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newbie
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July 11, 2017, 08:36:49 AM
Hi guys im a new miner currently i mine with 2x 1060 1x 970 ethereum and planning to try zcash.
I got my inno 3d 1060 for $300 and gigabyte g1 1060 for $360, and thats when the price still normal here before going up. Im not sure for some ppl here bluffing about ridiciously cheaper price than market normal price(maybe if you got lucky and got a couple of units,but not a price to give to others for reference except you want to show off that you`re lucky to get the cheapest price at that time) So anyway i wanna ask what should i get next there are rx 570 4gb $275++ 580 $335++ or gtx 1080ti $900 well i have a tight budget actually and not that much electricity but currently the only avaible gpu is the gtx 1080ti only and nobody knows when the amd will come. So is it rly worth it to take the 1080ti? I think the roi is about 10-12 months(my electricity cost $0.13/kwh). Thanks bfr if anyone answer this

See the post right before yours:

At CURRENT pricing, the GTX 1080ti is the overall best card for ZEC - but if 1070 and 1080 pricing drops back to where those cards were at 2 months ago, it becomes a "more or less tossup AT THE RIG level" competition again.

IMHO don't bother waiting for RX cards – even when they start filling backorders it will be a lottery if you get any or not. And if you ever decide to mine ETH then the DAG slowdown will make them slower than they are currently.

I agree with that. For the ZEC, it is still better to use the 1070/1080 and you can make some profit now.

yes i know about ppl whos post before me dude and some didnt make sense thats why i asked for others opinions. some said gtx 1080ti ~100 days ROI thats about 4 months thats impossible where did that guy do the calculation except you can make about 200++ bucks per month? i open the coinwarz calculator links on the above but they havent updated the difficulty on their zcash calculator. Anybody have tried 1080 ti and the ROI? i calculate with zcash the ROi takes a long time 9-11 months, zencash seems giving the best profit now or is there any other coins that have better results for 1080 ti?
full member
Activity: 140
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July 11, 2017, 03:10:10 AM
Hi guys im a new miner currently i mine with 2x 1060 1x 970 ethereum and planning to try zcash.
I got my inno 3d 1060 for $300 and gigabyte g1 1060 for $360, and thats when the price still normal here before going up. Im not sure for some ppl here bluffing about ridiciously cheaper price than market normal price(maybe if you got lucky and got a couple of units,but not a price to give to others for reference except you want to show off that you`re lucky to get the cheapest price at that time) So anyway i wanna ask what should i get next there are rx 570 4gb $275++ 580 $335++ or gtx 1080ti $900 well i have a tight budget actually and not that much electricity but currently the only avaible gpu is the gtx 1080ti only and nobody knows when the amd will come. So is it rly worth it to take the 1080ti? I think the roi is about 10-12 months(my electricity cost $0.13/kwh). Thanks bfr if anyone answer this

See the post right before yours:

At CURRENT pricing, the GTX 1080ti is the overall best card for ZEC - but if 1070 and 1080 pricing drops back to where those cards were at 2 months ago, it becomes a "more or less tossup AT THE RIG level" competition again.

IMHO don't bother waiting for RX cards – even when they start filling backorders it will be a lottery if you get any or not. And if you ever decide to mine ETH then the DAG slowdown will make them slower than they are currently.

I agree with that. For the ZEC, it is still better to use the 1070/1080 and you can make some profit now.
full member
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July 11, 2017, 02:09:26 AM
Hi guys im a new miner currently i mine with 2x 1060 1x 970 ethereum and planning to try zcash.
I got my inno 3d 1060 for $300 and gigabyte g1 1060 for $360, and thats when the price still normal here before going up. Im not sure for some ppl here bluffing about ridiciously cheaper price than market normal price(maybe if you got lucky and got a couple of units,but not a price to give to others for reference except you want to show off that you`re lucky to get the cheapest price at that time) So anyway i wanna ask what should i get next there are rx 570 4gb $275++ 580 $335++ or gtx 1080ti $900 well i have a tight budget actually and not that much electricity but currently the only avaible gpu is the gtx 1080ti only and nobody knows when the amd will come. So is it rly worth it to take the 1080ti? I think the roi is about 10-12 months(my electricity cost $0.13/kwh). Thanks bfr if anyone answer this

