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Bitcoin Essentials

You're reading from   Bitcoin Essentials Gain insights into Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency and a powerful technology, to optimize your Bitcoin mining techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785281976
Length 130 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Albert Szmigielski Albert Szmigielski
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Setting up a GPU for mining

In order to use a GPU to mine, you must have at least one GPU installed in your machine. At first, we will go over how to mine with only one GPU. Using multiple GPUs in your system to mine is a very a straightforward extension from mining with a single one.

Drivers

We will concentrate here on AMD GPUs as they offer the best hashing performance for the money when it comes to hashing power, the cost of the GPU, and electricity efficiency. Nvidia GPUs can also be used as long as you have the drivers for your video card installed.

Note

In order to mine with AMD GPUs, we will need the latest AMD drivers. You can find the latest AMD drivers here: http://support.amd.com/en-us.

If your GPU has already been installed in your machine, chances are that you have your driver installed already.

Here are some helpful Linux commands:

  • lspci | grep VGA: This command displays the graphics cards in your system:
    Drivers
  • sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --odgt: This command displays the graphics cards...
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