LiteCoin Mining

[ayau]

Originally Posted by utekineir

i got the cheap ones off amazon that shipped sooner than 3 weeks out, won't matter till i build a case/ enclosure





micro center got 280x in locally today @ retail. 4 in stock when i first noticed, 1 in stock by time i got to cart.

Weren't these cards cheaper at one point? Before all the mining craze?

[Fett4Real]

Cheaper yes.

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[ayau]

Just installed the 280x. Am I hashing at about 530? Am I reading this right?

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by ayau

Just installed the 280x. Am I hashing at about 530? Am I reading this right?

what flags did you use on your .bat file?

Use -g 2 so that is uses 2 threads and it'll increase hashing speed

[Guff]

Try "-I 13 -g 2 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 8192"

[ayau]

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

what flags did you use on your .bat file?

Use -g 2 so that is uses 2 threads and it'll increase hashing speed

Using -I 13 -w 256. I'll give -g 2 a try. I'm currently only running 1 280x. The second 280x should be here on Monday.

[ayau]

Originally Posted by Guff

Try "-I 13 -g 2 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 8192"

Trying that now...

[ayau]

Much better! Thanks @Guff and @Luis_GT





Still not getting 750 like some of the other people with 280x. I'm guessing I'm going to need to start messing with voltages/overclocking?


BTW, which litecoin wallet are you guys using?

[Guff]

Originally Posted by ayau

Much better! Thanks @Guff and @Luis_GT





Still not getting 750 like some of the other people with 280x. I'm guessing I'm going to need to start messing with voltages/overclocking?


BTW, which litecoin wallet are you guys using?

Yup! Time for Afterburner! Try 1020-1080 core and 1500 mem. You can mess with voltage later.

And I'm using Litecoin-qt, which i believe the official one. Seems to work for me

[ayau]

Originally Posted by Guff

Yup! Time for Afterburner! Try 1020-1080 core and 1500 mem. You can mess with voltage later.

And I'm using Litecoin-qt, which i believe the official one. Seems to work for me

Will do. Do you guys try to keep the GPU temps in a certain range to prevent overheating?

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by ayau

Much better! Thanks @Guff and @Luis_GT





Still not getting 750 like some of the other people with 280x. I'm guessing I'm going to need to start messing with voltages/overclocking?


BTW, which litecoin wallet are you guys using?

I haven't mined litecoins in a long time, but litecoin-qt is the official.

I would suggest mining in pools like middlecoin or hashcows, they are more profitable right now... and they pay in BTC

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by ayau

Will do. Do you guys try to keep the GPU temps in a certain range to prevent overheating?

I keep my 7950's at around 75C

however my 290 runs @ 94C cause it was designed to run at that temp...

[ayau]

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

I haven't mined litecoins in a long time, but litecoin-qt is the official.

I would suggest mining in pools like middlecoin or hashcows, they are more profitable right now... and they pay in BTC

Yeah. What wallet would you use for pools like hashcow?

[Guff]

Originally Posted by ayau

Will do. Do you guys try to keep the GPU temps in a certain range to prevent overheating?

I try to keep it sub-80C. 70-75 is optimal for me. Some people will say less is better.

Download GPU-Z and check your VRM Temps. Make sure they're under 100C, try to keep them in the 80s or less.