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    VGA to DVI-? - cant fit in port of card

    ******************************************************************************************************************** There's DVI-D (which doesn't have the four square holes around the flat blade torwards the end). This connector does NOT pass analog video, only digital There's DVI-I (which DOES...
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    Decent Graphics Card For Mining?

    Hello, Is this a decent card for mining? https://www.evetech.co.za/buy-msi-geforce-gtx-1060-3gb-dual-fan/best-deal/3101.aspx Is it as good as any other GTX1060 , except for the looks, like with a backplate. Thanks
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    Which power supply do i go for, please

    Antec TP-750C 750W GOLD Power Supply Antec HCG-750M 750W Gaming Modular Power Supply I would like to maybe run 2 GPUs , of GTX 1070/60 , for simulation application NOT mining or gaming, but hey if it works for games then great , my daughter will love it. The TP-750C is cheaper by say 10%...
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    Which GFX card/s are best for pocket

    Hi, i want to get 1 or 2 cards, butnot sure if I must get really entry level low power cards like GTX 1050/ti 2GB or 4Gb depending.... Or do i get these mining edition cards which are out - RX470 ASUS / GIGABYTE Mining Edition or GTX1060 Mining Edition. Really not sure. I am okay with...
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    Mining solo or pool

    Hi, can somebody recommend a coin to mine in Solo or Pool I would like to try and mine A few coins in SOLO but i have tried the one and it doesnt work , i cant connect. Another coin i tried works fine, so obviously a problem with the other coin wallet.
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    MSI RX480 Armor OC 4GB... (hoping somebody helps me in Crypto section)

    Hi, i have been finding conflicting reviews of this card online. I would like to know from somebody what is the real power usage of this card. The MSI RX480 Armor OC 4GB, not the 8GB Is the consumption 120 Watts or 150 Watts? I have the following cards: RX470 Saphire Nitro+ 8GB which uses as...
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    MSI RX480 Armor OC 4GB

    Hi, i have been finding conflicting reviews of this card online. I would like to know from somebody what is the real power usage of this card. The MSI RX480 Armor OC 4GB, not the 8GB Is the consumption 120 Watts or 150 Watts? I have the following cards: RX470 Saphire Nitro+ 8GB which uses as...
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    AMD Gibabyte Rx570 4Gb - real power consumption

    HI, does anybody have this card and what is the real power consumption. I am trying to decide between the RX 480 Red Dragon 4Gb and this Gigabyte RX570 4GB Game-Debate shows 120 Watts, for both , but i dont know how accurate these sites are sometimes. I am trying to look for a partner card for...
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    RX400 and RX500 watts/performance choice and combination

    Hi, So we know the power consumption between the 2 ranges of cards is different. I wanted to know, form you guys, apart from the mining guys, which card would you choose in terms of power and performance? If you could get the Rx480 card at a decent price and the RX570/Rx570 was also available...
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    AMD Rx570 Aorus versus an RX480 card

    Hi, I currently have 2 RX470s and i would like to get 1 more card, but i am not sure which would match for the cards i have. Im very concerned about the power usage. Current set up: RX470 4GB PowerColor + RX470 Sahipre Nitro+ 8GB Please assist me in deciding which would be the better card here...
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    Mining Random Coin In SOLO- Pascal Lite

    Hi, i am trying to see what SOLO mining is all about so i have setup PASCAL LITE. I have started the batch file and it shows me mining, but i want to know if it really is? like i might wait forever and it is not even correct what i have done. https://************/bGENx5 https://************/fUK5H5...
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    BITCOIN CORE 0.14.2 - Warning about incorrect blocks being downloaded

    Hello, i would like to know if having installed Bitcoin Core 0.14.2 is suffice to cater for the BIPs and SEGWIT items which are being implemented. How does mining work though, is NiceHashMiner as well as MiningPoolHub safe to use?
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    RX470 Saphire nitro+ 8GB bios mod?

