Why GTX 1060?

[seasonw]

Most of my GPUs are AMD RX series, but I still purchase some GTX1060 because it's cheap and it give me more options on mining altcoins which are achieved low hashrate if we use AMD: ZEN/ZEC/VTC/XZC/FTC/BTG/...

Yes, the main benefits of GTX 1060 as shibob mentioned is more other algorithm options compared to AMD GPU. Otherwise AMD still better in ROI.

[Mulavad]

1060 cheap cards low power consumption. They are good in their class.
If you get a good price it is a good option to buy one of those.

[dvijaydev46]

One of the main reasons most people get GTX 1060 is because of its availability and price compared the RX and other cards. With Ethash, the GTX gives 24.x MHs compared to 27 of the RX (without the BIOS mod). But the GTX consumes much less power than an RX. It does not perform well with the Cryptonight algo (550 H/s vs 750+ H/s) as well. Apart from these two algos, the GTX card performs similar to or better than the RX. AMD cards vanished from the market four months ago when Eth was the most profitable to mine. Now, the profitability of all alt coins is evened out and GTX 1060 strikes a best balance between hashrate and price. I have 2x GTX 1060 and 3X RX480 on the same rig with two 750W PSUs. I can see that the two GTX cards are much more energy efficient.

[wacko]

With Ethash, the GTX gives 24.x MHs compared to 27 of the RX (without the BIOS mod).

You'll only get 24.x MH/s from 1060s if they come with Samsung memory. And these days it's becoming a rare sight, more and more of them come with Hynix or Micron. If you get Hynix, then they're basically useless for ETH mining, because at ~ 20 MH/s max you're better off just mining other coins with them.

[dvijaydev46]

With Ethash, the GTX gives 24.x MHs compared to 27 of the RX (without the BIOS mod).

You'll only get 24.x MH/s from 1060s if they come with Samsung memory. And these days it's becoming a rare sight, more and more of them come with Hynix or Micron. If you get Hynix, then they're basically useless for ETH mining, because at ~ 20 MH/s max you're better off just mining other coins with them.

I have Zotac cards that come with Samsung memory. And Zotac is cheaper than most other brands.

[wacko]

I have Zotac cards that come with Samsung memory. And Zotac is cheaper than most other brands.

And that's good for you, but there's no guarantee that other 1060s bought from a store today (doesn't matter if they're Zotac or not) will come with Samsung chips. A lot of 1060s lately come with Hynix and Micron memory. Which sucks.

[TheHas]

Gtx 1060's (particularly 6gb for longevity for mining ethereum) are great. You can make them just sip on the electricity, and they do equihash really well.

I wouldn't mix AMD and NVidia on the one rig. I've heard from others that drivers can be a real pain.

If electricity costs aren't a concern, AMD is probably the more popular choice for mining ethereum.

[wacko]

I wouldn't mix AMD and NVidia on the one rig. I've heard from others that drivers can be a real pain.

No problems whatsoever, quite a few people mix Pascal and Polaris cards and they work just fine together. I did this myself with a couple of rigs. Stories about the "drivers being a real pain" seem to be a myth repeated over and over again by people who haven't ever tried that themselves.

[KougarLOB]

I have one open-air rig made from an Ikea bench with three EVGA 1060 3GB SSC edition and one FTW edition.  The three SSCs have the memory overclocked +835MHz in Afterburner.  The FTW only clocks +475MHz.  All four dual mine about 22.5MHETH and 243MH DCR once adjusted in Afterburner.  Whole rig with open air fans uses about 400Ws combined while also running other coins on other components like Burst and a XMR.  All paid off now.  Very happy with the result of this rig.  I should have stocked up with a dozen of these cards in the early spring.

Question: due to the nature of overclockability of the particular units received, they are more suitable for dual mining ETH+Something.  DCR seemed an the popular choice when I started.  Share discovery and market nuances make it hard to determine the best secondary coin alongside ETH.  Are these cards traditionally better with LBRY, PASCAL, or SIA over DCR?  Or is DCR still the best choice?  Thanks.

[TheHas]

I wouldn't mix AMD and NVidia on the one rig. I've heard from others that drivers can be a real pain.

No problems whatsoever, quite a few people mix Pascal and Polaris cards and they work just fine together. I did this myself with a couple of rigs. Stories about the "drivers being a real pain" seem to be a myth repeated over and over again by people who haven't ever tried that themselves.

I take your point - and that's why I included the line that 'Ive heard from others' primarily from people in this forum and reddit, since it isn't actually based on my own mining experience

But yes, if in truth it is very straightforward, then yeah the myth should be busted and OP should go for a mix it he gets a good deal!

[shibob]

I have one open-air rig made from an Ikea bench with three EVGA 1060 3GB SSC edition and one FTW edition.  The three SSCs have the memory overclocked +835MHz in Afterburner.  The FTW only clocks +475MHz.  All four dual mine about 22.5MHETH and 243MH DCR once adjusted in Afterburner.  Whole rig with open air fans uses about 400Ws combined while also running other coins on other components like Burst and a XMR.  All paid off now.  Very happy with the result of this rig.  I should have stocked up with a dozen of these cards in the early spring.

Question: due to the nature of overclockability of the particular units received, they are more suitable for dual mining ETH+Something.  DCR seemed an the popular choice when I started.  Share discovery and market nuances make it hard to determine the best secondary coin alongside ETH.  Are these cards traditionally better with LBRY, PASCAL, or SIA over DCR?  Or is DCR still the best choice?  Thanks.

Your mining plan is so nice! I'm mining ETH+DCR as well, but I even dont think much that I could go further with Burst and XMR.

[thenite0wl]

mining at home you're limited to your electric box. 1060 rigs are low power and are easier to manage on different circuits. also they have very good hash/watts, so it works out better than the higher end cards, you just need more of them. i'd prefer 2 1060's to 1 1070, because it hashes more and costs less.

[Z1pp4]

hi guys,

im curious why every buys gtx 1060, why not rx 580 nor gtx 1070 nor r9 390 etc. and also lots of people bought 3gb of it, why not 6gb?

if u help me to understand this, i ll be glad, thank you all.

Try to get AMD cards in the market. That will ansver your question.