Quote from: hennessy on June 12, 2011, 04:56:21 PM

Hi there,

the big Bitcoin wave just hit Germany so I want to try this with two rigs mining me some money. But I have some concerns and I am not 100% sure about these things:

Monitor dummy plugs:
I want to run my two rigs with 4x 5850 cards each without any external I/O. Do I NEED at least one monitor to keep them running?
Or do I just need one monitor to boot up?
Or do I even need 8 dummy plugs for each card? Can those be bought or must they be built by myself?
Two rigs, one account? How do I mine with two rigs to the same wallet file? Or won't it matter if I just have two wallets and simply split everything?
Graphic card compatibility: Are there any graphic cards that won't fit on the MSI GD70 boards - like physically not fitting next to each other because they are too high?
Can I mix up cards from different labels, like 2 Sapphire, 1 Asus and one XFX?

With all due respect, you have not done nearly enough research to start mining. You need to ask yourself whether you know enough about bitcoin to actually mine your way to profitability (i.e. research "difficulty"). Have you looked at trading, the price volatility and a lot of historical data to determine for yourself whether you will ever recover your investment little enough make a profit?

It is clear that you have not done much research because the answers to all your questions are easily found in these forums. Don't jump into the ring until you know exactly what you are up against. You can do the research diligently in a short amount of time (referring to everything that I have mentioned).

I hope you take this response seriously and make a sane and logical choice and not an emotional one (driven by excitement and lust for easy money).