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Why is no one mining on GTX 1060 3GB? I'm getting 23 Mh/s from one oc'ed card
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if there is a caveat that I am not seeing in regards to GTX 1060 3GB cards.
Here in Australia they are cheaper than RX 570 (no 470 stock left), they use slightly less energy (tbc) and deliver roughly the same performance es the RX 570.
I bought one card today as a test and I oc'ed the memory to +1000Mhz. Card has been running at 23 Mh/s all afternoon, no rejected shares.
I was wondering if there is a caveat that I am not seeing in regards to GTX 1060 3GB cards.
Here in Australia they are cheaper than RX 570 (no 470 stock left), they use slightly less energy (tbc) and deliver roughly the same performance es the RX 570.
I bought one card today as a test and I oc'ed the memory to +1000Mhz. Card has been running at 23 Mh/s all afternoon, no rejected shares.
Comments
The whole rig uses 250w with one RX 570 (no undervolting) and uses 200W with the 1060 3GB (no undervolting).
So thats 50W less for 2-3Mh/s less or 7M/s less if your 570 is modded and/or oc'ed.
with these numbers I am getting
$115.20 profit at 0.13c per kw/h for the 1060 3GB
https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/eth?HashingPower=23&HashingUnit=MH/s&PowerConsumption=200&CostPerkWh=.13
$122.17 profit at 0.13c per kw/h for the RX570 stock
https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/eth?HashingPower=25&HashingUnit=MH/s&PowerConsumption=250&CostPerkWh=.13
So ya, the RX570 is slightly more profitable. The 1060 is currently $20 cheaper here, so after 3 months, the RX570 has mined that difference in price.
Conclusion:
If you can't get a RX570 or it is considerably more expensive, then the 1060 3GB is a viable option.
Yesterday I received 4 MSI GTX 1060 3GB ARMOR OC and right now I can't get the my miner rig stable.
I have the following values for OC in afterburner:
Voltage: 0
Power: 100%
Core clock: +100
Memory clock: +450
Fan speed: Auto
In terms of software:
- Claymore miner (9.4 version)
- Windows 10
- Last driver version for Nvidia
The problem is after start mining at 18 Mh/s it stops 2 hours after with following error:
"Error reading the temperature, error 999"
I'm thinking in two possiblities in order to solve that:
- Install latest updates for Windows 10 (I read that with Windows 10 anniversary these cards are working better)
- Set Power to 110%
Any clue or tip will be apreciated,
Many thanks!
Sure it gives a nice punch of 23, but is it really safe for 24h/day mining?
Will this card survive 3 years with that OC?
Memory clock set to +800
If they don't fork or go PoS soon, the difficulty will be too high for the price, miners will leave, hashrate will drop, transaction times will increase, and prices will drop even more (this scenario is unfavorable for ETH founders, miners, and investors...meaning everyone).
At least with UBIQ, block time is higher so difficulty not so aggressive and this also benefits the DAG size so that you can use 2GB cards for a while to come yet. By the end of the year I imagine even 3GB cards will be out of question for ETH.
1. Take Fan speed off Auto and go with 70% to start and watch the card temps as you will usually be able to lower it, and
2. Nvidia cards don't seem to respond well to core OC. My 1080 core is set to -400 with hardly any reduction in hash. Memory is +880.
3. IMO, power should be no more than 80%.
As they say, your mileage may vary. Good luck.
1- uncheck the temp and power link in afterburner
2- set power limit to max ( mine was 112)
3- set temp limit to 65 (or higher if you like up to 75)
4- core clock to +50 (or +100)
5- Mem clock to +500 ( I couldnt go higher and cards crash)
6- fan to auto with custom temp graph (temp 60 fan 80%)
With these settings at start of mining power goes up to top (+112%) then it drop to around 85%
NO more crash and error 999 any more
I believe the crash is caused when card need more power caused by higher memory clock or core clock, by allowing it to go higher it wont crash and get the power it needs and by limiting temp it wont go high and stay there, as soon as it is stable power will drop.
I heard 1080 Ethhash rate is almost same as 1060... is it true ?
CPU sits at 110f and the gpu's at 73c and 65c respectfully. Out of the box they run slightly hot (76c) and do 26mh/s. I found that going negative on the core clocks (-150) and +500 on the memory, setting the fans on a temp curve starting at 55% at 65c and max of 80% at 80c, with power limit set to 72% has been the best so far. Getting 61mh/s (bursts to 90+), and all running in the background on a workhorse that is doing dozens of other tasks while mining with no hickups.
I'm hashing 75% more than a single 1080 Ti and paid about the same for both cards, AND only running about 20 more watts.
Happy Camper here
You should be able to get them running cooler, less wattage, and more stable. Hope it helps. Out of the box the 1060 does 21mh, the 1080 does 29 mh from what I've researched.
If you get Hynix then you are screwed up, around 18-19 max with OC and -15%