    Hi, i am trying to bios mod this and can not find a decent website or youtube guide. You read something and then it says like point 2 click her for previous video and i mean its really bullshit because it side tracks you. Firstly i can not run the ATIWinFLash 2.74 it just tells me Error reading...
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    RX470/480 or RX570/580

    Hi, for mining is the RX5 series not good power wise OR performance? I have seen the clocks seems higher and the memory is seemingly pumpable to 2250 instead of 2100 on most RX470s? Not sure about power? Can an RX5 run with an RX4 card? comments please... thanks
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    "....want to accept 148 BTC regardless..." ?

    What the heck do we do or is this all just hype at the end of the day. do we stay legacy and keep on the old bitcoin chain, i dont quite understand this.
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    Which wallet Bitcoin Core or Bitcoin BIP 148

    Hi, what is the story with this Bitcoin Core blockchain versus the BIP 148 blockchain and bitcoin you have already mined and have stored in an offline Bitcoin Core wallet.dat file , what is the big deal with all of this , the youtube videos i have watched are so long or confusing that they seem...
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    Which RX570 is better for Heat and durability?

    which is a well balanced performance and heat with standing or dissipating RX570? Asus Expedition OC or non-OC Gigabyte vanilla gaming version Gigabyte Auros edition? or ?
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    Which RX570?

    hi , which is a better RX570, as i want to order one for pre-order on novatech.co.uk Gigabyte Gaming Gigabyte Aorus Asus Expidition Msi Armory Interested to know Thanks Im looking for best fit for gaming and low heat for an ambient temperature of 25 deg cel heat.
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    AMD Open CL Seriver

    Hi, how the hell do you install OPEN CL Drivers for AMD? its not clear to me, Please can somebody send me the absolute direct link to the .msi or .exe file because im going nuts here. I absolutely cant stand the AMD website, but i need to learn to love it somehow.
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    RX570 Asus Expedition OC versus Gigabyte Gaming

    RX570 Asus Expedition OC versus Gigabyte Gaming, for mining? which is a better choice in terms of heat and performance and wear and tear. Thanks
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    Overclocking AMD FM2+ - looking for a CPU - a little bit of cryptro

    HI, I currently have an AMD X4 860K with FM2+ board A88X G43 board and i swear when i overclock it is useless. It says its 4.2 ghz compared to the standard 3.7ghz BUT example for my mining coin or my generally anything using CPU like cpu passmark there is bugger all difference it is really...
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    Nicehashminer.exe keeps disappearing after i installed Awesomeminer

    So before you read there are alot of questions so i hope you can track them and answer them, thanks: My story begins: I can only assume nicehashminer.exe disappearing is from instaling AwesomeMiner, as i have not installed anything else or run any cracks or gone to any strange sites. I dont...
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    How to use BFGMiner CGMiner SGMiner properly

    Hi, i am requesting somebody to please assist me sharing desktop to show me on my machine how the f to use bfgminer cgminer sgminer properly, i am not getting it right, i always have some fking issue, not sure what the heck is going on. its been more than weeks already i take deep breaths and...
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    Saphire Nitro+ 8GB

    I am currently testing mining with this card now along with my i7-2600k which i can not overclock because apparently i dont have a good motherboard. Anyhow i am very scared as the Graphics card gets to 85 degrees Celsius. Is this okay to allow? its winter here currently but it is not like New...
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    Been mining to a bitcoin address

    HI, i have been mining to a bitcoin address and i dont know where the hell i got it from , i can not find the correct wallet with it inside. When i open the Bitcoin Core i just click on File -> Receiving Addresses. Right ? Such a fking idiot, Im not sure if i can allocate the address to me...
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    PowerColor RX470 - Red Devil - Back Plate

    Hi, for some odd reason my card doesnt have the pentagram at the back. Now i cant finish Police Quest 3, it doesn't want to continue after i draw it.
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    Virtual Memory/Ram Setup Windows 7/10?

