack of Diamonds]

6990s were sold out before bitcoin became a craze. They were a limited production line top end card. They're also a terrible $/hash buy for mining.

Exactly. These are gaming cards and probably a very, very small minority has been purchased for distributed computing.

Not to mention they cost $700 to $800 for about 600-700mhash/s, you can get two radeon 5870's for $300-$400 bucks at the cheapest & achieve the same or better.

[jme621]

6990s were sold out before bitcoin became a craze. They were a limited production line top end card. They're also a terrible $/hash buy for mining.

Exactly. These are gaming cards and probably a very, very small minority has been purchased for distributed computing.

Not to mention they cost $700 to $800 for about 600-700mhash/s, you can get two radeon 5870's for $300-$400 bucks at the cheapest & achieve the same or better.

two 5830 will get 600mh and thats only $220, but they sold out now too on newegg and chiefvalue

[mlouca]

3 5870's would get atleast 1.5ghash?

[Jack of Diamonds]

3 5870's would get atleast 1.5ghash?

Maybe at ridiculous overclocks that aren't stable for 24/7.

I do run some 5870s in my miners but they are all within 5-10% of normal clock range. Not even nearly 500ghash/s. Somewhat better than 5850s though (but not enough to warrant the price difference+ power consumption)

5830's and 5850's are ideal.

[Coma]

Maybe GPUs shortage will keep Bitcoin from growing too fast.
If this keeps growing soon we'll have mining dedicated cards, I don't like that idea at all.

[mlouca]

how many hashes do you get out of your 5850 at stock.

[MaGNeT]

3 5870's would get atleast 1.5ghash?

1.0 to 1.3 is more realistic.

[minerX]

6990s were sold out before bitcoin became a craze. They were a limited production line top end card. They're also a terrible $/hash buy for mining.

Exactly. These are gaming cards and probably a very, very small minority has been purchased for distributed computing.

Not to mention they cost $700 to $800 for about 600-700mhash/s, you can get two radeon 5870's for $300-$400 bucks at the cheapest & achieve the same or better.

Wha?  I get 850 mhash/sec on stock voltage on my 6990.  It's overclocked to 990 on both GPUs.  I could probably hit 1050 easy.  

And the point of the 6990 should be to have an awesome gaming rig AND hash.  But I don't think that's the case for a whole of people.

[Jack of Diamonds]

6990s were sold out before bitcoin became a craze. They were a limited production line top end card. They're also a terrible $/hash buy for mining.

Exactly. These are gaming cards and probably a very, very small minority has been purchased for distributed computing.

Not to mention they cost $700 to $800 for about 600-700mhash/s, you can get two radeon 5870's for $300-$400 bucks at the cheapest & achieve the same or better.

Wha?  I get 850 mhash/sec on stock voltage on my 6990.  It's overclocked to 990 on both GPUs.  I could probably hit 1050 easy.  

And the point of the 6990 should be to have an awesome gaming rig AND hash.  But I don't think that's the case for a whole of people.

But it's horrible value for the money. I have exactly one; Due to using a massive discount at a retailer. Otherwise it would've been wasted cash more or less.

Hell, you can get same hashing performance for two unlocked 6950's and those cost maybe 50% or less.

[sniper_sniperson]

3 5870's would get atleast 1.5ghash?

1.0 to 1.3 is more realistic.

Not so fast. Gigabyte 5870SO model kicks asses 24/7 with its 950MHz for 410-425Mhash/s depending on the miner app, but dual-fan cooling system is ... noisy. Jumps between 190 and 200W power consumption , but I'm lazy to check that with lowered memory clock (around 350MHz for stability purposes).

[TurboK]

I thought the best price/performance card right now was the Sapphire 5850 Extreme, which is 150$ for something around 300mhash.

[kr105]

I thought the best price/performance card right now was the Sapphire 5850 Extreme, which is 150$ for something around 300mhash.

You meant "was" $150. Or its on stock again?

[1.21gigawatts]

It is if you can find it in stock for $150

[TurboK]

Ah, I wasn't aware that they are already sold out. Damn, things change quick.

[um0rion]

Ah, I wasn't aware that they are already sold out. Damn, things change quick.

They've been out of stock for a couple weeks now.. I called in to amazon and if I remember right the rep said new stock wasnt expected until july 6th or so.

[bcpokey]

6990s were sold out before bitcoin became a craze. They were a limited production line top end card. They're also a terrible $/hash buy for mining.

Exactly. These are gaming cards and probably a very, very small minority has been purchased for distributed computing.

Not to mention they cost $700 to $800 for about 600-700mhash/s, you can get two radeon 5870's for $300-$400 bucks at the cheapest & achieve the same or better.

Wha?  I get 850 mhash/sec on stock voltage on my 6990.  It's overclocked to 990 on both GPUs.  I could probably hit 1050 easy.  

And the point of the 6990 should be to have an awesome gaming rig AND hash.  But I don't think that's the case for a whole of people.

Either you got very lucky or you're full of s**t. The average 6990 goes nowhere near 990Mhz let alone 1050. Not to mention when overclocked the average 5870 (not a super special golden overclocker) can do 420MHash/sec. They game pretty well too surprisingly (for the same money you will probably get even better fps, though lots more noise and heat).