See the post right before yours:

At CURRENT pricing, the GTX 1080ti is the overall best card for ZEC - but if 1070 and 1080 pricing drops back to where those cards were at 2 months ago, it becomes a "more or less tossup AT THE RIG level" competition again.

IMHO don't bother waiting for RX cards – even when they start filling backorders it will be a lottery if you get any or not. And if you ever decide to mine ETH then the DAG slowdown will make them slower than they are currently.
newbie
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July 10, 2017, 11:59:39 AM
Hi guys im a new miner currently i mine with 2x 1060 1x 970 ethereum and planning to try zcash.
I got my inno 3d 1060 for $300 and gigabyte g1 1060 for $360, and thats when the price still normal here before going up. Im not sure for some ppl here bluffing about ridiciously cheaper price than market normal price(maybe if you got lucky and got a couple of units,but not a price to give to others for reference except you want to show off that you`re lucky to get the cheapest price at that time) So anyway i wanna ask what should i get next there are rx 570 4gb $275++ 580 $335++ or gtx 1080ti $900 well i have a tight budget actually and not that much electricity but currently the only avaible gpu is the gtx 1080ti only and nobody knows when the amd will come. So is it rly worth it to take the 1080ti? I think the roi is about 10-12 months(my electricity cost $0.13/kwh). Thanks bfr if anyone answer this
legendary
Activity: 1498
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July 05, 2017, 04:29:28 PM
Right now the gpu for mining are 1070 and 1080 from nvidia and Rx 570 and rx 580 from AMD. They have  a god ratio for performance/cost. I have tested R9 390 that has 31 MHS but the consuming is 330kwh.

 And it's not melting down?

 8-P


 I'm actually assuming that was a typo and it's eating 330 watts, which would be in line with my R9 290 cards mining ETH.


 At CURRENT pricing, the GTX 1080ti is the overall best card for ZEC - but if 1070 and 1080 pricing drops back to where those cards were at 2 months ago, it becomes a "more or less tossup AT THE RIG level" competition again.

 Before the recent "shortage price gouging", all 3 of them were capable of achieving better than 1 sol/s per $ (NOT counting the underlying MB/RAM/CPU/etc) and fairly close to that counting the entire system with careful shopping for a low-cost system.

 At current pricing, the RX series has VERY POOR performance/cost ratio - they were very good 3 months back before the shortages drove the pricing up though.



hero member
Activity: 854
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July 05, 2017, 11:12:00 AM
Right now the gpu for mining are 1070 and 1080 from nvidia and Rx 570 and rx 580 from AMD. They have  a god ratio for performance/cost. I have tested R9 390 that has 31 MHS but the consuming is 330kwh.
sr. member
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July 05, 2017, 09:59:15 AM
on the topic of best GPU to mine ZEC with . . where are you mining your ZEC? Best returns w/ what pool? I've been using slushpool and its a nice design but the returns are simply poor.
newbie
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June 14, 2017, 02:57:14 PM
From the research I did I saw that the best choice is a 1070 which I can afford in a few months so I will wait but can someone tell me which of the 2 would be better, palit 1070 jetstream or the superjetstream?
legendary
Activity: 1498
Merit: 1030
June 03, 2017, 04:39:44 AM

To get 690h/s you need 1.72 1070 GPUs

Now for power

1080 Ti                    = 250 * 24 = 6000w = 6kw
1070                        = 140 * 24 = 3360w = 3.36kw
1070 Adj for 690h/s =  240.8 * 24 = 5779.2 = 5.77kw

