HD 6850 vs HD 5850, which is better?

Mining
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Unfortunately I don’t have enough adapters on the PSU to use both, so does anybody know which GPU is better at mining Zcash?!

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Neither work afaik

7900 series and newer cards only

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oh wow really? with no miners at all? lol

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Those cards are 3 generations behind. Too old for Zcash or ETH. They can mine other things though.

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That’s what I was told trying to get a 6950 to work. No support at all. You would prob get 5 sol/s anyways

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yeah, but i figure with 9 + 5 (or however many it would be), it wouldn’t entirely be in vain on the off chance that zcash one day takes off

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This is correct :frowning: However I would note the 7870s and 7850s are great pulling ~33 H/s for pretty low power consumption.

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I wouldn’t want those GPUs for FREE even.

Get a second hand Radeon 7850 or 7870 for like $20. You will get 30 Sol/s.

You can sell that GPU next year for the same price, no depreciation.

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I have a 7850 and mining on nheqminer for windows. But I’m only getting 35 sol/s WITH cpu mining. Is there something I can do to increase my GPU-only hash rate?

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Where for 20$ per 7850 or 7870???

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How about rx460? Are they hitting 30 sol with some tweaks?

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I’ll buy 10 7870’s off you for $20 each? PLEASE

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Got a 7970 gigabyte windforce 3x doing 51-52 hashes with latest claymore miner, got it for 100$ 2nd hand :slight_smile:

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Buy the 7850 in your local Craigslist or Kijiji. They shouldn’t cost anymore than $30 these days. Get the 2GB

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that’s an amazing deal, but you won’t find them that cheap unless you’re really lucky, even on craigslist or kajiji

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Most people aren’t miners and those are very old GPUs. They aren’t good for games anymore, most people sell them cheap.

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yes, i understand all of that, but the avg price for either is roughly anywhere from $80 upwards, despite the age of the cards

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Where are you checking? eBay might be overpriced right now due to ZEC.

Try Craigslist or Kijiji and look for 7870 and 270x also.

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craigslist and kajiji. you can find a broken 7870 for $30, however. ppl just aren’t realistic

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You can also buy a 7950 probably for like $80-100. Those get 70 Sol/s