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Although I still mine Ergo and Zilliqa, I think it's better to buy altcoins and wait for a bull market to come around again. In the last bull market, altcoins brought an insane amount of money than mining rigs and graphics cards, and mining rigs are not easy to run, whereas coins bring higher returns over the long run.
legendary
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Check out some interesting statistics
https://hiveon.com/statistics/
The nvidia 3000 series is quite popular with miners, and AMD still mines a lot of old video cards, such as
Radeon RX 580 8GB and Radeon RX 570 8GB. Probably the owners have cheap electricity. Kaspa has become a popular coin in mining. And I don't see Nvidia's 4000 series either.
legendary
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#SWGT CERTIK Audited
I have not yet met miners with GPU 40x0 series
legendary
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New graphics cards are still very expensive. If you believe in coins that need a powerful GPU core to mine, then Nvidia's 4000 series wins. But we do not know how the new video cards will work in mining and the 16pin connector causes great concern for many miners.
legendary
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I think if you’re buying equipment for the future you obviously need to be buying the newest hardware on the market possible. There are really only 2 companies to choose from also. You have AMD or Nvidia. I prefer AMD to be honest but Nvidia is more popular overall. I’m debating grabbing a couple new AMD GPUs myself but it’s hard to spend BTC knowing it’s about to appreciate so much.

I know that feeling of conserving the Bitcoin but I think you can put it to work,after getting your cards no matter what you choose AMD or Nvidia the newest gadgets are powerful enough to bring good results in mining the cryptocoins not yielding a profit in fiat,you can then dual mine you favorite Ethash coin and you can add ZIL as a secondary coin.It is exactly this secondary coin which you can stake in different places,I personally use Atomic Wallet and get up to 15% applied yearly interest and this way you can start recovering little by little the spent amount.
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I think if you’re buying equipment for the future you obviously need to be buying the newest hardware on the market possible. There are really only 2 companies to choose from also. You have AMD or Nvidia. I prefer AMD to be honest but Nvidia is more popular overall. I’m debating grabbing a couple new AMD GPUs myself but it’s hard to spend BTC knowing it’s about to appreciate so much.
legendary
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I can understand why they always optimize for the latest generation graphic cards since miners (at least the big ones) will buy the latest cards when it is available. Unfortunately, the same thing happens when it comes to gaming performance updates for older cards. It seems manufacturers like Nvidia and AMD are trying to push users to buy their latest cards and sacrifice their user satisfaction for short-term gain.
I sell my old video cards to gamers and most of the younger gamers use old video cards and 4-6 generation intel core processors. I myself play on an old video card, although I can buy the latest GPU.
For old video cards, you do not need to install new drivers, because the performance will not be better, and maybe even worse.
legendary
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I have never seen a performance upgrade from the driver updates but those driver updates were requirements from the mining software like lolminer etc that needed the last driver to continue performing with the same stability and performance.
I don't know about gaming/rendering performance from the driver updates but for mining with Nvidia 2000 or 3000 series it is basically a set and forget experience even if you are running a not that stable operating system like Windows is and I am running my rig in Windows 10.

I see. Is there any reason why the mining software requires the latest driver if there is no performance improvement then? Can't they just continue developing on the stable version/previous version and then just release a new one if there a driver updates that change the performance/efficiency or something similar? Or do miners always update their GPU drivers so they have to always keep it up with them?



That is also only a Nvidia thing I have to explain,I have been mining ETC with Rx 570/580 with the Blockchain driver for many years and never had a problem about drivers update but with Nvidia I think the miner software needed to be continuously updated with the latest driver in order to have stability,with the old drivers sometimes strange things happened,for example I have a Rtx 3060 ti non LHR and with the old drivers sometimes it got to LHR hash rate or even locked the complete mining rig,so once I updated the drivers no such problems happened and I had the miner running for many days,weeks and even months without a single restart using a non stable OS like Windows 10.
legendary
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I have never seen a performance upgrade from the driver updates but those driver updates were requirements from the mining software like lolminer etc that needed the last driver to continue performing with the same stability and performance.
I don't know about gaming/rendering performance from the driver updates but for mining with Nvidia 2000 or 3000 series it is basically a set and forget experience even if you are running a not that stable operating system like Windows is and I am running my rig in Windows 10.
I see. Is there any reason why the mining software requires the latest driver if there is no performance improvement then? Can't they just continue developing on the stable version/previous version and then just release a new one if there a driver updates that change the performance/efficiency or something similar? Or do miners always update their GPU drivers so they have to always keep it up with them?

