Mining @ 1.2GH/s....Solo or Pool?

[Sk1llS]

Hi,

I can mine at 1.2GH/s with my PowerColor HD7990. Should I join a pool or go solo?

Are pools meant for those doing ~400MH/s or are they for anyone not running BFL/Avalon equipment?

Thanks!

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[middlemarkal]

join a pool, 1.2 Ghs is not enough to find a block, until you find a block you get 0 mining solo 

[crazyates]

Even most people running ASICs still use pools. It's just a way to reduce your variance.

The prospect of mining a 25BTC block and suddenly becoming $2,500 richer in one minute is tantalizing. However, it's damn near impossible.

From http://www.bitcoinx.com/profit/ for 1.2GH/s at the current difficulty:

Average generation time for a block (solo) - 1 year, 98 days (can vary greatly depending on your luck)

And this number is only going to get higher as the difficulty goes up.

[Sk1llS]

Thanks Guys, I'll be using Pools then. Any favorites or recommended Pools?

[crazyates]

Thanks Guys, I'll be using Pools then. Any favorites or recommended Pools?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=104664.0

Read thru there, and pick one. I like Ozcoin, but I've used Bitminter, Slush, and EMC before as well.

[kxxxmxxx]

guys, can you imagine auction:
blessed 7970 +10% to luck

[Bitsaurus]

guys, can you imagine auction:
blessed 7970 +10% to luck

Well there is the auction for the 210,000 block finder...