7970 Prices

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Is there a reason they are going up?

 

[Sohaltang]

litecoin. Every 7950, 7970, and 280's are sold out or out of the ballpark. You can mine like 15$ a day right now.

 

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ah heck traded my 7970s. Time to hit my local MC. What about 290s

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[nwo]

290s are bad for mining because they have poor cooling at the moment which causes them to overheat and forces them to throttle down the frequencies.

They would probably be OK for gaming since gaming and mining are two completely different stress levels.

 

[n0x1ous]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131530

your welcome - but better hurry

 

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So anyone know why the value of Litecoin has taken off?

 

[Sohaltang]

So anyone know why the value of Litecoin has taken off?

bitcoin hit 1000$?

 

[Sohaltang]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131530

your welcome - but better hurry

refurb...

 

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What's the deal with Refurbs?

 

[Sohaltang]

What's the deal with Refurbs?

90 day warranty on an item they may or may not have broke already. Only if your desperate

 

[n0x1ous]

Apparently many think its worth the risk - they are gone

 

[cbrunny]

Apparently many think its worth the risk - they are gone

Must not have been many. I got one.

 

[n0x1ous]

Must not have been many. I got one.

The newegg business site said they had 20 - I grabbed one as well.

 

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What would be nice is to grab a 7990

 

[blackened23]

What would be nice is to grab a 7990

Careful! Most 7990 cards have significant coil whine. Maybe your mining rig is far away from you so that you can maintain sanity, but i'd hesitate to get a 7990 because there are tons of reports of coil whine with it. Even the TPU, hexus, kotaku, and hardwarecanucks review made mention of how godawful the coil whine on the 7990 is, and generally most reviewers don't even discuss it even if it exists - so if a reviewer mentions it, you know it's bad. I think 280x CF or 7970 CF would be a better bet, but you can't be awfully picky since miners are buying all the cards up.

https://www.google.com/search?q=799...4&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

Only get the 7990 if your mining rig is far, far away and can't be heard. Coil whine is a huge issue. Since most people buying this stuff aren't gaming with it, they could take extra precautions to put the 7990 mining rigs far and away out of sight I suppose.

 

[n0x1ous]

the refurb powercolor is back in stock for $259 or $249 on newegg business - says 20+ available

 

[3DVagabond]

Careful! Most 7990 cards have significant coil whine. Maybe your mining rig is far away from you so that you can maintain sanity, but i'd hesitate to get a 7990 because there are tons of reports of coil whine with it. Even the TPU, hexus, kotaku, and hardwarecanucks review made mention of how godawful the coil whine on the 7990 is, and generally most reviewers don't even discuss it even if it exists - so if a reviewer mentions it, you know it's bad. I think 280x CF or 7970 CF would be a better bet, but you can't be awfully picky since miners are buying all the cards up.

https://www.google.com/search?q=799...4&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

Only get the 7990 if your mining rig is far, far away and can't be heard. Coil whine is a huge issue. Since most people buying this stuff aren't gaming with it, they could take extra precautions to put the 7990 mining rigs far and away out of sight I suppose.

Great for a dedicated miner though. Allows twice the # of GPU's on the same mobo. Need plenty of airflow, though.

 

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Well I pulled the trigger on a R9 290. Will see how it goes. I used to mine sometime back but gave up. Maybe I shouldn't have duh..

 

[NIGELG]

.... but i'd hesitate to get a 7990 because there are tons of reports of coil whine with it....

Tons of reports?Sure.

 

[blackened23]

Tons of reports?Sure.

Yep, AMD is once again the victim of false propaganda. Hardwarecancuks? they lied about 7990 coil whine. So did hexus. Kotaku. Linus. TPU. All lying to get at AMD. All the user reviews on newegg, amazon, etc, all liars. 100% of everyone reporting coil whine on the 7990, paid by nvidia. Oh. All those 7990 reference boards that AMD mailed out, I guess someone from nvidia hijacked those shipments mid transit @ FedEx or UPS and artificially placed coil whine on those review boards. That's probably what happened, i'm sure. False propaganda as always, nvidia sabotaging review cards, and lying web reviewers.

I just wish someone had warned me that the dual X 7970s had horrible coil whine before I bought them, saving me the hassle of RMA. I figure I would save someone the hassle before they blew money on 7990s; generally speaking, people don't like GPUs with loud coil whine.

 

[Bateluer]

I'm not sure whether I should set up my old 7950 in my old tower to mine or eBay it for 400 dollars.

 

[blackened23]

I'm not sure whether I should set up my old 7950 in my old tower to mine or eBay it for 400 dollars.

Ehhhh...mine on that sucker IMO.

 

[NIGELG]

Yep, AMD is once again the victim of false propaganda. Hardwarecancuks? they lied about 7990 coil whine. So did hexus. Kotaku. Linus. TPU. All lying to get at AMD. All the user reviews on newegg, amazon, etc, all liars. 100% of everyone reporting coil whine on the 7990, paid by nvidia. Oh. All those 7990 reference boards that AMD mailed out, I guess someone from nvidia hijacked those shipments mid transit @ FedEx or UPS and artificially placed coil whine on those review boards. That's probably what happened, i'm sure. False propaganda as always, nvidia sabotaging review cards, and lying web reviewers.

I just wish someone had warned me that the dual X 7970s had horrible coil whine before I bought them, saving me the hassle of RMA.

''Tons '' is an exaggeration.

It implies that the majority of users suffered from this.....

 

[blastingcap]

''Tons '' is an exaggeration.

It implies that the majority of users suffered from this.....

Tons does not imply majority.

 

[Bateluer]

Ehhhh...mine on that sucker IMO.

I'm a little short on DDR3 RAM. Either I move ahead of schedule and buy the 32GB of DDR3 1600-2100 I was eyeing for Christmas, or I cannibalize half the RAM in my main machine. Decisions.