Best GPU's to mine ZCASH with?

[VoskCoin]

Wanting to add this video to this thread, super relevant and I hope it helps someone
I go over some of the best settings Overclock settings for max hashrates w/ dstm equihash miner but will apply relatively to other miners such as ewbf and bminer

https://youtu.be/7oDkGfoJYso

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[Afshin]

I have 2 rigs on ZEC mining :

RIG01
7x MSI 1060 Gaming X (320-340 Sol/s)
4x ZOTAC 1070 amp (464-492 Sol/s)
1x GIGABYTE 1070 (465-487 Sol/s)
=>1070 cards on power limit %100 and Memory clock (+800-900 in afterburner)
=>1060 cards on power limit %100 and Memory clock 4475 (+675 in afterburner)
Total speed : 4777 Sol/s (MAX)

7x MSI 1060 Gaming X (320-340 Sol/s)
4x ZOTAC 1070 amp (420-440 Sol/s)
1x GIGABYTE 1070 (410-420)
=> 1070 cards on power limit %60 and Memory clock 4151 MHz (+300-350 in afterburner)
=> 1060 cards on power limit %100 and Memory clock 4475 (+675 in afterburner)
Total speed : 4476 Sol/s (MAX)

RIG02
6x MSI 1060 Mining (297-316 Sols/s)
1x MSI 1060 OCV2 (336 Sol/s) MAX
1x MSI 1060 Gaming X (320-340 Sol/s)
=> 1060 Mining cards on power limit %100 and Memory clock 4104 MHz (+100 in afterburner)
=> 1060 OCV2 on power limit %108 and Memory clock 4176 MHz (+375 in afterburner)
Total speed : 2508 Sol/s (MAX)

6x MSI 1060 Mining (271-291 Sols/s)
1x MSI 1060 OCV2 (336 Sol/s) MAX
1x MSI 1060 Gaming X (320-340 Sol/s)
=> 1060 Mining cards on power limit %65 and Memory clock 4082 MHz (+75 in afterburner)
=> 1060 OCV2 on power limit %108 and Memory clock 4176 MHz (+375 in afterburner)
Total speed : 2276 Sol/s (MAX)

Miner : ZEC Miner EWBF - NVIDIA WINDOWS Bench
Pool : Flypool

so I think 1070 is best for ZEC
I use under volt mode because i dont want to barbecue my cards just for 50 box more per year  

[madnessteat]

Also, I always thought that the best card for ZEC mining is GTX 1070ti. My choice was the ASUS STRIX GeForce STRIX GTX 1070 Ti Advanced A8G 8.0 GB. The ratio of price and quality suits me.

[@@@Brain@@@]

AMD- Advanced Micro Devices brand GPU’s
Nvidia – Nvidia Brand GPU’s

[ashaksagnis]

For now I have rig of 6 msi armor 1080 cards. totally satisfied. I think 1080 is best cards right now in terms of price and profitability.

[TwisterPipister]

Also, I always thought that the best card for ZEC mining is GTX 1070ti. My choice was the ASUS STRIX GeForce STRIX GTX 1070 Ti Advanced A8G 8.0 GB. The ratio of price and quality suits me.

Well, I do not know, the GTX 1070 ti is definitely the most energy efficient card, but I would probably prefer to take 2 GTX 1060 3gb, more hash rate, less costs, on daggerhashimoto can give 48 M/hash if you will be lacy to get Samsung memory, the only disadvantage is the power consumption and the fact that 2 PCE slots occupy.

[ivakar]

well, kinda agree here
if we are speaking about performance/cost ratio - then the best choice would be gtx1070ti
it is really fast, if you are lucky you can grab a card which overclocks really high and can reach the gtx1080 level of performance, but still at much better price level...
so hunt those cards down and grab them if you can)

[VoskCoin]

Also, I always thought that the best card for ZEC mining is GTX 1070ti. My choice was the ASUS STRIX GeForce STRIX GTX 1070 Ti Advanced A8G 8.0 GB. The ratio of price and quality suits me.

Well, I do not know, the GTX 1070 ti is definitely the most energy efficient card, but I would probably prefer to take 2 GTX 1060 3gb, more hash rate, less costs, on daggerhashimoto can give 48 M/hash if you will be lacy to get Samsung memory, the only disadvantage is the power consumption and the fact that 2 PCE slots occupy.

why are we talking about equihash (zec) and ethash (eth) mining?! those are ASIC algos now!


Ugh, looking back on this thread, how quickly times are changing!

