- Joined
- Dec 14, 2010
Considering going back to the Crypto Mines again.
After some research online I keep seeing varying opinions on what is the best GPU-based hardware for mining with right now. A couple of sites said the best GPU in 2020 is a GTX 1070 (or GTX 1060 for a budget entry) for profitability to electricity usage ratio, which I find unlikely (even funnier was that one of those sites recommended a GTX 1050Ti and said it was the best card out there for mining, which has a really low mBTC mined/day). Also found a couple of sites that said the best right now for a "mid-range" performance/budget range is an RTX 2060 Super or RTX 2070 (non-super) (or RTX 2060 non-super). And I saw one or two sites that only recommended an RTX2080Ti for some reason.
What GPU's do any of you here that are into mining recommend (no AMD cards, I don't want to mess around with bios reprogramming)?
Learned some things the first time around.
1. Don't run GPU at 100% power target. It gains little or nothing on mining speed, uses more power, and creates more heat. Also wears the card out faster. I switched to 70% max somewhere around when I stopped mining 2 years ago.
2. GPU's run cooler in an open air mining case or test bench and at lower fan speeds than in a conventional computer case. I can run 55-60% fan speed in the open air and maintain 48-55°C, in a case I need more like 65-75% fan speed to keep temperatures between 60-65°C.
I've been kind of mining now and then for short periods over the last few days just to get an idea of what my hardware can do, and what the current mining landscape looks like. I'm estimating $0.95-1.30/day mined with a GTX 1070+GTX 1060 both at 70% power target, not counting spikes. Daggerhashimoto keeps randomly spiking the last few days for 2-15 mins at a time to $2-6/day estimated, which is interesting. I guess none of the Algo's I got used to being profitable 2+ years ago are all that profitable anymore, used to be Equihash, Lyra2REv2, with Decred, Blake2s and Cryptonight occasionally. Now its just something called KAWPOW and Daggerhashimoto on my hardware that are profitable, every other Algo doesn't seem to be nearly as profitable.
After some research online I keep seeing varying opinions on what is the best GPU-based hardware for mining with right now. A couple of sites said the best GPU in 2020 is a GTX 1070 (or GTX 1060 for a budget entry) for profitability to electricity usage ratio, which I find unlikely (even funnier was that one of those sites recommended a GTX 1050Ti and said it was the best card out there for mining, which has a really low mBTC mined/day). Also found a couple of sites that said the best right now for a "mid-range" performance/budget range is an RTX 2060 Super or RTX 2070 (non-super) (or RTX 2060 non-super). And I saw one or two sites that only recommended an RTX2080Ti for some reason.
What GPU's do any of you here that are into mining recommend (no AMD cards, I don't want to mess around with bios reprogramming)?
Learned some things the first time around.
1. Don't run GPU at 100% power target. It gains little or nothing on mining speed, uses more power, and creates more heat. Also wears the card out faster. I switched to 70% max somewhere around when I stopped mining 2 years ago.
2. GPU's run cooler in an open air mining case or test bench and at lower fan speeds than in a conventional computer case. I can run 55-60% fan speed in the open air and maintain 48-55°C, in a case I need more like 65-75% fan speed to keep temperatures between 60-65°C.
I've been kind of mining now and then for short periods over the last few days just to get an idea of what my hardware can do, and what the current mining landscape looks like. I'm estimating $0.95-1.30/day mined with a GTX 1070+GTX 1060 both at 70% power target, not counting spikes. Daggerhashimoto keeps randomly spiking the last few days for 2-15 mins at a time to $2-6/day estimated, which is interesting. I guess none of the Algo's I got used to being profitable 2+ years ago are all that profitable anymore, used to be Equihash, Lyra2REv2, with Decred, Blake2s and Cryptonight occasionally. Now its just something called KAWPOW and Daggerhashimoto on my hardware that are profitable, every other Algo doesn't seem to be nearly as profitable.
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