Because that's how I test things, in the ways you people don't think of. If it can't hold quality through a simple pitch shift a mere half a step down, the codec is obviously garbage at preserving sound.
Nothing is really hard for an ASIC. All they need to do is make one with enough fast RAM to hold the DAG, and Ethereum and every other coin forked from it is hosed. Adding RAM to an ASIC isn't terribly difficult. I've already got ZCash running on older ASIC hardware and outperforming current-gen GPUs by two orders of magnitude (tens of thousands of Sol per second with a modified Claymore miner.)
But you guys keep on going the GPU route. Stay waaaaay the fuck behind me, please.
"They tend to put some effort into making the cards more durable which reduces the odds of getting a junk board that's had the solder re-flowed in an oven."
Everything is reflowed in an oven now days, what the fuck are you talking about. You can even get GPU reflow machines for YOUR HOME at just over $275.
"Think of all those shitty capacitors and diodes running near their upper specs"
Tantalum caps almost NEVER fail. That's why we switched to them for microelectronics versus electrolytic caps. Diodes have a fairly high thermal operating envelope.
I can tell you don't do any actual electronics work.
I would, because the reality is that most algos are memory-bound on the GPU, not the GPU itself being a limiting factor. OC the VRAM and underclock/undervolt the GPU is what most miners do. This keeps the card cooler. The cards run constantly, which means far less physical stress on the silicon via thermal variation, as the cards run at a steady temperature. The only thing I'd do is change out the fans, and even then those rarely need replacing unless you do something silly like smoke near the computer.
That's how I got an R9 390X for $120. There's not a single thing wrong with it.
"Well obviously it "ain't fucking happening" because Pentium 3 motherboards didn't have PCI Express slots, they only had AGP and PCI slots."
You're not even qualified to be in this conversation if you don't have a fucking clue what I meant. Here, let me help you - the Pentium III doesn't have THE FUCKING BANDWIDTH OR I/O TO FEED A GTX 1080. Which means that even today, the CPU is the bottleneck.
I do some hobby game design and testing for some companies. I run into this all the time with their horribly-optimized engines which spew out way too much unnecessary data, clogging up insane amounts of CPU bandwidth that could be used for physics processing or feeding more data to the GPU.
Would you like to think rationally, now, or would you like to continue being an intellectually-disingenuous asshole?
Belgium isn't even a country, so your opinion is invalid. Besides, basic culinary knowledge - nightshades complement each other. Tomatoes and potatoes.
"But that didn't stop people with nothing but a a panning pan to rush to California over a century ago hunting for gold. While they needed mining equipment to really be successful."
Actually, no, they just needed to know how to LOOK for the gold. Most claims in California never produced because gold simply didn't exist in any sort of commercial quantity in that location, and the majority of miners never bothered to check soil samples first, they went "Iron patch! Start digging!" and the rest is history.
I find plenty of gold every time I go out mining for gems - not even looking for gold. It all sits as a purified hammered foil in tubes, ready to be used for jewelry investment or for gold leafing (or for fun, just making my own version of Goldschlager.)
Except ASIC miners way outperform GPUs, on the order of terahashes per second versus GPUs gigahashes per second, which means ASICs are far better than GPUs for bitcoin mining.
"The sun rises on September 25th and sets around March 20th. During this time, the sun circles through all four horizons but never sets. The weather is mostly clear. According to the sun card data collection during 9/07 and 3/08, there are 3272 sunny hours out of 4224 total hours. White snow has a very high albedo (reflectance index) so that short-waved irradiation is reflected into all directions increasing the input on the solar panels. Further, photovoltaic panels work best when being cooled. Therefore, the South Pole environment is an optimal place for utilizing solar panels. "
"The sun rises on September 25th and sets around March 20th. During this time, the sun circles through all four horizons but never sets. The weather is mostly clear. According to the sun card data collection during 9/07 and 3/08, there are 3272 sunny hours out of 4224 total hours. White snow has a very high albedo (reflectance index) so that short-waved irradiation is reflected into all directions increasing the input on the solar panels. Further, photovoltaic panels work best when being cooled. Therefore, the South Pole environment is an optimal place for utilizing solar panels. "
Highest returns happen with solar panels at the poles.
Found the idiot that utterly failed to read the fucking article.
Protip: The throttling is happening by keywords in the metadata, not the content or provider itself. There, saved you the read since you seem too fucking lazy to do it.
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If they gave me the fabs, I'd literally be riding in on their backs, so yes, I would be riding in on a unicorn, not a whale.
Because that's how I test things, in the ways you people don't think of. If it can't hold quality through a simple pitch shift a mere half a step down, the codec is obviously garbage at preserving sound.
Even FLAC fails. Guess what doesn't? RAW and WAV.
Opus gets its ass kicked the second you introduce pitch shifting - even MP3s sound better once that's been put into the mix.
Superior codec my ass, boss. If it can't sound good through all of my tests, it's utter shit.
" and YouTube becomes the content owner."
That's not how copyright law works, you brainless Apple user.
There is no fucking "L" in either of the originating words.
Basic English fail. Get this shit off Slashdot.
Nothing is really hard for an ASIC. All they need to do is make one with enough fast RAM to hold the DAG, and Ethereum and every other coin forked from it is hosed. Adding RAM to an ASIC isn't terribly difficult. I've already got ZCash running on older ASIC hardware and outperforming current-gen GPUs by two orders of magnitude (tens of thousands of Sol per second with a modified Claymore miner.)
