credit blue for bringing that deal to my attention. It was like 370 on NCIX with a huge rebate and never settle. Why are people all over the 290 and 7970 for mining? are they really that much better that you would pay a huge premium for them?

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Posted by LSU Coyote

Member since Sep 2007

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Posted on 12/17/13 at 7:14 pm to puffulufogous

I'm not the person to ask. lol

ILikeLSUToo and Bruce... that is their passion.

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Posted by ILikeLSUToo

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Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 12/17/13 at 9:15 pm to puffulufogous

quote:
Why are people all over the 290 and 7970 for mining? are they really that much better that you would pay a huge premium for them?

Depends on what you mean by better. Better than NVidia for mining? Yes, simply because of the number of stream processors and the type of algorithms used. And they produce the best hashrates of the single GPU options out there. Definitely overpriced for gaming now, and probably not a good buy for mining unless you really really believe in those altcoins long-term (by long term, I mean like 2-3 months

). Or I suppose you can convert them all to BTC and hold for a long time if you're into that. I'm just converting my BTC to real money as I go.

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Posted by Mr Gardoki

Member since Apr 2010

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Posted on 12/17/13 at 9:24 pm to ILikeLSUToo

I will have to make this more formal and maybe bench again later but for now this is the last benchmark I did a couple of months ago

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Posted by DieDaily

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Member since Mar 2010

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Posted on 12/17/13 at 10:36 pm to Mr Gardoki

3DMark 11 P3242

Motherboard: MSI P35 Platinum Combo LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX LINK
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 65W LINK
GPU: GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 LINK
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 LINK

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Posted by bluebarracuda

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Posted on 12/17/13 at 10:41 pm to Mr Gardoki

Follow directions!

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Posted by Mr Gardoki

Member since Apr 2010

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Posted on 12/17/13 at 11:13 pm to bluebarracuda

I told you that's just a place holder

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Posted by BottomlandBrew

Member since Aug 2010

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Posted on 12/17/13 at 11:55 pm to bluebarracuda

I'm going to show my unsaviness, but I just ran 3DMark and it ran three tests then spit me a web page that looks nothing like y'all's. I'm embarrassed. I'm just not-dumb-enough to build a computer, but dumb enough to not know hot to use simple software.

edit: deleted image of wrong test.

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Posted by ILikeLSUToo

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Posted on 12/18/13 at 12:11 am to BottomlandBrew

You're just using the wrong version of 3dmark. Just download, specifically, the 3dmark 11 demo. You can get it directly from their site or on steam, and it's free.

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Posted by BottomlandBrew

Member since Aug 2010

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Posted on 12/18/13 at 12:14 am to ILikeLSUToo

Thanks. Trying to DL it directly without Steam. I ran it from Steam and it gave me those results. Will run again in the morning after it downloads. Not that it matters. Mine is a budget build, but it will be interesting to see how it performs vs. real machines.

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Posted by BottomlandBrew

Member since Aug 2010

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Posted on 12/18/13 at 12:20 am to bluebarracuda

Oh, and I think I have a bunch of EA bundle games I will never play that I can offer up. Some Steam, all Origin. They're old games, so if they're not worthy of prizes, just let me know and I'll give them away if anyone wants them.

Dead Space
Burnout Paradise
Crysis 2
Dead Space 3
Mirror's Edge
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Populous

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Posted by tehchampion140

Member since Sep 2010

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Posted on 12/18/13 at 12:30 am to bluebarracuda

Here are my results, no overclocking:

AMD FX 6350
ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0
Sapphire Radeon HD 7870

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Posted by ILikeLSUToo

Central, LA

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Posted on 12/18/13 at 12:33 am to BottomlandBrew

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I ran it from Steam and it gave me those results.

It's because you downloaded the wrong version -- you were running 3dmark, which is newer than what you need: 3dmark 11, which is also on steam.

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Posted by Dam Guide

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Posted on 12/18/13 at 6:14 am to ILikeLSUToo

i7 4770k @ 4.3 1.22V
Asus Maximus VI Formula
EVGA 780 Ti Superclocked ACX 1018/1764
3dmark test

Not really happy with it yet, haven't really started OCing the 780 Ti.

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Posted by JLock

Member since Jun 2011

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Posted on 12/18/13 at 8:03 am to Dam Guide

Still fiddling around with my OC a bit, but this is probably the best it'll be for now:

P8603
MSI Radeon R9 270X
Intel i5-4670k 4.1GHz @ 4.134V (cooling preventing me from going any higher, at the moment)
Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 case (might take a pic later)

ETA: Upped my voltage to 4.160 V because of some random screen flickering. Looks fine now (and tested fine on prime95 originally)

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Posted by BottomlandBrew

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Posted on 12/18/13 at 8:35 am to ILikeLSUToo

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ILikeLSUToo

Thanks.

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Posted by BottomlandBrew

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Posted on 12/18/13 at 8:41 am to bluebarracuda

Here is my basic budget computer. Maybe one of these days I'll get something that can run worth a damn. Computer was built with a combination of old parts and Black Friday deals. Spent about $450 on this one. Primarily for working at home on CAD and GIS, but I also play a lot of games, though obviously not on high settings.