Topic: GTX 1060 discussion thread - page 9. (Read 289409 times)

I have:

EVGA 1066 - Hynix - 20MH/s
ASUS 1066 - Micron - 23MH/s
EVGA 1066 - Samsung - 21.4MH/s

ASUS 1063 - Samsung - 25MH/s


Is Samsung mem in the 1060 cards only good in the 3GB models? I was pretty disappointed in the 6GB 1060 with Samsung mem cause I thought it would perform as well as the ASUS 3GB that also had Samsung. Both of them OC the same. 6GB Samsung Just gets poor hashrates.

In my opinion, the bigger drawback of the 1063 is the higher probability that you will get hynix memory in the cards. I've never found hynix in my 1066's yet.

There is no magic in that basically the people prefer 1063 video cards. They are cheaper, and the speed of their mining is the same (no cents count). Accordingly, according to the calculation of the price-quality 1063 best, unless, of course, if you going to mine etherium, where later you will need a large amount of memory. Actually for mining this is the only advantage of video cards 1066 against 1063.

32mh rocksolid?? are you good with bios?

i have 2x rx 480 msi gaming 4gb and more than 25mh i cant reach!! if you could help me i would be greatful bro

Yeah, I tried forcing constant voltage on my 1060s, changed the default volgate curve in AB also. It doesn't affect your memory stability in any way. It only affects the core clock in a smart way, you better don't play with voltages on nVidia GPUs, power limit does the job for you.

Let's say your GPU runs at 1500 Mhz core clock at stock (+0 core) and reduced power limit to 60%, that's at about 0.8mv. By increasing your core to +100 you don't force the GPU to draw more power, you only force it to run at 100 Mhz higher - 1600 at the same voltage and power draw. If your GPU runs 1400 stock then +100 will make it run at 1500 etc. You basically set some extra Mhz at the same voltage and power levels. Simply said you get the full potential of your GPU kind of free.

Some GPUs can handle +200 even 250 others can't take even +100. You should carefully play with your settings and see whats the maximum stable speed.

If you are concerned about electricity then work with the power limit as well and see how low you can get it without losing too much performance.

My 1060s run stable at 60% power, around 0.800mv, some of them run at 0.762 even. Losing about 1% hash rate compared to 100% power limit.

Consider mining on the NiceHash Legacy Miner 1.8.x.x version, it gave me at least 5-10% more profit on my 1060 rig last time I compared both.

Also install GPU-Z and check the type of your memory, it most likely is Hynix with such low Dagger hash rate. Your card might give you better result on Equihash coins.

It has Hynix memory, try mining something else.

Palit gtx 1060 3gb @ 1974 gpu /+600 mem and I'm getting ~17 MH/s DaggerHashimoto  ~832 MH/s Decred in dual mining.

What could be the reason for such low hashrate? Mining with NiceHash miner 2.1.0.2 beta.

Thanks for any help.

Hey fellow miners, my 1060 rig has been runing for almost 2 months now. I'm happy to say I was lucky with the memory and all my cards are with Samsung, 3 GB tho.
I've been tuning them up and down, playing a lot with the clocks. The final settings I found to be optimal are:

Power limit - 60%
Temp limit - 69c
Core +150
Memory +880

With 100% power limit I was getting a solid 25 Mh/s , up to 25.2 - 25.3 per card with Claymore Dual Miner. I dropped the power limit all the way down to 60% at the cost of about 0.5 Mh/s per card. My temps don't go above 38-42c with custom fan curve (mostly blowing at 40-50%) in a 15c room temp.

If I bump the power limit a bit higher at 80-85% I'm also getting solid 305-310 Sol/s on equihash. But atm the profit is less, even if same the extra electricity cost and higher temps on the cards are not worth imo.

I just wanted to share with you my personal opinion about 1060s 3 GB as I've read a ton of info about them and experimented a lot with mine.
About the settings:
Overclock your memory first, I think +500 or even +600 is a perfectly safe to start with if you've got Samsung memory, I started mine from +700 on the very first boot. Don't increase with more than +50 on each step. When you reach the maximum stable clock, start with the core - any card should be able to handle +100, but you can start from +50 and increase by +10 until you find the maximum stable setting. Then start lowering your power limit by 5% and see how low you can go without your hash rate droping like crazy. It depends on the algo you desire to optimize it for of course. You should be able to get your power down to 60-70% at the cost of 1-2% performance on Ethash and about 80-85% for Equihash or other algos.

Micron and Elpida memory cards are decent on Ethash as well as Equihash. Depends what clocks your card can handle and what algo you prefer (as well as what's most profitable atm).

