Thanks for the answers guys. I'm feeling more optimistic now. But one more thing, I am trying to decide between a Sapphire 280X Toxic and this Sapphire 290 I was telling you guys (for around 100 bucks more). It's between these 2 cards because I can get them right away. For another card I have like 10 days of shipping time (and they're mostly XFX brand only). Would you say it's worth it to go for the 290?
Go for the Sapphire cards, not the XFX. Never liked XFX. I like the 280x cuz it's better Khs/$, as well as better Khs/Watt, even if only by a little bit for both. A 290 will obv get you better hashrates, but idk if it's worth the extra $100 for an extra 100Kh/s. Any 280x can be BIOS undervolted, which makes linux mining a breeze. Only some 290s can be undervolted, and even then it's Windows only.OTOH, if you're only looking at getting one card, my gut would be to get the 290. When you're only dealing with one GPU, you better make that sucker count, right?!
