GTX 1060 altcoin mining

[richpress]

Hello miners, I'm fairly new to the altcoin mining world and I've stumbled across this forums as a major reference everytime I look for information.
My question is very simple, I have gaming computer that's not used anymore and I would like to start mining with it, it has a GTX 1060 6GB gpu in it
What coin/algo mining works best with it ? what are some of your hashrate using the same card for compare?

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[JaredKaragen]

Id suggest either lyra2v2 or skein.  Some people are very heavy on recommending ZEC/equihash, but I personally see more profits with the others.

I have a few batch files linked in my sig for mining on zpool.  all payouts will be in BTC no matter what you mine; or in the altcoin of your choice that the pool also mines.   Just add or remove the algos you do not wish to run; or leave all enabled.

Links to all the miners I use are also in the same post, or linked via the original post through there.

[richpress]

Id suggest either lyra2v2 or skein.  Some people are very heavy on recommending ZEC/equihash, but I personally see more profits with the others.

I have a few batch files linked in my sig for mining on zpool.  all payouts will be in BTC no matter what you mine; or in the altcoin of your choice that the pool also mines.   Just add or remove the algos you do not wish to run; or leave all enabled.

Links to all the miners I use are also in the same post, or linked via the original post through there.

Thank you very much, yes I've been running nheqminer overnight to test it and it wasn't very impressive. I'll give your batch a try and post the results here.

[Ayers]

Hello miners, I'm fairly new to the altcoin mining world and I've stumbled across this forums as a major reference everytime I look for information.
My question is very simple, I have gaming computer that's not used anymore and I would like to start mining with it, it has a GTX 1060 6GB gpu in it
What coin/algo mining works best with it ? what are some of your hashrate using the same card for compare?

i suggest to mine lbry or zcash, they are the best one for nvidia for now, but one single 1060 can't do much, on lbry only 180MH and on zcash only 280 sol, whattomine say that you might earn $2 a day, but you need to factor in the electricity which you didn't tell

[JaredKaragen]

Id suggest either lyra2v2 or skein.  Some people are very heavy on recommending ZEC/equihash, but I personally see more profits with the others.

I have a few batch files linked in my sig for mining on zpool.  all payouts will be in BTC no matter what you mine; or in the altcoin of your choice that the pool also mines.   Just add or remove the algos you do not wish to run; or leave all enabled.

Links to all the miners I use are also in the same post, or linked via the original post through there.

Thank you very much, yes I've been running nheqminer overnight to test it and it wasn't very impressive. I'll give your batch a try and post the results here.

Sounds good.  Just remember, some altcoins like those in lyra2 are long-confirm, etc... or high diff, thus you will see periods of small gains then big jumps... But if you want to just run one algo, you can use something like this:

Code:

:start
ccminer.exe -a skein -i 26 -o stratum+tcp://skein.mine.zpool.ca:4933 -u 1PHSDYvVp6HpqtuUPocK41DrdeHbbezaeP -p i7-920-GPU,c=BTC,skein,stats
goto start

Very simple;  effective.  I have added a good intensity to run the 10 series cards with.... default intensity was 20.  A 1070 goes from 360Mh to over 400Mh.

If you want a different algo;  be sure to change all the algo names in the batch example above, be sure to update the port as well.   You can remove or change the first part of the password field (just an identifier) and be sure to select the coin you are getting paid out with as I have (BTC).

If you read the zpool.ca main page, it explains all of this, but seeing the launch string, makes it much more understandable to the beginners.


Personally, I haven't used my auto profit switching in the past many many months;  Just been sticking with one algo;  Id rather take the lions share of the payout on chance, than only try and earn when the pool luck has struck causing the profitability figure to rise....    I see more "good profit" days this way... At least I think I do.

[richpress]

Hello miners, I'm fairly new to the altcoin mining world and I've stumbled across this forums as a major reference everytime I look for information.
My question is very simple, I have gaming computer that's not used anymore and I would like to start mining with it, it has a GTX 1060 6GB gpu in it
What coin/algo mining works best with it ? what are some of your hashrate using the same card for compare?

i suggest to mine lbry or zcash, they are the best one for nvidia for now, but one single 1060 can't do much, on lbry only 180MH and on zcash only 280 sol, whattomine say that you might earn $2 a day, but you need to factor in the electricity which you didn't tell

Actually $2 a day seems profitable to me because electricity isn't as expensive where i live, still it sucks as a ROI if i wanna let say buy a couple more GPUs. Thank you for the advice

[Redrose]

