[ANN] Catcoin - Scrypt meow!

[skillface]

Anyway I did pretty well today, gained another ~10% overall. Guess I'll go to bed and check up on things later since it's pretty quiet at the moment.

And for the love of CAT I had better not come back to a clusterfuck.

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[Nullu]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

[MadMatt]

Another good buy right now, spent all my btc already x.x

[BitchCoin]

Another good buy right now, spent all my btc already x.x

Same, up to 3.6k cat. The way I see it, this coin is a sleeper. Rocky start at first, but people are watching it. I'm just going to dig in for the long wait.

[MadMatt]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards.  

A 750W PSU should be fine, you can always underclock to save power. I'm guessing you have 2x 9's.

[TheLotusPod]

Another good buy right now, spent all my btc already x.x

Yah I been short selling CAT like mad and banking . too easy. CAT has already made me so much and now im holding some for a long position as well as shorting it and making a bunch on both ways

Price is super cheap right now, great time too scoop a bunch up on the low for a long position

good stuff

MEOW!!!

[kuroman]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

[loader140]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

7950 is still best value for money if you can find them (CEX if you're in the UK-they offer a year warranty) but if you can't find any go for a 280X they are the next best value for the hashrate. I have a 7950 and 280Xs, the 7950 alone made me £200+ within 2 days of this coins launch and it was only £180 to buy, in 2 months I have made £350+ total with it, so nearly doubled my moeny for the 7950, my 280x is about a week old and has made me about £100 already so they do pay pretty quick,

Also when you want to cash out, either do it when you have a lot to cash out and use something like MTgox or something like that, or if like me you have only like 0.2 or 0.3 then go to something like bitgild and buy gold then sell on ebay, that way people can't do the cash back thing through paypal and you won't loose that much as if you sold it straight to someone (maybe like 1/25 of the price)

[Nullu]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

Well, I have it working alongside my GTX 670 now.

The R9 280x provides nice bang for buck, but it runs pretty hot. It's fine though, as they can take the heat, but when it gets to max temp I drop from 700mhash/sec to 635mhash/sec, so realistically to get max performance I'll need to watercool it. It's a bit annoying that I bought the best performing/cheapest R9 280x that I could find, because I'll have to buy a Universal GPU waterblock to cool it now, as it's a non-reference board. Oh well. It'll still be way better than the stock air cooler. A decent 240 radiator should keep it running at 700mhash.  

[MadMatt]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

Well, I have it working alongside my GTX 670 now.

The R9 280x provides nice bang for buck, but it runs pretty hot. It's fine though, as they can take the heat, but when it gets to max temp I drop from 700mhash/sec to 635mhash/sec, so realistically to get max performance I'll need to watercool it. It's a bit annoying that I bought the best performing/cheapest R9 280x that I could find, because I'll have to buy a Universal GPU waterblock to cool it now, as it's a non-reference board. Oh well. It'll still be way better than the stock air cooler. A decent 240 radiator should keep it running at 700mhash.  

The water cooling should pay itself off over time via increased lifespan and possible overclocking, a little risky for long term use though.

[Nullu]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards.  

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

Well, I have it working alongside my GTX 670 now.

The R9 280x provides nice bang for buck, but it runs pretty hot. It's fine though, as they can take the heat, but when it gets to max temp I drop from 700mhash/sec to 635mhash/sec, so realistically to get max performance I'll need to watercool it. It's a bit annoying that I bought the best performing/cheapest R9 280x that I could find, because I'll have to buy a Universal GPU waterblock to cool it now, as it's a non-reference board. Oh well. It'll still be way better than the stock air cooler. A decent 240 radiator should keep it running at 700mhash.  

The water cooling should pay itself off over time via increased lifespan and possible overclocking, a little risky for long term use though.

I've got some watercooling experience. I'll be fine. I won't be overclocking. It's just to keep the card cool. I'm going to need it for when the summer comes along. I should be able to fit a 50mm thick dual radiator in the top of the case and mount the fans on top of the case. Probably wire them up to a fan controller and rev it up when I'm mining. Get some SP120 performance fans, aka Jet engines. 

[loader140]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

Well, I have it working alongside my GTX 670 now.

The R9 280x provides nice bang for buck, but it runs pretty hot. It's fine though, as they can take the heat, but when it gets to max temp I drop from 700mhash/sec to 635mhash/sec, so realistically to get max performance I'll need to watercool it. It's a bit annoying that I bought the best performing/cheapest R9 280x that I could find, because I'll have to buy a Universal GPU waterblock to cool it now, as it's a non-reference board. Oh well. It'll still be way better than the stock air cooler. A decent 240 radiator should keep it running at 700mhash.  

The water cooling should pay itself off over time via increased lifespan and possible overclocking, a little risky for long term use though.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-msi-radeon-radeon-r9-280x-gaming-3g-28nm-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-boost-1050mhz-2048-streams-hd

One of the cheapest 280X I have found and it is the MSI gaming version and can hash at 700-720 normal (no OC)

£240

[kuroman]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

Well, I have it working alongside my GTX 670 now.

