Picked up the ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1070 yesterday (
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HEQYQHA )
cost $680CAD ($520USD) after taxes where i bought it
gorgeous card, fairly simple install (its about 3" longer than the r9-270x i had hooked up prior) with a few reboots to get gpu-tweak and the drivers in full form.
nicehash benchmarks are similar to those found online, but lyra2rev2 / vertcoin is clearly the ideal algorithm:
OC mode (default values from asus): ~36.5 MH
Custom mode (+135 core, +432 mem, +2% voltage, +10% power target): ~38.6 MH
Custom mode #2 (+223 core, +660 mem, +8% voltage, +12% power target): 40.05 MH
via nicehash it is due to produce about $2.90USD/day (directly mining VTC might reward 5% better), or about $3CAD/day with power costs deducted.
If i were to resell the card in about 6months, id expect around $350-400CAD for it, and 6 months could net me >$500CAD if the difficulty and VTC/USD stay consistent. Thats about $200 (30%) return within half a year, and theres a good chance this card will hold value and mining potential a lot longer due to the die size.
right now the plan is to play around with it for a few days, and then potentially buy some more for the dedicated mining rig im building (waiting on the frame/cpu still). however, I might just buy a second card to SLI in the current rig, and wait for custom-cooler RX-480 designs to be available for my dedicated rig.
of note - there's been a lot of discussion about the RX-480 drawing excessive power from the PCIE slot (and software updates made to correct the issue), its likely the strix has the same concerns since it only has a single 8pin power connection. has anyone looked into or experienced issues with this on the GTX 1070?
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