With Bitcoin becoming more and more difficult to mine, I have set my sights on different cryptocurrencies...Litecoin. How do I get started? Can I expect a reasonable profit, assuming I'm using the hardware in my profile? What is the best programs/setup for my hardware? Oh and I'm using Windows 7. Any and all information is welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Nvidia hardware isn't that great at mining...
Find a pool (I use Coinotron.com). Download a miner (I use cgminer, but Nvidia has a different one, cudaminer). Make a worker at the pool. Plug the worker details and other optimal settings into the miner. You're good to go! http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/81113-how-to-mine-litecoin-explaind-the-easy-way/
Make sure to use --scrypt! Bitcoin uses a different type of decryption.
You can use btc-e.com to sell your coins. Although a wallet might be beneficiary if you want to store them long term.
For nvidia there's a program called Cudaminer based off of minerd. I pull 260 khash/s with a 570 OC, so it's better than default cgminer but still doesn't stack to a 7950 or what have ye from AMD
Thanks for the info, guys. I appreciate it. I have been thinking about selling my GTX 670 to a friend and switching over to AMD. Not too sure though. Still waiting on those non reference coolers for the R9 290.