Topic: Best GPU for Ethereum (Read 8808 times)

Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 19, 2016, 04:22:16 AM

That is right. I think I will buy the cheaper RX 480 if the price is actually cheaper than the RX 470. 480 would be faster in other algorithms.

still waiting to know where did you find a 480 cheapest then 470 Cool

I do not think you can find a cheaper 480 than the 470 if they are the same brand. The cheapest 480 is more expensive than the cheapest 470.

The cheapest 480 RX is about $270 and the cheapest RX 470 is about $200 in my country. I might buy the 470.

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That is right. I think I will buy the cheaper RX 480 if the price is actually cheaper than the RX 470. 480 would be faster in other algorithms.

still waiting to know where did you find a 480 cheapest then 470 Cool

I do not think you can find a cheaper 480 than the 470 if they are the same brand. The cheapest 480 is more expensive than the cheapest 470.

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Quote from: QuintLeo on August 17, 2016, 03:43:18 PM

That is right. I think I will buy the cheaper RX 480 if the price is actually cheaper than the RX 470. 480 would be faster in other algorithms.

still waiting to know where did you find a 480 cheapest then 470 Cool

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Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 16, 2016, 03:32:16 PM

For the Ethereum mining, the AMD RX 480 is better than the 1060. The 1060 is too expensive and hash less than 480.

i think the better comparison would be between gtx 1060 3GB and RX470.
better choice

gtx 1060 6GB and RX480 are too expensive and without more hashing power

The price range of the RX 470 and RX 480 is so close they OVERLAP considerably - and everything I've seen to date is that on COMPARABLE cards (both same maker using same ram size/speed) the RX480 does in fact hash a little faster at basically identical efficiency vs. the RX470.

As far as I'm concerned, the 2 cards are pretty much interchangeable for Ethereum mining - and the REAL issue is AVAILABILITY - for example, as I was working on this post I checked NewEgg - and found a grand total of *3* options available, all RX 470. Other times I've checked it's been a mix or there have ONLY been RX 480s available.

The price range of the GTX 1060 STARTS at a hair more expensive than the MOST expensive RX 480 - and goes up quite a bit from there. It is NOT really a "similar" price to the RX 480, it's a little more expensive across the board. To make a GTX 1060 a competative card it would have to hash at close to 30MH/s - and I don't remember seeing anyone achieve that in testing, in fact the GTX 1060 seems to hash a little SLOWER than the RX 470 though with a little better hash/watt ratio.

Yea RX 470 is a good card

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Quote from: QuintLeo on August 17, 2016, 03:43:18 PM

Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 16, 2016, 03:32:16 PM

Quote from: QuintLeo on August 17, 2016, 03:43:18 PM

For the Ethereum mining, the AMD RX 480 is better than the 1060. The 1060 is too expensive and hash less than 480.

i think the better comparison would be between gtx 1060 3GB and RX470.
better choice

gtx 1060 6GB and RX480 are too expensive and without more hashing power

The price range of the RX 470 and RX 480 is so close they OVERLAP considerably - and everything I've seen to date is that on COMPARABLE cards (both same maker using same ram size/speed) the RX480 does in fact hash a little faster at basically identical efficiency vs. the RX470.

As far as I'm concerned, the 2 cards are pretty much interchangeable for Ethereum mining - and the REAL issue is AVAILABILITY - for example, as I was working on this post I checked NewEgg - and found a grand total of *3* options available, all RX 470. Other times I've checked it's been a mix or there have ONLY been RX 480s available.

The price range of the GTX 1060 STARTS at a hair more expensive than the MOST expensive RX 480 - and goes up quite a bit from there. It is NOT really a "similar" price to the RX 480, it's a little more expensive across the board. To make a GTX 1060 a competative card it would have to hash at close to 30MH/s - and I don't remember seeing anyone achieve that in testing, in fact the GTX 1060 seems to hash a little SLOWER than the RX 470 though with a little better hash/watt ratio.

That is right. I think I will buy the cheaper RX 480 if the price is actually cheaper than the RX 470. 480 would be faster in other algorithms.

where did you find rx 480 cheapest than rx 470???
which online store?

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Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 16, 2016, 03:32:16 PM

Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 16, 2016, 03:32:16 PM

For the Ethereum mining, the AMD RX 480 is better than the 1060. The 1060 is too expensive and hash less than 480.

i think the better comparison would be between gtx 1060 3GB and RX470.
better choice

gtx 1060 6GB and RX480 are too expensive and without more hashing power

The price range of the RX 470 and RX 480 is so close they OVERLAP considerably - and everything I've seen to date is that on COMPARABLE cards (both same maker using same ram size/speed) the RX480 does in fact hash a little faster at basically identical efficiency vs. the RX470.

As far as I'm concerned, the 2 cards are pretty much interchangeable for Ethereum mining - and the REAL issue is AVAILABILITY - for example, as I was working on this post I checked NewEgg - and found a grand total of *3* options available, all RX 470. Other times I've checked it's been a mix or there have ONLY been RX 480s available.

The price range of the GTX 1060 STARTS at a hair more expensive than the MOST expensive RX 480 - and goes up quite a bit from there. It is NOT really a "similar" price to the RX 480, it's a little more expensive across the board. To make a GTX 1060 a competative card it would have to hash at close to 30MH/s - and I don't remember seeing anyone achieve that in testing, in fact the GTX 1060 seems to hash a little SLOWER than the RX 470 though with a little better hash/watt ratio.

That is right. I think I will buy the cheaper RX 480 if the price is actually cheaper than the RX 470. 480 would be faster in other algorithms.

