Bitcoin Mining Tests On 16 NVIDIA and AMD GPUs

Vigile writes "For users that have known about the process of bitcoin mining the obvious tool for the job has been the GPU. Miners have been buying up graphics cards during sales across the web but which GPUs offer the most dollar efficient, power efficient and quickest payoff for the bitcoin currency? A series of tests over at PC Perspective goes through 16 different GPU configurations including older high-end cards through modern low-cost options and even a $1700+ collection with multiple dual-GPU cards installed. The article gives details on how the mining programs work, why GPUs are faster than CPUs inherently and why AMD seems to be so much faster than NVIDIA."

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Thank god

[Anonymous Coward]

Did you know that it's been nearly a week since the last Bitcoin story on Slashdot? I was worried that the standards were changing and blatant slashvertisements for bitcoin were no longer getting through! Never been happier to be proved wrong.

Re:Thank god

[Goaway]

When was the last time those issues were the main topics on slashdot? 2003? These days, its mostly focused on inflammatory YRO articles, and how the evil government is trying to take you down.

Right, libertarians. Right there on the list, see?

Re:Thank god

[PopeRatzo]

Great topic, I concur! I've got one dedicated mining rig with two 6870's. I'm getting more than 300Mhash a card, but that's tweaks I can't talk about. :)

Listen pal, I'm talking to you as a friend here.

You need to get out and mine for some pussy instead. I realize the odds are just as bad but you never know when you run into some gal just on the edge of alcohol poisoning and you might end up with a little something... At most it'll cost you $100 (plus the antibiotics a few days later) which is a lot less than a pair of 5870s and SSD drives and all that bitmining kit.

And you never know. It's how I met my wife 21 years ago.

(Hey, I'm just kidding, hon. Having a little fun with the slashdot fellas. I realize I was the one on the verge of alcohol poisoning and you were the one trying to empty my wallet while I was passed out.)

Re:Thank god

[mandark1967]

Great topic, I concur! I've got one dedicated mining rig with two 6870's. I'm getting more than 300Mhash a card, but that's tweaks I can't talk about. :)

Listen pal, I'm talking to you as a friend here.

You need to get out and mine for some pussy instead. I realize the odds are just as bad but you never know when you run into some gal just on the edge of alcohol poisoning and you might end up with a little something... At most it'll cost you $100 (plus the antibiotics a few days later) which is a lot less than a pair of 5870s and SSD drives and all that bitmining kit.

And you never know. It's how I met my wife 21 years ago.

(Hey, I'm just kidding, hon. Having a little fun with the slashdot fellas. I realize I was the one on the verge of alcohol poisoning and you were the one trying to empty my wallet while I was passed out.)

Hell, that's how I met your wife last night.

I'm going to issue my own Fiat currrency

[istartedi]

I'm going to issue my own Fiat currency, backed by Fiats (the automobile). I still haven't worked out how much the average Fiat should be worth. There's no real purpose in this, other than to confuse the hell out of people who think I'm issueing a fiat currency (illegal) rather than a Fiat currency (perfectly legal, AFAIK). BTW, I'm not even sure if Fiat is still making cars, and they have a repuation for being a real POS. Therefore, it shouldn't be too hard for me to fill a lot with rundown Fiats to back my currency.