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Board CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware
Re: Power supplies, mobos, and ram. (oh my!) Oh, and cooling...
by
Da3dalus
on 14/05/2012, 21:57:45 UTC
What are FPGAs? I've heard of them but never known what they do

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#FPGA_Devices

Usually, the FPGA boards are attached to host computer via USB/COM port.

Miner software is available for many FPGA boards, so you have a choice.

If you're still interested in GPUs, I have three 7970s that I'd sell at discount  Wink
[/quote]So what are the benefits to FPGA's?