Re: DIY FPGA Mining rig for any algorithm with fast ROI

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Wait 3,600USD for 14Kh/s on CNV1? That's not that great. You can hit 13.5Kh/s using dual EPYC 7401s for around 2500USD @ ~300W.

Am I missing something here?

Performance is pretty decent, but nothing to write home about imo..

Edit: Ohhh CNV1.. I thought it was CN-LiteV1 (most places write it as CNV7). Even so, doesn't seems all that amazing considering resale value won't be that great.

To each their own, pretty interesting seeing all this new info coming out. I'd like to see more performance numbers. I'm a little skeptical seeing how AMD is planning to launch 7nm CPUs on 2019 (which do amazing on CN-LiteV1).

I'll keep an eye on these xilinx however, I'll let others test them out first xD.

Also I see no numbers on CN-Heavy. I wonder if it takes a hit hashrate wise like some CPU and GPUs? I recently got a hold of some Phi 7220s really cheap and they do ~3200 on CN-heavy. Been testing a few new things lately, but so far I'm not too convinced on these xilinx but I'll wait for people to get their hands on em.

Youd get a lot from this thread or the discord. There are tons of algorithms in development for release ahead of shipping by a multitude of devs. The numbers included were minimal performance numbers to give people some idea. These are more like GPUs where a lot of devs can make miners that utilize them than a single purpose is what it is asic.

Yes I understand that, but I guess I don't see the huge hype behind it. The numbers are nothing ground breaking like when those 220Kh/s ASICs came out. They are good don't get me wrong but seem very lackluster specially with voiding warranty to achieve such speeds. The thing that makes GPUs so good at mining is the fact that you don't really need to ever ROI since the card can always be resold for ~90% of the original purchase price which negates the extra power consumption.

Another turn off is the developer fee you will be paying for the mining program. Atleast from a CryptoNight perspective it really is kind of meh.

You can build a few SP3 systems using 7351s or 7401s and get similar performance all running 0 fee open source software. All of which can be sold afterwards. Good luck trying to dump the xilinx post mining.

Like I said earlier it's very interesting and I'm sure there will be a great case for it but I still think it's rather lack luster.

I didn't think the numbers were all that great either considering you are half butchering the board just to hit them.

Compared to the typical rx480 and gtx1060 the average joe uses then yea it looks great but not compared to other more powerful less used stuff c: