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June 17, 2016, 05:56:40 PM
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Im buying some new cards to add to my mining setup. I have been looking at the 380x cards and thats what im currently setup with. I found some Sapphire 290 4gb cards for about the same price as the 380x and was wondering if it would be wise to stick with the newer tech or go for the 290 based on about 10mh/s difference from what i have read. Any suggestions. I would like to wiat for the 480 but it may not be available right away and prices will likely be higher than 199.
EDIT: Couldnt pass up the 290 for 200 each. Ordered 5 of them. I plan on adding 8 new rigs with 6 cards each over the next week or so. I may try and hold off on half for the new rx 480 or 470 but i need to be mining now so waiting just seems foolish.
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SpaceBallsOne
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June 18, 2016, 05:06:23 AM |
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i have 6 380s and 2 290x. i love my 290x but they are so hot and loud. plus take a lot of power. One rig has a 270x and 3 380s. 73.5mh/sec 800 watts my two 290x are underclocked, undervolted (26mh/sec each) and still run 84C at a very loud 65% fan speed. My PCS 380x does 20.5mh/sec and you cant even hear the computer running. 72C
Also i game while i mine. my 290x loses 4mh/sec while gaming, i still get 95FPS. Just tried that on a 2gb 380. FPS stutters averaged around 50 but didnt feel like it. lost 16mh/sec
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June 18, 2016, 08:13:48 AM |
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First thing you do on those R9 290 cards - dig up TheStilt bios for them and "upgrade" them, they will mine MUCH faster and run quite a bit cooler, though there isn't much if any power saving to them.
R9 290x from what I've seen doesn't mine Ethereum much if ANY faster than the 290, but eat more power - not a real good choice there, though they might work better on other algorythms.
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June 19, 2016, 11:14:56 AM |
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I hope you are not thinking in mining ether, is going down hard after the dao fiasco. Another dead shitcoin.
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June 19, 2016, 11:19:10 AM |
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I hope you are not thinking in mining ether, is going down hard after the dao fiasco. Another dead shitcoin.
Is Etheruem still the most profitable coin to mine? I noticed the difficulty dropped about 10%. Maybe some people are not mining it. |
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June 19, 2016, 01:09:17 PM |
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I hope you are not thinking in mining ether, is going down hard after the dao fiasco. Another dead shitcoin.
Is Etheruem still the most profitable coin to mine? I noticed the difficulty dropped about 10%. Maybe some people are not mining it. problem is this, the diff is still there while the price is almost halved you can not simply cancel 50k gpu from existence... |
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June 19, 2016, 03:12:44 PM |
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I hope you are not thinking in mining ether, is going down hard after the dao fiasco. Another dead shitcoin.
Is Etheruem still the most profitable coin to mine? I noticed the difficulty dropped about 10%. Maybe some people are not mining it. problem is this, the diff is still there while the price is almost halved you can not simply cancel 50k gpu from existence... I think it is better to wait and see what will happen to the Etheruem after this crisis. If the price does not rise, do not mine. |
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June 19, 2016, 03:47:20 PM |
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Im buying some new cards to add to my mining setup. I have been looking at the 380x cards and thats what im currently setup with. I found some Sapphire 290 4gb cards for about the same price as the 380x and was wondering if it would be wise to stick with the newer tech or go for the 290 based on about 10mh/s difference from what i have read. Any suggestions. I would like to wiat for the 480 but it may not be available right away and prices will likely be higher than 199.
EDIT: Couldnt pass up the 290 for 200 each. Ordered 5 of them. I plan on adding 8 new rigs with 6 cards each over the next week or so. I may try and hold off on half for the new rx 480 or 470 but i need to be mining now so waiting just seems foolish.
What is foolish is buying mining hardware at all and the vets have continually warned you. The well is dry and the new tech coin releases aren't even supporting PoW anymore. Of course, there are some ignorant mofo's out there and the hash rate of ETH continues to climb. Even after this latest ETH disaster. You know what they say about a fool and his money. |
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June 19, 2016, 06:14:54 PM |
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Im buying some new cards to add to my mining setup. I have been looking at the 380x cards and thats what im currently setup with. I found some Sapphire 290 4gb cards for about the same price as the 380x and was wondering if it would be wise to stick with the newer tech or go for the 290 based on about 10mh/s difference from what i have read. Any suggestions. I would like to wiat for the 480 but it may not be available right away and prices will likely be higher than 199.
