You can in windows just open command promt.
Start and type cmd.

Then you just write, ping xxxpool.com

That will ping the pool and youll get a feedback stating package sent and it took x amount of ms (milliseconds). Basiclly the delay time

Basiclly this tells you that the route from your signal send, to the recieving server took that amount of time to do. Smaller ms means the server is closer or is laying on a better tier according to your connection. For example us/jp servers for me are dead slow (200ms) while eu servers like netherland/uk is around 40ms.

Do remember that if your on a wifi this might affect it a bit to.

The point in all this is that with lower ms you will send/recieve shares from the pool a bit faster which in turn “can” help with a little bit with the rejected/stale rate since theres less “passive” time

If you want to get a better picture of where your signal travel to get to server id suggest you try traceroute pool.com this shows you all the hops between links.

[quote name=“finalbillybong” post=“50805” timestamp=“1389222215”]
I’m getting 480KH/s from each of my two Powercolour R9 270x’s.

That’s more than any of the 270x’s on https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison
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I’m also very happy with all my PowerColor cards. Started with 2x PCS+ 7950’s running sweet and stable for 2 months now.

And last week I returned 3x MSI 280X’s Gaming Edition and replaced them with 3x PowerColor 280X OC Turbo Duo running undervolted to 1.03v @ 700Kh/s each for 4 days cool & stable now + they come with a sexy black alloy backplate :D

So far I’m very pleased with Sapphire and PowerColor and dissapointed with MSI =(

Event though I dont have any ASUS cards right now, I’d say you cant go wrong with them either.

Personally, if you’re on a budget … I’d recommend you to start with a regular 270 b/c which will (according to owners here on ftc forum) easily do 400+ Kh/s.
They only have 1 power connector, allowing you to upgrade to 4 cards on any decent ~750Watts gold PSU andt hey only require about ~130Watts per card =)

Where did you get that Sapphire in the eurozone for €240,- ?

[quote name=“MrFeathers” post=“50146” timestamp=“1388982530”]
[quote author=colsteel link=topic=264.msg50125#msg50125 date=1388974728]
they are the r9 270. we have asus, his and msi. the msi seems to be the more stable of the bunch. the are defiantly worth it considering you get 940 kh/s for $360 and can run them on a smaller power supply. they seem to be the best bang fot your buck on kh/s and power consumption. they also only have 1 6pin. just checked with meter they are actually around 140 and thats overclocked to
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Amazing! I never considered the 270s before. I had no idea they were so efficient. I noticed that your pictures have 3 cards per rig. Since they dont use much power, why not put 5 or 6? Is the rig more stable with 3? Also, would you mind posting which MB you are using? I have been using the msi z77a-g45 and am looking to switch to something else for any future builds.
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well we are using 750 watt power supply’s. my brother got a really good deal on them. we could run 4 on them it would be like 650 or so watts. we plan on adding more cards to them probably some r7 260x to fill the slot. we use allot of different motherboards. msi, evga, some intel boards. we had allot of boards laying around so we just pieced it together with what we had and then bought some new boards.

Wow… Just don’t tell em what it was been used for :D

I’m surprised that if you fry a GPU you get it replaced for free if it’s in warranty.

[quote name=“Kevlar” post=“50579” timestamp=“1389139936”]
Dummy plugs are pretty easy to make, aren’t they? A DVI converter and a resistor is all it takes I believe.
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I have allll the resistors and converters at work I need. Looks like they just called me in, on my day off no doubt. I don’t actualy need a dummy plug cause I just use my hdmi in on my all in one. With a press of a panel button I flick over to my rig.

But yeah. I’ll link to the dummy plug build. [url=http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=11]http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=11[/url] An another. [url=http://www.overclock.net/t/384733/the-30-second-dummy-plug]http://www.overclock.net/t/384733/the-30-second-dummy-plug[/url]

Thanx for this Thread :) i ordered a R9 270. Can’t get a lot with my 560 GTX

hahahah good thread

if you start to run into problems with risers you may want to consider getting an EVGA power boost, its a molex connector for ALL your pci-e lanes. This will add more voltage across your lanes and help out with unpowered risers as well as keep you from melting your 24 pin connector to the mobo.

