nice to see you back around here induktor!
since Quark mining is right about at the cost it takes to mine, i only have one or two rigs going, mostly for space heaters since the temp is dropping nicely outside.
all the other algos are in the shitter. i think BTC needs a nice big pump.
since Quark mining is right about at the cost it takes to mine, i only have one or two rigs going, mostly for space heaters since the temp is dropping nicely outside.
all the other algos are in the shitter. i think BTC needs a nice big pump.
Howdy
thanks!, glad to be back, i love mining, I missed it.
indeed... in the shitter, that's why we need to do something about it!, I have 2 choices, learn to code or work on power systems, since I'm a hardware guy, i choose the latter
.I too have half of my miners offline, because in this part of the planet is summer, and it's killing me with 35C @ 90% humidity, so AC + miners == maxing out circuit braker
, not a good deal 
I plan to release here another kopiemtu mod with the newer drivers and cuda 7.5 to match the new sp_ releases, since you, sp_, looks like not longer gonna release anything else with cuda 6.5, I knew that it will happen sooner or later so, so I got work to do
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There was such a discussion, was it really more than 40 pages ago?
It came down to 750ti vs 970 with the 970 getting some credit for lower rig overhead, it needs fewer rigs to produce the
same hash rate as 750ti's.
The 750ti shines on lyra2v2 giving it a clear edge on that algo, IMO. Although the 750ti is generally
thought to be a more efficient card it's edge isn't so clear at the system level with most algos.
It came down to 750ti vs 970 with the 970 getting some credit for lower rig overhead, it needs fewer rigs to produce the
same hash rate as 750ti's.
The 750ti shines on lyra2v2 giving it a clear edge on that algo, IMO. Although the 750ti is generally
thought to be a more efficient card it's edge isn't so clear at the system level with most algos.
felt like 40 pages hehe
I know rig overhead is costly but i have computers, hardware is not a problem because it's one time thing, my concern is power usage, so I strictly concentrate in power usage regardless of how many rigs do I need, even with the use of more rigs which ever CPU and mobo eats power, still is a lot lower than GTX 970, like you said, specially in lyra2v2 but also in quark.
another reason is temperature, GTX970 works at a very high temperature (75C with 25C ambient, even with the three coolers, insane!) , I don't like that, as an electronic tech, i know temp kill rigs badly!, it's only a matter of time!.
Don't get me wrong Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 where fantastic cards, I love them, power density is awesome, they are extremely stable, beautiful (i know, I'm a nerd, can't help it) but when it comes down to power efficient, it's like 40% more than 750Ti (including the rig overhead!).
I haven't tested GTX 980 much, if someone has efficiency numbers (real ones, measured at the wall with a decent power meter) will love to know!.