Efficency of Nvidia GTX on Skein Algo

[Aeon_]

I have a mixed mining rig (2x1080ti, 2x1070ti, 2x1070) and now I am mining ARG with it.

I've tried different power/cc/mem settings and for now these are the best I can get (it seems that the skein algo is does not care about the memory clock):

OS: nvoc 19.4
Miner: ANXccminer
Intensity: 25
Memory Clock for all the cards: -700

Model	MSI GTX 1080 Ti Aero	Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Windforce OC	Zotac GTX 1070 Ti Mini	MSI GTX 1070 ITX
Core Clock	132	154	165	132
Power Limit(W)	155	170	125	105
TDP%	62	68	69	70
Temperature	66	50	50	58
MH/s	795	788	570	460
Efficency(MH/W)	5.3	4.7	4.7	4.6

The MSI 1080 ti Aero is the winner regarding the hash/power consuption ratio, but it runs hot as hell (+15 degress than the Gigabyte 1080ti) and the fan is really noisy at more than 60%.

Did someone has better results in term of efficency?



Edit: fixed the formatting

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[naresh963]

there a asic gonna be in market for skein.

[newmz]

I have been mining ARGO too, but using Windows and using either the KlausT ccminer version 8.19 or the ccminer by Alexis78 (cuda9) in skein algo with intensity set to 28 (1060s) or 29 (1070s and 1080s).

I can't be bothered to look up all the individual hash-rates (because I would have to shut the miners down and remove the -q flag) but I have 2 x 1080, 4 x 1070 & 4 x 1060 6GB and I am doing around 5Gh/s. All cards powerlimited to 75%, core +100 memory -500

I hope this helps, but it would mean you would have to install windows, find those miners (the KlausT one is easy - he has an often updated github) and install MSI Afterburner.

I tried nvoc and it's great for common mainstream coins but if you want to mine obscure/new stuff like ARGO it can be easier in windows because you have more obvious and understandable options, just because windows is built for stupid average people and linux is built by/for software developers.

<edit> or maybe when you said ARG you meant argentum, but that is a scrypt coin so when you said ARG I thought you must mean ARGO since it is skein.

<edit2> at those clock/power/memory settings and for all those cards + 2 motherboards, etc I consume about 1400-1500 watts.

[Aeon_]

I have been mining ARGO too, but using Windows and using either the KlausT ccminer version 8.19 or the ccminer by Alexis78 (cuda9) in skein algo with intensity set to 28 (1060s) or 29 (1070s and 1080s).

I can't be bothered to look up all the individual hash-rates (because I would have to shut the miners down and remove the -q flag) but I have 2 x 1080, 4 x 1070 & 4 x 1060 6GB and I am doing around 5Gh/s. All cards powerlimited to 75%, core +100 memory -500

I hope this helps, but it would mean you would have to install windows, find those miners (the KlausT one is easy - he has an often updated github) and install MSI Afterburner.

I tried nvoc and it's great for common mainstream coins but if you want to mine obscure/new stuff like ARGO it can be easier in windows because you have more obvious and understandable options, just because windows is built for stupid average people and linux is built by/for software developers.

<edit> or maybe when you said ARG you meant argentum, but that is a scrypt coin so when you said ARG I thought you must mean ARGO since it is skein.

<edit2> at those clock/power/memory settings and for all those cards + 2 motherboards, etc I consume about 1400-1500 watts.

Yes the coin is ARGO

I've noticed that with linux I can push the core up past 150 without suffering any instability; the downside is that linux is less user friendly.

[sp_]

there a asic gonna be in market for skein.

The skein sp-mod #2 does 1GHASH on the 1080ti. So you need 5 1080ti's to match the speed of the baikal giant x10 . The 1080ti's used to cost around $700 each. total: $3500. The baikal giant X10 cost $8,900.0

[Aeon_]

there a asic gonna be in market for skein.

The skein sp-mod #2 does 1GHASH on the 1080ti. So you need 5 1080ti's to match the speed of the baikal giant x10 . The 1080ti's used to cost around $700 each. total: $3500. The baikal giant X10 cost $8,900.0

And the Asic resell value is zero.

[brooklynite1]

there a asic gonna be in market for skein.

The skein sp-mod #2 does 1GHASH on the 1080ti. So you need 5 1080ti's to match the speed of the baikal giant x10 . The 1080ti's used to cost around $700 each. total: $3500. The baikal giant X10 cost $8,900.0

Mining Equipment cost are like car leases, you need to consider residual value, not the cost to purchase.

Baikal residual in 1 year is probably 10% or $900. Total cost per month is $667/month
5 x 1080TI residual in 1 year is probably 50% or $1750. Total cost per month is $291/month

Also Baikal may have hard code to partially mine for the ASIC manufacturer like Bitmain S9 does (equipment tax).