Bitcoin mining on ATI HD4650

[kr0490]

I recently got 4 ATI HD4650 cards, would there be any benefit to set these up for bitcoin or ethereum mining, or would it basically be pointless with these cards?

 

[Kevern_11]

You would be spending more in electricity and be making nearly nothing. Wouldn't be profitable at all.

 

[scout_03]

i wont pay much to farm bitcoin with these and they might not work for a long period bitcoin use a loot of gpu process .

 

[TJ Hooker]

Bitcoin mining on a GPU has been dead for a long time, doesn't matter what card you have.
Eth mining on GPUs is still popular, but you would be losing money with those cards.

 

[kr0490]

You would be spending more in electricity and be making nearly nothing. Wouldn't be profitable at all.

What about for litecoin

 

[TJ Hooker]

Litecoin mining has also been taken over by ASICs, same as bitcoin, making unprofitable to mine with GPUs anymore.

You're not going to make any money with those cards, full stop. They were low end when they first came out, and that was over 8 years ago.

 

[Kevern_11]

Hardware limits such as the VRAM on these cards make you only able to mine a few unprofitable coins. No matter what you mine really your going to be paying much more in electricity then return in coins. No profit to be made at all.

 

[kr0490]

What is the cheapest way to get into bitcoin or ethereum mining, specific hardware recommendations would be great!

 

[TJ Hooker]

Google "eth mining build" or something. The go to cards for eth mining are GTX 1060/1070 or RX 580/Vega. FYI, it will likely take you months to recoup the cost of the build, let alone make money. This is assuming current profitability doesn't change, but it probably will (hard to say if it will get better or worse).

Don't know much about bitcoin mining, you'd have to look into buying a bitcoin ASIC (dedicated mining hardware for bitcoin).

How much do you pay for electricity?

 

[dontlistentome]

Haha, it would be nice if it were possible to give you a shopping list, then tell you how much you will make with that computer, but it doesn't work that way. I always recommend to people interested in this that they should research how it works before thinking about mining. And no, asking questions here on a general purpose/gaming site does not equal doing research on this.

 

[heebobo5]

Short answer, your card is worthless for mining.

 

[AnonymousAndy]

I'm not going to build a shopping cart for you at this stage in the game, you need to do a lot of research!
But I can give you a loose ball-park so you know if it's worth it to read or not.

As of this moment, an investment of $1500 in a new BTC ASIC would net you ~$500 a month worth of coin.
An investment of $1500 in a GPU rig using new parts would net you ~$280 a month worth of coin.
Those figures do not include changes in difficulty, your power costs, changes in coin price, or the end of ze world.