gtx 970 ETH mining any idea ???

[aliitp]

I got 3x GTX 970 and was hoping to mine some ETH since it seems profitable, from what i heard my card can do around 20 M Hash/sec, but i tried MinerGate and all am getting is 10 each, 30 M Hash/sec for all three 
http://grabilla.com/07b07-545a5b16-d43d-4c3f-ad1a-8317f2606fcf.png

i need help as am new to this please...

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[crypt0naut7]

Use evga precision x to OC the memory
Download claymores miner and use that to mine to your eth address.
Lower power limit in evga precision x until just before the hash rate is affected by it.

Feel free to pm me if you have more questions.

[Tanos]

Hi, I am getting strange hashrates with my 970.

With the same settings I get a degrading hashrate through time.
Sept 2017 19MH/s
October 2017 17MH/s
November 13MH/s
I use Claymore.
Optimize for Computing : On
nvidia-smi for force OCing
1554/3904 Clocks
GPUz: 70% Usage of Mem controller
Also i get some ?Idle? time
For OCing I use MSI Afterburner
Also tried different drivers with the same results. Currently running at 120-130W. Any ideas?

[wacko]

Any ideas?

ETH hashrate has been gradually decreasing for AMD cards for the past months. AMD did solve the problem through the drivers though. I haven't heard of this kind of problem with nvidia cards. Are you sure ETH is the most profitable algo for you anyway? ZEC should give you more than ETH with your 970.

[Tanos]

I also found another guy on Reddit with the same problem. I will look into ZEC. Ty

[blevotron]

try electroneum, is uses equihash and has rather interesting perspextices

[wacko]

try electroneum, is uses equihash and has rather interesting perspextices

Electroneum uses Cryptonight and not Equihash. And nvidia cards are not very efficient with Cryptonight algo, so I wouldn't suggest ETN to a GTX 970 user.

[karkajuth]

I am using claymore for etc mining with msi gtx 970 in july my hashrate was 15k mh/s and now its 11.7k mh/s. I overclocked my gpu little bit and using windows 10. I don't have any heat problems gpu heat going on between 55-60 C°.

[talks_cheep]

People, please listen to the guy above who already stated nvidia is for mining zec not eth. Stop mining eth with your crappy gtx 970 already, switch over to mining zcash now. You can thank the guy and now stop whining about the low eth hash speed you get with your old nvidia card. Or, you can upgrade to gtx 1070/1080, even then stick to zec, not eth with your nvidia cards.

[antantti]

Sorry for OT but I had a quick chance to test 970 against 1080, didn't have time to find absolute sweet spots but here are some equihash numbers:

gtx 970 270s/s 2.24s/w=120w
gtx 1080 476s/s 4.43s/w=107w

Whattomine, profitability and difficulty last 24 hours, $0.12/ kWh, profits after power:

gtx 970 $1.35/day
gtx 1080 $2.69/day

So 1080 earned $1.34 more per day, if you sell 970 for $150 and buy 1080 for $500 it will take 350/1.34=261 days to break even. Is that a good deal or not? I guess it depends, at least there is a free slot if you sell two 970´s and upgrade.

Nowadays there is no gpu that can handle every algo well, here is an example where that crappy 970 (above) beats 1080 (below):

[Phantoms001]

People, please listen to the guy above who already stated nvidia is for mining zec not eth. Stop mining eth with your crappy gtx 970 already, switch over to mining zcash now. You can thank the guy and now stop whining about the low eth hash speed you get with your old nvidia card. Or, you can upgrade to gtx 1070/1080, even then stick to zec, not eth with your nvidia cards.

LOL,

How true. 

Surprisingly, I have a 970 that mines just about the same hash rate as my 1060 3g, it just uses more power (110w).   Its not a horrible card. 

I think the problem is the OP wants ETH.   If that is the case (or not) I think the way to go with these old cards is to use Winminer.  He can use winminer which will switch between all the altcoins like NiceHash but he will have the ability to withdraw in BTC, LTC, ETH, paypal, ect....

[wireframer]

Sorry for OT but I had a quick chance to test 970 against 1080, didn't have time to find absolute sweet spots but here are some equihash numbers:

Nowadays there is no gpu that can handle every algo well, here is an example where that crappy 970 (above) beats 1080 (below):

Out of curiosity - what algo is that? 1080 should be superior at every aspect and I am very surprised to see that.

[antantti]

Out of curiosity - what algo is that? 1080 should be superior at every aspect and I am very surprised to see that.

Wildkeccak, one of those algos where gddr5x doesn't shine.

[mechmax]

Try Zcash with gtx 970 , Mine is doing ~ 300h/s stable without much overclocking, and profitability is good

[Matias]

I get 10.4 Mh/s in Eth. Ubuntu 16.04, Claymore miner. OC with nVidia’s own driver.