Hello miners, I'm fairly new to the altcoin mining world and I've stumbled across this forums as a major reference everytime I look for information.
My question is very simple, I have gaming computer that's not used anymore and I would like to start mining with it, it has a GTX 1060 6GB gpu in it
What coin/algo mining works best with it ? what are some of your hashrate using the same card for compare?

i suggest to mine lbry or zcash, they are the best one for nvidia for now, but one single 1060 can't do much, on lbry only 180MH and on zcash only 280 sol, whattomine say that you might earn $2 a day, but you need to factor in the electricity which you didn't tell

Actually $2 a day seems profitable to me because electricity isn't as expensive where i live, still it sucks as a ROI if i wanna let say buy a couple more GPUs. Thank you for the advice

Well, it is not 2$ a day. Count more on 1,5$/day, for now. What I recommend you to mine with this card is Lbry and ZCash, classic and normal. Ethereum is also interesting but gives lesser profits.

[richpress]

Id suggest either lyra2v2 or skein.  Some people are very heavy on recommending ZEC/equihash, but I personally see more profits with the others.

I have a few batch files linked in my sig for mining on zpool.  all payouts will be in BTC no matter what you mine; or in the altcoin of your choice that the pool also mines.   Just add or remove the algos you do not wish to run; or leave all enabled.

Links to all the miners I use are also in the same post, or linked via the original post through there.

Thank you very much, yes I've been running nheqminer overnight to test it and it wasn't very impressive. I'll give your batch a try and post the results here.

Sounds good.  Just remember, some altcoins like those in lyra2 are long-confirm, etc... or high diff, thus you will see periods of small gains then big jumps... But if you want to just run one algo, you can use something like this:

Code:

:start
ccminer.exe -a skein -i 26 -o stratum+tcp://skein.mine.zpool.ca:4933 -u 1PHSDYvVp6HpqtuUPocK41DrdeHbbezaeP -p i7-920-GPU,c=BTC,skein,stats
goto start

Very simple;  effective.  I have added a good intensity to run the 10 series cards with.... default intensity was 20.  A 1070 goes from 360Mh to over 400Mh.

If you want a different algo;  be sure to change all the algo names in the batch example above, be sure to update the port as well.   You can remove or change the first part of the password field (just an identifier) and be sure to select the coin you are getting paid out with as I have (BTC).

If you read the zpool.ca main page, it explains all of this, but seeing the launch string, makes it much more understandable to the beginners.


Personally, I haven't used my auto profit switching in the past many many months;  Just been sticking with one algo;  Id rather take the lions share of the payout on chance, than only try and earn when the pool luck has struck causing the profitability figure to rise....    I see more "good profit" days this way... At least I think I do.

I've been running your zpool bash script for a bunch of algos for the past 2 hours and it's much better  than what I had before, I think i'll leave it for 24hours, then run a single algo for another 24 hours and keep switching for the next days and compare, I'm sure i'll end up using your method because that "nice profit day" always feels so good !

[JaredKaragen]

yep, totally understood right there.

There are some slow days, but they aren't really that bad or common.

With 3 GPU's, I easily pull in .15-.2BTC/mo. (1070, 980, 960) and typically see .005/day minimum.

[richpress]

That's really nice, maybe in a couple of months i'll add another GPU, I'm thinking the 1070 or the 1080.
Do you mind sharing more details about your rig ? i'm trying to learn as much as i can but nothing beat the hands-on experience you guys have already.

[JaredKaragen]

That's really nice, maybe in a couple of months i'll add another GPU, I'm thinking the 1070 or the 1080.
Do you mind sharing more details about your rig ? i'm trying to learn as much as i can but nothing beat the hands-on experience you guys have already.

not much to describe; 

one is a EVGA Classified board;  X58;  1st gen i7-920; 8G 1333 DDR3, 1x gtx980, 1x gtx 960

One other is almost identical but has the X58 classified SLI board instead; and has a 1070.  A friend runs his 1070 at home when hes not using his machine.


The hard part for most people are getting the drivers installed for multiple brands/makes of video cards and trying to overclocked mixed gpu systems.

Otherwise;  they basically just look like normal PC's or rack mount servers and are loaded with an os in the same manner.   Typically I have been using windows 10 on the miners I build;  I just modify the hosts file to block all tracking/update services via DWS10.

[PandaPanda!]

I'm currently testing a 1060 3GB rig (Samsung memory) and with a stable overclock (running over 24hours now without any crashes), pulling in 300-315sol/s per card on ZCash with EWBF's miner.  Less power, less heat, and considerably faster than an equally priced RX470 4GB.  Of course, ETH mining only gets around 24-25MH compared to 30MH on a 470, but if its all about the power consumption and keeping the heat down, then you can't go wrong with a 1060.  I'm actually going to purchase another couple rigs with these cards.  They are super easy to configure and just work.  No need for BIOS mods or anything tricky.

