Newbie Mining Rig Advice

[de704]

I guess I'm a Newbie so I have to post this here.
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I am considering building a GPU Mining rig (Yes i know about ASICs). My question is....

How much is a Nvidia GTX-680 over a Diamond AMD 7950? Is there a better graphics card I should be looking at to build a GPU mining rig?
Can either of there cards be linked together? for instance... if I want to buy another card of the same type in the future.

And what type of cooling would be good?

Thanks in advance,
de704

[SwiftHF]

What do you mean by "How much over"? And try water cooling, it's a little more expensive but works if it gets too hot.

[zackclark70]

stick with 7950s ( i have 43 at the min with 40 on the way )

cooling stick with air cooling ( fans) pm me if you need help with anything

[de704]

Sorry, I ment how much better is is over the 7950.

WHy should I stick with a 7950?? the GTX-680 seems better please explain?

[Kaepora]

Sorry, I ment how much better is is over the 7950.

WHy should I stick with a 7950?? the GTX-680 seems better please explain?

AMD cards are better for mining than NVIDIA cards they get more hashes.

[de704]

Sorry, I ment how much better is is over the 7950.

WHy should I stick with a 7950?? the GTX-680 seems better please explain?

AMD cards are better for mining than NVIDIA cards they get more hashes.

Thanks,

so my next question is, is there a better AMD card than the 7950 for a beginner Like myself that can later be connected together.

[tilecuwi]

Sorry, I ment how much better is is over the 7950.

WHy should I stick with a 7950?? the GTX-680 seems better please explain?

AMD cards are better for mining than NVIDIA cards they get more hashes.

Thanks,

so my next question is, is there a better AMD card than the 7950 for a beginner Like myself that can later be connected together.

Here is a List which compares the newest AMD Cards`Hashrates:
(Scroll down to Graphic Cards and watch  "Common MH/s"  (=Mhash/second))

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison

Good luck with mining

[zackclark70]

7950s are cheaper per kh and run cooler/ use less electric
( i get 630kh easy out of a 7950 for 250 gbp  but can can 700 kh from a 7970 but thay cost over 300 use more electric and run hoter)

[Kaepora]

Sorry, I ment how much better is is over the 7950.

WHy should I stick with a 7950?? the GTX-680 seems better please explain?

AMD cards are better for mining than NVIDIA cards they get more hashes.

Thanks,

so my next question is, is there a better AMD card than the 7950 for a beginner Like myself that can later be connected together.

There is no need for connecting the cards together (crossfire) you just need to put them in the pci-express slots and plug the power cables in and your set. I would recommend the 7950.

[de704]

Thanks for all you input. OK This is the last Newie question.

Are you running Windows 7 or something else. on your mining rigs.

de704

[Kaepora]

Thanks for all you input. OK This is the last Newie question.

Are you running Windows 7 or something else. on your mining rigs.

de704

Windows 7 although Linux is just as capable if not more.

[Bakaboy]

Thanks for all you input. OK This is the last Newie question.

Are you running Windows 7 or something else. on your mining rigs.

de704

Xubuntu 12.04 in my case. At least it's "free".

[TheSpiral]

Thanks for all you input. OK This is the last Newie question.

Are you running Windows 7 or something else. on your mining rigs.

de704

You'll get the same hashrate on Windows 7 or a Linux distro. I have one of each, they both do fine once you set drivers up.

[zackclark70]

im on windows 7

[guangm111]

普通设备挖矿性价比币高。

[finalmente]

I guess I'm a Newbie so I have to post this here.
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I am considering building a GPU Mining rig (Yes i know about ASICs). My question is....

How much is a Nvidia GTX-680 over a Diamond AMD 7950? Is there a better graphics card I should be looking at to build a GPU mining rig?
Can either of there cards be linked together? for instance... if I want to buy another card of the same type in the future.

And what type of cooling would be good?

Thanks in advance,
de704

Air cooled 7950s are the way to go.  You'll need PCI-E risers if you want to put more than 3 onto any reasonably priced motherboard.