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Failpailirl
06-13-2011, 09:20 PM
I am currently trying to set up for my computer to mine some bitcoins overnight, but i honestly have not even the slightest clue what to do, can somebody message me their msn so they can explain it to me?

Harry
06-13-2011, 09:29 PM
What video card do you use? If you don't have a 5xxx card, then it's of little use to you.

If you have a 5xxx card:
Download, install, and run the actual client: http://bitcoin.org/
Download and install AMD drivers (10.11 or newer): http://amd.com
Download and install AMD APP SDK (after doing drivers): http://developer.amd.com/sdks/AMDAPPSDK/downloads/Pages/default.aspx
Sign up for any Bitcoin pool (I prefer http://deepbit.net)
Download a GPU miner: http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=3878.0
Run the Miner you installed above.
Add the following flags: "-v -w128" (works best for 5xxx cards)
Profit.

It's a waste of time, but good luck.

Failpailirl
06-13-2011, 09:55 PM
how do i check if my card is a 5xxx card. and would you think 7.5m a day on rs would make better money?

Harry
06-13-2011, 10:07 PM
If you don't even know what video card you have, then I don't think you should even begin to attempt mining; you might break something .___. (unless you misunderstood what I meant by 5xxx. 5xxx = any 5000 series card, such as 5750, 5950, etc)

Failpailirl
06-13-2011, 10:21 PM
i have a NVIDIA GeForce 8200, is that good enough or should i not even bother?

noidea
06-13-2011, 10:55 PM
What video card do you use? If you don't have a 5xxx card, then it's of little use to you.

If you have a 5xxx card:
Download, install, and run the actual client: http://bitcoin.org/
Download and install AMD drivers (10.11 or newer): http://amd.com
Download and install AMD APP SDK (after doing drivers): http://developer.amd.com/sdks/AMDAPPSDK/downloads/Pages/default.aspx
Sign up for any Bitcoin pool (I prefer http://deepbit.net)
Download a GPU miner: http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=3878.0
Run the Miner you installed above.
Add the following flags: "-v -w128" (works best for 5xxx cards)
Profit.

It's a waste of time, but good luck.

Is there a reason to use the gpu client rather than a cpu client?

Harry
06-13-2011, 11:19 PM
i have a NVIDIA GeForce 8200, is that good enough or should i not even bother?
Probably won't run at all.

Is there a reason to use the gpu client rather than a cpu client?
If you like 800 hashes per second (CPU) instead of 130,000,000 hashes per second (GPU), then sure. CPU is really slow and an even larger waste of time.