ZEC Production

1080 Ti    = 0.0571/day Approx(whattomine data)
1070       = 0.0348/day Approx(whattomine data)
1070 ADj = 0.0571/day Approx(whattomine data)

So in a day with ZEC @ $107/coin it is possible to make

1080 Ti = 6.1097- 0.84(power)      = 5.2697
1070    = 3.7236 - 0.4032(power) = 3.3204
1070 Adj = 6.1097 - 0.6924(power) = 5.4173

To get 1080Ti's level of earning(20 cent more) you will be spending $688 instead of $699.99 for 1080Ti a difference of $11.99

Now this is based on the assumption that 1070 will do 400h/s for 140w if not then I don't think 1070 is that efficient.

Hope this helps, If I made any mistake please let me know.

Regards,
BLife

How are you able to get 690h/s out of a GTX 1070!? I'm seeing here and elsewhere ~400h/s average.

 He's not, he was comparing an "equal production" amount of 1070s to a single 1080Ti.
 Refer to the first line I quoted.


newbie
Activity: 38
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June 02, 2017, 11:53:17 PM
The $190 PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Graphics Cards can do 23.5mh ETH and 268 SOL/s ZEC each @ ~60W per card.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uhSfOpvHks&feature=youtu.be&t=7295

THE ROI on the card for Zcash is less than 2 months currently. Tough to beat if you can get it for less than $200.

https://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/zcash-mining-calculator/?h=265&p=60&pc=0.10&pf=0.00&d=1941897.72385156&r=10.00064000&er=0.09776000&btcer=2586.01160000&hc=0.00

Thanks! Unfortunately I cannot find that card for under $225. Does it have to be that same model in the YouTube video? I can get 4x 1070s at 85 day ROI.
newbie
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June 02, 2017, 11:29:56 PM
Guys i just do not understand, why people are saying, that 1080 TI ist good for mining. Correct me if I  am wrong, but:

1080 TI costs about 800 EUR.
You get a used GTX 1070 from 360 to 400 EUR


1080 TI does 600 sols
we need also 1,5 x 1070 to have 600 sols, because 1 gtx 1070 produces about 400 sols

With this performance, the undeclocked 1080 ti consumes 160 Watt
for the same performance 1,5 1070 about 140 + 70 = 210 Watt

so the difference is 50 Watt an hour, that makes 1200 Watt a day, which is depending on the electricity costs (let's take 0,12 EUR for our example) about 14 cents a day,
which makes in month 5 EUR.

So the for the same performance the price difference is 800 - (400 +200) = 200 EUR
that is about 40 month... just to pay for the price difference...  !?!?


Hi thespycry,
 Here are some numbers to go through.

The price of 1080Ti founders edition is $699.99 & 1070 is $400

1080Ti out of the box does about 690h/s for the power draw of 250w
1070 out of the box does about 400h/s(I don't have one so used your number)

To get 690h/s you need 1.72 1070 GPUs

Now for power

1080 Ti                    = 250 * 24 = 6000w = 6kw
1070                        = 140 * 24 = 3360w = 3.36kw
1070 Adj for 690h/s =  240.8 * 24 = 5779.2 = 5.77kw

ZEC Production

1080 Ti    = 0.0571/day Approx(whattomine data)
1070       = 0.0348/day Approx(whattomine data)
1070 ADj = 0.0571/day Approx(whattomine data)

So in a day with ZEC @ $107/coin it is possible to make

1080 Ti = 6.1097- 0.84(power)      = 5.2697
1070    = 3.7236 - 0.4032(power) = 3.3204
1070 Adj = 6.1097 - 0.6924(power) = 5.4173

To get 1080Ti's level of earning(20 cent more) you will be spending $688 instead of $699.99 for 1080Ti a difference of $11.99

Now this is based on the assumption that 1070 will do 400h/s for 140w if not then I don't think 1070 is that efficient.

