BTC Guild's Minimum Difficulty setting

[pysiak]

Hello Miners!

In BTC Guild there's a worker setting called minimum difficulty. The default is 2. The next option is 4 (4GH+/s).
My mining hardware makes about 5.5GH/s. What's the actual difference between 2 and 4 for me?

It's my first post here, thanks.

[pontiacg5]

You will submit twice as many shares at 2 than you would at 4. They should both pay out the same in the end since 4 diff shares pay double.

[pysiak]

Right, so what is the option for? Just to reduce network traffic? Doesn't seem very impactful on network.

[pontiacg5]

Yes, network bandwidth.

Not really a problem with 5 GH/s, but try 500gh/s.