What would be the better gpu for crypto mining

[squidiot438]

Hi, I am a bit newbie in mining. I just wanted to ask if it is better to invest to GPU mining rather than using an ASIC miner?

[chrismaher]

Thanks for that james6546
the price I can get the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti GAMING 8G £479
or the MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8Gb GDDR5 £549 down from £750
its the drop in price that made me go with maybe i wrong am will hold of till morning till i make my mide up now
i see there returns are diferent with each card so i guess i will have to do more research on witch coin will be more profit
ethash is 30mhs on the 1070
and only 23 on the 1080
cyptonight is 500hs on the 1070
and 580hs on the 1080
this is some thing i will have to look more in to

[james6546]

https://www.crypto-coinz.net/crypto-calculator/ gives specs for the 1070ti

I got the Palit 1070ti Dual from aria.co.uk, though ebuyer.com had an asus one for a similar price IIRC.

You won't go wrong with a 1080 I don't think, it depends on what you intend to mine too, the 1070ti seems best mining neoscrypt coins where the 1080 struggles with it.

I haven't mined for 3 years, so take my advice with a pinch of salt

[ahmedjamal1998]

1- MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8Gb GDDR5
2-Asus Strix NVIDIA GTX1070 8GB GAMING GDDR5
3-Asus Turbo NVIDIA GTX1070 8GB GDDR5
4-MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming X 8Gb GDDR5

this is the ones iv bin looking at
thanks for any info received

Since you listed nvidia cards only I'm guessing you have your mind setup on an nvidia mining rig already. It's totally up to you.
Well from the cards you listed up there, you should stay away from the 1080s. They're not that cost efficient.
The best option would be 1070 ti cards. Specifically msi gaming cards or asus strix will do (but asus strix cards are actually a bit more expensive.)

What I actually did is a bit different. I choose to take the best of the two worlds.
Meet my small family:



The three on the left are Sapphire Rx 580 4gb cards and the three on the right are 1060 cards (msi gaming 6gb, asus 1060 dual and asus 1060 rog strix). This gives me the ability to benefit from all the coins that are mined better on any card genre.
The 580s are actually brand new and arrived two days ago. Got them for $390 each.

I'm not telling you to do the same but just advising you to take a look at AMD cards as well before ordering as you might wanna change a bit.

[chrismaher]

some good info there ahmedjamal1998
thanks for your info my mind dos not no what to do don't wont to spend £4000 plus and get little to no return
will update when i get my mind set on
and i thought pen testing was stress full when i was learning that

[Vit83]

I own 1070 strix quite cold. Universal for all algos. Not just for one day hype.