I feel so outmatched.
at home, i have a 5570 that gets 63 MH/s(.063 GH/s) going to the slush pool. i run it when the PC is on. and I'm glad just to be getting that 64mh
at least I'm mining when I can when at school.
"I feel so outmatched."
you have no reason to.
how many people on earth - out of a population of somewhere around 7 billion - are doing better than you are? two or three thousand?
i note that you can probably get $50 bucks for your 5570, and pick up a 5770 for an additional 60-70 dollars or so. that would triple your hash rate. 40ish BTC/mo in slush's pool.
go for it. you're a student: it's not like you have to eat or anything...