Hope this helps, If I made any mistake please let me know.

Regards,
BLife

How are you able to get 690h/s out of a GTX 1070!? I'm seeing here and elsewhere ~400h/s average.
hero member
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June 02, 2017, 10:11:44 PM
The $190 PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Graphics Cards can do 23.5mh ETH and 268 SOL/s ZEC each @ ~60W per card.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uhSfOpvHks&feature=youtu.be&t=7295

THE ROI on the card for Zcash is less than 2 months currently. Tough to beat if you can get it for less than $200.

https://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/zcash-mining-calculator/?h=265&p=60&pc=0.10&pf=0.00&d=1941897.72385156&r=10.00064000&er=0.09776000&btcer=2586.01160000&hc=0.00
newbie
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June 02, 2017, 10:03:57 PM
Unless the hash rate is ridiculous and the numbers work out (hasn't been the case so far) - I don't like to go too much over $200. The 1080ti is great and has a ridiculous hash rate, but it's also ridiculously expensive and from a ROI standpoint, it doesn't make much sense to me. For some, maybe. That's just my opinion.  

What can you get for <$200 with a good hash rate? The RIO on a 1080TI right now is ~100 days. I'm about to make some purchases and doing research is why I'm asking Smiley.
newbie
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June 02, 2017, 08:07:27 PM
I have a number of rigs.

6 x Sapphire RX480 = 1100W = 1800 hash
6 x 1070 = 1150W = 2700 hash

Just that the 1070 cost more but save a little bit of electricity in the long run

I have another rig 2 x 1070, 3 x 1080ti, 1 x 980ti = 1600W = 3600ish hash

No mods nothing. Everything stock with no overclocks

1070 is better

Hello Ace,

I just bought:
ASUS TUF Z270 Mark 2 LGA1151 DDR4 HDMI DVI M.2 USB 3.1 Z270 ATX Motherboard
Silicon Power SP120GBSS3S55S25AE SP/S55 120GB 2.5" SATA III 6 Gb/s TLC 7mm (0.28") Slim Internal Solid State Drive
Kingston HyperX FURY Black 4GB 2133MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL14 DIMM Desktop Memory (HX421C14FB/4)
Thermaltake TOUGHPOWER GRAND 80 Plus Plantium 1200W Full Modular Power Supply PS-TPG-1200FPCPUS-P
2 of EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition GAMING, 11GB GDDR5X, iCX Cooler & LED, Optimized Airflow Design, Interlaced Pin Fin Graphics Card 11G-P4-6393-KR
6-Pack PCIe VER 006 PCI-E 16x to 1x Powered Riser Adapter Card w/ 60cm USB 3.0 Extension Cable & MOLEX to SATA Power Cable - GPU Riser Adapter - Ethereum Mining ETH

Can this power supply hold one more 1080TI and two more 1070? Or are you running with two power supply? Also, I'll be using nicehash is that what are your outputs from? Thanks in advance!
sr. member
Activity: 255
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June 01, 2017, 05:22:48 AM
I have a number of rigs.

6 x Sapphire RX480 = 1100W = 1800 hash
6 x 1070 = 1150W = 2700 hash

Just that the 1070 cost more but save a little bit of electricity in the long run

I have another rig 2 x 1070, 3 x 1080ti, 1 x 980ti = 1600W = 3600ish hash

No mods nothing. Everything stock with no overclocks

1070 is better
legendary
Activity: 1498
Merit: 1030
June 01, 2017, 05:22:00 AM
#99

This means it will mine likely 20 hours a day. PSU is Seasonic X750-KM3.

I do not plan to use more than two GPUs as I will be using current system without buying any other hardware/upgrading. This is supposed to be gaming PC but why not mine some on it.

Actually my mobo (Asrock E3V5 Gaming) only supports Crossfire but no SLI so  dual Nvdia cards will make no good for me for gaming but only for mining.