If you compare pricing between 1060/1070/1080, you will notice that you get the best $/hash with a 1060.  1070 is more than double the price of a 1060, yet the hash rate is only around 1.5x.

[JaredKaragen]

I'm currently testing a 1060 3GB rig (Samsung memory) and with a stable overclock (running over 24hours now without any crashes), pulling in 300-315sol/s per card on ZCash with EWBF's miner.  Less power, less heat, and considerably faster than an equally priced RX470 4GB.  Of course, ETH mining only gets around 24-25MH compared to 30MH on a 470, but if its all about the power consumption and keeping the heat down, then you can't go wrong with a 1060.  I'm actually going to purchase another couple rigs with these cards.  They are super easy to configure and just work.  No need for BIOS mods or anything tricky.

If you compare pricing between 1060/1070/1080, you will notice that you get the best $/hash with a 1060.  1070 is more than double the price of a 1060, yet the hash rate is only around 1.5x.

Meh, dont waste your time with eth honestly.

$ per hash... yeah;  but;  the time to ROI also goes further back as you are populating more systems.  For the frugal spender, you are absolutely correct, but when ROI is attained;   you can sell them for ANY price; and make a killing on profit.  This is also considering how easily you could sell a cut rate price on a 1080 or 1080ti, vs a lower model card...   just like comparing resale values of titan cards....   they arent cheap yet; and several models have superseded them.

I was amazed at how well a machine with 1080's earned.  That machine now pays off a video card each month.  Each one paid off, is another added... you can see where this goes quickly....   I recommended the 1070 to him, but hes a "balls out" kinda guy.

[Cereberus]

I am one of the most experienced mining with that specific card here. To make a long story short:

"Only mine Zcash with it, through EBWF Cuda Miner or Nicehash"

Personally I am using Nicehash and I am very happy with the results, 0.0012-0.0015 btc per day.

It is also good for Eth mining, of course it cannot be compared with the RX series, but it can do 19 Mhash if you are one that thinks price of Ethereum will go higher and higher.

[bel123]

what gtx 1060 3gb cards and what 6gb do you suggest?

With 3GB it is real possible to get more then 300 sol/s?

[JaredKaragen]

what gtx 1060 3gb cards and what 6gb do you suggest?

With 3GB it is real possible to get more then 300 sol/s?

for build quality and reliability, i only buy evga now.  Have never been disappointed.

They are all relatively the same; and you mainly want to pay more for the better cooler if anything(ACX 2.0/3.0, one or two fan, etc)... the rest will be fluff, or including things like a factory OC (superclocked, etc), or more power phases (FTW).  Rig card count density, room temp/airflow and model of card chosen will dictate if you need the better cooler or not.

I don't mine equihash, never saw as good profit than I see from other algos, so cant comment further.

[bel123]

Anybody tested these 3GB cards?

3GB Palit GeForce GTX 1060 DUAL Aktiv PCIe 3.0 x16
3GB KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC Aktiv PCIe 3.0 x16
KFA² GeForce GTX 1060 EX OC 3072MB GDDR5

[zer0k]

I am one of the most experienced mining with that specific card here. To make a long story short:

"Only mine Zcash with it, through EBWF Cuda Miner or Nicehash"

Personally I am using Nicehash and I am very happy with the results, 0.0012-0.0015 btc per day.

It is also good for Eth mining, of course it cannot be compared with the RX series, but it can do 19 Mhash if you are one that thinks price of Ethereum will go higher and higher.

Any thoughts on flypool?

https://zcash.flypool.org

It's early days, but I switched my test rig over there using EWBF and I'm seeing slightly better results than nicehash

[richpress]

I am one of the most experienced mining with that specific card here. To make a long story short:

"Only mine Zcash with it, through EBWF Cuda Miner or Nicehash"

Personally I am using Nicehash and I am very happy with the results, 0.0012-0.0015 btc per day.

It is also good for Eth mining, of course it cannot be compared with the RX series, but it can do 19 Mhash if you are one that thinks price of Ethereum will go higher and higher.

Thank you so much for the insight, I'll test it out starting tomorrow. Any Zcash pool you recommend as well ?

[Noone.Noface]

I am one of the most experienced mining with that specific card here. To make a long story short:

"Only mine Zcash with it, through EBWF Cuda Miner or Nicehash"

Personally I am using Nicehash and I am very happy with the results, 0.0012-0.0015 btc per day.

It is also good for Eth mining, of course it cannot be compared with the RX series, but it can do 19 Mhash if you are one that thinks price of Ethereum will go higher and higher.

