Graphics Cards

[bumpk1nK]

It seems a lot of people are referring others towards AMD cards - is there really a clear cut difference between the top AMD and Nvidia cards? Also, when I see people referring to Kh/s, is this value equivalent to all coins?

Yes ATI cards are best for Scypt mining:
https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

All Scypt coins will be mined with the same Kh/s on your GPU card

[Bumflufftornado]

Everything I've heard says that AMDs are way better.

My housemate started mining today. His AMD is more powerful than my Nvidia but there is a reasonable difference in performance to justify going for the AMDs if your purpose is mining.

[btcmonster]

2x and 7950s is the best for the price !! iam running 7950s atm and they work amazingly well!!

[bumpk1nK]

2x and 7950s is the best for the price !! iam running 7950s atm and they work amazingly well!!

I agree, 7950s are very good cards price wise, and you can resell these easily

[Marius321967]

Here, have a read.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Why_a_GPU_mines_faster_than_a_CPU#Why_are_AMD_GPUs_faster_than_Nvidia_GPUs.3F

[pizzabit]

7950s way to go for scrypt mining https://litecoin.info/Mining_Hardware_Comparison

[bilabonic]

I Have just ordered the following -

ASRock X79 Extreme4-M Motherboard Core i7 Socket LGA 2011 Intel X79 Micro-ATX
Powercolor Radeon R9 280X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card    3    £649.98
EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply    1    £116.66
Intel Celeron G1610 2.7GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM    1    £26.66
Kingston HyperX Blu 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1/2G)    1    £16.66
Akasa AK-CC7118HP01 K25 Low Profile CPU Cooler    1    £9.99
Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g)


Can not wait to post tidily here as i have NEVER built a pc of ANY kind before. Do i need jumpers ? Or can i just plug the 3 cards straight on board ?

How would i add more cards ??

Cheers

[Wesliethx]

old 7870t 7950 7970
new r9 270x 280 280x 290