Wich one is the best GPU to mine DBG ?
Digibyte is a multi-algo coin that uses 5 different POW mining algorithms. Each has a different mining difficulty depending on which you choose. The Skein and and myriad-groestl algos work very well with the Nvdia GTX cards, so I would say overall those are the best ones to get for mining DGB. |
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Seems like the riser cables I put on order at all4btc got sold out before being ordered  Does it matter what kind of riser cables I order? Or will any x1 to x16 pcie riser cables work as good? I use 6-pin PCI-E risers. Three thicker wires that are designed to spread a higher 12V load instead of two used by molex and sata connectors. The 6-pin risers also use four capacitors for a more stable current flow compared to the three used by the molex and sata risers. The good ones also come with a voltage regulator to prevent spikes. Here is a good overview of the different riser types: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxQM8MRGUWsIt's also a good idea to order twice as many risers as you think you will need. Nothing worse than being stuck with a card idle and waiting for risers to arrive. |
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You need a monitor or a dummy plug in the card plugged in the primary PCI-E x16 slot for the drivers to be able to read and set the fan and temperature settings. You also need to change the primary video to the PCI-E slot and not the on board video in the motherboard Bios.
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You need a monitor or a dummy plug in the card plugged in the primary PCI-E x16 slot for the drivers to be able to read and set the fan and temperature settings. You also need to change the primary video to the PCI-E slot and not the on board video in the motherboard Bios.
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With 3GB you're not going to be able to dual ETH effectively. Go with the 6GB, it's a better card and will have better future resale value too.
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Thanks for your responses.
I have ordered almost all the items on the list so far and will wait for their arrival
What my main question is right now as I have ordered 4 rx 470s ordering 2 gtx 1070 and running them on the same motherboard has the same effect as running 6x of the same gpu?
I currently have four types of GPU's on a single Windows 7 rig. RX 480's, a RX 580, a HD 7850 and just added a GTX 1080. No performance difference with the AMD cards after installing the Nvidia card. The biggest problem is you need to configure the settings for each of the different cards and figuring out which GPU index applies to which card. Having all the same cards is simpler. Sweet the hx1200i should support 6 gpus? Without a problem. The RX 470's use ~125 W each and the GTX 1070's about ~180W at 100% TDP. You could add up to seven or eight if you adjust the power on the cards. |
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If that's with the stock Bios it's pretty good. You need to mod the memory timings in the Bios to get 29+ MH/s on ETH with the RX 480.
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My GTX 1080 uses 180W at 70% TDP. You are probably looking at 200W per card. 1300W will be close with the mobo and fan power. If you do go with a 1300W, make sure it's platinum or better. I would use a 1500 W PSU or a dual PSU setup if you want to save money.
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Thanks for your responses.
I have ordered almost all the items on the list so far and will wait for their arrival
What my main question is right now as I have ordered 4 rx 470s ordering 2 gtx 1070 and running them on the same motherboard has the same effect as running 6x of the same gpu?
I currently have four types of GPU's on a single Windows 7 rig. RX 480's, a RX 580, a HD 7850 and just added a GTX 1080. No performance difference with the AMD cards after installing the Nvidia card. The biggest problem is you need to configure the settings for each of the different cards and figuring out which GPU index applies to which card. Having all the same cards is simpler. |
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Lots of info on what's profitable at the moment. https://whattomine.comThe miners that generally do the best mine coins that show potential and hold on to them. |
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And like I said if everything goes according to plan I get these on the 8th of June:
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 570 Nitro+ OC 8GB - for 254 €
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ OC 8GB - for 288 €
Which one would you go for with the price difference being just 34 € to jump from 8GB 570 to 8GB 580?
