GTX 1060 discussion thread

[TrueRaver]

Ive been debating on getting a 1060 to compare rates to my 1070s I want to add some more cards and comparing the 1070s to my rx470/570s is crazy I'm always having a driver issue or something on my amd's but my 1070s have been running without any problems but at 400-450 a card it adds up quickly that's why I'm looking at 1060 and I believe I'll be getting a better deal going with the 1060 so my question is what cards are the best to go with thanks

if you have cheap EC then go with 1060 easy choice  if you want Max Hash per KWh  then go with 1070

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[ikicha]

I've 1 GTX 1060 6GB ZOTAC, current hash rate is

Ethash : 24 Mh/s
Cryptonight : 411 h/s
Equihash : 270 sol/s

I overclock with msi afterburner

[TrueRaver]

I've 1 GTX 1060 6GB ZOTAC, current hash rate is

Ethash : 24 Mh/s
Cryptonight : 411 h/s
Equihash : 270 sol/s

I overclock with msi afterburner

Settings?

[wacko]

if you have cheap EC then go with 1060 easy choice  if you want Max Hash per KWh  then go with 1070

Or he could get even higher hash per KWh with GTX 1080 or 1080 Ti. That is if he's not interested in mining Dagger and Neoscrypt (which are too slow with gddr5x). I'm getting way better H/W ratios out of 1080s than out of 1060s and 1070s.

[wxxyz]

Here's a chart that shows cost vs hashrate for different 3GB cards.
https://www.pyramidreviews.com/cryptocorner/mining-gpu-speed-and-price-comparison/ethereum-mining-speed-gpu-comparison-for-gtx1060-3gb/

That article is irrelevant. You cannot know the exact type of memory installed on the GPU, but empirically.
I have 2 models from that list:
a Palit Dual GTX 1060 3GB, equipped with Samsung memory - about 20 MH/s stock, 23.8-24.6 MH/s overclocked (22.5 MH/s in the article)
a Gigabyte Windforce GTX 1060 3GB, equipped with Hynix memory - 15.5 MH/s stock, struggles to get to 19.1 MH/s overclocked (25.2 MH/s in the article, assuming it's Samsung memory - a great result)

Thanks for the feedback!
You can click on the GPU name to see all the hashrate records, and yes, the Gigabyte Windforce hash record was achieved with Samsung memory.

There is now an option just to compare by price:
https://www.pyramidreviews.com/cryptocorner/mining-gpu-speed-and-price-comparison/ethereum-mining-speed-gpu-comparison-for-gtx1060-3gb/?compare=price

What would make the comparison chart more useful?
I'm also toying with the ability to compare based on a hashrate that you could enter, or change, across all the cards so that you could see what was the best option available right now.

[kapipindot]

Has anyone tried mining using the below cards?

1. ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition, 3GB, GDDR5, 192 bit
2. Inno3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2, 3GB, GDDR5, 192 bit
3. Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB GDDR5 192bit

I'm currently interested in building a rig and would like some opinions.

Thanks!

I.think you should stay away from 3Gb cards as DAG size is projected to increase mid 2018 rendering your 3Gb cards useless for mining, at least for etherium but you can still mine other coins though. It will be more practical and logical to invest on 4Gb and up GPUs as it will only be obsolete sometime in 2019. If you paln to buy now, 3Gb cards will only let you mine for approx 5-6 months which I think you haven't get the ROI for that card whereas 4GB gives you 2+ years. Just my two cents.

[P4ndoraBox]

Tried the 1070 Ti.

1060 6 go remain my favorite.

The only card that could beat them, on the long term run, is the 1080 ti.

( My opinion )

[FFI2013]

if you have cheap EC then go with 1060 easy choice  if you want Max Hash per KWh  then go with 1070

Or he could get even higher hash per KWh with GTX 1080 or 1080 Ti. That is if he's not interested in mining Dagger and Neoscrypt (which are too slow with gddr5x). I'm getting way better H/W ratios out of 1080s than out of 1060s and 1070s.

I currently have Msi and pny 1070s and my Msi gaming x out performs the pny's so I just bought one Msi gaming 1060 to see what it can do before I buy more it seems that the Msi gaming cards are a little bit higher in price

[black91]

Tried the 1070 Ti.

1060 6 go remain my favorite.

The only card that could beat them, on the long term run, is the 1080 ti.

( My opinion )

As per my experience, Nvidia GPU always stood up with outstanding performance.

[rahul5635]

Hey Guys, need some help..

I have 3 cards from 3 different manufacturers running on one rig.

