Should I mine?

[tS_kStin]

So I do not really know anything about bitcoin/litecoin. Do you think it would be worth mining for me. I do NOT pay for power so that is not an issue. I would be mining on my only computer (in sig). 

[Morpheus]

wait do pay for power or DON'T? because if you do, that's kind of an issue...

[tS_kStin]

wait do pay for power or DON'T? because if you do, that's kind of an issue...

I do not. Oops typo...

[Morpheus]

I do not. Oops typo...

then for sure!!

[tS_kStin]

then for sure!!

is there a way to stop mining when I get home from school and want to game or something? That is also a big thing to me cuz if I cannot stop then I wont...

[Morpheus]

is there a way to stop mining when I get home from school and want to game or something? That is also a big thing to me cuz if I cannot stop then I wont...

yes of course you can start and stop at will, only thing is though, that card isn't really the best for mining. AMD cards are generally better but since you won't be paying power bills i guess it doesn't really matter?

[target39]

Look at the kh/s rates.

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

As you can see, the GTX 780 gets 320kh/s at stock and the AMD 5850 can crank out more kh/s (341kh/s). A $200 7950 can crank out 700kh/s. I'd recommend getting multiple cheap AMD graphics cards to mine. You'll get a lot more mining done that way.

Calculate how much money you will make:

https://www.litecoinpool.org/calc

[joelthezombie15]

Look at the kh/s rates.

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

As you can see, the GTX 780 gets 320kh/s at stock and the AMD 5850 can crank out more kh/s (341kh/s). A $200 7950 can crank out 700kh/s. I'd recommend getting multiple cheap AMD graphics cards to mine. You'll get a lot more mining done that way.

Calculate how much money you will make:

https://www.litecoinpool.org/calc

wow i just noticed how much better amd is than nvidia at that. WOW.

[tS_kStin]

yes of course you can start and stop at will, only thing is though, that card isn't really the best for mining. AMD cards are generally better but since you won't be paying power bills i guess it doesn't really matter?

Alright sweet! Yeah I know that it isn't the best but I dont think that I will be getting a new card...

[tS_kStin]

Look at the kh/s rates.

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

As you can see, the GTX 780 gets 320kh/s at stock and the AMD 5850 can crank out more kh/s (341kh/s). A $200 7950 can crank out 700kh/s. I'd recommend getting multiple cheap AMD graphics cards to mine. You'll get a lot more mining done that way.

Calculate how much money you will make:

https://www.litecoinpool.org/calc

Well then. That is crazy. But can the nvidia and AMD drivers be installed and running at the same time without any problems though? Cuz I could get a new GPU on black friday/cyber monday.

[target39]

Alright sweet! Yeah I know that it isn't the best but I dont think that I will be getting a new card...

It's alright, according to the calculator, you should be mining ~6 LTC per month at the current difficulty. At the current value of litecoin that equates to about $243 per month.

[tS_kStin]

It's alright, according to the calculator, you should be mining ~6 LTC per month at the current difficulty. At the current value of litecoin that equates to about $243 per month.

But is that mining 24hrs a day? Cuz I would probably be able to for about 9hrs...

[target39]

Well then. That is crazy. But can the nvidia and AMD drivers be installed and running at the same time without any problems though? Cuz I could get a new GPU on black friday/cyber monday.

I'm pretty sure you could run them on the same system. I've seen AMD GPU users take lower end NVIDIA cards and run them simultaneously to do the PhysX work. I'm pretty sure you can run the GTX 780 as the main GPU and the AMD card as a miner, but I'm not sure if you can mine and game at the same time.

[target39]

But is that mining 24hrs a day? Cuz I would probably be able to for about 9hrs...

If you mine 9 hours a day, that equates to about $95 per month.

[tS_kStin]

I'm pretty sure you could run them on the same system. I've seen AMD GPU users take lower end NVIDIA cards and run them simultaneously to do the PhysX work. I'm pretty sure you can run the GTX 780 as the main GPU and the AMD card as a miner, but I'm not sure if you can mine and game at the same time.

Oh yeah that is true. If its not using and CPU usage, then I would think that I could play at the same time.

[tS_kStin]

If you mine 9 hours a day, that equates to about $95 per month.

OK so that is still about 1100 a year and that is still fine with me.