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Gtx 860m for bitcoin mining?

No, you need at least 4GB of VRAM and something that's at least desktop 980 level of powerful to make it worth the time.

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Excuse me while I go laugh my ass off.

 

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1 minute ago, revsilverspine said:

Excuse me while I go laugh my ass off.

 

No.

well gee mister thanks for your sincere insight much appreciated ill just go by a 1080ti or something.

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7 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

Excuse me while I go laugh my ass off.

 

No.

Why be a dick about it, grow up, some people don't know much about particular subjects.

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7 minutes ago, Ruwaaid said:

well gee mister thanks for your sincere insight much appreciated ill just go by a 1080ti or something.

The answer is no, you need a much more powerful GPU.

Sure you CAN mine, IF you have 4GB of VRAM on the GPU, and don't mind losing money.

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12 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

Excuse me while I go laugh my ass off.

 

No.

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12 minutes ago, Lurick said:

No, you need at least 4GB of VRAM and something that's at least desktop 980 level of powerful to make it worth the time.

No, a 970 makes more than a 980. I tested it. But I do not recommend mining on anything right now. 2 weeks ago I got 1.4mBTC a day, now that everyone started mining I only get 0.7. Fortunately my electricity is cheap so I still make profit, but seriously. Please stop miniing.

To your question:
Download NiceHash miner and do a benchmark. Goto "settings" tab, click advanced, and you'll find your detected hardware, your CPU and GPU. Click on GPU, and then clikk on "Check solo" or something like that, im currently not home. It'll take you to NiceHash calculator, and it will be filled with your stats. Insert your power price to the bottom left of the page, and click calculate. The rest will be there.

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5 minutes ago, thewipyk said:

No, a 970 makes more than a 980. I tested it. But I do not recommend mining on anything right now. 2 weeks ago I got 1.4mBTC a day, now that everyone started mining I only get 0.7. Fortunately my electricity is cheap so I still make profit, but seriously. Please stop miniing.

To your question:
Download NiceHash miner and do a benchmark. Goto "settings" tab, click advanced, and you'll find your detected hardware, your CPU and GPU. Click on GPU, and then clikk on "Check solo" or something like that, im currently not home. It'll take you to NiceHash calculator, and it will be filled with your stats. Insert your power price to the bottom left of the page, and click calculate. The rest will be there.

thank you! finally a helpful person here.

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Correction: the option I said before is in the "algorithms" tab. 

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18 hours ago, Ruwaaid said:

Is a gtx 860m suitable for mining?

That depends. Are you willing to risk burning out a soldered GPU due to heat and constant stress for slim pickings? Are you getting power for free? If you answered yes to both, then yes, the GPU is technically suitable, but as I mentioned, you won't be making a significant profit off of the GPU.

18 hours ago, Ruwaaid said:

well gee mister thanks for your sincere insight much appreciated ill just go by a 1080ti or something.

While a 1080 Ti is fantastic at mining Zcash, or the various algos in NiceHash, it's ROI is pretty large at the moment. I would only recommend it if you intend on paying off some of the card via mining, but not all of it.

if you have to insist you think for yourself, i'm not going to believe you.

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