Hynix sadly is bad at Ethash, so you better work your settings around Equihash algo. Find the highest stable core clock first then get to memory and power. Cards are not useless, they are quite decent just a bit limited in the choice of algo/coins.

My advice is also pay attention to the power draw and your temps as that's really important. 1-2 mh/s or a few sols are not worth it if your power is 20% more. Also the lower the power - the lower the temps. Less noise and longer life of the cards.


Note that I have a second rig - exactly the same. I can't get the power limit under 66-67% without my hash rate going to crap, but the memory clocks are stable at a bit higher clocks +910/+930. Cards are from the same batch, in fact all the 12 cards have consequent serial numbers. I guess not only cards matter but PSU, Mobo, risers as well. Don't try to copy settings from somebody else even if they have same hardware. Just play around with your settings for a couple of minutes/hours and find what's best for you.

If you are just getting into mining, don't be too picky on hardware. Just see what cards you can afford and find then build your rig around them. The sooner you start mining - the better. You really lose more while waiting than building a rig with a bit lower ROI. Also don't go with more than 8 GPUs if it's your first rig.

The 3gb are, on average, $100-150 cheaper, and depending on memory some of them run more efficiently for some altcoins, so you can recoup faster. The line is growig narrower, but you can still recoup and profit with a 1060 3g rig if you're smart.

(I do not own any 3gb, I do have a 6gb rig, but just saying)

Yeah I think there is also an advantage to getting 'better' cards than 1050's (like 1060 or 1070) as you don't have to pay for the room to have more motherboard slots and cables taken up by lesser cards. Depending on the exact cost, it may be worth getting better cards to avoid all the additional costs with having lots of mediocre cards.

Now such prices for all cards as 1060 is dangerous to take and even 6g, but who buys 3g is generally a mystery to me .. Why? I have all farms for 1060-6g, they have paid for themselves for a long time and are mined for profit, but I do not buy new carts, because it's dangerous to do it in an apartment, everything will be fucked up

people choose 1050 because actually you cant find any video cards in the world and the prices are almost troopled, so you can go with 1050 ti that is 60% of 1060 with speed so 2x 1050 is like 1x 1060

Might be the best set of mining cards,because it is cheaper than the 1080ti or higher cards but the result isnt that big,i am planning to build my first mining rig can you tell me how this is different to the 1050 ? because i have heard that most of the people choose 1050 over 1060 and 1070ti cards?Does the cause of the electricity really worth the hassle? 

Have an EVGA 1060 6GB SSC2. Samsung memory, but gets shit hashrates. My ASUS 3GB does 24-25MH, but this EVGA card barely pushes 21.

Both cards will OC the mem to +850-900 MHz but the EVGA just doesn’t perform.

Is there any hope?

smartcash is dead coin, especially after they were actually hacked and the cryptoria sent them away 
But we must pay tribute, at one time it was not bad, especially in the fall of 2017.


Of the more or less normal coins I see only BTX. 

Thanks for this. You were right when I reduced the core to 0 and increased the memory clock the hash rate increased. Interestingly though one card will take +850 and the other +700 at most. This seems odd.

afaik power limit in Nvidia cards only refers to how much voltage is given to the core, not the ram. In fact, when you increase that power limit, the core clock goes up aswell. If that was the case that more power limit gives more ram "room" to hit higher frecuencies, ram speed would also run faster as you move the slider, but that does not occur. Moreover, i can garantee that even increasing to 116% the power limiit, will make no difference in how much can i push the ram.

All my samsung memory cards go to +900 and I run them at +850 on 62-64% power. Try it with the core clock at 0. I never adjust my core clock despite what others say because I find there is no gain by doing so. I also don't set the fan at 65 as I prefer the AfterBurner curve but that shouldn't affect anything.

There is a chance your specific card may require more power. As a general rule I keep my power at 75 when testing to make sure it can handle +850. When I know there are no errors, I slowly decrease the power until I find the error point and then run it at 1 or 2 points higher than the minimum. My Founders edition run at 64% and my Zotacs can handle 62%.

Hi, I have two Founder Edition 1060 6gb cards with Samsung memory. Following some other guides I have seen I have mine set in Afterburner as:
Power limit - 65
Temp limit - 87
Core Clock - -150
Memory Clock - +700
Fan - 65

If I increase the memory clock Claymore is showing GPU errors and today I am finding what I thought were these stable settings are causing one of the GPU's to throttle. My electricity cost of $0.18 so I have to be a bit careful. Has anyone got any ideas how I can get more out of these as the general consensus seems to be that with Samsung ram the memory clock should be able to go much higher.
Thank you