The good news is that equihash gpu mining discussion is still valid with some of the recent equihash forks (zhash and 210,0 params)

[miningchamp93]

Best GPUs for mining Zcash

Gtx 1080 Ti
https://miningchamp.com/gpus/57/Evga-GeForce-GTX-1080-Ti-hashrate

GTX 1080
https://miningchamp.com/gpus/83/KFA2-GeForce-GTX-1080-EXOC-8GB-hashrate

GTX 1070Ti
https://miningchamp.com/gpus/125/Nvidia-GTX-1070-Ti-hashrate

GTX 1070
https://miningchamp.com/gpus/53/Asus-GeForce-1070-hashrate

All numbers listed here aren’t guaranteed. They should be considered guidance about how your future cards should perform. If you’re buying a new rig of cards, I suggest that you do further research about the cards themselves, the software, and the configuration.
One of the most important things is the power supply. A rig of GTX 1080Ti’s will probably need about 1500-1800w. So you should get a power supply that will provide that range.
Whatever software, graphics card, or power supply you choose, always remember to have fun building your rig!

[Metroid]

why are we talking about equihash (zec) and ethash (eth) mining?! those are ASIC algos now!
Ugh, looking back on this thread, how quickly times are changing!

Funny thing is that trolls thought they could buy 100000000000 rx 580 for $1000 each and $1500 for each gtx 1080ti using a credit card and mine forever with them hehe, in the end they lost huge and most are in debt and you will hear from them their gpus are paid off hehe, how shameful, they will never admit they lost money, their ego is greater than the money they lost ehhe

[gwestcot]

Also, I always thought that the best card for ZEC mining is GTX 1070ti. My choice was the ASUS STRIX GeForce STRIX GTX 1070 Ti Advanced A8G 8.0 GB. The ratio of price and quality suits me.

Well, I do not know, the GTX 1070 ti is definitely the most energy efficient card, but I would probably prefer to take 2 GTX 1060 3gb, more hash rate, less costs, on daggerhashimoto can give 48 M/hash if you will be lacy to get Samsung memory, the only disadvantage is the power consumption and the fact that 2 PCE slots occupy.

why are we talking about equihash (zec) and ethash (eth) mining?! those are ASIC algos now!


Ugh, looking back on this thread, how quickly times are changing!

The good news is that equihash gpu mining discussion is still valid with some of the recent equihash forks (zhash and 210,0 params)

Facts... I have 12 Innosilicon A9 Zmasters on the way. 50k sols each is too much to pass up and they beat Bitmain to the punch which is great for me.

[Marvell2]

why are we talking about equihash (zec) and ethash (eth) mining?! those are ASIC algos now!
Ugh, looking back on this thread, how quickly times are changing!

Funny thing is that trolls thought they could buy 100000000000 rx 580 for $1000 each and $1500 for each gtx 1080ti using a credit card and mine forever with them hehe, in the end they lost huge and most are in debt and you will hear from them their gpus are paid off hehe, how shameful, they will never admit they lost money, their ego is greater than the money they lost ehhe

come on no one paid $1000 for a 580, maybe $700

[gwestcot]

why are we talking about equihash (zec) and ethash (eth) mining?! those are ASIC algos now!
Ugh, looking back on this thread, how quickly times are changing!

Funny thing is that trolls thought they could buy 100000000000 rx 580 for $1000 each and $1500 for each gtx 1080ti using a credit card and mine forever with them hehe, in the end they lost huge and most are in debt and you will hear from them their gpus are paid off hehe, how shameful, they will never admit they lost money, their ego is greater than the money they lost ehhe

come on no one paid $1000 for a 580, maybe $700

Hell I never paid more than 750 for a 1080 TI even at the peak. Additionally, mining did prove to kickstart my stack in 2017. I did very well and cashed out and bought a home. Now I am coming full circle back to mining. You can definitely still make money right now but it requires a bit more savvy and patience. 

[Auponef]

why are we talking about equihash (zec) and ethash (eth) mining?! those are ASIC algos now!
Ugh, looking back on this thread, how quickly times are changing!

Funny thing is that trolls thought they could buy 100000000000 rx 580 for $1000 each and $1500 for each gtx 1080ti using a credit card and mine forever with them hehe, in the end they lost huge and most are in debt and you will hear from them their gpus are paid off hehe, how shameful, they will never admit they lost money, their ego is greater than the money they lost ehhe

The price of RX580 is below $500 now.

[jaryfaaad]

This was really helpful !!

[reactgirolles6]

To build that up you will need molex and Sata as that will clearly help you.

[vuli1]

for Zcash, nvidia cards rules. end of story

[VoskCoin]

for Zcash, nvidia cards rules. end of story

ASICs* lol

[adaseb]

This topic might as well be locked.

There are NO gpus to mine ZCASH with anymore unless they decide to fork to a different algo.

Every since the ZEC introduction, every hold of a Radeon 7970/280X switched to ZEC and mined at 300H/s. Good profits were made.

Ever since these ASICs started popping up from various manufacteurs, the only coin slightly profitable with the 280X is XMR. So it wasn't only Nvidia's GPUs that are suffering, its also the older AMDs which couldn't mine ETH due to the DAG Thrashing bug.

[SchiefelbeinBTC]

The 3gb performance is below 300 if I am not wrong and i guess you are talking  about 6gb.