Decent Mining GPU for around $200

[Dlcoates1]

Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good GPU for BTC mining for the cost of around $200 - $300.
I am a gamer, but I figure when I am not gaming I could do some mining.
I am a laptop user, but I am planning to build a PC this tax season to save some money for upgrades later on.
The current setup I am looking to build uses a GTX 7770, but I heard Nvidia's were not too great when it comes to btc mining. (ltc mining is a different story though apparently, but btc pays off more)

Anyway's, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Cheers!

[flamebirdstudios]

Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good GPU for BTC mining for the cost of around $200 - $300.
I am a gamer, but I figure when I am not gaming I could do some mining.
I am a laptop user, but I am planning to build a PC this tax season to save some money for upgrades later on.
The current setup I am looking to build uses a GTX 7770, but I heard Nvidia's were not too great when it comes to btc mining. (ltc mining is a different story though apparently, but btc pays off more)

Anyway's, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Cheers!

For $250 you can get a AMD 7970 on eBay. Mine LTC of FTC instead of bitcoins. It's more profitable and then you can always convert it to bitcoins.

[drawingthesun]

For $250 you can get a AMD 7970 on eBay. Mine LTC of FTC instead of bitcoins. It's more profitable and then you can always convert it to bitcoins.

Interestingly http://dustcoin.com/ currently says that LTC or FTC are not more profitable to mine right now...

[Omikifuse]

Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good GPU for BTC mining for the cost of around $200 - $300.
I am a gamer, but I figure when I am not gaming I could do some mining.
I am a laptop user, but I am planning to build a PC this tax season to save some money for upgrades later on.
The current setup I am looking to build uses a GTX 7770, but I heard Nvidia's were not too great when it comes to btc mining. (ltc mining is a different story though apparently, but btc pays off more)

Anyway's, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Cheers!

First, if you want to mine BTC with GPU you can forget about it, with $200 you can buy pretty good low hash rate ASIC....

[sonikku13]

Use http://www.multipool.us/ to determine profitability. This site gives you profit in comparison to BTC.

[Dlcoates1]

Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good GPU for BTC mining for the cost of around $200 - $300.
I am a gamer, but I figure when I am not gaming I could do some mining.
I am a laptop user, but I am planning to build a PC this tax season to save some money for upgrades later on.
The current setup I am looking to build uses a GTX 7770, but I heard Nvidia's were not too great when it comes to btc mining. (ltc mining is a different story though apparently, but btc pays off more)

Anyway's, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Cheers!

First, if you want to mine BTC with GPU you can forget about it, with $200 you can buy pretty good low hash rate ASIC....

Re read the main post, I am a gamer, I can't game with an ASIC can I?
Also I don't have that much money extra to blow to afford an ASIC and a gpu.

[vpasic]

Then buy your self gaming gpu and enjoy, and don't bother with btc mining.
You can't mine btc with gpu any more.

[zvs]

Then buy your self gaming gpu and enjoy, and don't bother with btc mining.
You can't mine btc with gpu any more.

sure you can

if you have free electricity, why not?

for under $200, get a 7950


or wait!  i'll sell you my 6990 for $225

or i have some 7850s... or some 7790s..

[Dlcoates1]

Then buy your self gaming gpu and enjoy, and don't bother with btc mining.
You can't mine btc with gpu any more.

sure you can

if you have free electricity, why not?

for under $200, get a 7950


or wait!  i'll sell you my 6990 for $225

or i have some 7850s... or some 7790s..

No sense in buying now, like I said I need to wait till after tax season

[zvs]

Then buy your self gaming gpu and enjoy, and don't bother with btc mining.
You can't mine btc with gpu any more.

sure you can

if you have free electricity, why not?

for under $200, get a 7950


or wait!  i'll sell you my 6990 for $225

or i have some 7850s... or some 7790s..

No sense in buying now, like I said I need to wait till after tax season

shame, that 7870 tahiti LE on newegg for $130 after rebate is essentially the same thing as a 7950..

[winner999]

You should get 7950 or if you can find it for less than 300$ R9 280X.

[TheDragonSlayer]

Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good GPU for BTC mining for the cost of around $200 - $300.
I am a gamer, but I figure when I am not gaming I could do some mining.
I am a laptop user, but I am planning to build a PC this tax season to save some money for upgrades later on.
The current setup I am looking to build uses a GTX 7770, but I heard Nvidia's were not too great when it comes to btc mining. (ltc mining is a different story though apparently, but btc pays off more)

Anyway's, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Cheers!

U should get ASIC for BTC mining, any ASIC would be better then GPU 1000x...

[Brewins]

a 7950 is pretty good hashing rate, mines getting 400+KH/s on scrypt and 400+MH/s on sha-256

or you could order some usb asic miners, each go for around $35 each, and do 330MH/s

[Sythyn]

Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good GPU for BTC mining for the cost of around $200 - $300.
I am a gamer, but I figure when I am not gaming I could do some mining.
I am a laptop user, but I am planning to build a PC this tax season to save some money for upgrades later on.
The current setup I am looking to build uses a GTX 7770, but I heard Nvidia's were not too great when it comes to btc mining. (ltc mining is a different story though apparently, but btc pays off more)

Anyway's, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Cheers!

Go ASIC please, even USB erupter is more efficient then GPU and you don't need motherboard, memory etc...

[johncarpe64]

Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good GPU for BTC mining for the cost of around $200 - $300.
I am a gamer, but I figure when I am not gaming I could do some mining.
I am a laptop user, but I am planning to build a PC this tax season to save some money for upgrades later on.
The current setup I am looking to build uses a GTX 7770, but I heard Nvidia's were not too great when it comes to btc mining. (ltc mining is a different story though apparently, but btc pays off more)

Anyway's, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Cheers!

Why not do CPU mining instead?

[Quix]

I have 2x Radeon 7950s in my gaming rig and I don't mine with them because difficulty is too high for it to be worth it (vs Electricity costs). Realistically the only way to make money at this point is to go big with ASICs and even then it's a pretty big risk.

[beegatewood]

I have 2x Radeon 7950s in my gaming rig and I don't mine with them because difficulty is too high for it to be worth it (vs Electricity costs). Realistically the only way to make money at this point is to go big with ASICs and even then it's a pretty big risk.

The problem is, even with ASIC people are not making money.. those that make the most money is purchase Bitcoin and did nothing...

[Omikifuse]

Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good GPU for BTC mining for the cost of around $200 - $300.
I am a gamer, but I figure when I am not gaming I could do some mining.
I am a laptop user, but I am planning to build a PC this tax season to save some money for upgrades later on.
The current setup I am looking to build uses a GTX 7770, but I heard Nvidia's were not too great when it comes to btc mining. (ltc mining is a different story though apparently, but btc pays off more)

Anyway's, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Cheers!

Used 7970 should be best for your budget.... but please don't use it on BTC.... gaming is better

[whitemage]

I believe the best miners would be CPU mining...

[Leehoya]

Get a CPU rig and mine some primecoins.