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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I'm just wait the day when "sanity descends" on the world of crypto currencies and they start to return below 1c/1$ There will be much grinding of teeth and a number of folks will find that the piles of silicon in their garages are worth less than piles of sand.... And they shall deserve it........................ "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 |
I'm just wait the day when "sanity descends" on the world of crypto currencies and they start to return below 1c/1$ There will be much grinding of teeth and a number of folks will find that the piles of silicon in their garages are worth less than piles of sand.... I think it is going to take major upheaval to dampen the exuberance. We've seen countless times drops of 50% in valuation only for BTC to continue the upward climb and claw back everything that was lost. I think crypto is going to have to be outlawed my major governments or national banking organizations for the craze to end. Or some major cyber crime that steals all of the major exchanges assets to cause a drop in mining activity. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
Stephen "Heretic" Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 |
Speculating in the crypto currencies is not for the faint of heart, is it. From 20K/BTC before Christmas to today with BTC=13K is a 65% drop in valuation in less than a month. You basically have to become a day trader to participate. . . Hi Keith, yep it is a big drop but it is more like 35%, still glad it isn't me :) Stephen :) |
Stephen "Heretic" Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 |
All gone, just checked on the GeForce 10 Series Family, all gone, top to bottom, other than the odd 1030 or 1050. Oh well. . . 1050/1050ti do OK Stephen :) |
Stephen "Heretic" Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 |
For Info. . . Hmmm, I don't see GTX1060-6GB or GTX1050ti on that list :( Stephen :( |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I'm glad that I got all my 1060's back in Dec 2016/Jan 2017 when I did because the prices have been ridiculous to ludicrous ever since. :-) Cheers |
Stephen "Heretic" Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 |
. . All very interesting, if only I could read Dutch :) Stephen :) |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Chrome will translate it for you. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
https://translate.google.com.au/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftweakers.net%2Fnieuws%2F134221%2Fastron-neemt-supercomputer-met-200-gtx-1080-ti-kaarten-in-gebruik.html&edit-text= Cheers. |
Stephen "Heretic" Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 |
I'm glad that I got all my 1060's back in Dec 2016/Jan 2017 when I did because the prices have been ridiculous to ludicrous ever since. :-) . . Yeah, I am glad I got my 1060s back then too, now I just have to bite the bullet and deal with this uncooperative Ryzen rig. Then the little beasties can come out to play ... Not that this is the best time for that with credit being soooo low :) But it's about the number of WUs for me (mostly). Stephen :) |
Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 |
Speculating in the crypto currencies is not for the faint of heart, is it. From 20K/BTC before Christmas to today with BTC=13K is a 65% drop in valuation in less than a month. You basically have to become a day trader to participate. It was over 50% drop for a while when it fell to 9K from 19.8K. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
Zalster Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 |
Hey Keith, Wasn't it you telling me the DDR memory in the 1080Ti wasn't good for Mining??? |
Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 |
Hey Keith, No I was telling you that the miners prefer DDR5 memory over DDR5X which the 1080 and 1080Ti have. Or better said, miners prefer cards that use DDR5 memory because they are cheaper and use less power than cards that use DDR5X memory. The hashrate per watt is better on cards with DDR5 memory. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
Zalster Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 |
1 1080Ti and 3 1080s...which is still pretty pretty impressive, lol... |
juan BFP Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 9786 Credit: 572,710,851 RAC: 3,799 |
What is impressive is the crunching power of the Linux CUDA90 builds (or 9.1 in the case of petr33 GPUÅ› ) Just a simple example.... with Nvidia stuff only of course. petr33 1080Ti (OC ???) crunch each blc in about 64 secs, his 1080 (OC ???) in 84 secs, mine 1070 (OC No) in 130 secs Compared with Zalster 1080Ti running SoG 410 secs, considering he runs maybe 3WU at a time??? each WU will crunch in 136 secs. So a 1070 running Cuda 90 crunches about the same of a 1080Ti and obviously the 1080/1080Ti running CUDA90 crunches even a lot faster. Maybe what is the best investment for the SETI community is to hire someone who could transport the Linux CUDA90 code to the windows environment. Sure a high gain in crunching power without the spend of a single cent in new hardware or electric power. My 2 cents. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Maybe what is the best investment for the SETI community is to hire someone who could transport the Linux CUDA90 code to the windows environment. Sure a high gain in crunching power without the spend of a single cent in new hardware or electric power. +1 |
Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
Even though my home made stand is working out fine for me, I have another board that I'd like to remote the video card on, so thought since mining has been booming again recently, I would take a look at what options I had for a reasonably priced, fairly simple stand. I guess before I started looking I should have thought about what happened in the CA gold rush, and how the people who made most of the money were the ones who supplied the miners, not the vast majority of the actual miners, who broke even, or worse. Did a quick google, hit some links to fleabay and to Amazon, and was shocked to see what they are asking for a few cut pieces of extruded aluminum and some bolts. Mind boggling, They were all at near to Way over $100, which I guess goes along with the situation we're having in video cards right now. $25, 30, maybe, but $150-250? Umm, no. I'll keep looking to see if I can find any sanity out there, or else I'll just have to roll my own again. I'm sure v 2.0 will be much better, and won't have the special Dewalt enhancements on it this time either.. ;-) |
Phud Redux Send message Joined: 20 Apr 16 Posts: 270 Credit: 2,976,272 RAC: 1 |
somewhat on topic, i got three packages today. one 1060 3g and two 760's. got one more 760 coming in. then i'll never spend another penny this year. |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
Even though my home made stand is working out fine for me, I have another board that I'd like to remote the video card on, so thought since mining has been booming again recently, I would take a look at what options I had for a reasonably priced, fairly simple stand. I guess before I started looking I should have thought about what happened in the CA gold rush, and how the people who made most of the money were the ones who supplied the miners, not the vast majority of the actual miners, who broke even, or worse. Hmmm... I can get a 3 foot lengths of 1/2 inch alum stock at my local hardware store for about $3 & a 100 pack of pop-rivets is about $6. So I could probably put a nice little stand together for around $25. Perhaps I should start doing that and selling them for $75 to undercut the other guys and make some cash to fund my future hardware... SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13736 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Hmmm... I can get a 3 foot lengths of 1/2 inch alum stock at my local hardware store for about $3 & a 100 pack of pop-rivets is about $6. So I could probably put a nice little stand together for around $25. Don't forget freight, packaging, handling, taxes, Feng shui tuning for better performance... Grant Darwin NT |
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