yeah ...but likely you will never get a good working monarch....imho for a reasonable price or time
I definitely agree with you on the "time" part of this discussion;
If I look at it from a "mathematical" point of view and calculate the return on a 600Gh/s Monarch that "theoretically" is mining for me "right now" I would make the following assumptions:
- 15% difficulty increases (reality is; with the new miners coming online this will be more in the 20+, maybe even 30% range - but OK); and,
- No price change in BTC (which is pure theory, I know; but hey, let's use it "for reference"...)
> in (the rest of) 2014, this 600Gh/s Monarch would make me BTC 3.15817791 or $ 1389,57; and,
> for the whole of 2015 (still disregarding power costs!) it would make BTC 0,23391404 or $ 102,92.
So yes, these Monarch cards will never ROI (let alone make a profit) with a price tag of $2,196... IMHO.