Of course, the developer of the miners writes which version of the drivers to use. Even in our forum section, some miners complained about the low hashrate until they thought of reading the readme file and updating the drivers. But the problem is that many developers do not optimize software for 1000 and 2000 series.
I can understand why they always optimize for the latest generation graphic cards since miners (at least the big ones) will buy the latest cards when it is available. Unfortunately, the same thing happens when it comes to gaming performance updates for older cards. It seems manufacturers like Nvidia and AMD are trying to push users to buy their latest cards and sacrifice their user satisfaction for short-term gain.
legendary
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Of course, the developer of the miners writes which version of the drivers to use. Even in our forum section, some miners complained about the low hashrate until they thought of reading the readme file and updating the drivers. But the problem is that many developers do not optimize software for 1000 and 2000 series.
legendary
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That is interesting. I've seen many complaints about NVIDIA releasing too many hotfix drivers that screw up gaming/content creation activities, but I guess it doesn't affect mining performance that much. Have you ever experienced a performance increase from driver updates? If there is not a substantial increase in performance. Maybe a driver update is not necessary after all, as stability matters more. CMIIW.

I have never seen a performance upgrade from the driver updates but those driver updates were requirements from the mining software like lolminer etc that needed the last driver to continue performing with the same stability and performance.

I don't know about gaming/rendering performance from the driver updates but for mining with Nvidia 2000 or 3000 series it is basically a set and forget experience even if you are running a not that stable operating system like Windows is and I am running my rig in Windows 10.
legendary
Activity: 2156
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Yes i agree. Nvidia is popular because it is easy to start up but with amd it is difficult start up. I spend alot of time for polaris gen then rdna gen. Once you adjust everything good amd is also stable works weeks without problem.
I heard AMD drivers are incredibly good since the 5700XT days. It has less overhead compared to NVIDIA, and with most drivers updates, they give performance increases. Depending on how you look at that, you can say that buying AMD cards might be better for your bucks, especially if you use them for gaming purposes. The problem is that most people don't want to risk trying AMD again, so they keep believing that AMD has bad drivers even if NVIDIA has more or less the same issues.

With AMD I have been working longer and in my early days I like most of us have only mined of them but never had the same performance and stability as Nvidia has for the latest generation cards,that is just my experience though.
That is interesting. I've seen many complaints about NVIDIA releasing too many hotfix drivers that screw up gaming/content creation activities, but I guess it doesn't affect mining performance that much. Have you ever experienced a performance increase from driver updates? If there is not a substantial increase in performance. Maybe a driver update is not necessary after all, as stability matters more. CMIIW.
legendary
Activity: 1610
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It's a lot cheaper to buy the crypto. You want noise and expenses?

BTW. I don't care if your intrested. You ask and you get an answer.
If you live in an apartment without a balcony, then I do not advise you to engage in mining. Indeed, the noise will disturb you.
I paid off my investments in mining a long time ago, I have real estate where cheap electricity is 5 cents, I have video cards, and I want them to work and mine coins for me.
It is probably more profitable for a beginner to buy coins now, and I want to mine coins.
member
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Which coins are you mining nowadays?
I mine ETHW on AMD graphics cards.
For nvidia, I try to choose profitable coins from the site https://www.hashrate.no/

the next generation after gddr6x. 2xxx is a bear market series 4xxx is a bear market series. 5xxx series is the target, you can't rush things hehe
In the bull market, even old graphics cards were profitable, but we don't know if the 2000 and 3000 series will be profitable in 2024 or later when the Nvidia RTX 5090 comes out.

I think AMD doesn’t get the credit it deserves for being able to produce graphics cards that profitably mine for far longer than Nvidia cards. That being said, I haven’t kept up with what AMD is pushing nowadays as Nvidia cards seem to be much more popular for some reason. The 4070 might be a good card, but I think awaiting the next release by AMD might not be a bad idea given the current market situation.

