nVidia or AMD cards? and CUDA?

[megacrypto]

im looking into buying a new card, the ones available for me are:

AMD:

SAPPHIRE NITRO + Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 OC
SAPPHIRE NITRO R9 390 8GB GDDR5
SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9 380 4G D5 With Back Plate

nVidia:

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6GB GDDR5
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 6GB AMP! Edition (ZT-P10600B-10M)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 XTREME GAMING 4GB GDDR5 (GV-N970XTREME-4GD)
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 750 Ti OC Windforce 4GB GDDR5 (GV-N75TWF2OC-4GI)

Now, i will be running the card on ubuntu linux (14 or 16), and if i understand correctly, using CUDA can allow me to use the cpu mining apps if they are fitted to make use of the cuda drivers? so, will nvidia cards be more of a better choice? and will give me more freedom to switch between coins?

[megacrypto]

no one !!

[Eyedol-X]

im looking into buying a new card, the ones available for me are:

AMD:

SAPPHIRE NITRO + Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 OC
SAPPHIRE NITRO R9 390 8GB GDDR5
SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9 380 4G D5 With Back Plate

nVidia:

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6GB GDDR5
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 6GB AMP! Edition (ZT-P10600B-10M)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 XTREME GAMING 4GB GDDR5 (GV-N970XTREME-4GD)
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 750 Ti OC Windforce 4GB GDDR5 (GV-N75TWF2OC-4GI)

Now, i will be running the card on ubuntu linux (14 or 16), and if i understand correctly, using CUDA can allow me to use the cpu mining apps if they are fitted to make use of the cuda drivers? so, will nvidia cards be more of a better choice? and will give me more freedom to switch between coins?

Depends on what type of coin you want to run. I switched all my systems from Nvidia to AMD over the past few months but I am interested in some newer coins where Nvidia is better so if I was building another rig right now, I'd do 4x 1060's or 1070's. However the RX480 would be my goto card for power/heat and most GPU coins that generate nice profit right now.

[YIz]

The best performance/price ratio is probably the 390, but it consumes a lot of electricity. I would go for the RX 480 if you don't have free/cheap electricity.

[Amph]

The best performance/price ratio is probably the 390, but it consumes a lot of electricity. I would go for the RX 480 if you don't have free/cheap electricity.

high consumption is not only about electricity, it's about cooling and wasted wattage for a bigger psu, so i would avoid all generation gpu altogether

[azguard]

im looking into buying a new card, the ones available for me are:

AMD:

SAPPHIRE NITRO + Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 OC
SAPPHIRE NITRO R9 390 8GB GDDR5
SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9 380 4G D5 With Back Plate

nVidia:

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6GB GDDR5
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 6GB AMP! Edition (ZT-P10600B-10M)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 XTREME GAMING 4GB GDDR5 (GV-N970XTREME-4GD)
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 750 Ti OC Windforce 4GB GDDR5 (GV-N75TWF2OC-4GI)

Now, i will be running the card on ubuntu linux (14 or 16), and if i understand correctly, using CUDA can allow me to use the cpu mining apps if they are fitted to make use of the cuda drivers? so, will nvidia cards be more of a better choice? and will give me more freedom to switch between coins?

best option is amd in any case don't go for nvidia not good option for mining
if you have bigger budget go for 390 if less the go for 480

[megacrypto]

wow ... thanks a lot guys .... really appreciate your feedback

[megacrypto]

quick question... if I go for the 390, what kind of return should expect? and what's the best coin? right now I'm doing the usual xmr, etc, and sometimes bcn for easy coins and then trade them...been at this for a week and so far I made like 0.001 BTC!! :-)

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