    Hi, is it necessary to setup Virtual Ram / Memory in windows 7 or 10 for mining? Also what is the story with locked memory pages in the local security policies and is this also necessary? I tried to create 16 GB swap file and also i allowed my logged in user have access to memory pages. I dont...
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    PowerColor RX470 - looking for drivers / all of sudden slow?

    hi, i dont know what i did , but i have downloaded so many versions of drivers for the card i have. I tried the driver on the CD i got and it seemed okay but then it looked like it did an auto update. My machine also was making funny pointer vectors for my mouse icon. after using the machine...
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    PowerColor RX470 4GB

    Hi, I have been recently experiencing performance decrease using nicehash mining Zcash and Ethereum. The utilities that are usually being called by Nicehash are the Zecminer64.exe and the other i forgot the name of it now, but it is not SGMiner. The rates were pretty good 290 Hashes/s for...
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    RX470 - 4GB versus 8GB wasting my money? Nitro+ XFX ?

    Hello, i am wanting to get a PowerColor RX470 4GB... I am also looking to get the Nitro+ 4GB or 8GB (said the memory speed is good on the 8GB) worth the extra money ? what should that figure be? Also XFX , 4GB , i guess it looks decent....the 2 fan version....this one seems to be very tricky as...
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    RX470 RS 4GB (rx-470p4ldb6) mining performance?

    Hi, Does anybody know what the mining performance is of this card if anybody has it, please let me know, appreciate it. I currently have a PowerColor RX470 same ram speed 7000 mhz and the gpu clock speeds are similar. My only factor i am unsure of is the fact that the XFX uses a 6 Pin power...
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    RX470 - Memory clock speed - Memory Speed 6600 versus 7000MHz

    Hi, I wanted to post this in the currency crypto channel but its a video cards so i got a fright and posted it here: I want to buy the ASUS Strix 4gb Rx470 - but i see the ram is only speed'ed at Memory Speed (Effective with DDR): 6600 MHz The Powercolor i have is running at 7000, and i see...
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    UK Online Stores? AMD Radeon

    Hi, unsure if this is the correct category but i chose it because it is specific to the graphics card flavor i want. Please can somebody let me know of stores in the UK which sell cards at a good price. I want to buy the card and ship it to me. If i buy the card here by me it is 245 USD or 199...
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    Intel i7 2600k

    Hi, I am not sure how to overclock this guy, i am using a Gigabyte H67M-D2-B3. Great old school bios, reminds me of my AMD board.....easier to OC. I dont really know how to , this one... I was thinking to maybe even sell this CPU, but not sure what i can sell it for and then of course what...
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    PowerColor RX470 4GB > what next ... also Intel /AMD CPU Thoughts

    Hi, so i eventually bought an RX470 after asking 1 million questions. I want to get another one BUT the price has spiked a bit now sure if i must consider the ASUS 470 Strix 6 pin connector card and or the Giogabyte 480 G1 8 pin connector card. Those seem to be more affordable .... I just hear...
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    6-Pin versus 8-Pin power connector for the RX series

    Is there a myth about 6/8 pin connectors - is this is a deciding factor when buying an AMD GPU ? I was told on here i forgot which thread or it might have been a different forum , that dont get 6 pin connector only get 8 pin. No actual reason was given. At the moment i do not mind buying the...
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    Of these 3 RX470's which is your preference?

    ASUS AMD Strix RX470 4 GB GDDR5 Memory PCI-E Gaming Graphics Card - Black Sapphire Technology Nitro + Graphics Card ATI Radeon RX 470 4 GB GDDR5 PCI Express PowerColor AXRX 470 4GB D5-3DH/OC Radeon RX 470 Series Graphics Card - Black
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    General question Intel i3 7100 versus i7 2600k

    Hi, i am trying to determine if the i3 in terms of power usage and also performance would be better than the i7 2600k I don't know how to overclock the i7 2600k i have which is on a gigabyte board with old school Award Bios I changed the X34 multiplier to x38 and tested performance in windows...
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    Which RX480 8Gb brand would you get and do i let the Nvidia 1070 distract me ?

    1) I want to get the PowerColor RX480 i just hope it is good quality build and has good potential at overclocking? Does anybody know? I have the next cheapest card option which is the Radeon Nitro editions oc and non-oc... surely i can just edit the bios if it were the non-oc variant...
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    RX470 instead of RX480 a huge biggie?

    Hi, I am a budget kind of a guy, but i do realize that for this as a hobby or to try and see if the interest still remains a craze or a crave even if this is guessed to be a phase one is going through, it is evident that you need to try and buy proper hardware and not junk that is only going to...
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