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Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 16, 2016, 03:32:16 PM

For the Ethereum mining, the AMD RX 480 is better than the 1060. The 1060 is too expensive and hash less than 480.

i think the better comparison would be between gtx 1060 3GB and RX470.
better choice

gtx 1060 6GB and RX480 are too expensive and without more hashing power

The price range of the RX 470 and RX 480 is so close they OVERLAP considerably - and everything I've seen to date is that on COMPARABLE cards (both same maker using same ram size/speed) the RX480 does in fact hash a little faster at basically identical efficiency vs. the RX470.

As far as I'm concerned, the 2 cards are pretty much interchangeable for Ethereum mining - and the REAL issue is AVAILABILITY - for example, as I was working on this post I checked NewEgg - and found a grand total of *3* options available, all RX 470. Other times I've checked it's been a mix or there have ONLY been RX 480s available.

The price range of the GTX 1060 STARTS at a hair more expensive than the MOST expensive RX 480 - and goes up quite a bit from there. It is NOT really a "similar" price to the RX 480, it's a little more expensive across the board. To make a GTX 1060 a competative card it would have to hash at close to 30MH/s - and I don't remember seeing anyone achieve that in testing, in fact the GTX 1060 seems to hash a little SLOWER than the RX 470 though with a little better hash/watt ratio.

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Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 16, 2016, 06:48:51 AM

just read over tomshardware

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-pascal,4679.html

this could be really the best choise...

quaiting for some benchmark...

For the Ethereum mining, the AMD RX 480 is better than the 1060. The 1060 is too expensive and hash less than 480.

i think the better comparison would be between gtx 1060 3GB and RX470.
better choice

gtx 1060 6GB and RX480 are too expensive and without more hashing power

But the 1060 is more expensive than the RX 470. It is similar price to the RX 480. So it is not a good value to mine.

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Quote from: philipma1957 on August 15, 2016, 10:01:26 PM

Quote from: Amph on August 15, 2016, 02:39:26 PM

Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 15, 2016, 02:15:32 PM

the 1070 can do 30MH at 80w, but you need a version of msi afterburner that let you decease the power limit under 50%

hell probably even 70w, since no one have tried it i guess it may work, with -500 core

i think RX 470 remain one of the best chioise.

i don't agree, and anyway only for etheruem, it's trash on lbry and spread for example, and many other...

Yeah but for eth the 4gb sapphire 1 fan model rx 470 can be had for about 185$

It can do 22mh so eight $ per mh it uses about 6 watts per mh.

A rig with four of them can do 85-88 mh using 500 watts.

My goal is to have a full case build of this to show off.

I only see these cards for $199 plus $5 shipping. Maybe you are using coupons?

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Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 16, 2016, 06:48:51 AM

just read over tomshardware

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-pascal,4679.html

this could be really the best choise...

quaiting for some benchmark...

For the Ethereum mining, the AMD RX 480 is better than the 1060. The 1060 is too expensive and hash less than 480.

i think the better comparison would be between gtx 1060 3GB and RX470.
better choice

gtx 1060 6GB and RX480 are too expensive and without more hashing power

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Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 16, 2016, 06:48:51 AM

just read over tomshardware

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-pascal,4679.html

this could be really the best choise...

quaiting for some benchmark...

For the Ethereum mining, the AMD RX 480 is better than the 1060. The 1060 is too expensive and hash less than 480.

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just read over tomshardware

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-pascal,4679.html

this could be really the best choise...

quaiting for some benchmark...

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Quote from: philipma1957 on August 15, 2016, 10:01:26 PM

Quote from: Amph on August 15, 2016, 02:39:26 PM

Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 15, 2016, 02:15:32 PM

Quote from: Amph on August 15, 2016, 02:39:26 PM

the 1070 can do 30MH at 80w, but you need a version of msi afterburner that let you decease the power limit under 50%

hell probably even 70w, since no one have tried it i guess it may work, with -500 core

i think RX 470 remain one of the best chioise.

i don't agree, and anyway only for etheruem, it's trash on lbry and spread for example, and many other...

Yeah but for eth the 4gb sapphire 1 fan model rx 470 can be had for about 185$

It can do 22mh so eight $ per mh it uses about 6 watts per mh.

A rig with four of them can do 85-88 mh using 500 watts.

My goal is to have a full case build of this to show off.

how many $ for kwatt hour are you paying??

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Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 15, 2016, 02:15:32 PM

Quote from: italianMiner72 on August 15, 2016, 02:15:32 PM

the 1070 can do 30MH at 80w, but you need a version of msi afterburner that let you decease the power limit under 50%

hell probably even 70w, since no one have tried it i guess it may work, with -500 core

i think RX 470 remain one of the best chioise.

i don't agree, and anyway only for etheruem, it's trash on lbry and spread for example, and many other...

Yeah but for eth the 4gb sapphire 1 fan model rx 470 can be had for about 185$

It can do 22mh so eight $ per mh it uses about 6 watts per mh.

A rig with four of them can do 85-88 mh using 500 watts.

My goal is to have a full case build of this to show off.

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R9 290 is a legitimate 30MH/s card even now, modded with a BIOS from TheStilt.
It might go higher if you can keep the system cool enough.

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the 1070 can do 30MH at 80w, but you need a version of msi afterburner that let you decease the power limit under 50%

hell probably even 70w, since no one have tried it i guess it may work, with -500 core

i think RX 470 remain one of the best chioise.

i don't agree, and anyway only for etheruem, it's trash on lbry and spread for example, and many other...

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