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Hello, As you can see I am quite new here. Wanted some advice on what to mine for my GTX970. If anyone here has done some research and wouldn't mind sharing the results. I have been switching between coins (VTC, LUX, UBQ) but would like to settle down on one so I can gain as much profit as I can. Below are my specs.

- GTX970 4GB
- i7 4th GEN
- $ 0.08/kWh

Ethereum or ZCash/ZClassic seems to be most profitable at this point in time. In the future, if you're looking for a coin to mine, just use a mining calculator and stick to a coin that is consistently profitable. Some people use whattomine but I find profitability on there is sometimes inaccurate.

Thank you. I really appreciate the response. I think I am gonna stick to ZClassic. I was getting pretty good speed for it.

Mixed into one of my rigs, I have an older EVGA GTX 970 as well, here are the results of it mining Equihash under DSTM, OS is Simple Mining,

GPU1 42C Sol/s: 262.8 Sol/W: 2.22 Avg: 271.3 I/s: 145.1 Sh: 0.40 1.00 239

So yeah, it Averages around 271.3 Sol/s mining Equihash currently,

Hello, I am also fairly new here... and haven't even done any mining. I am long overdue for a new system though and was originally thinking of going with a higher end desktop replaceable laptop/notebook computer to be portable. It would be easy to purchase one that costs over $2,000 and then I thought with the specs changing rapidly that I might be fine with a system that is between $700-$1,000 for several years, and upgrade again later.

So I have a couple of questions so that I may choose an appropriate system capable of mining alt coins as well, and I do still have an older windows 7 desktop which I currently use but there is no discrete graphics card.

Okay, so regardless of whether or not I upgrade my desktop, barely worthwhile but might bump up RAM and replace HD with much larger one and/or SSD. I don't believe the CPU will be great on the old desktop but it is a Quad-Core Intel Pentium running at 2.33Ghz and has 4GB RAM that can go up to 8GB. The more components I upgrade (RAM, HD for sure, but also add on a discrete graphics card that is compatible) the more it makes sense to build starting with newer motherboard, case, etc, for custom build.

CPU mining VS GPU mining:

1) With a card similar to GTX 970 - 1070, that can be fitted to a laptop computer, would this be adequate to mine on a laptop system with say an intel i-5, or i-7 processor?

2) How about my old desktop, it probably could mine some coins, but is it possible to mine with CPU hashrate only, or best to upgrade the graphics adapter to similar one to GTX 970, which I think will be compatible.

3) How can I determine the hashrate of an existing system?

I am interested in mining Zclassic, but will consider others according to profitability and ease of exchange, so I thought I would reply here. I may not be asking the right questions but will appreciate any advice.

I'd rather buy a notebook and have decided I may spend a little more to equip it so it will be able to mine, not Bitcoin but other coins that can be mined with CPU alone or similar discrete graphics adapter, however I don't have $2500 to spend as I would rather spend some directly on purchasing some cryptocurrency.

Thanks for any tips!

GTX970 is practically equal to GTX1060 on the most of algos. (Except of power consumption  ;)) Little bit less hashrate. For my ASUS Strix GTX970 i get 270-280 Sol/s on equihash, 19 Mh/s on ethash, 32-33 Mh/s on tribus an so on. There are many info about GTX1060 hashrate so you can focus on that.

Oh cool! Thats good to know. Thanks for this.

Ya that's pretty much same as mine. So you are focusing on Equihash than I assume.

Personally I wouldn't buy a laptop. The GPUs in them are not as powerful as PC ones. And as far as the mining go. CPU mining is totally dead.
I think event GTX970 would be a basic entry into mining but if you are really into it and wouldn't mind spending more than get one of the better ones. The easiest way to check hashrate would be I think through minergate (https://minergate.com). It would give you a rough idea for you to start with.

This is not true about laptop GPU's. Maybe a cheaper one, but my Alienware 17 with a gtx1070 was a beast hashing nearly as much as my 1080 back when I was using it to mine...  She is out of commission for the moment...turns out its very hard to keep something that small form factor cool. I am a jackass for using it so long to mine, The only way I would recommend it is if you could be in very cold temperature and keep the core or gpu temp at 70C Maybe 75C MAX. I would leave mine running 24/7 for up to a week at a time sometimes.... it would run at 90C sometimes, I deserved that one I guess... anyways.... don't like talking about my $3,500 paperweight  :(

sorry if I am resurrecting a dead post.

Yes stick to GPU only algorithm.

Neoscrypt, equihash, dagger hashimoto, xevan, x16r, x16s, c11, tribus ...


Zcash via nicehashmining (getting paid in BTC) is doing great aswell.

Very stable average earnings.

(Not based on finding rate, but on renting market price value).

https://miningchamp.com/gpus/43/Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-970-hashrate

Hi folks,

This morning, I update to the latest version of NiceHash and saw my GTX970 was no more eligible for mining.
- Is it the same for you?
- Do you still mine with your card?

Could someone provide a very simple solution to replace with?

Thanks!

Interesting, considering the 970 is still on the Nicehash calculator. Could you please screenshot the error you get upon attempting to start Nicehash? Any graphics card with 4GB or more VRAM should work for mining, e.g RX 470, the entire 4XX and 5XX lineup, the GTX 1060, 1070, any card more powerful than the 1070Ti. I don’t have a 970, so I can’t test this for myself.