The R9 280x provides nice bang for buck, but it runs pretty hot. It's fine though, as they can take the heat, but when it gets to max temp I drop from 700mhash/sec to 635mhash/sec, so realistically to get max performance I'll need to watercool it. It's a bit annoying that I bought the best performing/cheapest R9 280x that I could find, because I'll have to buy a Universal GPU waterblock to cool it now, as it's a non-reference board. Oh well. It'll still be way better than the stock air cooler. A decent 240 radiator should keep it running at 700mhash.  

You didn't get a model with custom cooling, I'm holding so far to get a 290 with custom cooler, at a reasonable price

@Loader yes I know, and there is a huge discount right now on them I can get one for 190sh€ and I'm considering this option the most, as I need to build another pc around the card, my current PC has already two cards, I will one week because making a final decision and see how my finances will go on, I've been using my desktop all this time on Cat despite not being profitable in a couple of occasions, and want to give another little push to it another 1Mh/s it's not much but definitly better than nothing

[Nullu]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

Well, I have it working alongside my GTX 670 now.

The R9 280x provides nice bang for buck, but it runs pretty hot. It's fine though, as they can take the heat, but when it gets to max temp I drop from 700mhash/sec to 635mhash/sec, so realistically to get max performance I'll need to watercool it. It's a bit annoying that I bought the best performing/cheapest R9 280x that I could find, because I'll have to buy a Universal GPU waterblock to cool it now, as it's a non-reference board. Oh well. It'll still be way better than the stock air cooler. A decent 240 radiator should keep it running at 700mhash.  

The water cooling should pay itself off over time via increased lifespan and possible overclocking, a little risky for long term use though.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-msi-radeon-radeon-r9-280x-gaming-3g-28nm-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-boost-1050mhz-2048-streams-hd

One of the cheapest 280X I have found and it is the MSI gaming version and can hash at 700-720 normal (no OC)

£240

Is that a fact, or based on posted performance? I ended up getting; http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-xfx-radeon-r9-280x-boost-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-850mhz-boost-1000mhz-dvi-hdmi-mdport-voltage-unlocked

Because it was the best I could find, myself.

[kuroman]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

Well, I have it working alongside my GTX 670 now.

The R9 280x provides nice bang for buck, but it runs pretty hot. It's fine though, as they can take the heat, but when it gets to max temp I drop from 700mhash/sec to 635mhash/sec, so realistically to get max performance I'll need to watercool it. It's a bit annoying that I bought the best performing/cheapest R9 280x that I could find, because I'll have to buy a Universal GPU waterblock to cool it now, as it's a non-reference board. Oh well. It'll still be way better than the stock air cooler. A decent 240 radiator should keep it running at 700mhash.  

The water cooling should pay itself off over time via increased lifespan and possible overclocking, a little risky for long term use though.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-msi-radeon-radeon-r9-280x-gaming-3g-28nm-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-boost-1050mhz-2048-streams-hd

One of the cheapest 280X I have found and it is the MSI gaming version and can hash at 700-720 normal (no OC)

£240

Ouch weird how UK Price is higher than French one

[Nullu]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

Well, I have it working alongside my GTX 670 now.

The R9 280x provides nice bang for buck, but it runs pretty hot. It's fine though, as they can take the heat, but when it gets to max temp I drop from 700mhash/sec to 635mhash/sec, so realistically to get max performance I'll need to watercool it. It's a bit annoying that I bought the best performing/cheapest R9 280x that I could find, because I'll have to buy a Universal GPU waterblock to cool it now, as it's a non-reference board. Oh well. It'll still be way better than the stock air cooler. A decent 240 radiator should keep it running at 700mhash.  

You didn't get a model with custom cooling, I'm holding so far to get a 290 with custom cooler, at a reasonable price

@Loader yes I know, and there is a huge discount right now on them I can get one for 190sh€ and I'm considering this option the most, as I need to build another pc around the card, my current PC has already two cards, I will one week because making a final decision and see how my finances will go on, I've been using my desktop all this time on Cat despite not being profitable in a couple of occasions, and want to give another little push to it another 1Mh/s it's not much but definitly better than nothing

Watercooling is always better than air. I could get an after-market air cooler, but it wouldn't stop my card from throttling. This card is just an intermediary step for me until I have enough BTC to build a dedicated mining rig.

[loader140]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

Well, I have it working alongside my GTX 670 now.

The R9 280x provides nice bang for buck, but it runs pretty hot. It's fine though, as they can take the heat, but when it gets to max temp I drop from 700mhash/sec to 635mhash/sec, so realistically to get max performance I'll need to watercool it. It's a bit annoying that I bought the best performing/cheapest R9 280x that I could find, because I'll have to buy a Universal GPU waterblock to cool it now, as it's a non-reference board. Oh well. It'll still be way better than the stock air cooler. A decent 240 radiator should keep it running at 700mhash.  

The water cooling should pay itself off over time via increased lifespan and possible overclocking, a little risky for long term use though.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-msi-radeon-radeon-r9-280x-gaming-3g-28nm-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-boost-1050mhz-2048-streams-hd

One of the cheapest 280X I have found and it is the MSI gaming version and can hash at 700-720 normal (no OC)

£240

Is that a fact, or based on posted performance? I ended up getting; http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-xfx-radeon-r9-280x-boost-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-850mhz-boost-1000mhz-dvi-hdmi-mdport-voltage-unlocked

Because it was the best I could find, myself.

