Software setup of my GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Turbo

[Amstellodamois]

I've got a box of these: https://www.newegg.com/global/fr/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125989

I'm still waiting for some hardware (mainly my three power supplies...) but I'm pretty much ok on that side.



On the software side, though, things remain quite mysterious.

1. For this specific model of cards, what do you reckon would be a good starting point overclocking-wise?
2. I'm not set on a specific coin or algo and would like to do some automatic profit switching. I don't care much if I'm payed in coin or auto-exchanged (although I'd like to avoid setting up 50 different wallets). Which miner/pool combo would you suggest?

[Amstellodamois]

0. MSI Afterburner still the go to choice for any 1080 Ti ?

[Bimmber]

or Nvidia inspector, for overclocking.

Try Nicehash, dead easy for beginners, you get paid in BTC.

But some people don`t like NH. Once you get better understanding, try Awesome Miner (but its very very complex and not easy to set up), some say you would earn about 20% compared to Nicehash.

[CryptoTony3]

or Nvidia inspector, for overclocking.

Try Nicehash, dead easy for beginners, you get paid in BTC.

But some people don`t like NH. Once you get better understanding, try Awesome Miner (but its very very complex and not easy to set up), some say you would earn about 20% compared to Nicehash.

If I understand correctly overclocking is less useful (needs to be more general) when you use automatic profit switching because you need to be able to cope with a range of algos rather them setting your rig up for a specific coin algo. Maybe i miss-understood when I read about this a few days back.....

[Bimmber]

You can still slightly overclock, 10% for example. And limit power to 75%. You need to fine tune for best hashes per watt.

[CryptoTony3]

You can still slightly overclock, 10% for example. And limit power to 75%. You need to fine tune for best hashes per watt.

Don't hashes per watt also vary depending on the algo you are running? Or do NH and Awesome Miner have fairly steady hash / watt values across all algos?

I have never tried automatic profit switching. Is it seriously worth using?

[Bimmber]

Every algo is different, so yes hashes will vary a lot, on on eth they are in 30`s, in other algo they will be around 60`s, some algos don`t have hashes, but sol/s (solutions per second).

Hashes will be steady, but profit will be up and down every 30 min, because of coin price fluctuation. Auto profit switching can be more profitable. There are too many if`s and but`s.

Star with something super simple, Nicehash, then learn to mine on pool yourself, then Awesome miner.

[Amstellodamois]

So, a logical progression would be:
1. Nicehash;
2. Nemosminer on ahashpool (or something similar) with auto-convert;
3. Awesomeminer with a miner configured for every coin.

Right?




About the overclocking, can't you load a profile automatically when a miner is started (by awesomeminer or whatever)?

[Bimmber]

I would say Nicehash, then Awesome miner.

[Amstellodamois]

Depends on how many different coins you're willing to mine, I suppose.

[Amstellodamois]

For the moment, I get the Code 43 error in the device manager 

[HaberHash]

I just ordered 6 of the same card, ETA April   I'd be interested in knowing they perform overall.  Are they loud when you're mining?  Do you have anything to compare them to?

[Amstellodamois]

April!? Were they cheap?

I can't compare them to any other 1080 Ti, just to my RX 580...