[HARDWARE][NVIDIA] Pascal GP106-100 - True Mining GPU

[Mattthev]

I don't know if somebody start whole topic for this GPU? I saw topic for the mining rig only.

Here are some links and informations.
Pros

• True mining GPU
• No video output
• Probably good cooling for 24/7
• Price? $200?
• In stock?

Cons

• 90 days warranty? This is impossible in EU for consumers so they will be sold only for companies?!
• 1060 chipset
• 192 bit memory bus?
• Low hashrates
• Almost no resale potential!

Hashrates
8x of these GPUs: 200 MH/s for ETH, 2500 Sol/s for ZEC, 4400 H/s for XMR.
That's pretty low! Mainly for XMR... 5x RX 470 can have more than these 8 GPUs...

NEW: https://videocardz.com/70254/asus-colorful-and-msi-showcase-their-mining-graphics-cards
http://cryptomining-blog.com/tag/gp106-100/
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/57914/gpu-mining-system-spotted-8-nvidia-gp106-gpus/index.html
http://wccftech.com/nvidia-pascal-gpu-cryptocurrency-ethereum-mining/

What do you think?

[bathrobehero]

I think nvidia's finger is not on the pulse of GPU mining; these cards are slow/offer poor densitiy, 90-day warranty is a joke and will be likely hard to come by.

And realistically, the success of GPU mining stems from everyone having GPUs. If, in a few years cheap mining-only GPUs push regular GPUs out of the mining market then we'll have the same centralized nonsense as with ASICs.

Personally I hope this will be a flop - which so far it looks like it will - and they stop.

[adaseb]

It depends on the price. If its 2 weeks ROI then sure.

[Mattthev]

I think nvidia's finger is not on the pulse of GPU mining; these cards are slow/offer poor densitiy, 90-day warranty is a joke and will be likely hard to come by.

And realistically, the success of GPU mining stems from everyone having GPUs. If, in a few years cheap mining-only GPUs push regular GPUs out of the mining market then we'll have the same centralized nonsense as with ASICs.

Personally I hope this will be a flop - which so far it looks like it will - and they stop.

I don't want mining GPUs either...
Sadly it seems like this will be true, if this is only for really big mining companies well I can live with that. What's good that it has pretty low hashrates so almost no home miner with common sense won't invest in GPU like this.

[Vaccinus]

if that are the specs it's not worth it for me, it's slower than a 1070 and consume the same, beacuse 8 gpu consuming 1000 watt like it say on cryptoblog is not that good on ETH, i can do 100 watt 30MH

[Guvn0r]

This news started to circulate with some guy from china posting in the zcash forums followed by what I think are photoshoped pictures of Zotac 1080s and also pictures of stripped down PANGOLINMINER with 8 gpus which looks exactly the same as those pics posted on the rumor post on zcash forum.

having seen all this, I see very little chance of this news being true.

[bittick]

This news started to circulate with some guy from china posting in the zcash forums followed by what I think are photoshoped pictures of Zotac 1080s and also pictures of stripped down PANGOLINMINER with 8 gpus which looks exactly the same as those pics posted on the rumor post on zcash forum.

having seen all this, I see very little chance of this news being true.

great work! nvidia doesnt play with miners

[Guvn0r]

This news started to circulate with some guy from china posting in the zcash forums followed by what I think are photoshoped pictures of Zotac 1080s and also pictures of stripped down PANGOLINMINER with 8 gpus which looks exactly the same as those pics posted on the rumor post on zcash forum.

having seen all this, I see very little chance of this news being true.

great work! nvidia doesnt play with miners

Thanks bittick.. the 90 day warranty also doesn't seem to be right since I see many guys saying it is just illegal in Europe.

[AFox]

the 90 day warranty also doesn't seem to be right since I see many guys saying it is just illegal in Europe.

If it's not sold in Europe, they do not have to apply the European law.
If they sell them and ship them from China, they can apply whatever warranty they want. Even if the product is delivered in Europe.

[Guvn0r]

the 90 day warranty also doesn't seem to be right since I see many guys saying it is just illegal in Europe.

If it's not sold in Europe, they do not have to apply the European law.
If they sell them and ship them from China, they can apply whatever warranty they want. Even if the product is delivered in Europe.

nice point, I am trying to build nvidia based mining rigs too. I have been watching closely this news and the guy who posted on zcash forum also posted a video on youtube saying the cards will probably be released on or after june 23rd. He added "the chips will be ready by 20th June and will be on the boards by 23rd", I kinda find it hard to digest. moreover no official word also.

I am just being skeptical...

I am going ahead with 1080 Ti and not waiting for this to prove itself.

[64dimensions]

Makes no sense.

1) This card is competing against the used market. R9 380's are under $100 for about 80% of the stock ETH performance.

2) The only way something like this gets traction among miners is if this card has some miracle power consumption number.

3) Oh yeah, I can't wait to deal with the additional complication of using the onboard display adapter.

Still buying gamer cards unless 2).

[fmz89]

LOL its joke, nvidia made ton of money from gaming segment reaching 75% from gpu market, nvdia shouldnt ruined GPUMINING, cause amd is favorable from miner,
lets vega kickout this shit gpu

[Mattthev]

LOL its joke, nvidia made ton of money from gaming segment reaching 75% from gpu market, nvdia shouldnt ruined GPUMINING, cause amd is favorable from miner,
lets vega kickout this shit gpu

I don't think Vega would be good for mining. It should cost like $500 it means 2x RX 580 8GB performance...
Also HBM-1 had very bad timings and timings mean a lot in mining ETH, XRM, ZEC, maybe HBM-2 will be better... It will be probably better for mining altcoins where memory isn't that important...

[KaydenC]

My supplier quoted me $2500 USD for this. Essentially 8x $250 Gtx 1060s, with $500 in PSU/board/cpu/ram.

It's a fair price, but poor resale value and short warranty. I rather buy the GPUs myself.

[QuintLeo]

They are going to need to get the price down a fair bit under $200 if they want any real interest in such a LOW END (by mining standards) card.

 There are those rumours about a GTX 1080-based card for $350 though - THAT should sell well.

 If NVidia was paying attention though, they'd put together a 1080 GPU and GDDR 5 (NOT 5x) based card - or at least a 1070 based card - for mining.


 $2500 for the "mining system" is way too much to be competative for what it offers. $1500-$1800 would be a competative price.

[Metroid]

if this is true which i hardly think it is, it must mean, 1060 stock clearance or just another master trolling from nvidia again hehe

it was their mistake to make the 1060 192 bits. if this mining card was at least 256 bits then maybe it could be competitive.

[Mattthev]

Well yeah, I hope there will be no mining cards.
I have info about AMD mining card https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1966624.msg19556706

[konqueror]

https://www.sp-computer.ru/catalog/1452/57475/

In stock in Moscow

[Mattthev]

https://www.sp-computer.ru/catalog/1452/57475/

In stock in Moscow

Waaaaattt?!
That must be hoax, why the hell the 1060 would have GDDR5X? That's bad for mining!

[konqueror]

https://www.sp-computer.ru/catalog/1452/57475/

In stock in Moscow

Waaaaattt?!
That must be hoax, why the hell the 1060 would have GDDR5X? That's bad for mining!

There are more upcoming: https://videocardz.com/70254/asus-colorful-and-msi-showcase-their-mining-graphics-cards