GTX 1060 discussion thread

[cptfisher]

70w power limit
+180 clock
+1450 memory
400w from wall for each rig (5x 1060 3gb)


Hint : I DONT USE CLAYMORE

ETH mining only scales with memory not with core, so the TDP has no influence on the result.

i dont have to proove with picture nothing just because a noob such you capable of posting the above quoted bullsh*t does not believe  the result does not mean it aint true.... please you started mine 1 hour ago . go back to your hole when it is about judging

Seeing you insulting other people just because they do not believe anything you tell without giving a single proof for it is enough for me to know what kind of person you are.

seems like some one does not know english , because i did not insult anyone

1) you are a noob (noob = newbie ... that is also your rank in bitcointalk)
2) you say bullshit (and that is proven by the fact that you say that eth does not require clock speed ... try to set too low core and let me know )
3) you act like you know anything and that i have to prove you things..... like you are an authority here... you can simply go back to your hole as you aree worth 0 to my eys... there are eveen OTHER PPL reportin 26 mhs easy out of a 1060 while you state is impossible to get past 22... wow yea... all must lie and the god on earth has the keys of the truth

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[gt_addict]

70w power limit
+180 clock
+1450 memory
400w from wall for each rig (5x 1060 3gb)


Hint : I DONT USE CLAYMORE

ETH mining only scales with memory not with core, so the TDP has no influence on the result.

i dont have to proove with picture nothing just because a noob such you capable of posting the above quoted bullsh*t does not believe  the result does not mean it aint true.... please you started mine 1 hour ago . go back to your hole when it is about judging

How did you set a specific power limits i.e. Exact wattage?  MSI afterburner doesnt go to +1450 mem clock, only hits +1000 so how did you get it that high?

[gt_addict]

seems like some one does not know english , because i did not insult anyone

1) you are a noob (noob = newbie ... that is also your rank in bitcointalk)
2) you say bullshit (and that is proven by the fact that you say that eth does not require clock speed ... try to set too low core and let me know )
3) you act like you know anything and that i have to prove you things..... like you are an authority here... you can simply go back to your hole as you aree worth 0 to my eys... there are eveen OTHER PPL reportin 26 mhs easy out of a 1060 while you state impossible to get past 22... wow yea... all must lie and the god on earth has the keys of the truth

This just proves he was right. Your attitude is appalling. He simply didnt believe you, he didnt insult you, and you fly back at him replies like this. Totally over the top. You only had to state your settings and what programs you are using and we can give it a go ourselves. All of us would like to get hashrates that good with our rigs, its the whole reason we are here on a forum

[cptfisher]

i said my settings.

[pigfrown]

70w power limit
+180 clock
+1450 memory
400w from wall for each rig (5x 1060 3gb)


Hint : I DONT USE CLAYMORE

ETH mining only scales with memory not with core, so the TDP has no influence on the result.

i dont have to proove with picture nothing just because a noob such you capable of posting the above quoted bullsh*t does not believe  the result does not mean it aint true.... please you started mine 1 hour ago . go back to your hole when it is about judging

How did you set a specific power limits i.e. Exact wattage?  MSI afterburner doesnt go to +1450 mem clock, only hits +1000 so how did you get it that high?

I've never used MSI afterburner but I've overclocked 1060's to +1500 mem clock (9500MHZ total) using the nvidia-settings tool from nvidia on linux.

[jimmykl]

70w power limit
+180 clock
+1450 memory
400w from wall for each rig (5x 1060 3gb)


Hint : I DONT USE CLAYMORE

ETH mining only scales with memory not with core, so the TDP has no influence on the result.

i dont have to proove with picture nothing just because a noob such you capable of posting the above quoted bullsh*t does not believe  the result does not mean it aint true.... please you started mine 1 hour ago . go back to your hole when it is about judging

How did you set a specific power limits i.e. Exact wattage?  MSI afterburner doesnt go to +1450 mem clock, only hits +1000 so how did you get it that high?

I've never used MSI afterburner but I've overclocked 1060's to +1500 mem clock (9500MHZ total) using the nvidia-settings tool from nvidia on linux.

