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It means it's been used to harvest Bitcoins or Litecoins.

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Mining harvests pc power to supposedly calculate things for the financial industry, and if you participate you earn a small service fee.

 

Also if you're considering it right now for money DON'T. There are major players that make it really hard to profit anymore. It's not even worth half the electricity.

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What would that be? lol I'm stupid

use google

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What would that be? lol I'm stupid

It is a from of internet currency where you can obtain them by using your graphics card to solve complex math equations to get a specific code that is worth real world money. 

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Telling someone to Google something is against the CoC.

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What would that be? lol I'm stupid

Basically the GPU is put to 100% load doing calculations in order to earn money for the miner. If a GPU has been used for mining it'll take off about a year or so in it's life since it's been stressed so much. It's like constantly going full throttle on your car, it's going to kill the engine fast.

 

The "Folding@Home, Boinc, & Coin Mining" subforum explains it more in depth.

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What would that be? lol I'm stupid

Basically, it means the card was run at 100% load (possibly overclocked and over-volted) for months, even years at a time with 0 stopping. Most likley they have quite a bit of dust in them (which can be fairly easily cleaned), but they might have a reduced life-span unless they were properly maintained. ask the seller what temps the cards were ran at.

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Basically the GPU is put to 100% load doing calculations in order to earn money for the miner. If a GPU has been used for mining it'll take off about a year or so in it's life since it's been stressed so much. It's like constantly going full throttle on your car, it's going to kill the engine fast.

 

The "Folding@Home, Boinc, & Coin Mining" subforum explains it more in depth.

 

 

It means its been pinned at 100% usage bascially all its life because some idiot thought it was a top idea to "mine" coins when ASIC miners exist

 

 

It is a from of internet currency where you can obtain them by using your graphics card to solve complex math equations to get a specific code that is worth real world money. 

 

 

electricity cost, increased block difficulty, and degradation of hardware have all essentially killed home mining. your ROI would be very very low

 

 

Mining harvests pc power to supposedly calculate things for the financial industry, and if you participate you earn a small service fee.

 

Also if you're considering it right now for money DON'T. There are major players that make it really hard to profit anymore. It's not even worth half the electricity.

 

 

It means it's been used to harvest Bitcoins or Litecoins.

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When they say "used for mining" they mean that the card has been used in very extreme conditions for a long time which suggests that the cards may be damaged.

 

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IT is?

AFAIK. Though I can't seem to find it in the CoC - but someone had showed it to me before.

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All you need to know is that it stretches the GPU to its absolute limit, thus reducing life span

My poor 660 Ti. Folding all day and all night nonstop.

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AFAIK. Though I can't seem to find it in the CoC - but someone had showed it to me before.

To find it in the CoC you should...

 

Google it!

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Telling someone to Google something is against the CoC.

Which is stupid. Especially if they're looking for an image.

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Telling someone to Google something is against the CoC.

Technically i posted a google link for them :P

 

ans since when is it against the CoC?

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Telling someone to Google something is against the CoC.

LMGTFY you is. Pretty sure ^that isn't. 

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just dont buy that gpu.

while buying things used is great for budget people, if its anything that was enthusiast grade at one point just buy it new. 

a 250x would never be used for mining really so used 250x are k.

a used 680....... ehh.... even barnacules did that. i wouldnt recomend buying those. xD

 

 

yeah. mining really kicks a cards ass till its begging for mercy...

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just dont buy that gpu.

while buying things used is great for budget people, if its anything that was enthusiast grade at one point just buy it new. 

a 250x would never be used for mining really so used 250x are k.

a used 680....... ehh.... even barnacules did that. i wouldnt recomend buying those. xD

 

 

yeah. mining really kicks a cards ass till its begging for mercy...

 

Good point

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