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June 04, 2017, 08:14:43 AM |
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With RX 480/470s vanishing from the entire globe, I wonder what could be the best alternative in terms of hardware cost, power consumption and Hashing rate?
Moreover as most of us would be using the RXs, what could be a compatible GPU, to add to existing rig with RX 480s.
Could GTX1060 sit comfortably with RX480s on windows 7?
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June 04, 2017, 08:15:59 AM |
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570/580
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June 04, 2017, 08:56:50 AM |
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570/580
Running out of stock almost everywhere  and if available, are overpriced. |
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June 04, 2017, 09:09:38 AM |
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570/580
That Troll  You need to wait about 2-3 weeks to be again in stock. 1060 has lower hashes, 23-24MH/s I think look at benchmarks, but better power consumption. |
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June 04, 2017, 12:18:28 PM |
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Mixing AMD and NVidia on the same machine is pretty easy to do under Windows - it's one of the VERY rare things Windows does better than LINUX.
Stability takes a hit, but it DOES work.
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June 04, 2017, 03:48:10 PM |
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How about GTX 1070, I read on one of the forums that it produces 29 MHs @ 90 Watts. Should I go ahead and add a couple of 1070s to the rig, or would you suggest 1060s? - Considering the fact that 1070's cost a little less than double of 1060's
- If 1060's, would 3 GB make sense or would it lag far behind the 6 GB version
- Out of MSI / ASUS / GAINWARD / ZOTAC, which one should be preferred
- How different would be the OC versions and Gaming X versions
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June 04, 2017, 03:51:04 PM |
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Mixing AMD and NVidia on the same machine is pretty easy to do under Windows - it's one of the VERY rare things Windows does better than LINUX.
Stability takes a hit, but it DOES work.
works well and is virtually painless under windows 10  windows 7 is different beast all together  |
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June 04, 2017, 09:14:23 PM |
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Mixing AMD and NVidia on the same machine is pretty easy to do under Windows - it's one of the VERY rare things Windows does better than LINUX.
Stability takes a hit, but it DOES work.
works well and is virtually painless under windows 10 windows 7 is different beast all together Nope - I find mixed rigs under 7 to be MORE stable than 10 - though not by a lot - and NO more difficult to set up. Mining ETH on a 1070 is not a real good choice - ZEC would be a better choice, some of the smaller-cap coins better yet, under current conditions (skein and groetsl based coins like DGB have been VERY nice most of the last couple weeks). 29 Mh/sec on ETH out of a 1070 is reasonable, but 90 watts would need better-than-average memory to achieve. 400+ sol/sec on ZEC out of a 1070 is trivial using EBWF miner, and you probably can get there with some tweeking on under 100 watts. |
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June 10, 2017, 04:58:19 PM |
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So finally I went ahead with Zotac GTX 1060 3 GBs.
Created 2 new rigs of 5 cards each.
Using claymore miner and stock settings, each card gives ~18.5 MH/s.
The best thing about this card is the power usage, I have both the rigs using ANTEC 750 Watts supplies and are doing good. Tough the GPU-Z, for some reasons, would show the power consumption in % of TDP, I believe that the cards are taking no more than 70-75 watts each.
My previous 2 rigs with 5 x RX 480 each, needed additional PSUs as each card was consuming ~95 watts, and one of them, for some reasons, 125W.
Any suggestions towards increasing the MH/s for 1060s?
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June 10, 2017, 05:54:10 PM |
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So finally I went ahead with Zotac GTX 1060 3 GBs.
Created 2 new rigs of 5 cards each.
Using claymore miner and stock settings, each card gives ~18.5 MH/s.
The best thing about this card is the power usage, I have both the rigs using ANTEC 750 Watts supplies and are doing good. Tough the GPU-Z, for some reasons, would show the power consumption in % of TDP, I believe that the cards are taking no more than 70-75 watts each.
My previous 2 rigs with 5 x RX 480 each, needed additional PSUs as each card was consuming ~95 watts, and one of them, for some reasons, 125W.
Any suggestions towards increasing the MH/s for 1060s?
Yes, stop mining ETH like someone said before and mine ZEC instead. |
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June 10, 2017, 07:48:21 PM |
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So finally I went ahead with Zotac GTX 1060 3 GBs.
Created 2 new rigs of 5 cards each.
Using claymore miner and stock settings, each card gives ~18.5 MH/s.
The best thing about this card is the power usage, I have both the rigs using ANTEC 750 Watts supplies and are doing good. Tough the GPU-Z, for some reasons, would show the power consumption in % of TDP, I believe that the cards are taking no more than 70-75 watts each.
My previous 2 rigs with 5 x RX 480 each, needed additional PSUs as each card was consuming ~95 watts, and one of them, for some reasons, 125W.
Any suggestions towards increasing the MH/s for 1060s?
Yes, stop mining ETH like someone said before and mine ZEC instead. That is right. For the nvidia cards, it is better to mine zec. |
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June 10, 2017, 10:14:59 PM |
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Read here thats easy to mix AMD and Nvidia Cards on Win10. Out of curiosity the will to expand how it is possible to mix the drivers ?  |
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June 10, 2017, 11:19:47 PM |
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Only problem is the 1060 6Gb and 1070 ... and 1080 are ridiculously priced
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June 11, 2017, 05:53:37 AM |
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You haven't been looking at RX 470/480/570/580 prices - when you can find ANY AT ALL - lately.
My check of NewEgg just before I logged over here showed the LOWEST such card at over $600, and only 4 options in stock (many OUT OF STOCK for under $400 but are those going to STAY under $400 when they finally ARE in stock?)
To be fair, 1070 pricing seems to have taken a sudden jump into low-end 1080 territory the last couple of days, and I'm noticing a shortage of certain models as well.
Ran across an interesting article - seems like Samsun and Micron are both having major "teething pains" trying to transition to new "sub-20nm" process, to the point they're not meeting production goals. Hynix on the other hand is not transitioning.
Apparently this is feeding a price rise on DDR4 across the board (and I would PRESUME it's also affecting GDDR5 for the same reason) and is also feeding shortages.
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June 11, 2017, 12:59:49 PM |
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I am using 1060 3GB Mini with single fan option.
The rigs are running cooler and better as compared to 480's
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June 11, 2017, 06:59:35 PM |
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I am using 1060 3GB Mini with single fan option.
The rigs are running cooler and better as compared to 480's
Better in which way? The hashrates must be a way lower. |
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June 11, 2017, 08:13:48 PM |
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Read here thats easy to mix AMD and Nvidia Cards on Win10. Out of curiosity the will to expand how it is possible to mix the drivers ? install both drivers. its pretty much as simple as that IMO. ive got a mixed rig of 270x and 1070 cards |
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June 11, 2017, 08:15:47 PM |
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I am using 1060 3GB Mini with single fan option.
The rigs are running cooler and better as compared to 480's
Better in which way? The hashrates must be a way lower. zec hashrate beats the 480, and eth hashrate is still ~3/4 as much at a similar/lower price and better power usage. you can find the mini 1060 cards for as little as $200usd/$260cad |
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June 11, 2017, 10:26:46 PM |
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