Linux tools double readings compared to Afterburner so that's +750 on Windows.

[hcwh]

I've never used MSI afterburner but I've overclocked 1060's to +1500 mem clock (9500MHZ total) using the nvidia-settings tool from nvidia on linux.

Can you share how you did this with nvidia-settings?  Did you use GUI or command line?  Do you have examples of command line or xorg.conf file entries?  I had limited luck with this in Linux.  I assume you're using latest nvidia drivers or an older version?

[pigfrown]

I've never used MSI afterburner but I've overclocked 1060's to +1500 mem clock (9500MHZ total) using the nvidia-settings tool from nvidia on linux.

Can you share how you did this with nvidia-settings?  Did you use GUI or command line?  Do you have examples of command line or xorg.conf file entries?  I had limited luck with this in Linux.  I assume you're using latest nvidia drivers or an older version?

I'm using the latest nvidia drivers (381.22 I think).

I use the command line but I believe there is a GUI.

For some reason nvidia-settings needs an xserver running, I use the following command to generate an xorg.conf with "dummy" screens.. found it somewhere online:

Code:

nvidia-xconfig -a --allow-empty-initial-configuration --cool-bits=28 --use-display-device="DFP-0" --connected-monitor="DFP-0"

You need to run this whenever you add a new GPU. I think there are higher cool bits settings but not sure what they are needed for.

Now you need to startx. If you are doing this over SSH you need to add

Code:

allowed_users=anybody

to

Code:

/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config

. You can check X is running on each card by using

Code:

nvidia-smi

.

You can now use nvida-settings to over/underclock your GPU.

For example, the following would overclock my first GPU's [gpu:0] memory by 1500MHZ.

Code:

export DISPLAY=:0
nvidia-settings -c $DISPLAY -a [gpu:0]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]=1500

I export DISPLAY and also provide the -c option to nvidia-settings as it sometimes seems to fail without both.

There are a bunch of other attributes you can change. I change my power limit using nvidia-smi but perhaps you can do it with nvidia-settings as well.

Linux tools double readings compared to Afterburner so that's +750 on Windows

That is very confusing. Which tool gives the "real" value, afterburner or the nvidia tools?

[ckai93]

Just received my card ytd
It was a GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB
Immediately regretted when I powered it up and saw that it was a Hynix RAM
Can't even manage to OC +500 mem cuz of instability
Only getting around 17 - 18 MH/s at +460 mem atm  
Time to downgrade to GTX 970

[oytal]

Going to order some 1060 6GB's now. Anyone know a good model? I have the Asus 3GB one in my personal computer and I like it very much because the fans are really silent but it got hynix memory.

[gt_addict]

Ive got two asus dual 1060 6gb OC. White ones but the Overclock version. Ordered two more yesterday which will hopefully be here soon once they are back in stock 

[fraggyb]

330 sol/s
23.3 Mh/s

Asus strix 1060 6gb @ +210/+700 @950mV/49c

Just got it a few days ago and still tweaking but I think I won't get much more out of it.

[candyiman]

330 sol/s
23.3 Mh/s

Asus strix 1060 6gb @ +210/+700 @950mV/49c

Just got it a few days ago and still tweaking but I think I won't get much more out of it.

Samsung memory?

[fraggyb]

330 sol/s
23.3 Mh/s

Asus strix 1060 6gb @ +210/+700 @950mV/49c

Just got it a few days ago and still tweaking but I think I won't get much more out of it.

Samsung memory?

Yep.

[ozzy1926]

Guys I need to choose I preordered  bunch of gtx 1060's : Evga 1060 ssc , ftw ,ftw+ , msi gaming x 6, asus strix oc .The most expensive one is the strix oc 324$ ( think the best cooling) and the ftw + is 300$ . Msi and evga ftw,ssc are similar like 280-285$. I want to mine Ethereum and later dual mining. I know most of you suggest me to get the cheapest one but I want to buy which deserves the money?

[sidbitworld]

Go with MSI X 1060 6gb if you able to get it.