The reason I think Nvidia is more popular is because when you make a rig let's say full of Nvidia same cards or even different series like the 2000 and 3000 put together and configure them properly then with these series you rarely need to restart them or they rarely give you any problem,they run for days,weeks and months without the slightest problem and that is my personal experience with them.

With AMD I have been working longer and in my early days I like most of us have only mined of them but never had the same performance and stability as Nvidia has for the latest generation cards,that is just my experience though.
Yes i agree. Nvidia is popular because it is easy to start up but with amd it is difficult start up. I spend alot of time for polaris gen then rdna gen. Once you adjust everything good amd is also stable works weeks without problem.
legendary
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Which coins are you mining nowadays?
I mine ETHW on AMD graphics cards.
For nvidia, I try to choose profitable coins from the site https://www.hashrate.no/

the next generation after gddr6x. 2xxx is a bear market series 4xxx is a bear market series. 5xxx series is the target, you can't rush things hehe
In the bull market, even old graphics cards were profitable, but we don't know if the 2000 and 3000 series will be profitable in 2024 or later when the Nvidia RTX 5090 comes out.

I think AMD doesn’t get the credit it deserves for being able to produce graphics cards that profitably mine for far longer than Nvidia cards. That being said, I haven’t kept up with what AMD is pushing nowadays as Nvidia cards seem to be much more popular for some reason. The 4070 might be a good card, but I think awaiting the next release by AMD might not be a bad idea given the current market situation.

The reason I think Nvidia is more popular is because when you make a rig let's say full of Nvidia same cards or even different series like the 2000 and 3000 put together and configure them properly then with these series you rarely need to restart them or they rarely give you any problem,they run for days,weeks and months without the slightest problem and that is my personal experience with them.

With AMD I have been working longer and in my early days I like most of us have only mined of them but never had the same performance and stability as Nvidia has for the latest generation cards,that is just my experience though.
donator
Activity: 4718
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~

Which coins are you mining nowadays?
I mine ETHW on AMD graphics cards.
For nvidia, I try to choose profitable coins from the site https://www.hashrate.no/

the next generation after gddr6x. 2xxx is a bear market series 4xxx is a bear market series. 5xxx series is the target, you can't rush things hehe
In the bull market, even old graphics cards were profitable, but we don't know if the 2000 and 3000 series will be profitable in 2024 or later when the Nvidia RTX 5090 comes out.

I think AMD doesn’t get the credit it deserves for being able to produce graphics cards that profitably mine for far longer than Nvidia cards. That being said, I haven’t kept up with what AMD is pushing nowadays as Nvidia cards seem to be much more popular for some reason. The 4070 might be a good card, but I think awaiting the next release by AMD might not be a bad idea given the current market situation.
sr. member
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It is truly boring without mining,I feel a sense of confidence when I see my rig lights and GPU spinning while I feel empty when I see them turned off  Grin.

I am feeling the same. Grin

Go and use some of Elon's space for attention.

Youtube. See if he stutters when you listen.
sr. member
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I have disconnected my old graphics cards from mining and have already sold about half. In January, sales were bad, but in February I sold a lot of video cards.
If interested, I will write the sale prices
GTX 1070 $150
GTX 1080 $210
RX 480 8 GB $100
I did the maintenance, cleaning, replacement of thermal pads and fans myself, so my expenses were minimal.
I plan to sell the remaining GPUs in 30-45 days.

I still have the RTX 2070 and RX 5600, and while they are in the mining.

I keep thinking about what to buy.
I definitely don't want an RTX 3080-3090 and I certainly don't want an RTX 4080-4090 because they are so hot.
But I see that new coins require high performance of the video card core, so the 4xx series outperforms the 3x series on many coins by 50 percent or more.

If you make a decision on this logic, then my choice is the RTX4070 that should appear or the RTX 4070ti.
Or buy used 3060-3070.

RTX 4070s are still expensive, I can buy a 3070 after mining in good condition for 400-420 dollars.
Tell me your plans

It's a lot cheaper to buy the crypto. You want noise and expenses?