Thank you so much for the insight, I'll test it out starting tomorrow. Any Zcash pool you recommend as well ?

You should try to ping the pool first, if the latency is around 100-180ms is  ok . I suggest http://zcash.flypool.org

[zer0k]

After a bit of tweaking, I've settled on the following for my EVGA 1060 6GB SSC card in my main work/gaming PC:

Power target: 61%
Temp target: 90C
GPU offset: +90
Mem offset: +900
Fan target: 45%

Clocks are at ~1900 core and 9600 memory and this nets me ~310 sol/s @ 90W which ends up being around 3.4 Sol/W
The temperature is right around 67C and the fan noise is very quiet

The best thing is I can just work away, watch videos etc. and I barely even notice that it's mining

[richpress]

You should try to ping the pool first, if the latency is around 100-180ms is  ok . I suggest http://zcash.flypool.org

30 ms latency, I'll try it tonight thank you !

After a bit of tweaking, I've settled on the following for my EVGA 1060 6GB SSC card in my main work/gaming PC:

Power target: 61%
Temp target: 90C
GPU offset: +90
Mem offset: +900
Fan target: 45%

Clocks are at ~1900 core and 9600 memory and this nets me ~310 sol/s @ 90W which ends up being around 3.4 Sol/W
The temperature is right around 67C and the fan noise is very quiet

The best thing is I can just work away, watch videos etc. and I barely even notice that it's mining

Alright thank you for sharing, I'll apply these settings when i start mining and tell you the results.

[Bones972]

Anyone know if the Mini 1060's are any good or should I stick with the full sized one?  

For some reason I just have a problem thinking the mini cards will be as good as a full sized card?

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487263&cm_re=gtx_1060-_-14-487-263-_-Product

vs

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487275&cm_re=gtx_1060-_-14-487-275-_-Product

Also... Should you stick to 3gb or 6gb for mining?

[JaredKaragen]

Anyone know if the Mini 1060's are any good or should I stick with the full sized one?  

For some reason I just have a problem thinking the mini cards will be as good as a full sized card?

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487263&cm_re=gtx_1060-_-14-487-263-_-Product

vs

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487275&cm_re=gtx_1060-_-14-487-275-_-Product

Also... Should you stick to 3gb or 6gb for mining?

see my previous reply on the first page.

[gerietis]

I did testing for best "Sols/Eecticity cost" ratio on my GTX 1060 MSI.
Best results:

Power target: 72%
Temp target: 80C
GPU offset: +200
Mem offset: +900
Fan target: 75%

It make ~300 Sol/s at this settings.
You results may differ if you have different electricity costs. In my place it is 0.114 Eur/kWh

[Noone.Noface]

Anyone know if the Mini 1060's are any good or should I stick with the full sized one?  

For some reason I just have a problem thinking the mini cards will be as good as a full sized card?

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487263&cm_re=gtx_1060-_-14-487-263-_-Product

vs

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487275&cm_re=gtx_1060-_-14-487-275-_-Product

Also... Should you stick to 3gb or 6gb for mining?

Hey man,
I'm mining with Gigabyte GTX 1060 WF2 OC 3GB with the detail below
CORE +100
MEM + 900
Power -20%
280sol/s

[Bones972]

Anyone know if the Mini 1060's are any good or should I stick with the full sized one?  

For some reason I just have a problem thinking the mini cards will be as good as a full sized card?

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487263&cm_re=gtx_1060-_-14-487-263-_-Product

vs

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487275&cm_re=gtx_1060-_-14-487-275-_-Product

Also... Should you stick to 3gb or 6gb for mining?

see my previous reply on the first page.

I completely missed that one man... I am sorry.  Good stuff.  I am building a Zec rig this weekend so i think Ill be tossing a couple of 1060's in there. 
Thanks!!

[JaredKaragen]

no prob.   the only one that you really have to be concerned with right now (thats a good earner) to have high mem is eth...  Otherwise, don't worry about buying one with more ram unless you want the resale value to be a bit higher in the future.

[mankeen]

[Cereberus]

My Palit StormX does normally 250-275 sol/s but in some very rare cases it goes up to 309 sol/s. My settings are as follows:

Stock settings, only have changed fan speed to 85% to keep maximum temperature of my card 74 degree celsius.

That's the maximum you can get from a Nvidia Gtx 1060 3gb card.

[JaredKaragen]

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There are much more profitable coins/algos out there.....  check my post history.  I've said it a million times, and several have seen the results I speak of.

Don't follow what others say, do the math yourself on the spot and you'd be surprised at what is more profitable.