great info so far. thanks for all the advise. lots to consider now and change just on the above
my next question would be is there any way to make the CPU more efficient? Am I getting the most out of this CPU per thread? I had a quick look over at
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#Intel but didn't find the same CPU for comparison.
I'm running cpuminer-1.0.2 compiled with
CFLAGS="-O3 -Wall -msse2 -march=native" ./configure
running on 2x E5-2670 @ 2.60GHz
getting ~865.00 khash/sec/thread
you're probably looking to average no more than 1 share / 2 minutes.
I'm getting about 1 share / 1 minute it seems - is that right??
[2012-06-06 02:56:13] 32 miner threads started, using SHA256 '4way' algorithm.
[2012-06-06 02:57:23] PROOF OF WORK RESULT: true (yay!!!)
[2012-06-06 02:59:22] PROOF OF WORK RESULT: true (yay!!!)
[2012-06-06 03:00:16] PROOF OF WORK RESULT: true (yay!!!)
[2012-06-06 03:01:13] PROOF OF WORK RESULT: true (yay!!!)
[2012-06-06 03:02:51] LONGPOLL detected new block
[2012-06-06 03:03:28] PROOF OF WORK RESULT: true (yay!!!)
[2012-06-06 03:03:37] PROOF OF WORK RESULT: true (yay!!!)
[2012-06-06 03:04:16] PROOF OF WORK RESULT: true (yay!!!)
[2012-06-06 03:04:36] PROOF OF WORK RESULT: true (yay!!!)
[2012-06-06 03:04:56] PROOF OF WORK RESULT: true (yay!!!)