I think it's worth the extra money for the 580. The cheaper models usually use cheaper memory. The 580 Nitro+ uses 8000 MHz memory vs 7000 Mhz for the 570 Nitro+. Thanks. Just updated my post with this, since I found 2 more suppliers: And like I said if everything goes according to plan I get these on the 8th of June: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 570 Nitro+ OC 8GB - for 254 € Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ OC 8GB - for 288 € Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 580 Pulse OC 8GB - for 289 € And from the 15th of June on maybe this one: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 8GB GDDR5 - for 319 € So you would say definitely invest a little more 30-50€ per card to get the 580s over the 570s everytime? The reason I ask is because I am not sure that the 65€ price difference between the Sapphire RX 570 Nitro+ OC 8GB and the MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 8GB can be made up by the MSI card in terms of MH/s. As far as I saw all these cards get around 28-30.5 Mh/s when modded. The difference I was referring to is between the Nitro+ 570/580. For long term I would go with the Nitro+ 580 8GB, ~30 €/card is not that much more for a single rig. It's a better card and will have better future resale value. Between the MSI 8GB and the Nitro+ I would go with Nitro+ 570 8GB. I don't have any but lots of miners like those cards and I've seen good results with them. |
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Since RomeoXak mentioned that the 4GB models will no longer be able to mine ethereum from Q1 2019 on - would you just get the 4GB models that you can get and mine with them until they die or you upgrade the cards or would you specifically try to get 8 GB models if possible?
Surely PoS will be implemented before then anyway? Do we care about that - since we can just mine ETC (or any other altcoin that looks promising) then or am I wrong? The latest word is ETH will not go to POS all at once, but will use a hybrid model similar to Dash at first. The main problem with the 4GB cards is you won't be able to dual mine effectively once the dag goes past 3 GB early next year. |
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And like I said if everything goes according to plan I get these on the 8th of June:
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 570 Nitro+ OC 8GB - for 254 €
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ OC 8GB - for 288 €
Which one would you go for with the price difference being just 34 € to jump from 8GB 570 to 8GB 580?
I think it's worth the extra money for the 580. The cheaper models usually use cheaper memory. The 580 Nitro+ uses 8000 MHz memory vs 7000 Mhz for the 570 Nitro+. |
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No, PCI slots are 5V, not 12V and will not work. You will proabaly damge the motherboard, the riser, the GPU or all of the above if you try. 1x risers work with any PCI-E slot from 1x to 16x as long as the motherboard supports it. Speed of the slot does not matter.
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Can anyone confirm this would work?
And if I'm missing something
I'm a complete newb, so I'm afraid to act completely on my own
yeah it work, just decide if amd or nvidia I posted the links to the ones I would get, is it cool? Also, is SSD a neccesity? I have a 500 GB 3.0 portable hard, do I need to buy an SSD? SSD is not required, but highly reccommended. Especially with Windows due to the hard crashes. Running 24/7 it pays for itself with the power savings. I used to have a WD 1TB spinning drive. It pulled 50W compared to the 5W and SSD uses. Any basic Sandisk or Kingston 64GB is all you neeed. |
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why not nvidia, is very good now to main certain algo, with nvidia, like x17 with verge, amd i don't know how good is on x17, but amd has not a good dev with open source miner for many algo, it's all about private miner Too many bests in that one question  Get a GTX 1060, will give you about 23mh/s for about 70W at the wall. Much better power efficiency, but lower price/hash than AMD. nvidia is not good on ETH, the 1070 is still good on ETH but better to mine somethign else, amd is better there Sgminer was just abut the only miner that was used back in 2014. It could mine 99% of the coins back at that time. It's open source and only for AMD. I remember the private miners started back then. I beleive Claymore's Monero miner was the first with a built in fee. That's also around the time when the first miners foir Nvidia cards came out. |
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Thanks guys, I was thinking about MSI GTX 1060 GAMING X PLUS and I'll go with it for now.
Maybe a silly question: would it be possible to make one rig containing both AMD and Nvidia cards at the same time? Like 3x 1060 and 3x rx580?
Yes, you can run Nvidia and AMD cards on the same rig. I just added a MSI 1080 Gaming X to my RX 480 rig. The Nvidia cards are also easier to setup, just install the latest driver and it runs out of the box. No bios patches, driver patches or hard system crashes like with the AMD drivers. |
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