I thought about that card but there isn't a water block for it (and they have no plan to make one) so I went for MSI just because it is cheaper than a few (not all) and I can water cool it, but this was before I found out about the universal watercooling bracket where you turn a CPU cooler i.e corsair H100 into a GPU cooler and a fan for the VRM

[crypt_zombie]

It doesn't seem that the http://catcoins.biz site has been updated with new P2Pool nodes for some time. Here's a list of P2Pool nodes I know about:

http://cat.e-pool.net:9993
http://galen.hozed.org:9927
http://p2pool.name:9333
http://p2pool.org:9999
http://p2pool-us.gotgeeks.com:9333
http://solidpool.org:9333

It would be nice if people, who have access to various social media pages, could update the pool lists with these (especially the first post!).

It seems to me that the current, not very high (a few megs), P2Pool hashrate deters new users from it. A few of you are building new rigs, maybe if you pointed them at P2Pool, you'd make P2Pool more attractive to newcomers - that would be especially usefull due to the persisting problem of a few pools having a rather high percentage of the network hashrate.

Finally regarding the potential second hardfork - we should definitely not rush anything and be sure that the network won't stabilise by its self (seems less likely every day to me, but unless the coin is (very nearly) dying, we should give it a bit more time). But we should keep discussing both the loyality system and the difficulty change capping method, and be sure to somehow test the changes before deploying. Also don't be too attached to the original developer, despite the fact that it's great to have him around, Catcoin is free as in beer and, more importantly, as in speech - we should make use of it, the forked repository is already demonstrating this.

[Nullu]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

Well, I have it working alongside my GTX 670 now.

The R9 280x provides nice bang for buck, but it runs pretty hot. It's fine though, as they can take the heat, but when it gets to max temp I drop from 700mhash/sec to 635mhash/sec, so realistically to get max performance I'll need to watercool it. It's a bit annoying that I bought the best performing/cheapest R9 280x that I could find, because I'll have to buy a Universal GPU waterblock to cool it now, as it's a non-reference board. Oh well. It'll still be way better than the stock air cooler. A decent 240 radiator should keep it running at 700mhash.  

The water cooling should pay itself off over time via increased lifespan and possible overclocking, a little risky for long term use though.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-msi-radeon-radeon-r9-280x-gaming-3g-28nm-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-boost-1050mhz-2048-streams-hd

One of the cheapest 280X I have found and it is the MSI gaming version and can hash at 700-720 normal (no OC)

£240

Is that a fact, or based on posted performance? I ended up getting; http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-xfx-radeon-r9-280x-boost-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-850mhz-boost-1000mhz-dvi-hdmi-mdport-voltage-unlocked

Because it was the best I could find, myself.

I thought about that card but there isn't a water block for it (and they have no plan to make one) so I went for MSI just because it is cheaper than a few (not all) and I can water cool it, but this was before I found out about the universal watercooling bracket where you turn a CPU cooler i.e corsair H100 into a GPU cooler and a fan for the VRM

Yeah, it's a non-reference card, but you can put a Universal GPU block on it with some ramsinks. I wouldn't get a H100 myself. Not bad if you want an all-in-one, but I'd prefer a dedicated pump like a DDC.

[kuroman]

Installing new card drivers now. Tense moment as I see whether my PSU can handle two high powered cards. 

I'm trying to get a new gpu aswell to help with the hash rate, don't know if I should get a 7950, a 280x or a 290, kind of tight on money right now and although it's an investiment with return so I don't know how should I handle this ..

Well, I have it working alongside my GTX 670 now.

The R9 280x provides nice bang for buck, but it runs pretty hot. It's fine though, as they can take the heat, but when it gets to max temp I drop from 700mhash/sec to 635mhash/sec, so realistically to get max performance I'll need to watercool it. It's a bit annoying that I bought the best performing/cheapest R9 280x that I could find, because I'll have to buy a Universal GPU waterblock to cool it now, as it's a non-reference board. Oh well. It'll still be way better than the stock air cooler. A decent 240 radiator should keep it running at 700mhash.  

You didn't get a model with custom cooling, I'm holding so far to get a 290 with custom cooler, at a reasonable price

@Loader yes I know, and there is a huge discount right now on them I can get one for 190sh€ and I'm considering this option the most, as I need to build another pc around the card, my current PC has already two cards, I will one week because making a final decision and see how my finances will go on, I've been using my desktop all this time on Cat despite not being profitable in a couple of occasions, and want to give another little push to it another 1Mh/s it's not much but definitly better than nothing

Watercooling is always better than air. I could get an after-market air cooler, but it wouldn't stop my card from throttling. This card is just an intermediary step for me until I have enough BTC to build a dedicated mining rig.

of course watercooling is a better solution what I was saying is that if you aren't planing to watercool, why not go with a model with better cooling and pcb? I think that would have been better, but again there is availability issues, and prices so I understand it's hard to get one of those^^