1080ti Card for Mining - which model is best?

[balazarek]

I have a question. Do these cards have ball bearing or sleeve bearing fans?

ASUS ROG STRIX GAMING GeForce GTX 1080Ti 11GB
ASUS ROG STRIX GAMING GeForce GTX 1080Ti OC 11GB

[Tristan1337]

I would definitely go for the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 GAMING. 

HeroMember mentioned above that dual 8-pin" cards like the AORUS 1080 ti line and the EVGA FTW are a NIGHTMARE to provide power to in a multi-GPU setup.

He further said 8 + 6 cards like the EVGA SC and ASUS Turbo models are MUCH easier to deploy in quantity


My question, why are you recommending EVGA FTW3 line?

Just a personal preference. I like to go for the best quality to avoid potential problems somewhere down the line.

That said. I do not have first hand experience with that card. So maybe the hero member may be right.

Though i'm pretty sure you could run them with just the 8-pin, or worst case buy 8-pin splitters which would probably complicate things. But in the long run may be worth it if you get better quality.

EVGA SC and ASUS Turbo models are of good quality as well. So whatever you decide to do, you can't lose. 

Like i said, just my preference. 

[manvsrice]

I have one of the Asus turbo, and do not recommend it if noise can be a problem. I have my rigs in the house I live in an that card alone makes more noise than all the other 1080ti cards I have due to the one blower solution. Currently I am running it at 50TDP just to make it silent. My other 1080TIs are: Aourus, Zotacs and FTW3. The Aurous is my slight favourite of those, they go cool and silent. My Zotacs are the best hashers and the FTW3 is somewhere between them, all of them are great cards though. I am getting a new 1080ti rig with Inno3D iChill x3 ultra now.

Cliff notes: For air cooling my personal recommendation is any 1080ti with 3 fans.

[BitBustah]

HeroMember mentioned above that dual 8-pin" cards like the AORUS 1080 ti line and the EVGA FTW are a NIGHTMARE to provide power to in a multi-GPU setup.

I have never understood this. I don't see why it's a nightmare. Perhaps you guys have cheap PSU's? It's just one cable per GPU?
My Corsair PSUs came with these cables:
https://76.my/Malaysia/psu-8pin-to-2x-6-2pin-pcie-power-supply-corsair-cable-replacement-vasculio82-1604-27-vasculio82@1.jpg

Sure the cable is a bit thick but that's not really a problem....

[QuintLeo]

It can depend to a degree on the power supply - EVGA power supplies in particular don't DO "dual 8 pin" capable power cables, just 8+6.
I should have phrased that "can be a nightmare" not "is a nightmare".

Since I aim for "efficient" mining, I find the higher cost of pretty much all dual-8-pin cards to be not worthwhile as they do NOT hash any better at "efficient" settings.

They DO tend to hash better if you are pushing them, as they generally have better cooling that allows the "boost" clock to go higher at high TDP power settings.

There are very few Corsair PS models I will even look at - most of them are junk - but a FEW are well made, like the Seasonic-built AX series (which your cables seem to be from, that's the SAME style cable I see on some of my Seasonic X-series PS that the AX was based on).


The ASUS Turbo isn't quiet - but it's not a lot worse than many other cards.
It DOES get quieter and cool a lot better if you can remove the mounting bracket - as do most blower-type cards.

[Neo-Geo]

My vote goes to the EVGA FTW3. I have 3 in this rig with a 4th FTW3 in transit:
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It gets higher hash/sol than the EVGA 1080 Ti SC2 at default settings and runs cooler, but I did install a dual fan (push/pull) on the radiator.

[trsonber]

The best one is the cheapest one.

@flip4flop & @bubislav: Thanks for your input, I will give consideration to MSI GEFORCE GTX 1080 TI GAMING X 11GB GDDR5X GRAPHICS CARD

@beskid: So AORUS is better than Zotac and not MSI?

@QuintLeo: Do you agree with Msi Gaming X or would like to recommend anyother?

@puwaha: Which is the cheapest one?

Most if not ALL OF THESE Cards are so hard to get right now that you may settle on one simply because all the others are out of stock.  I got the Aurus 1080 ti only because I could get the Zotac 1080 ti AMP.  They get delivered next week