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  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Gaming GPUs during normal crypto markets don’t compute fast enough to mine crypto profitably, but if crypto prices get high enough such as during a boom cycle, it can become profitable to mine on gaming GPUs

    Edit to add: For crypto there’s basically a set speed that any given GPU mines at. The hash rate specifically. It really doesn’t change noticably over time through software updates, nor does the power consumption of the GPU. Its basically a set cost per cryptocurrency mined with any given hardware. If the value earned by mining can exceed the cost to run the GPU then GPU mining can quickly start making sense again.