[hcwh]

I've never used MSI afterburner but I've overclocked 1060's to +1500 mem clock (9500MHZ total) using the nvidia-settings tool from nvidia on linux.

Can you share how you did this with nvidia-settings?  Did you use GUI or command line?  Do you have examples of command line or xorg.conf file entries?  I had limited luck with this in Linux.  I assume you're using latest nvidia drivers or an older version?

I'm using the latest nvidia drivers (381.22 I think).

I use the command line but I believe there is a GUI.

For some reason nvidia-settings needs an xserver running, I use the following command to generate an xorg.conf with "dummy" screens.. found it somewhere online:

Code:

nvidia-xconfig -a --allow-empty-initial-configuration --cool-bits=28 --use-display-device="DFP-0" --connected-monitor="DFP-0"

You need to run this whenever you add a new GPU. I think there are higher cool bits settings but not sure what they are needed for.

Now you need to startx. If you are doing this over SSH you need to add

Code:

allowed_users=anybody

to

Code:

/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config

. You can check X is running on each card by using

Code:

nvidia-smi

.

You can now use nvida-settings to over/underclock your GPU.

For example, the following would overclock my first GPU's [gpu:0] memory by 1500MHZ.

Code:

export DISPLAY=:0
nvidia-settings -c $DISPLAY -a [gpu:0]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]=1500

I export DISPLAY and also provide the -c option to nvidia-settings as it sometimes seems to fail without both.

There are a bunch of other attributes you can change. I change my power limit using nvidia-smi but perhaps you can do it with nvidia-settings as well.

Linux tools double readings compared to Afterburner so that's +750 on Windows

That is very confusing. Which tool gives the "real" value, afterburner or the nvidia tools?

Thanks!

Sorry for quoting the whole thing, but I wanted to comment on several areas.  The CoolBits option opens up certain settings to be modified.  The 28 refers to activating 3 different bits (16+8+4).  I think they are for voltage mods, clock mods, and something else.  There are also a couple other bits (2 and 1) so you could do CoolBits up to at least 31.  I think those may be for features on older cards.  In any case, they're not important and 28 should be fine.  24 might even work...I forget what that one bit was for, but 28 certainly won't hurt anything.  You can google the NVIDIA CoolBits option to see exactly what each bit does.

nvidia-settings was giving me some grief when I was trying to do some of this before.  I found equivalent settings in nvidia-smi and played with the max power level, but Claymore didn't like what I was doing and had problems.  I think default power was 120W and even lowering that to 110W caused problems.  It could be that nvidia-smi is just outdated and no longer really supported.  I'll take another look at the nvidia-settings command line arguments.  Assuming I get them working correctly on the command line, I'll try to get them integrated into the xorg.conf file and hopefully that will get everything configured automatically at startup.

BTW, on the "GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]" setting, is it correct to assume that the "3" refers to the performance level (ranges 0 to 3) and that this would only have an effect when the card is in that mode?  If so, it SHOULD be in that top level whenever you're mining, but I did notice in the GUI that the cards tended to stay in level 2 for some reason.  I'll play with it and report what I find.

If anyone knows the proper syntax to put this in the xorg.conf, please post.  I believe it's in the DEVICE section (there's one DEVICE section for each GPU) and begins with "Option" and then the setting name followed by the desired value.  I currently have a line for each device that sets CoolBits to 28.  I think it looks like:

"Option"  "CoolBits" "28"

...or something pretty close to that as I recall.

[stna1981]

Got three ZOTAC GTX 1060 Mini 3GB these days, one Samsung, 2 Hynix.

Samsung doing 19.x at stock speeds, Hynix doing 15.x at stock. So if you get a Hynix card, get rid of it.
Have no experience with Micron chips so far, but I guess they are somewhere in between, maybe closer to Samsung than Hynix.

[gt_addict]

22.7-23Mh on micron memory after playing with settings. 19 straight out the box.

[preda]

Try to put

65% tdp
+100 core
+880 memory i have 12 1060 and this setting is very good