But you guys keep on going the GPU route. Stay waaaaay the fuck behind me, please.
"They tend to put some effort into making the cards more durable which reduces the odds of getting a junk board that's had the solder re-flowed in an oven."
Everything is reflowed in an oven now days, what the fuck are you talking about. You can even get GPU reflow machines for YOUR HOME at just over $275.
https://precision-pcb-services...
SMHTBH, fam.
"Think of all those shitty capacitors and diodes running near their upper specs"
Tantalum caps almost NEVER fail. That's why we switched to them for microelectronics versus electrolytic caps. Diodes have a fairly high thermal operating envelope.
I can tell you don't do any actual electronics work.
The 580 and 570 SUCK for mining. The 480 and 470 do better from what I'm reading and hearing.
I would, because the reality is that most algos are memory-bound on the GPU, not the GPU itself being a limiting factor. OC the VRAM and underclock/undervolt the GPU is what most miners do. This keeps the card cooler. The cards run constantly, which means far less physical stress on the silicon via thermal variation, as the cards run at a steady temperature. The only thing I'd do is change out the fans, and even then those rarely need replacing unless you do something silly like smoke near the computer.
That's how I got an R9 390X for $120. There's not a single thing wrong with it.
"Well obviously it "ain't fucking happening" because Pentium 3 motherboards didn't have PCI Express slots, they only had AGP and PCI slots."
You're not even qualified to be in this conversation if you don't have a fucking clue what I meant. Here, let me help you - the Pentium III doesn't have THE FUCKING BANDWIDTH OR I/O TO FEED A GTX 1080. Which means that even today, the CPU is the bottleneck.
I do some hobby game design and testing for some companies. I run into this all the time with their horribly-optimized engines which spew out way too much unnecessary data, clogging up insane amounts of CPU bandwidth that could be used for physics processing or feeding more data to the GPU.
Would you like to think rationally, now, or would you like to continue being an intellectually-disingenuous asshole?
Intel couldn't pay me enough. I'd demand several of their fabs.
Sailors used that term LONG before any Italian Mafia existed.
"AMD is not vulnerable to MELTDOWN"
Actually, attacks on encrypted memory are quite possible. DPA, baby. Re-write meltdown just a little bit and I could make it work on AMD systems.
Only recently did the IBM-Z come out with full end-to-end system-wide encryption. Anything before that is vulnerable.
"Wrong. Your frame rate is determined primarily by your GPU."
Wrong. Still CPU bound since the CPU still needs to feed data to the GPU.
Try feeding the data required for a GTX 1080 with a Pentium 3. Ain't fucking happening.
Belgium isn't even a country, so your opinion is invalid. Besides, basic culinary knowledge - nightshades complement each other. Tomatoes and potatoes.
"But that didn't stop people with nothing but a a panning pan to rush to California over a century ago hunting for gold. While they needed mining equipment to really be successful."
Actually, no, they just needed to know how to LOOK for the gold. Most claims in California never produced because gold simply didn't exist in any sort of commercial quantity in that location, and the majority of miners never bothered to check soil samples first, they went "Iron patch! Start digging!" and the rest is history.
I find plenty of gold every time I go out mining for gems - not even looking for gold. It all sits as a purified hammered foil in tubes, ready to be used for jewelry investment or for gold leafing (or for fun, just making my own version of Goldschlager.)
Except ASIC miners way outperform GPUs, on the order of terahashes per second versus GPUs gigahashes per second, which means ASICs are far better than GPUs for bitcoin mining.
"This is way worse than back when Evel Knievel pretended he was going to jump over the Snake River Canyon."
He actually attempted it, and his record of broken bones tells me you're just a bitter person with no thrills in life.
How the hell did they not notice a massive spike in bandwidth usage in testing?
http://www.southpolestation.co...
Try again when you've actually done the research.
"The sun rises on September 25th and sets around March 20th. During this
time, the sun circles through all four horizons but never sets. The weather is mostly clear.
According to the sun card data collection during 9/07 and 3/08, there are 3272 sunny hours out
of 4224 total hours. White snow has a very high albedo (reflectance index) so that short-waved
irradiation is reflected into all directions increasing the input on the solar panels. Further,
photovoltaic panels work best when being cooled. Therefore, the South Pole environment is an
optimal place for utilizing solar panels. "
That's actually wrong.
http://www.southpolestation.co...
"The sun rises on September 25th and sets around March 20th. During this
time, the sun circles through all four horizons but never sets. The weather is mostly clear.
According to the sun card data collection during 9/07 and 3/08, there are 3272 sunny hours out
of 4224 total hours. White snow has a very high albedo (reflectance index) so that short-waved
irradiation is reflected into all directions increasing the input on the solar panels. Further,
photovoltaic panels work best when being cooled. Therefore, the South Pole environment is an
optimal place for utilizing solar panels. "
Highest returns happen with solar panels at the poles.
Found the idiot that utterly failed to read the fucking article.
Protip: The throttling is happening by keywords in the metadata, not the content or provider itself. There, saved you the read since you seem too fucking lazy to do it.
I got a couple of nitromethane RCs that might want to take you up on that statement.