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Topic: Best 480 brand and model to mine? (Read 1727 times)

legendary
Activity: 1666
Merit: 1037
November 12, 2016, 07:33:42 AM
#17
Any Modded Rom for AMD Sapphire Nitro+ Rx 480 8GB OC for 100+ Sols/s on zcash
My GPUs are ellesmere with Samsung chip

How to lower the power from wattman builtin tool?
legendary
Activity: 1894
Merit: 1087
November 12, 2016, 02:56:56 AM
#16
Thanks guys, just bought Sapphire reference one.
without mod it's performing 24.8 mh on eth with claymore, and 75 sol on zec also with claymore.


 i have gigabyte ones and they hashing at 25mh etc and 70+ sols zec
newbie
Activity: 17
Merit: 0
November 11, 2016, 06:16:13 AM
#15
Thanks guys, just bought Sapphire reference one.
without mod it's performing 24.8 mh on eth with claymore, and 75 sol on zec also with claymore.
legendary
Activity: 2156
Merit: 1131
November 10, 2016, 01:39:22 PM
#14
 
Is there a good mod for ZEC on those cards ?
sr. member
Activity: 574
Merit: 250
Fighting mob law and inquisition in this forum
November 10, 2016, 05:18:50 AM
#13
Look at Sapphire - good cooling and i never seen Micron memory here,,,
And IceQ - lowest power consumtion from pci-e slot from all 480's

Any sources?

I have the PowerColor Red Dragon. They just have 6Pin PCIe Power connection. Samsung RAM and running fine at 1400/2200 (timings modded).
newbie
Activity: 25
Merit: 0
November 10, 2016, 05:00:02 AM
#12
so getting the 8gb version is mostly to future proof in case currencies decide to use more RAM?
legendary
Activity: 2030
Merit: 1076
A humble Siberian miner
November 10, 2016, 04:56:26 AM
#11
Because once there maybe appear a cryptocurrency with hard GPU RAM requirements to be protected from botnets: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.16809282
newbie
Activity: 25
Merit: 0
November 10, 2016, 04:23:45 AM
#10
Hi. I would like to know whats the reason behind buying the 8gb model. I see that this is the most common model to buy.

Isn't the 4gb ram model cheaper?
hero member
Activity: 687
Merit: 502
November 08, 2016, 05:55:32 PM
#9
I have MSI, Sapphire and Asus Reference 480 8GB cards.
All of them perform the same.

30.5 ETH
55-57 ZEC

With strap modded bios.

I would just buy the cheapest one.
can you please share the bios ?
I can't get more than 53-55 on ZEC and 29.4 on ETH on any 480
Sure
http://www.megafileupload.com/c54b/Reference_RX480_8GB.rom
Thank you a lot sir!

Will this go on every RX480? I have XFX saphire gigabyte and asus strix also
No problem.
This bios is made for reference cards.
I have it running all my reference 480 8GB cards, different brands
legendary
Activity: 1084
Merit: 1003
≡v≡
November 08, 2016, 04:02:20 PM
#8
I have MSI, Sapphire and Asus Reference 480 8GB cards.
All of them perform the same.

30.5 ETH
55-57 ZEC

With strap modded bios.

I would just buy the cheapest one.
can you please share the bios ?
I can't get more than 53-55 on ZEC and 29.4 on ETH on any 480
Sure
http://www.megafileupload.com/c54b/Reference_RX480_8GB.rom
Thank you a lot sir!

Will this go on every RX480? I have XFX saphire gigabyte and asus strix also
hero member
Activity: 687
Merit: 502
November 08, 2016, 03:53:30 PM
#7
I have MSI, Sapphire and Asus Reference 480 8GB cards.
All of them perform the same.

30.5 ETH
55-57 ZEC

With strap modded bios.

I would just buy the cheapest one.
can you please share the bios ?
I can't get more than 53-55 on ZEC and 29.4 on ETH on any 480
Sure
http://www.megafileupload.com/c54b/Reference_RX480_8GB.rom
legendary
Activity: 1084
Merit: 1003
≡v≡
November 08, 2016, 03:30:01 PM
#6
I have MSI, Sapphire and Asus Reference 480 8GB cards.
All of them perform the same.

30.5 ETH
55-57 ZEC

With strap modded bios.

I would just buy the cheapest one.
can you please share the bios ?
I can't get more than 53-55 on ZEC and 29.4 on ETH on any 480
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1000
November 08, 2016, 02:36:08 PM
#5
LIke Cryptozillah  said buy the cheapest one and mode, i did and it works just as good as the one that cost 20 bucks more only diffidence I saw was two or 3 fans over one and one bios not two that's with any 470 or 480 card till the 490 comes out then it changes some.
hero member
Activity: 687
Merit: 502
November 08, 2016, 12:26:57 PM
#4
I have MSI, Sapphire and Asus Reference 480 8GB cards.
All of them perform the same.

30.5 ETH
55-57 ZEC

With strap modded bios.

I would just buy the cheapest one.
newbie
Activity: 17
Merit: 0
November 08, 2016, 10:41:37 AM
#3
The reference one , or the one with 2 fans?
full member
Activity: 251
Merit: 100
November 08, 2016, 09:28:25 AM
#2
Look at Sapphire - good cooling and i never seen Micron memory here,,,
And IceQ - lowest power consumtion from pci-e slot from all 480's
newbie
Activity: 17
Merit: 0
November 08, 2016, 09:13:41 AM
#1
Hi,
Since there's several brand and models for 480, do  you have advice for me to buy the right model of 480 to mine ( eth or zcash)?
One with stability and ability to tune memory on bios.
By advance
Many thanks.
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