since GPU mining for scrypt coins isn't bitcoin, aren't posts here about it in the wrong place? shouldn't they be posted in the altcoins section? So of course GPU mining is looked down on. it is either unprofitable or being talked about in the wrong place. (Bitcoin Snob here)
I agree that GPUs should be banished from this thread since they are no longer viable for bitcoin mining to make a profit.
Glory to ASIC!
Sorry to burst your bubble but there are distinct and valid reasons to be using GPU in 2014. Or were you trolling?
Some of these rigs people are posting images of cost over $6000, do you really think that they would go to great effort to design and construct these custom systems and not do a few calculations to prove they are viable and profitable?
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He must be trolling or ignoring uses for the GPUs...
Also, this is the "Pictures of your mining rigs!" topic, not the "Pictures of your bitcoin mining rigs!".
This is a 'bitcoin' section of the forum, for bitcoin mining hardware.
GPUs are no longer viable for profiting with BTC, so you are either stupid wasting money on power for your rig, OR you are mining altcoins.
get over it. these used to mine bitcoin, and already people are having a big-enough hissy fit over it to create a 'no-scrypt mining rig' thread for people like you
IMHO: that other thread is stupid. I like seeing GPU rigs regardless of what they mine. they are creative, home-made, and often finely tuned. The pictures of ASICs are just a shiny box in the corner or a half-filled USB hub (which is almost just as big a waste of money as mining bitcoins on a GPU)