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its my understanding that efficiency is more like luck so I wouldn't worry about it. If you leave it going long enough you should get close to 100%. As long as you stay mining at a pool mining with 1 difficulty (like you are now) you should be fine.
Ohh. Ok. I was worried that it was something to do with me dropping requests or something... Thanks for the fast reply. I will see how the next few hours goes.
while running CGMiner I get ridiculously low efficiency rates. nothing higher than 13%.
http://i48.tinypic.com/2wfvfwl.png
Why does this happen? Does it have to do something with my internet connection? Or maybe cause my Hashrate isn't blazing fast?
Thanks
http://i48.tinypic.com/2wfvfwl.png
Why does this happen? Does it have to do something with my internet connection? Or maybe cause my Hashrate isn't blazing fast?
Thanks
Title says it all really...
I am connecting to BTCGuild with GUIMiner and I keep getting periodic connection problems. Its interrupting my mining since I have to restart it...
I am connecting to BTCGuild with GUIMiner and I keep getting periodic connection problems. Its interrupting my mining since I have to restart it...
I mined using CGMiner on a GTX 680 and it worked fine though the hashrate was abysmal (110Mhash/s). Ultimately I was doing more damage to my graphic card and spending more in electricity than I would ever hope to recover and then I stopped. 
Yeah, my card is only getting like 50-60 MH/s on GUIMiner. Hoping to build a legit rig soon though... I just figured that CGMiner is better (since everyone says so)
I have been looking for a decent mobo (and one that won't break my wallet) for my first dedicated miner.
I found a well priced mobo with 4 PCI-e slots, but I am unsure exactly what the specifics mean (new-ish to custom built computers).
PCI Express 2.0 x16: 4 (x16, x16, x4, x4)
What does the "x4, x4" part entail?
link to the mobo HERE
Thanks
I found a well priced mobo with 4 PCI-e slots, but I am unsure exactly what the specifics mean (new-ish to custom built computers).
PCI Express 2.0 x16: 4 (x16, x16, x4, x4)
What does the "x4, x4" part entail?
link to the mobo HERE
Thanks
For litecoin, you need to make sure your motherboard has as much ram as the graphics card.
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Not sure I understand this--cgminer only appears to use about 60 MB to mine (I assume per GPU). That may vary depending on shader count, concurrency, etc., but for my 7970 (which has 3 GB, and is only using 1.3 GB while mining), it doesn't appear to require anywhere near as much RAM as the GPU.
Can we get a definitive answer on RAM for litecoin mining?
I am pretty sure you don't need RAM at all. I don't see why you would considering the fact that all of the processing is happening on your GPU. But, there may be something different with litecoin...
Correct!
The MB is very important for mining rigs - preferably go for an Extended ATX MB with 5-7 PCI-E buses.
The PCI-E bus speed does not matter. The CPU does not matter. Memory, also - does not matter.
What matters is the GPU(s) (and GDDR for Litecoin).
A quality MB, PSU and proper cooling is advisable though!
All the best.
The MB is very important for mining rigs - preferably go for an Extended ATX MB with 5-7 PCI-E buses.
The PCI-E bus speed does not matter. The CPU does not matter. Memory, also - does not matter.
What matters is the GPU(s) (and GDDR for Litecoin).
A quality MB, PSU and proper cooling is advisable though!
All the best.
I have been looking for a good PCI-e MB for a little while now, the best I can find (that is less than $200+) has 3, and that is on newegg. Where would you recommend shopping for computer hardware?
That is what I want to know, has anyone actually got one of these or are these in the hands of the few?
I haven't heard anything from anyone who owns ones...
Scam till the day they ship.
That is exactly what I am thinking atm. I think mining would be best without them tbh. With them it would be harder to mine, which is bad for casual-ish miners, like myself.
how do u get starting mining is there a website u have to go to?
Great mining pool:https://mining.bitcoin.cz/
Then just google "GUIMiner" and download it. It's a great miner.
I have been wanting to build a dedicated miner for a little while now, and I figured I should post some questions so I don't end up wasting money and time.
When it comes to a GPU miner, do I need to worry about my CPU at all? Can I buy a cheap/non-powerful cpu and be perfectly fine? I would think so, but I am not 100% sure how exactly the miners work exactly, still trying to figure that out.
Also, a little off topic, is there a way to daisy-chain together GPUs for extra power? Or would I have to just use each one as a separate device mining (using GUIMiner)?
Thanks in advance
When it comes to a GPU miner, do I need to worry about my CPU at all? Can I buy a cheap/non-powerful cpu and be perfectly fine? I would think so, but I am not 100% sure how exactly the miners work exactly, still trying to figure that out.
Also, a little off topic, is there a way to daisy-chain together GPUs for extra power? Or would I have to just use each one as a separate device mining (using GUIMiner)?
Thanks in advance
for bitcoin, just GPU. cpu and ram dont matter
buy the cheapest AMD cpu and 2GB ram and you should be fine.
for litecoin, I think cpu+ram play a part (small part) but it's still on the GPU
I figured as much, I just couldn't find enough info to support it on my own.
Thanks for the quick response
I have been wanting to build a dedicated miner for a little while now, and I figured I should post some questions so I don't end up wasting money and time.
When it comes to a GPU miner, do I need to worry about my CPU at all? Can I buy a cheap/non-powerful cpu and be perfectly fine? I would think so, but I am not 100% sure how exactly the miners work exactly, still trying to figure that out.
Also, a little off topic, is there a way to daisy-chain together GPUs for extra power? Or would I have to just use each one as a separate device mining (using GUIMiner)?
Thanks in advance
When it comes to a GPU miner, do I need to worry about my CPU at all? Can I buy a cheap/non-powerful cpu and be perfectly fine? I would think so, but I am not 100% sure how exactly the miners work exactly, still trying to figure that out.
Also, a little off topic, is there a way to daisy-chain together GPUs for extra power? Or would I have to just use each one as a separate device mining (using GUIMiner)?
Thanks in advance