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nmat
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January 22, 2012, 08:22:38 PM |
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What is your graphic card?
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colin (OP)
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January 22, 2012, 08:28:57 PM |
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What is your graphic card?
i have an hp pavillion laptop that i just bought this month the chip it says i have is the intel family graphics |
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nmat
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January 22, 2012, 08:31:59 PM |
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What is your graphic card?
i have an hp pavillion laptop that i just bought this month the chip it says i have is the intel family graphics You probably can't mine with that hardware. You need to have an AMD or NVIDIA OpenCL compatible graphics card. Check this list: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison |
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colin (OP)
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January 22, 2012, 08:35:43 PM |
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What is your graphic card?
i have an hp pavillion laptop that i just bought this month the chip it says i have is the intel family graphics You probably can't mine with that hardware. You need to have an AMD or NVIDIA OpenCL compatible graphics card. Check this list: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparisonso theres no chance of mining?  and if i have an integrated graphics card can i even upgrade? |
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January 22, 2012, 08:38:11 PM |
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so theres no chance of mining? and if i have an integrated graphics card can i even upgrade? Not on a laptop. If you want to mine you need to buy a desktop computer with one or more compatible GPUs. |
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colin (OP)
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January 22, 2012, 08:40:05 PM |
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so theres no chance of mining? and if i have an integrated graphics card can i even upgrade? Not on a laptop. If you want to mine you need to buy a desktop computer with one or more compatible GPUs. i do have a dell desktop downstairs, maybe that will have a chance at mining? |
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January 22, 2012, 08:41:35 PM |
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You can use the CPU the mine litecoins, mining litecoins doesnt need opencl. You can trade litecoins for bitcoins, but litecoins arent worth very much currently, I dont think its worth frying your laptop for.
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January 22, 2012, 08:42:26 PM |
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i do have a dell desktop downstairs, maybe that will have a chance at mining?
You need to know the exact model of the graphics card and then check if it is on the list I posted. If it isn't, then you are out of luck. |
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January 22, 2012, 08:45:45 PM |
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If you want to use your laptop, go for mining Liquidcoin, Litecoin, Tenebrix, or Fairbrix (in order of my recommendation.)
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What do you get when you cross dominoes and The Matrix?
<A dominatrix!>
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January 22, 2012, 08:46:23 PM |
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Mining is basically akin to buying Bitcoins slowly using your hardware as a hedge on your investment.
Let's say you spend $1000 to build a 1 GH/s machine. You'll end up earning a few bucks a day. Obviously you're hoping the price of BTC goes up in this case so that the Bitcoins you mine become more valuable.
The idea is that even if Bitcoin were to somehow drop to zero value tomorrow, you'd still have the value of your hardware as an asset and you would minimize your losses.
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January 22, 2012, 08:48:27 PM |
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desktop might be a no go. my last chance is my friend who wants to mine. he has a macbook pro with nivedia geforce 9400m. any mining potential there? even for just a few bitcoins over time
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January 22, 2012, 08:50:18 PM |
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desktop might be a no go. my last chance is my friend who wants to mine. he has a macbook pro with nivedia geforce 9400m. any mining potential there? even for just a few bitcoins over time
With 9400m your'e looking at 1-2 m/hash. You might earn .01 BTC every few days to be honest. NVIDIA is terrible for mining. |
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January 22, 2012, 08:51:18 PM |
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desktop might be a no go. my last chance is my friend who wants to mine. he has a macbook pro with nivedia geforce 9400m. any mining potential there? even for just a few bitcoins over time
If you want bitcoins, buy them. I advise you against mining in a macbook pro because it has a terrible airflow. Anyway, with that 9400m you would earn around 0.3 bitcoins per month if you mine 24h per day. |
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