Well this can't be good, Vega 64 could be great for mining

[themctipers]

Just now, kalnick said:

 

Unfortunately in some parts of Canada Hydro rates are lower and mining is profitable.

Plus with the Cnd dollar so low us buyers scoop them up as well.

Cards have been sold out in Ontario for weeks

Anyone know who has Rx Vega pre-orders in Canada?

*yeah us buyers

 

here where i live (close to border but far enough for US people to not come because traffic, yeah it's toronto) 

 

 

power here is about 11.7c / kwh (averaged for every day of the week, weekends and 1/2 of the day is much cheaper) 

 

 

rx 580s were in stock when i checked

[Guest]

anyone interested in an rx 480? only for 500usd. its also a redeon card and it mines as fast as speed of light /s

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

Can AMD just put a Samsung Note 7 with all their cards and as soon as it detects the user is mining, the Note 7 goes off.

HEHEHEHE

[knightslugger]

Just now, AnonymousGuy said:

Paypal isn't the same as a bank account.

Do I store currency in an account there?

[kalnick]

Just now, themctipers said:

*yeah us buyers

 

here where i live (close to border but far enough for US people to not come because traffic, yeah it's toronto) 

 

 

power here is about 11.7c / kwh (averaged for every day of the week, weekends and 1/2 of the day is much cheaper) 

 

 

rx 580s were in stock when i checked

I live in Ottawa, hydro rates are about the same here. Everyone in Ontario pays high hydro rates.  THe cards are just coming back into stock everywhere now. They have been sold out up until this last 2 week or so. Even then its been 1 or 2 here and there

Quebec hydro rates are dirt cheap compared to Ontario though. I think some of the western provinces have cheaper hydro also.

[Teddy07]

I really like the news if it is true. AMD can really need the money.

[AnonymousGuy]

Just now, knightslugger said:

Do I store currency in an account there?

Your Paypal account "number" is literally your email address.  That's a far cry from having your checking account number.

 

Stop being dense, it's not the same thing.

[themctipers]

1 minute ago, kalnick said:

I live in Ottawa, hydro rates are about the same here. Everyone in Ontario pays high hydro rates.  THe cards are just coming back into stock everywhere now. They have been sold out up until this last 2 week or so. Even then its been 1 or 2 here and there

Quebec hydro rates are dirt cheap compared to Ontario though. I think some of the western provinces have cheaper hydro also.

7.7c / kwh for 12 hours of the weekday and all day for the weekends 

i am mostly active in the night so, i guess i save money by having a fucked up sleep schedule lol

 

 

when i checked a couple of weeks ago the cards were in stock in store/online, and even on amazon. 

[kalnick]

1 minute ago, knightslugger said:

Do I store currency in an account there?

Just because you store currency somewhere that does not make it a bank.

Credit unions are not banks, but you store money with them also

If you store money under your mattress does that make it a bank?

 

Paypal is not a Bank. Its a financial service but not a bank.

[cj09beira]

2 minutes ago, Teddy07 said:

I really like the news if it is true. AMD can really need the money.

the problem is that these aren't reliable costumers and those sales wont fix amd's biggest problem which is the small market share

[kalnick]

3 minutes ago, Teddy07 said:

I really like the news if it is true. AMD can really need the money.

AMD doesn't really stand to gain any more financial boon from miners then they did from the RX 500 cards.

They sell the gpus to the board partners for a set bulk price.

It the Asus, MSI, Sphire's of the world, and the retail stores, that are making the extra money on higher prices

[knightslugger]

1 minute ago, kalnick said:

Just because you store currency somewhere that does not make it a bank.

Credit unions are not banks, but you store money with them also

If you store money under your mattress does that make it a bank?

 

Paypal is not a Bank. Its a financial service but not a bank.

so what is a bank if not a business or institution that stores currency?

 

the term "Piggy Bank" comes to mind...

[vanished]

When in the Vega release date again though?  Aug 14 or 18th or something like that?  Ethereum will be changing from PoW to PoS around that time so even if this is true it might turn out to mean nothing

[Humbug]

Ok so in raw performance it will be very good. Not surprising.

 

But miners also want a ROI so they look at

-GPU retail price

and

-performance per watt

(cause unlike gamers these guys actually load the cards 24x7, so it actually affects their power bill)

 

Considering those factors is it still attractive as polaris?

[kalnick]

Just now, knightslugger said:

so what is a bank if not a business or institution that stores currency?

 

the term "Piggy Bank" comes to mind...

I can't speak for where you live but hear in Canada the terms Bank, Banking and the ability to refer to ones self as a n Bank, or Banker are all regulated by law.

Banks have rules and regulations they must follow,  that Paypal for example does not. I beleive that both the EU and the US have similar regulations and rule about what is and is not a bank.

[DoctorWho1975]

With the fact midrange cards are nary impossible to get a hold of and its cheaper then a 1080/1080Ti AND if its better I think it starts becoming viable.1070's are starting to be sucked into the mining game so if a 1070 is worth it getting far more hashing for not much more cost V56/64 becomes a player in the mining game. How much.. that remains to be seen, its possible its only attractive for "professional" miners.

[cj09beira]

Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

When in the Vega release date again though?  Aug 14 or 18th or something like that?  Ethereum will be changing from PoW to PoS around that time so even if this is true it might turn out to mean nothing

nice point, i forgot about that

though do we have a set date for the change ? 

[Valentyn]

Already got a friend that's interested. Two Vega 56's might = 4 RX 580;s and use less power. That's a win.

[vanished]

Just now, cj09beira said:

nice point, i forgot about that

though do we have a set date for the change ? 

I don't know tbh, I just heard and remember that it is sometime mid august 

[cj09beira]

2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I don't know tbh, I just heard and remember that it is sometime mid august 

all i could find was that it will happen before 1 of November, hopefully its soon, although miners will simply move to other coins 

[vanished]

Just now, cj09beira said:

all i could find was that it will happen before 1 of November, hopefully its soon, although miners will simply move to other coins 

yeah that's what I was also going to mention - if this higher performance carries over to other currencies too, they'll just buy them for that and it won't really solve anything

[cj09beira]

Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

yeah that's what I was also going to mention - if this higher performance carries over to other currencies too, they'll just buy them for that and it won't really solve anything

other coins arent as profitable, at least not in the short run which might mean less miners, i guess like most things vega We will see

[Humbug]

Ok so in raw performance it will be very good. Not surprising.

 

But miners also want a ROI so they look at

-GPU retail price

and

-performance per watt

(cause unlike gamers these guys actually load the cards 24x7, so it actually affects their power bill)

 

Considering those factors is it still as attractive as polaris?

[Curufinwe_wins]

22 minutes ago, Humbug said:

Ok so in raw performance it will be very good. Not surprising.

 

But miners also want a ROI so they look at

-GPU retail price

and

-performance per watt

(cause unlike gamers these guys actually load the cards 24x7, so it actually affects their power bill)

 

Considering those factors is it still as attractive as polaris?

If downvolting it is as effective as Polaris then definately yes.

 

And it should be even more so, because the reason Vega perf per watt sucks so bad is because they had to boost clocks way past peak efficiency to compete with nvidia.

[knightslugger]

3 minutes ago, Tedny said:

100Mhs... Holy cow..... you can make 600$ less than one month...... 

how do you do that with a pair of High power GPUs? what currency?