GPU temp - GTX 1060/1800 - ETH vs ZEC mining

Nokia555

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Quote from: RamaLo on June 16, 2017, 03:22:08 AM

I have 2 rigs - 3xGTX1060 and 1x1080.
While I'm mining ETH (genoil), the standard temps are around 70C for 1060 and 67C for 1080.
For ZEC mining (EWBF), they go up quite a bit - 77-78C for 1060, 73-74C for 1080.

I don't change the setup between ZEC/ETH mining (same mem/gpu/tdp).

Anyone experienced this? Or there is something wrong on my side?

Thanks

If you miner ETH, you can easily lower your power limit, it would not affect the mh/s raise, get lower wattage usage and lower temps. Check here: http://mylifegadgets.com/setup-ethmonitoring-miner-software/
I have this: http://mylifegadgets.com/GTX10606GB and http://mylifegadgets.com/GTX1080. GTX1060 i have temps low as 54C and 1080 runs 60C

RamaLo

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So, what you're saying is that I can go with +500MHz for memory and underclock the GPU... that would make the ETH hashrate go up - marginally, most probably - but the temperatures will go down!?

That sounds quite OK - from ETH point of view, at least.

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Nebell

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That's normal, ETH is memory heavy and doesn't tax the GPU much, you can clock down the GPU as low as possible when mining ETH and it won't make a difference.
ZEC however is GPU heavy, which is why it gets hotter. I noticed some memory overclock boosts its hash rate, but not by much.
GPU's are way hotter than memory.

RamaLo

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I have 2 rigs - 3xGTX1060 and 1x1080.
While I'm mining ETH (genoil), the standard temps are around 70C for 1060 and 67C for 1080.
For ZEC mining (EWBF), they go up quite a bit - 77-78C for 1060, 73-74C for 1080.

I don't change the setup between ZEC/ETH mining (same mem/gpu/tdp).

Anyone experienced this? Or there is something wrong on my side?

Thanks

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