--> 1 x Gigabyte windforce 1060 6GB ( Micron memory)
--> 1 x PNY 1060 6gb ( Hynix)
--> 4 x Zotac amp 1060 6gb (Micron mem)


What would be the best settings on afterburner? I am mining using Nicehash(latest version)

Currently I have( for all cards)

Power limit = 70%
Temp limit = 70%
Core = 150
memory clock = 500

From what i have noticed each card has different settings depending on which brand of memory they are using. I am unable to find the sweet spot for the settings.


Please heeeeelppppp!!!!!

[wacko]

Currently I have( for all cards)

Power limit = 70%
Temp limit = 70%
Core = 150
memory clock = 500

From what i have noticed each card has different settings depending on which brand of memory they are using. I am unable to find the sweet spot for the settings.


Please heeeeelppppp!!!!!

There's no such thing as a "sweet spot" regarding different memory types, and there's no way to tune memory other than the frequency (well, you could increase memory voltage with some Palit cards, but not with other brands). So you just overclock as usual — increase the clock until it crashes and then move back a bit. Samsung chips are the best overclockers so you could get more than +500 out of them. With Hynix +500 is probably as far as they go (although do try higher clocks of course). Not sure about Micron, seems to be between Samsung and Hynix in terms of OC capabilities.

People usually search for the "sweet spot" when they tune voltages/clocks — either through the powerlimit slider, or with the curves. Different people have different priorities: some go after the highest h/w (which usually means decreasing the voltage a lot), while others try to push their cards as far as they can by increasing the clocks (if electricity is cheap and they're not overheating — why not). And then there's all kinds of users in between these two extremes.

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There's no such thing as a "sweet spot" regarding different memory types, and there's no way to tune memory other than the frequency (well, you could increase memory voltage with some Palit cards, but not with other brands). So you just overclock as usual — increase the clock until it crashes and then move back a bit. Samsung chips are the best overclockers so you could get more than +500 out of them. With Hynix +500 is probably as far as they go (although do try higher clocks of course). Not sure about Micron, seems to be between Samsung and Hynix in terms of OC capabilities.

People usually search for the "sweet spot" when they tune voltages/clocks — either through the powerlimit slider, or with the curves. Different people have different priorities: some go after the highest h/w (which usually means decreasing the voltage a lot), while others try to push their cards as far as they can by increasing the clocks (if electricity is cheap and they're not overheating — why not). And then there's all kinds of users in between these two extremes.
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I have tried increasing the memory clock and the machine becomes unstable around 600. I am staying in India, ambient temps are high and electricity isnt cheap either.

Guess I will leave these settings for now.

I was just wondering if have GPUs from different brands could possibly make the rig unstable?

[wacko]

I have tried increasing the memory clock and the machine becomes unstable around 600.

Don't increase the memory clocks for all 6 cards at once. Overclock them one at a time. Even better, move them one by one to another system and test them separately: pull one card out, test it in a different system while the other 5 are mining in the main rig, figure out the stable clocks, then put that one back and pull the other one from the main rig etc.

I was just wondering if have GPUs from different brands could possibly make the rig unstable?

No, it has nothing to do with different brands. It's just when you overclock cards in a mining rig the whole system might crash even when just one card is unstable.

[Carlcrypton]

Guys what is your Favorite 1060 model?


are Gigabyte windforce any good?



Im thinking on ZOtacs

[rahul5635]

I have tried increasing the memory clock and the machine becomes unstable around 600.

Don't increase the memory clocks for all 6 cards at once. Overclock them one at a time. Even better, move them one by one to another system and test them separately: pull one card out, test it in a different system while the other 5 are mining the main rig, figure out the stable clocks, then put that one back and pull the other one from the main rig etc.

I was just wondering if have GPUs from different brands could possibly make the rig unstable?

No, it has nothing to do with different brands. It's just when you overclock cards in a mining rig the whole system might crash even when just one card is unstable.

Thats quite a good idea of trying these cards individually on a different system. I will definitely give it a try!

I have to say that I really appreciate you taking the time to answer such noob questions.

I am new to mining and I am still trying to figure things out. It's actually people like you that help me keep going.

Once again really appreciate it!

[Sandy Lesmana]

Hey Guys, need some help..

I have 3 cards from 3 different manufacturers running on one rig.

--> 1 x Gigabyte windforce 1060 6GB ( Micron memory)
--> 1 x PNY 1060 6gb ( Hynix)
--> 4 x Zotac amp 1060 6gb (Micron mem)


What would be the best settings on afterburner? I am mining using Nicehash(latest version)

Currently I have( for all cards)

Power limit = 70%
Temp limit = 70%
Core = 150
memory clock = 500

From what i have noticed each card has different settings depending on which brand of memory they are using. I am unable to find the sweet spot for the settings.


