cgminer - all I care about is hashrate?

[Abacinate]

Whether BTC/LTC, is hash rate all I care about? That is do I care about the rate of share acceptance, which seems to be represented by "U:" in the GUI? Obviously rejects are a problem, but I'm not talking about that. Assuming my reject percentage is quite low, is there anything else I can do to get more shares accepted at the same hash rate, or is that all handled by the pool?

Thanks.

[Misiolap]

If you're paying for electricity you should basically care about hash rate/power consumption factor.

[Signus]

The whole game of mining is essentially to generate the highest possible hashrate, but as Misiolap said, you're looking for the best hash rate for the amount of power you consume.

For example, a FPGA can generate the same hashrate as a number of cards, and uses a fraction of the power, but costs more to startup. So basically what you're trying to do is balance Mhash/J and Mhash/s/$.

[ctlegacy]

the number represented by U: is accepts per minute. This number can vary due to short term luck.

[Abacinate]

the number represented by U: is accepts per minute. This number can vary due to short term luck.

So I have no effect on this number?

[Abacinate]

bump

[Oldie]

Unfortunately, your answer is going to be "It Depends".  Lots of factors play into this.

[Abacinate]

Unfortunately, your answer is going to be "It Depends".  Lots of factors play into this.

Care to elaborate on what I can do to up my acceptance rate if I feel i've already maxed my hash rate?

[Signus]

Unfortunately, your answer is going to be "It Depends".  Lots of factors play into this.

Care to elaborate on what I can do to up my acceptance rate if I feel i've already maxed my hash rate?

That depends on your pool luck and the pool hashrate. Also depends whether you calculate on the wrong block while it gets solved elsewhere, then your client sees the block has been solved on the pool and it must move to the next block.

That's why it's essentially "mining" as with gold. You can have the gold scooped up from your hands by somebody with a more powerful machine. To up your acceptance rate, you can up your hashrate, but honestly just depends on pool luck.