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Anyone Used G752VS for Ethereum Mining and will it Burn Out the GPU?

skweggnog
Level 7
Anyone done any alt coin mining at all using a g series laptop? Seems to go alright just don't want to burn out my gpu as I can't imagine it would be a cheap fix or does anyone have any advice as to using an external gpu instead on the internal gtx1070? Any advice would be appreciated.
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Darnassus wrote:
Don't quote me, all a theory.

lol more than a theory.

Seems mining has changed somewhat since late 2014.

I've learned that old Bitcoins weren't "regulated" enough: soaring inflation, volatile value fluctuations, exchanges being shut down, large/rich groups ("whales") would mine and dump huge Bitcoin batches ... while "real" value and stability for Bitcoins (or for any fungible currency/commodity) requires some hoarding to balance supply and demand. The "whales" were basically doing the equivalent of printing money and promptly liquidating (selling) it into other currencies to scrape maximum profit.

Ethereum - Ethash - is indeed designed to be ASIC resistant. It makes existing ASIC-based units impractical, it (supposedly) uses memory/resources in ways which would be less cost-effective to manufacture on ASICs than on GPUs, it also "validates" the hardware by confirming it is a registered GPU type and not a registered ASIC type. All to keep the "whales" on even footing with "the little guy", so coins stay precious.

But even that's changing. You can't stop big money from buying big money, lol.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Geass+P1-200
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Darnassus
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Korth wrote:
But even that's changing. You can't stop big money from buying big money, lol.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Geass+P1-200


yap I saw that.. I facepalmed as to why they tried.

Korth
Level 14
Those "ASIC" machines are still cheaper, more productive, and more efficient than gaming laptops, lol. Lower hardware cost, lower power consumption (cost), higher output.
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