Please heeeeelppppp!!!!!

I am using Zotac AMP GTX1060 6GB (Micron too)
For me, the setting Core Clock +175, Memory Clock +650. The higher i set, my miner get error.
Power limit depend on what you want.
For me :
65% --> 295 Sols/s (+- 77watt, Eff 3.7Sols/watt)
75% --> 310 Sols/s (+- 90watt, Eff 3.5Sols/watt)
85% --> 325 Sols/s (+- 103watt, Eff 3.25Sols/watt)
I prefer 65% power limit, so my temp on 58-60 C.
I am using DSTM Miner on Win7..

Note : I notice something, i don't know if it's true or not.
Before, i am using Seasonic G650 for 4 GTX 1060 AMP and when i set core clock +175, my miner will get error about 12-18hours.
But, after i change my PSU to Corsair RM850X, my miner can stand about a week without get error.
I don't know if the psu could help you stabilize your miner..

[rahul5635]

I am using Zotac AMP GTX1060 6GB (Micron too)
For me, the setting Core Clock +175, Memory Clock +650. The higher i set, my miner get error.
Power limit depend on what you want.
For me :
65% --> 295 Sols/s (+- 77watt, Eff 3.7Sols/watt)
75% --> 310 Sols/s (+- 90watt, Eff 3.5Sols/watt)
85% --> 325 Sols/s (+- 103watt, Eff 3.25Sols/watt)
I prefer 65% power limit, so my temp on 58-60 C.
I am using DSTM Miner on Win7..

Note : I notice something, i don't know if it's true or not.
Before, i am using Seasonic G650 for 4 GTX 1060 AMP and when i set core clock +175, my miner will get error about 12-18hours.
But, after i change my PSU to Corsair RM850X, my miner can stand about a week without get error.
I don't know if the psu could help you stabilize your miner..
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I don't think the power supply makes much of a difference here, I have a RM1000x from corsair.
My miner also crashes after running half a day and just keeps trying to restart. This happens with higher mem clocks.
At the moment I have set memory clock to +500 and and power limit to 70

From what I have seen Equihash depends on core clocks. Higher the core clock is, better hashes you get.

I am still trying to mess with the settings. Trying one GPU at a time on a standalone machine as suggested by wacko.

[wacko]

From what I have seen Equihash depends on core clocks. Higher the core clock is, better hashes you get.

Equihash is both core and memory dependant, but the priority is the core clock. Some algos are very memory dependent (like Dagger), some are not memory dependent at all (skunk, skein and many others), and some are in between (equihash, timetravel10). With equihash it might also depend on the type of memory used, I think GDDR5 cards benefit from memory OC more than the ones with GDDR5X, at least my 1060s and 1070s seem to like increased memory clocks more than 1080s and 1080 tis.

[VoskCoin]

Has anyone tried mining using the below cards?

1. ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition, 3GB, GDDR5, 192 bit
2. Inno3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2, 3GB, GDDR5, 192 bit
3. Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB GDDR5 192bit

I'm currently interested in building a rig and would like some opinions.

Thanks!

Here's a chart that shows cost vs hashrate for different 3GB cards.
https://www.pyramidreviews.com/cryptocorner/mining-gpu-speed-and-price-comparison/ethereum-mining-speed-gpu-comparison-for-gtx1060-3gb/

Those 3 cards should mine about the same speed, but the Inno3d and Palit are usually way more expensive than the Zotac so they aren't as profitable to buy.

If you are buying cards these days, chances are they will come with Hynix memory, so mining Ethash won't be as profitable as mining Equihash.

Have any brands proven to be just X Memory

So for example the single fan evga cards, are they all Samsung?

How is the site linked accurate if memory varies within the same card model? Or is that not the case?

[wacko]

Have any brands proven to be just X Memory

So for example the single fan evga cards, are they all Samsung?

Nope, it's the same thing as happened with 1070 cards, which were all shipping with Samsung memory chips at first, but then pretty much all switched to Micron, and there was no sure way to tell what you're getting beforehand (I think now they're all Micron). I've seen people contacting mfgs asking about 1060s, and the replies they got were all "we can't guarantee any particular memory type for any particular batch". Sometimes they do mention the memory type for mining-specific 1060 cards, but then it's always in the card's name.

How is the site linked accurate if memory varies within the same card model? Or is that not the case?

It's not accurate, the only point of that article is just to get people click on those referral links to Amazon and make some scrap to the site owner (although you know that since you post similar links yourself).