BTW. I don't care if your intrested. You ask and you get an answer.
member
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It is truly boring without mining,I feel a sense of confidence when I see my rig lights and GPU spinning while I feel empty when I see them turned off  Grin.

I am feeling the same. Grin
legendary
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just remember the price of 2080ti just a month before 3070 was released (2080ti more expensive), around same performance with 3070 but 3070 is cheaper and more efficient.

yeah old gpus will earn in a bullrun just don't go full retard on old gpus hehe. more efficient cards will mine last longer before you turn them off in the peak bear market hehe.

there is also an issue with space, you might have the cash to buy new cards but you don't have electrical space and actual space to place the new gen cards hehe
legendary
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the next generation after gddr6x. 2xxx is a bear market series 4xxx is a bear market series. 5xxx series is the target, you can't rush things hehe
In the bull market, even old graphics cards were profitable, but we don't know if the 2000 and 3000 series will be profitable in 2024 or later when the Nvidia RTX 5090 comes out.

true but..

there is always a "what if" after a new generation of tech is released there could be an enormous leap in performance like from 9xx to 1xxx and electricity savings from more efficient tech.

there is also a small window of opportunity to buy those new cards cheap before bullrun starts hehe, but who knows if the PTSD is too strong you wouldn't want to buy those new cards hehe.
I don't see performance breakthroughs. Many modern mining algorithms are highly dependent on the core frequency. And if we get a high hashrate, then the consumption of the PTX 4090 video card is in the range of 300-400 watts. For such mining, the miner needs to invest a lot of money in the cooling system.

No matter how big the performance breakthrough of the new cards,for example of the Rtx 4090 over previous generation it would still cost a lot of money to get it and in these condition where mining is not profitable and it does not look like it is going to be,at least in the short and mid term,there is no real reason why to spend money on such cards.As I said continuing with 3060 ti for the moment remains the most wise thing to do because of 60-62 Mhsh for just 115 watt power consumption which is a great performance/cost combination.Five of such cards give you 300 Mhsh with less than 700 watt overall power consumption and you can mine quite a decent amount of daily new coins like ETHW,ETHF and ZIL to name a few.

There is no reason to jump to the newest generation in such conditions.
legendary
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the next generation after gddr6x. 2xxx is a bear market series 4xxx is a bear market series. 5xxx series is the target, you can't rush things hehe

I was thinking about this when I saw the thread, about the right time to buy GPUs for a possible new bull run.
In 2017 I managed to buy most of my gpus at the right time, before the value increase, and some gpus during the increase.
In 2020 I also managed to get in at the best possible time, buying the 5700xt at a very good price, because mining was giving signs that it was going to be profitable, until then at that moment the estimated was a few dollars per month, but soon it was increasing and I was buying more gpus.

I don't have much hope of buying the 4XXX series because I am still not confident enough for the minable coins to return to be profitable in the short term, but it may be that for the 5xxx series things change again and it is good to keep an eye.
But in any case I won't go with an immutable plan, I will watch how the market behaves and try to go with the flow.

I'll watch the 4070 and 4060, but prices are still high in my opinion.
legendary
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there is always a "what if" after a new generation of tech is released there could be an enormous leap in performance like from 9xx to 1xxx and electricity savings from more efficient tech.
From what I remember correctly, leaks about RDNA3 were about higher clocks, lower power, and more performance, but it didn't happen. Some leaks suggest that RDNA3 is released in an unfinished stage, and why the next generation should be better (whether it will be named RNDA4 or RDNA3 super is unknown). Not sure how reliable it is though, but I'll keep that in mind since past records show that those leakers have some good track records. But I won't be surprised if they miss again after this.

