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Title: Windows or Linux mining for GTX 1060 cards? Post by: kryptoknightk on August 16, 2017, 01:05:00 AM Hey guys, I was wondering if I could mine on Linux with my GTX 1060 cards without issues. I've heard about the driver problems with Linux, but I would rather get my answers from the veterans here.
If no, then do I have to buy the Windows 10 or can I just buy Windows 8 which will be cheaper? Thanks for the help! Title: Re: Windows or Linux mining for GTX 1060 cards? Post by: Undefined31415 on August 16, 2017, 01:13:18 AM Hey guys, I was wondering if I could mine on Linux with my GTX 1060 cards without issues. I've heard about the driver problems with Linux, but I would rather get my answers from the veterans here. If no, then do I have to buy the Windows 10 or can I just buy Windows 8 which will be cheaper? Thanks for the help! If you are new to Linux, you may want to reconsider or at least review a couple of guides on which proprietary Nvidia driver you'd want to install on whatever distro you picked. You do not *have* to *buy* Windows 10 or 8, you could just install the Windows 10 "trial" and not activate it. (Or use IR5 for Win 7, but you might have problems expanding beyond 4 GPUs in the future.) Title: Re: Windows or Linux mining for GTX 1060 cards? Post by: kryptoknightk on August 16, 2017, 01:22:31 AM Hey guys, I was wondering if I could mine on Linux with my GTX 1060 cards without issues. I've heard about the driver problems with Linux, but I would rather get my answers from the veterans here. If no, then do I have to buy the Windows 10 or can I just buy Windows 8 which will be cheaper? Thanks for the help! If you are new to Linux, you may want to reconsider or at least review a couple of guides on which proprietary Nvidia driver you'd want to install on whatever distro you picked. You do not *have* to *buy* Windows 10 or 8, you could just install the Windows 10 "trial" and not activate it. (Or use IR5 for Win 7, but you might have problems expanding beyond 4 GPUs in the future.) Title: Re: Windows or Linux mining for GTX 1060 cards? Post by: ghostwalker.ph on August 16, 2017, 02:15:56 AM If you go beyond 8 nvidia gpu then linux is for you
If you go less than that, stick to windows. I have friends successfully installed 12 1060 in linux. So far no problem at all. Title: Re: Windows or Linux mining for GTX 1060 cards? Post by: igotfits on August 16, 2017, 03:56:36 AM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2048080.msg20408633#msg20408633
running 8 without any issues, installed drivers and installed 1 by 1 after each reboot. 9th card can be added but has to be different maker. (8=AMD/1=NVIDIA) |