Should I even bother?

[AdamSandler]

I have a mid range graphics card and tried mining in a pool and damn does it get loud and I was told is terrible at mining. With people designing and building rigs exclusively for mining e.g. FPGA and ASIC coming up, should I even bother? Would I be better of investing a bit of real world money for a few BTC, throwing out the odd referral and/or gambling?

[gweedo]

No, better investing a bit of real world money for btc. Or just try and create/offer a service for bitcoins

[AdamSandler]

No, better investing a bit of real world money for btc. Or just try and create/offer a service for bitcoins

I'll be the first whore to accept bitcoins

[21after2]

No, better investing a bit of real world money for btc. Or just try and create/offer a service for bitcoins

I'll be the first whore to accept bitcoins

There are already sites for that

[AdamSandler]

No, better investing a bit of real world money for btc. Or just try and create/offer a service for bitcoins

I'll be the first whore to accept bitcoins

There are already sites for that

I'm fucking late to everything!

[Xendrios]

I've turned off my gpu's a while ago aswell (the ones that didn't already shut down because of the excessive heat they created ...)

so if it's a gpu you also need to keep your pc running I would advice against it if you don't have a good cooling system to go along with it. Probably better to just buy them.

[Xendrios]

No, better investing a bit of real world money for btc. Or just try and create/offer a service for bitcoins

I'll be the first whore to accept bitcoins

There are already sites for that

I'm fucking late to everything!

If you buy now you're probably still early compared to the rest of humanity :-)

[NegativeNancy]

If you buy now you're probably still early compared to the rest of humanity :-)

Yerp.

GPU mining has a large learning curve and requires a decent amount of time/attention even after you know what you're doing. I currently have 4 cards sitting idle after almost 2 years of nonstop operation. It was a relief to turn them off.