I don't see performance breakthroughs. Many modern mining algorithms are highly dependent on the core frequency. And if we get a high hashrate, then the consumption of the PTX 4090 video card is in the range of 300-400 watts. For such mining, the miner needs to invest a lot of money in the cooling system.
I'm not up to date with the latest leaks, but most narratives that I hear last time suggest that higher clocks are what they are aiming for. Efficiency is probably going to be a problem though unless they do another node shrink or use a new architecture. Judging from how the sales of the 40 series or 30 series are going on right now, hopefully, it will be cheaper instead of pricier. CMIIW.
legendary
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the next generation after gddr6x. 2xxx is a bear market series 4xxx is a bear market series. 5xxx series is the target, you can't rush things hehe
In the bull market, even old graphics cards were profitable, but we don't know if the 2000 and 3000 series will be profitable in 2024 or later when the Nvidia RTX 5090 comes out.

true but..

there is always a "what if" after a new generation of tech is released there could be an enormous leap in performance like from 9xx to 1xxx and electricity savings from more efficient tech.

there is also a small window of opportunity to buy those new cards cheap before bullrun starts hehe, but who knows if the PTSD is too strong you wouldn't want to buy those new cards hehe.
I don't see performance breakthroughs. Many modern mining algorithms are highly dependent on the core frequency. And if we get a high hashrate, then the consumption of the PTX 4090 video card is in the range of 300-400 watts. For such mining, the miner needs to invest a lot of money in the cooling system.
legendary
Activity: 3388
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the next generation after gddr6x. 2xxx is a bear market series 4xxx is a bear market series. 5xxx series is the target, you can't rush things hehe
In the bull market, even old graphics cards were profitable, but we don't know if the 2000 and 3000 series will be profitable in 2024 or later when the Nvidia RTX 5090 comes out.

true but..

there is always a "what if" after a new generation of tech is released there could be an enormous leap in performance like from 9xx to 1xxx and electricity savings from more efficient tech.

there is also a small window of opportunity to buy those new cards cheap before bullrun starts hehe, but who knows if the PTSD is too strong you wouldn't want to buy those new cards hehe.
legendary
Activity: 1610
Merit: 1026
~

Which coins are you mining nowadays?
I mine ETHW on AMD graphics cards.
For nvidia, I try to choose profitable coins from the site https://www.hashrate.no/

the next generation after gddr6x. 2xxx is a bear market series 4xxx is a bear market series. 5xxx series is the target, you can't rush things hehe
In the bull market, even old graphics cards were profitable, but we don't know if the 2000 and 3000 series will be profitable in 2024 or later when the Nvidia RTX 5090 comes out.
legendary
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Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform
I have some spare GTX 1660 super GPU when I recently replaced my 2 desktop GPU with 3060 Ti. I plan to use it on mining but the update of Ethereum to PoS makes me loss interest on mining.

What altcoins is the best to mine these days? Is selling GPU is more efficient than use it on mining altcoin nowadays?
The GTX 1660 SUPER is low power and if you are willing to mine coins and not sell it then I would keep mining.
https://www.hashrate.no/gpus/1660s
If you need a good profit right now, then there are no such coins, or I don’t know about it. But it's boring without mining, and I need to sell old video cards.

I think that the best thing to do,get rid of all those 10 series video cards and invest those money in whatever amount of video cards you can buy with that money from the 20 and 30 series.Judging by the characteristics published the 4060 ti is not looking as a good option,the best would be the 4070 if you want to go ahead and buy expensive cards but I remain of the opinion that the best you can do is to buy 3060 ti or the next best thing after it, Rx 5600 or 5700 xt cards.

It is truly boring without mining,I feel a sense of confidence when I see my rig lights and GPU spinning while I feel empty when I see them turned off  Grin.
legendary
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the next generation after gddr6x. 2xxx is a bear market series 4xxx is a bear market series. 5xxx series is the target, you can't rush things hehe
newbie
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I have disconnected my old graphics cards from mining and have already sold about half. In January, sales were bad, but in February I sold a lot of video cards.
If interested, I will write the sale prices
GTX 1070 $150
GTX 1080 $210
RX 480 8 GB $100
I did the maintenance, cleaning, replacement of thermal pads and fans myself, so my expenses were minimal.
I plan to sell the remaining GPUs in 30-45 days.

I still have the RTX 2070 and RX 5600, and while they are in the mining.

I keep thinking about what to buy.
I definitely don't want an RTX 3080-3090 and I certainly don't want an RTX 4080-4090 because they are so hot.
But I see that new coins require high performance of the video card core, so the 4xx series outperforms the 3x series on many coins by 50 percent or more.

