Wait, is cudaminer bitcoin or litecoin based?

I'm curious as to what miner this would be where they were able to get 280 out of it. As I'm one of those poor bastards trying to make just 1 BTC on my 670 with a profit of ~$0.30 - $0.50 a day

Is there a way to see what cgminer defaults to for the kernel, vectors and worksize?  I read the README's and I couldn't find it, but I could have just missed it.

You do have a point. I just don't understand why making the drivers open source is such a taboo. Is a driver really going to let other companies steal their designs or something?

Damn, and here I thought I could persuade you with my measly NVIDIA earnings.  ;P

Yeah, I figured that no one really works on NVIDIA because it's not worth it. I don't really know of any CUDA based miners on Linux that aren't like 2 years old, lol. I still would've liked to use this under Linux... guess I'll just have to chalk it up to NIVIDA still hating on the Linux crowd; as Linus put it, FUCK YOU, NVIDIA! Though, if you would be willing to work on adding some CUDA support, I could throw a few "satoshi" your way ;P

I appreciate the feedback, but I would like to know what the issue is under Linux and why it runs fine under Windows. I'm not really looking to build a machine to mine, I'm just trying to use what I already have when the computer isn't being used. I already know what kind of hash rate I should be getting etc. My issue is with cgminer and Linux.

I'm just using the defaults in cgminer and I downloaded the dependencies for it as well such as opencl-nvidia. I've already had it running fine in Windows for a while, but I would prefer to run it under Linux as I use Linux for my main stuff and Windows for gaming.

I guess 2mm is fine, I just didn't want some flimsy piece that I could dent by pushing on it with my finger.

I know this may have been asked and answered already, but I couldn't find anything and my post got lost in the newbie forum. Please don't hate me if I did miss something or completely misunderstood the FAQ's.

I'm running a GTX 670; yeah I know NVIDIA, but I make a super small profit and I got it for gaming. I see this as more of a hobby or something like folding@home, but can make some money off of. OK, getting back on topic, no matter what driver I use (tried ~4) I can't get the CPU usage in Linux to drop from 100%. I wanted to know what if there was a particular driver that works well or something. Also, I don't quite understand the whole kernel thing for cgminer, so my next question is, is there a kernel that is better suited to a NVIDIA card like mine? I noticed there are suggestions for ATI, so I'm just throwing it out there.

Thanks, that is really expensive for a sheet... I'm looking for some type of metal that is ~3mm thick that is cheap.

Now, if I were you, I would not blow that much money on a setup. Go for some old ATI cards that are rated really well for M/hashes and throw a bunch of them on a decent motherboard, but not an expensive motherboard like the EVGA one.

I just noticed that the fins are indeed not parallel to the board... stupid design IMO. Also, re-applying the thermal compound is alright with some manufacturers, but I'm not sure if Gigabyte is one of those. *IMPORTANT* If you do apply new thermal compound, please please only apply a super tiny amount. Less = More in this case and considering the GPU chip is less than half the size of a CPU, it should only be around a couple millimeters at most. Let me get a link for you that describes this, but for CPU's. Found it: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/What-is-the-Best-Way-to-Apply-Thermal-Grease-Part-1/1303

The auto gpu and fan settings are only for ATI cards I believe.

Well, the reason I said to flip the case and reverse the fans at the end of the cards is to help move the hot air away from the cards. The way you have it right now, the fans may be blowing air on them, but the air flow is all screwed up and the heat doesn't have a good way to escape so it sticks around the cards instead.

Just curious how much that sheet metal cost and where you got it from.

EDIT: Thought I would give some advice for the airflow. Not sure how you have the fans blowing at the end of the card where the dvi ports etc. are, but those should be pulling air away and not blowing on the cards. Then have the ones at the back of the cards pushing air on them. Also, if possible, I would have the case flipped on the side so that the connector side of the cards are pointing up. This should help aid in removing the heat if you follow how I said you should have your fans blowing because heat rises.

First, before this post gets flooded with tons of "NVIDIA is a waste of time" or "it's not profitable" etc. please understand these things.

1.) I already have the hardware, which I purchased for gaming last year.
2.) Crazy enough, I actually make a profit currently, but it is so little that you might as well consider me crazy.

Now onto the issue.

I've gone through about 3-4 different video drivers under linux and I'm still getting 100% CPU usage whenever I run cgminer. I've also updated cgminer about 4 times as well. None of this seems to help while I run linux and I can only get away from the issue when I run under windows, but considering I do most of my stuff under linux and just gaming under windows, it's a real pain. I have to either go without mining for a few hours or mine and pretty much do nothing on my machine. I've seen a post or two about a possible issue with OpenCL and NVIDIA cards or something, but I have yet to find a real fix for the issue. Maybe there is none, but I just wanted to know if someone knew if a certain older driver would work better, similar to how the ATI side has to use an older driver etc. to get good hashes.

Is there a way to tell how many hours you've been on the forums?

EDIT: NVM found it.

I'm just curious as to what you mean by DIY. Are you talking about building your own ASIC type machine or some FPGA or just a bunch of GPU's?

Is there even an ETA on these things? My friend bought one of their jalapenos and we're all wondering if he will ever get it.

Just posting to get out of newbie limbo.