I think my Skylake Xeon 1260L v5 CPU will not bottleneck a 1080ti as I can OC it to stock i7 6700/7700 level easily as my passmark test result indicate.

If I invest 950-1000 USD local purchase (or 775-800 USD international purchase) for a 1080Ti now does it make sense for my conditons?


 As a general rule, explicit SLI support by a motherboard isn't actually required to do SLI - that's more of a "yes, we tested it this way and certify the slots are positioned correctly to work" thing.
 On the other hand, SLI and Crossfire are going to be a dead issue in a few years, due to DirectX 12 support for asymmetric compute and multi-GPU support with no SLI or Crossfire needed.

 Your Xeon is serious overkill for a mining machine, mining doesn't need much CPU.

 Given the current pricing structure on the 1070/1080/1080ti they're all pretty close to a tossup as far as hash/$ goes at the system-build level on most coins.
 In theory, with your specified system and PS you should be able to use *2* of them eventually.

 Just don't try to stick an Aorus model (or any of the "2.5 slot" models) in a slot that doesn't leave it at least 1 slot worth of fan clearance to the next card over.

legendary
Activity: 1498
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June 01, 2017, 05:16:12 AM
#98
I'm not using any of the Gigabyte 1080 ti models, but the one you linked appears to be the 1080 ti version of the pair of 1080 cards I DO have.

 Should be reliable, and fairly cool, for a non-Aorus non-watercooled 1080ti.

sr. member
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June 01, 2017, 02:03:20 AM
#97
Phil posted this but best deal I've seen for a 1080TI
http://www.ebay.com/itm/292077280960?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

side note anyone using the gigabyte 1080 TI currently?

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This is the cheapest 1080Ti I can find too. Somebody wrote they are making 1080Tİ rig with Auros.

I wonder results for these cards as well.
sr. member
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May 31, 2017, 08:09:53 PM
#96
I am going to buy new GPU for my gaming PC and looking forward to get GTX 1080 or 1080Ti. I already have AMD ETH rig.

My plan is making my gaming PC to mine whatever Nvidia card can mine (Zcash, Skein etc.) when I do not game/use it.

This means it will mine likely 20 hours a day. PSU is Seasonic X750-KM3.

I do not plan to use more than two GPUs as I will be using current system without buying any other hardware/upgrading. This is supposed to be gaming PC but why not mine some on it.

Actually my mobo (Asrock E3V5 Gaming) only supports Crossfire but no SLI so  dual Nvdia cards will make no good for me for gaming but only for mining.

One option for dual Nvdia GPU would be using one of them for gaming while the other one mines and both of them mining when I dont game.

Electricity cost 0.11-0.13 USD/Kwh.

I am more inclined to a single GTX 1080ti rather than dual GTX 1070/1080 considering no SLI support.

I think my Skylake Xeon 1260L v5 CPU will not bottleneck a 1080ti as I can OC it to stock i7 6700/7700 level easily as my passmark test result indicate.

If I invest 950-1000 USD local purchase (or 775-800 USD international purchase) for a 1080Ti now does it make sense for my conditons?

If yes which brand and model would you suggest to buy?

Can it ROI in 4-5 months or till the Volta GTX GTX 2070/2080 comes into market and kills it price and performance wise with current coins Nvida can dig?

High performance gaming will be a very good side benefit for me.

Thanks.

Phil posted this but best deal I've seen for a 1080TI
http://www.ebay.com/itm/292077280960?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

side note anyone using the gigabyte 1080 TI currently?
hero member
Activity: 966
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May 30, 2017, 09:38:38 AM
#95
Can some tell me if the price of a GTX-1080 is worth the extra cost from a GTX-1070? What hash rate can I expect and what are the power requirements when mining Z-Cash?  Any help is appreciated. Cheesy

The GTX 1080 is the equivalent of 1.3X GTX 1070 in performance, and (here at last) you can have it at the same price ratio ( X 1.3 $)
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