GTX 680 Mining IS Profitable

[420]

Just got my 4GB GTX 680 installed, my GTX 570 got 140Mhash at overclock but the 680 is more profitable, here's why:

The GTX 680 gets 120MHash with slight overclock but only uses 100 watts extra!

At 0.10/kWH it gets back a little over twice the BTC (@ $9/BTC) than it uses in electricity, this is when it's mining when the PC is normally on anyway

Added my stats to the page:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#Nvidia

[1715622093]

1715622093

[1715622093]

1715622093

[1715622093]

1715622093

[1715622093]

1715622093

[Dexter770221]

I doubt that it consumes only 100W at full load.

[420]

I doubt that it consumes only 100W at full load.

my BACk-UPS load reads 165 before i open mining, 265 after i open the script

[50BTC.com]

I doubt that it consumes only 100W at full load.

my BACk-UPS load reads 165 before i open mining, 265 after i open the script

Sound probable, 680 consumes ~170W at full load.

[mrb]

OP's numbers look plausible.

We established in other threads that current miners are unable to fully exploit the theoretical performance of the GTX 680, so the chip must not be running at "full load", hence the low 100W power consumption.

[Dargo]

I doubt that it consumes only 100W at full load.

my BACk-UPS load reads 165 before i open mining, 265 after i open the script

So the difference between idle and load is 100 watts. But the card is consuming more than 100 watts at load.

[420]

OP's numbers look plausible.

We established in other threads that current miners are unable to fully exploit the theoretical performance of the GTX 680, so the chip must not be running at "full load", hence the low 100W power consumption.

like its using 100% of 256 CUDA cores or something

anything they could change in drivers or miners that could improve the mhash?

[420]

I doubt that it consumes only 100W at full load.

my BACk-UPS load reads 165 before i open mining, 265 after i open the script

So the difference between idle and load is 100 watts. But the card is consuming more than 100 watts at load.

right right. I guess i may need to adjust if I'm misrepresenting what's supposed to be on the form

I mean the difference between having the card in and computer on and then running mining while the computer's on is only 100 more watts

[-ck]

OP's numbers look plausible.

We established in other threads that current miners are unable to fully exploit the theoretical performance of the GTX 680, so the chip must not be running at "full load", hence the low 100W power consumption.

like its using 100% of 256 CUDA cores or something

anything they could change in drivers or miners that could improve the mhash?

Nope bitcoin mining needs good integer performance and that is something no nvidia device has. Drivers and software can't fix that.

[mrb]

Nope bitcoin mining needs good integer performance and that is something no nvidia device has. Drivers and software can't fix that.

Actually I estimated here that the GTX 680 should be theoretically capable of 300-475 Mhash/s (it still sucks compared to AMD GPUs though).

[420]

Nope bitcoin mining needs good integer performance and that is something no nvidia device has. Drivers and software can't fix that.

Actually I estimated here that the GTX 680 should be theoretically capable of 300-475 Mhash/s (it still sucks compared to AMD GPUs though).

okay, how to get that?

TDP says 62% load 98->99%
118->120.5mhash

with youtube playing, gpu to 1280mhz memory only boosted 52mhz dont think that matters for hasing

[mrb]

okay, how to get that?

You write your own miner and properly optimize it to exploit the performance of the GTX 680

[420]

okay, how to get that?

You write your own miner and properly optimize it to exploit the performance of the GTX 680

OK be back in 8 months

EDIT: I'll give 4BTC to anyone can get me 300+Mhash on it

[ssateneth]

Hmm.

Spend $500 on a 680 GTX and get 120 mhash overclocked.

Or...

Spend $250 on a 5970 and get 650 mhash undervolted.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM............

If you want to use square wheels on your vehicle, then by all means... it's not going to be the most efficient or fastest route though, and people will probably point and laugh at you or give you weird looks.
"Yeah, I got square wheels, but I can still make it to work! I only have to pay half my paycheck in gas too!"

[420]

Hmm.

Spend $500 on a 680 GTX and get 120 mhash overclocked.

Or...

Spend $250 on a 5970 and get 650 mhash undervolted.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM............

If you want to use square wheels on your vehicle, then by all means... it's not going to be the most efficient or fastest route though, and people will probably point and laugh at you or give you weird looks.
"Yeah, I got square wheels, but I can still make it to work! I only have to pay half my paycheck in gas too!"

OR

already have a 680 for editing

on off time use it to mine

[-ck]

Nope bitcoin mining needs good integer performance and that is something no nvidia device has. Drivers and software can't fix that.

Actually I estimated here that the GTX 680 should be theoretically capable of 300-475 Mhash/s (it still sucks compared to AMD GPUs though).

Well I guess you estimated wrong then.

[OmegaNemesis28]

Nope bitcoin mining needs good integer performance and that is something no nvidia device has. Drivers and software can't fix that.

Actually I estimated here that the GTX 680 should be theoretically capable of 300-475 Mhash/s (it still sucks compared to AMD GPUs though).

okay, how to get that?

TDP says 62% load 98->99%
118->120.5mhash

with youtube playing, gpu to 1280mhz memory only boosted 52mhz dont think that matters for hasing

No, memory clock does nothing for mining. In fact, underclock the memory to slightly decrease heat output and reduce temperatures. Put it at like 700-900 mhz when mining for extended times.

[420]

Nope bitcoin mining needs good integer performance and that is something no nvidia device has. Drivers and software can't fix that.

Actually I estimated here that the GTX 680 should be theoretically capable of 300-475 Mhash/s (it still sucks compared to AMD GPUs though).

okay, how to get that?

TDP says 62% load 98->99%
118->120.5mhash

with youtube playing, gpu to 1280mhz memory only boosted 52mhz dont think that matters for hasing

No, memory clock does nothing for mining. In fact, underclock the memory to slightly decrease heat output and reduce temperatures. Put it at like 700-900 mhz when mining for extended times.

with 5970 I found that memory as 1/3 of clock gets significant increase in Mhash rate