Umm. SLI is not used in mining rigs. It actually hinders performance in most algorithms. You should really lookup this stuff before you comment about it.
Im not assuming, I mine, and I know a lot of miners. Go to any miner forum or IRC channel and ask a few questions. If your card is running 24/7 at 80c youre degrading your gpu sure, but when running them cool at 55-60c and being undervolted and under clocked. You not only preserve the life of the VRM you also preserve the life of the silicon. Its like overclocking your cpu, you can run for years on an overclocked cpu as long as the voltage is low and the temp is low. there is no difference in a CPU and GPU as far as power and degradation is concerned.
(There are also rumors of miners somehow loading custom firmware/microcode to GPUs, thereby making them useless for games, but I have no idea how true that is.)
Semi-true. AMD cards do require a custom BIOS, but its just tightening memory timing, and it actually boosts performance in video games. The part about making them useless for gamers is a lie though. I wouldn't believe another word that person told me if I was you.
Actually, you would be surprised how many of the big miners are using renewable energy to power their miners. I know a guy in Washington that has a farm which is 100% hydro electricity. And from what hes told me there are a few others in the area, and around the world.
Actually its a mix of all of them, Undervolt the core, and underclock it, then overclock the memory. A lot of cryptocurrencies are memory bound(ethash for one) meaning you need that memory timing tight, and memory clock high. You however need very little core power, so it gets tuned down.
Miners don't upgrade all of their cards as soon as new ones comes out. You would never turn a profit if you did that. There are still warehouses full of 970/980 rigs running to this day. Sure they have added a bunch of rigs with 580's and 1070's. That does not mean they stopped using the old cards. Have you ever even talked to a miner? Let alone one that has more than 1 mining rig?
MrLogic, your logic is flawed. The average temp of a gpu mining stays at 55-60c, the average temp of a gpu gaming is 75-85c. Using only one algorithm on the card means you're effectively only using about 20% of the GPU at any one time. Not to mention miners undervolt the card to keep it running cool. most big miners dont even overclock the cards. Anybody that doesn't buy old mining gpu's is a fool. I don't suggest buying the cards some gamer decided to mine with when he wasnt gaming, because that card has been abused, as most gamers don't understand the importance of keeping your hardware cold.
I do not believe they have the SLI connectors cut out on the headless cards. But with the new DX and Vulcan you dont really need it anymore, you can even do cross vendor in some cases, and with time it is only going to get better.
There arent many of those portless cards in the wild, and most of the people that bought them are still mining with them. However, they are still good for GPGPU and cracking rigs and the such. I mined, made a little bit of extra money after paying off my hardware costs. now waiting for the market to fall out so I can grab a bunch of cheap used cards and PSU's.. Everyone thinks that miners abuse the cards, when infact 90% of the miners keep them cooler than a gamer would or could cooped up in their tiny cases. Youre better off buying a used card from a miner than you are from some chinese shop. atleast you know the card works and will be what is claimed.
You realize you're just like all of the other trolls. Not even original. You're a conformist cunt. Cant even survive on imgur, had to come to slashdot. I bet you love to look at yourself in the mirror and cry, it isn't fun when the shelter falls down is it.
What performance hit? 1%? and what bugs? windows? You cant say windows is a bug when using it on linux when it has the same if not worse behavior if you actually let it control the hardware it self.
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Umm. SLI is not used in mining rigs. It actually hinders performance in most algorithms. You should really lookup this stuff before you comment about it.
Seems like you're the one with a hatred problem.
Except your not allowed to use self defense as a reason, for anything.
I hope you also enjoy your 10 years in prison for not unlocking your phone, the one you didn't even realize you owned.
I like the way you think.
Most police aren't that smart.
Im not assuming, I mine, and I know a lot of miners. Go to any miner forum or IRC channel and ask a few questions. If your card is running 24/7 at 80c youre degrading your gpu sure, but when running them cool at 55-60c and being undervolted and under clocked. You not only preserve the life of the VRM you also preserve the life of the silicon. Its like overclocking your cpu, you can run for years on an overclocked cpu as long as the voltage is low and the temp is low. there is no difference in a CPU and GPU as far as power and degradation is concerned.
Define burned out? Youre better off buying a used mining card than a used gaming card.
First post I've read that makes much sense.
We could only be so lucky..
(There are also rumors of miners somehow loading custom firmware/microcode to GPUs, thereby making them useless for games, but I have no idea how true that is.)
Semi-true. AMD cards do require a custom BIOS, but its just tightening memory timing, and it actually boosts performance in video games. The part about making them useless for gamers is a lie though. I wouldn't believe another word that person told me if I was you.
Actually, you would be surprised how many of the big miners are using renewable energy to power their miners. I know a guy in Washington that has a farm which is 100% hydro electricity. And from what hes told me there are a few others in the area, and around the world.
Actually its a mix of all of them, Undervolt the core, and underclock it, then overclock the memory. A lot of cryptocurrencies are memory bound(ethash for one) meaning you need that memory timing tight, and memory clock high. You however need very little core power, so it gets tuned down.
Miners don't upgrade all of their cards as soon as new ones comes out. You would never turn a profit if you did that. There are still warehouses full of 970/980 rigs running to this day. Sure they have added a bunch of rigs with 580's and 1070's. That does not mean they stopped using the old cards. Have you ever even talked to a miner? Let alone one that has more than 1 mining rig?
MrLogic, your logic is flawed. The average temp of a gpu mining stays at 55-60c, the average temp of a gpu gaming is 75-85c. Using only one algorithm on the card means you're effectively only using about 20% of the GPU at any one time. Not to mention miners undervolt the card to keep it running cool. most big miners dont even overclock the cards. Anybody that doesn't buy old mining gpu's is a fool. I don't suggest buying the cards some gamer decided to mine with when he wasnt gaming, because that card has been abused, as most gamers don't understand the importance of keeping your hardware cold.
Except nvidia said "Check out this card we made for you miners!"
I do not believe they have the SLI connectors cut out on the headless cards. But with the new DX and Vulcan you dont really need it anymore, you can even do cross vendor in some cases, and with time it is only going to get better.
There arent many of those portless cards in the wild, and most of the people that bought them are still mining with them. However, they are still good for GPGPU and cracking rigs and the such. I mined, made a little bit of extra money after paying off my hardware costs. now waiting for the market to fall out so I can grab a bunch of cheap used cards and PSU's.. Everyone thinks that miners abuse the cards, when infact 90% of the miners keep them cooler than a gamer would or could cooped up in their tiny cases. Youre better off buying a used card from a miner than you are from some chinese shop. atleast you know the card works and will be what is claimed.
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Thats one of my favorite fits
Dickies. Best work pants around.
Closing your eyes, and covering your ears saying "nananananana I cant hear you!" isnt helping you guys look like adults.
Of course, Google made the mistake of using the same "Secret censor team" for the US as they wanted to for China.
Individuals mean nothing. Only Groups matter. OR so it seems.
You realize you're just like all of the other trolls. Not even original. You're a conformist cunt. Cant even survive on imgur, had to come to slashdot. I bet you love to look at yourself in the mirror and cry, it isn't fun when the shelter falls down is it.
What performance hit? 1%? and what bugs? windows? You cant say windows is a bug when using it on linux when it has the same if not worse behavior if you actually let it control the hardware it self.