If you make a decision on this logic, then my choice is the RTX4070 that should appear or the RTX 4070ti.
Or buy used 3060-3070.

RTX 4070s are still expensive, I can buy a 3070 after mining in good condition for 400-420 dollars.
Tell me your plans

Which coins are you mining nowadays?
legendary
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The low-end 40 series are really terrible value-wise, I'd probably go with the 70 series if I really need to buy one and I can't find last-gen cards anywhere. However, judging from NVIDIA and AMD's recent release, waiting for next-generation cards might be a better idea. If worst comes to worst (their pricing increase again), then I'd buy the 40 series. Not sure how risky it is considering some mining farms would probably keep buying and increase the hash rate of whatever coin is profitable, but I don't want to fuel NVIDIA and AMD's greed. CMIIW.
legendary
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I have some spare GTX 1660 super GPU when I recently replaced my 2 desktop GPU with 3060 Ti. I plan to use it on mining but the update of Ethereum to PoS makes me loss interest on mining.

What altcoins is the best to mine these days? Is selling GPU is more efficient than use it on mining altcoin nowadays?
The GTX 1660 SUPER is low power and if you are willing to mine coins and not sell it then I would keep mining.
https://www.hashrate.no/gpus/1660s
If you need a good profit right now, then there are no such coins, or I don’t know about it. But it's boring without mining, and I need to sell old video cards.
hero member
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Dimon6969
I have some spare GTX 1660 super GPU when I recently replaced my 2 desktop GPU with 3060 Ti. I plan to use it on mining but the update of Ethereum to PoS makes me loss interest on mining.

What altcoins is the best to mine these days? Is selling GPU is more efficient than use it on mining altcoin nowadays?
member
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Better skip rtx4000 series or wait for super editions like happened with rtx2000 series
legendary
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The only cards I would buy in such a difficult situation are the ones who consumes the least amount of energy yet having a decent and substantial amount of hash rate.Based on such logic you can never go wrong with the used 3060 ti which are the ones that consumes the least amount of energy and you can find them used for like 300-350 USD at 60 Mhsh for me is the best buy for anyone who is looking to buy video cards.

The best result I expect to be 4060 ti when it comes out as it will probably further down the energy consumption and increase the hash rate but the down side to that is that they will only be new cards and as such being expensive does not justify such a purchase.

https://videocardz.com/nvidia/geforce-30/geforce-rtx-3060-ti-gddr6x


https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-expected-to-launch-in-april
If you look at the rumors and data published by insiders, then the 4060ti video card looks worse in terms of characteristics than the 3060ti video card. And in April there will be more information after the release of RTX 4070
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Rx 5700 and rtx 3060ti are the best in my opinion.
legendary
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The only cards I would buy in such a difficult situation are the ones who consumes the least amount of energy yet having a decent and substantial amount of hash rate.Based on such logic you can never go wrong with the used 3060 ti which are the ones that consumes the least amount of energy and you can find them used for like 300-350 USD at 60 Mhsh for me is the best buy for anyone who is looking to buy video cards.

The best result I expect to be 4060 ti when it comes out as it will probably further down the energy consumption and increase the hash rate but the down side to that is that they will only be new cards and as such being expensive does not justify such a purchase.
legendary
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I have disconnected my old graphics cards from mining and have already sold about half. In January, sales were bad, but in February I sold a lot of video cards.
If interested, I will write the sale prices
GTX 1070 $150
GTX 1080 $210
RX 480 8 GB $100
I did the maintenance, cleaning, replacement of thermal pads and fans myself, so my expenses were minimal.
I plan to sell the remaining GPUs in 30-45 days.

I still have the RTX 2070 and RX 5600, and while they are in the mining.

I keep thinking about what to buy.
I definitely don't want an RTX 3080-3090 and I certainly don't want an RTX 4080-4090 because they are so hot.
But I see that new coins require high performance of the video card core, so the 4xx series outperforms the 3x series on many coins by 50 percent or more.

If you make a decision on this logic, then my choice is the RTX4070 that should appear or the RTX 4070ti.
Or buy used 3060-3070.

RTX 4070s are still expensive, I can buy a 3070 after mining in good condition for 400-420 dollars.
Tell me your plans
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