EDIT: Couldnt pass up the 290 for 200 each. Ordered 5 of them. I plan on adding 8 new rigs with 6 cards each over the next week or so. I may try and hold off on half for the new rx 480 or 470 but i need to be mining now so waiting just seems foolish.
What is foolish is buying mining hardware at all and the vets have continually warned you. The well is dry and the new tech coin releases aren't even supporting PoW anymore. Of course, there are some ignorant mofo's out there and the hash rate of ETH continues to climb. Even after this latest ETH disaster. You know what they say about a fool and his money. Most of recent release of major coins are IPO coins with PoS. These coins are called scam coins by a few forum members. |
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June 24, 2016, 07:16:19 AM |
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Still waiting for this so-called DAO Fiasco to drive Ethereum under $10 - oh wait, it's climbing back UP again.
Buying new mining hardware isn't always dumb - if you have an exit plan or alternate uses for it, it's more about "paying part of the cost of it" as a bonus as opposed to "need to achieve ROI on it to make it worth buying".
I'm sure ETH diff will pass the growth in the price at some point - it's been pretty close over the last couple months - but it hasn't happened yet. Soon perhaps.
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Fappanu
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June 24, 2016, 11:47:52 AM |
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I am not going to expand my far now. Just want to wait out the DAO fiasco. If the Etheruem survive, I might mine more.
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navydude (OP)
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June 24, 2016, 02:41:33 PM |
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First thing you do on those R9 290 cards - dig up TheStilt bios for them and "upgrade" them, they will mine MUCH faster and run quite a bit cooler, though there isn't much if any power saving to them.
R9 290x from what I've seen doesn't mine Ethereum much if ANY faster than the 290, but eat more power - not a real good choice there, though they might work better on other algorythms.
Can you tell me more about this bios. Do you happen to have it or a link as i have yet to find much about it. EDIT: I have expanded 6 more rigs. 26 Power Color 380x, 5 Sapphire 290, 3 Power Color 390, 1 XFX 390x, 1 VisionTech 390 for a total 36 cards. So I hope that ETH stays good until ROI atleat but i feel that looking back at history there will be something to mine. Maybe not as profitable but good lord willing i will survive this.  Have a great day. |
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navydude (OP)
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June 24, 2016, 05:54:54 PM |
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Thanks for that. I have the sapphire 290. I cant really tell by looking at this list which one i would need. Any suggestions!?!
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Tmdz
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June 24, 2016, 06:18:33 PM |
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Ive tried running the stilt bios on my 290's but they all cause a terrible video problem where theres this checkered pattern and I can hardly see anything displayed. I have tried running various stilt bios for the 290 but they all act the same.
Any ideas?
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navydude (OP)
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June 24, 2016, 06:52:43 PM |
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Glad you mentioned that before i flashed my cards. I will let them run stock for now.
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June 25, 2016, 06:19:54 AM |
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Ive tried running the stilt bios on my 290's but they all cause a terrible video problem where theres this checkered pattern and I can hardly see anything displayed. I have tried running various stilt bios for the 290 but they all act the same.
Any ideas?
At least one site I found that actually had the BIOS files has the numbers mixed up for the 290 bios and the 290x BIOS versions - watch when you flash that you're flashing the RIGHT BIOS type, flashing a 290x BIOS on a 290 card CAN cause the issues you have seen. The main difference between the versions, other than the 290/290x split, is the default voltage setpoint - the higher number versions undervolt more, and IN THEORY should reduce power consumption vs higher number versions - with the tradeoff being the potential that the card won't be able to clock as high. |
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July 08, 2016, 07:31:27 AM |
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Ive tried running the stilt bios on my 290's but they all cause a terrible video problem where theres this checkered pattern and I can hardly see anything displayed. I have tried running various stilt bios for the 290 but they all act the same.
Any ideas?
Maybe you can reduce the Core frequencies to see the effect. Sometimes the voltages are too low, so the artifacts. |
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