[quote name=“Morderchai” post=“50170” timestamp=“1388997842”]
I’m using multiple workers as well.
it’s easier for me to see if 1 is down when i’m on my daily job.
Just a quick login on the pools website and that gives me all I need to know. I do use teamviewer for checking what’s wrong when 1 does go down.
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@Morderchai - maybe it’s also interesting to have a look on the Feathercoin Monitor - [url=http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php/topic,6303.0.html]http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php/topic,6303.0.html[/url] Helps you with an overview on your rigs and pools at once ;-)

[quote name=“kojima18” post=“50107” timestamp=“1388967533”]
I am also running a couple Lepa G1600… whats your opinion? They are basically Rebranded Enermax Platimax.

I just got some Gigabyte R9 280x and some Sapphire Toxic so will write guides to each card soon… Im reaching 760kh x 4 on the toxic with temp around 68 degree :D
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Im just got Enermax up my throat, mostly cause i was so dissapointed by their maxrevo 1500w, but also because enermax was shit in helping a guy out.
Asked them for new 24pin cable and 8pin. They just told me that i needed to find that locally. wtf theres no store that has those cables in stock, when enermax themself dont even offer those cables on the website…

i endes up having to find a new 24pin and solder each lead over to the new 24pin. looks shit but it worked.

Thanks alot, just in case anyone else ever needs to search this: I found a thread concurrency of 3840 seems to work best for this card which is 4x it’s 960 shaders. I also found a workload of 64 seems to up the K/hash. With intensity at 11 I can get about 200 which is short of the 250 quoted for this card but the heat stays at 65C and the desktop is very usable. If I up the intensity I can get closer to 250 but heat rises and desktop becomes gradually more unusable. thanks again :)

[quote name=“brother3” post=“49734” timestamp=“1388855796”]
Go to Ebay and look for “8020 aluminum” if you’d like to roll your own…Should only cost you around $120 for each open frame with great airflow…
Here is one that I build recently

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/qwvbnct.jpg[/img]
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This seems both overpriced and off-topic at same time ;D

I would love it if my node could get some love. It’s been flat for a while and I just think it’s needs a little more visibility. Thanks to all who join.

[quote name=“wildchild22” post=“44050” timestamp=“1386985429”]
I am using 3.72 and these settings yield 840

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Thanks you Now it is better :) Thanks a lot

[quote name=“aatje92” post=“49680” timestamp=“1388831600”]
nVidia cards are just not profitable,

take a look here:

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison
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I see what your saying now. Well I’ve successfully navigated and learned both bitcoin and feathercoin over the last 48 hrs. Def prefer feather but will surely need to upgrade to a better (more profitable) system or contract minors to make it worth it in the end. Thanks for the insight up to this point and happy mining.

It looks like the difficulty may be stabilizing a bit in the short term.

I definitely see the two sides of the ASIC coin. Having more hashing power will help secure the network and legitimize it in the eyes of more people. It’s unfortunate though that they may increase the difficulty so drastically that small GPU miners will get pushed out from mining. I’m still very new to crypto currency and one of the reasons I got involved, besides just being intrigued by the concept in general, was that you could actually contribute to the system by mining and be rewarded for your efforts. This is also a point of interest for the few people I’ve tried my best to explain crypto currency to and I worry that if mining starts to require thousands of dollars of investment, like BTC, some people who otherwise might be early-ish adopters may just stay on the sidelines and lose interest.

Anyway, just my .02 FTC =)

Just call me google!

[quote name=“DARKANGEL6415” post=“49301” timestamp=“1388701186”]
so im wondering when it comes to the video cards is the video ram what gets lots of hash or is it the stream process. In other words will a 2 gb card with 1600 stream proc be better than a 4gb card with 1300 proc?
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The stream processors is pretty much where the money is, since they do all the actual hashing.

Thats why e.g. an older ati 6970 2GB will still outperform a 7870 Ghz Edition 4GB model. The 6870 has lower clock speeds and is the [s]inferior[/s] older architecture, but it has more stream processors.

It’s also pretty much the only actual disadvantage of the new R9 290 vs R9 290[color=red]X[/color].
AMD just disabled some of the stream processors and lowered the clock speeds on the 290. ;)

Chris even likes it when someone takes the trouble to take the piss…

Hmm getting the same rate only with 975 core clock and 1250 mem clock with the same settings only -g 2