I like the "no connector" Sapphire mining card design, due to better cooling.
I don't plan to sell the cards, as I have a use for them in DNet RC5 work once I stop mining with any I have.
Most folks though might want to keep resale value in mind - the mining cards WILL get hammered there when GPU mining crashes, though there will still be a SMALL market for them as second cards in a Crossfire/SLI setup or gaming under DirectX 12 or for folks doing various "crunching" type work.
Topic: Mining Card vs GPU Card - page 2. (Read 1530 times)
As far as I know, the mining specific cards only have a warranty of a few months. I've seen some with only 1 month warranty. Normal cards have at least 1 year warranty. They say it's voided if used for mining, but I have no idea how they would prove it was used for mining.
Personally I buy normal GPU cards because of the warranty thing and 2nd hand resell value issue you mention.
Personally I buy normal GPU cards because of the warranty thing and 2nd hand resell value issue you mention.
Do you still buy GPU right now, normally what model do you buy ? As I see most of the mainstream GPU for mining is totally out stock for now, some people are using GTX 1080 and 1080Ti but I think that's crazy
I'm new to the mining scene , last few days I tried to source for suitable GPU for mining like RX 470 or GTX 1070, but all of them out of stock , so after some research I bought mining card Nvidia P106-100 . After setting up, everything runs smooth, temperature and hash rate all are good and less power consume. I don't see any disadvantages of it compared to GPU besides without second hand value.
What do you prefer Mining card or GPU? and what are the cons of mining card besides the second hand value thingy?
What do you prefer Mining card or GPU? and what are the cons of mining card besides the second hand value thingy?
It's possible that the actual GPU chips just relabeled RX 470 or GTX 1060 chips that didn't meet the bar for mainstream cards. (Recall how many of AMD's single or triple core processors back in the day were dual or quad core CPUs that didn't quite meet standard, and so followed a silicon lottery for unlocking the "defective" core(s).) Unfortunately, we're not privy to this information. Do note, however, that chips that were initially considered to have minor defects aren't necessarily bad.
If the card is guaranteed to come with Samsung memory, then that may be an advantage.
Some mining cards may have higher-quality fans & bearings.
In short, I haven't found any reason to pay much extra for a mining-specific card.
I'm new to the mining scene , last few days I tried to source for suitable GPU for mining like RX 470 or GTX 1070, but all of them out of stock , so after some research I bought mining card Nvidia P106-100 . After setting up, everything runs smooth, temperature and hash rate all are good and less power consume. I don't see any disadvantages of it compared to GPU besides without second hand value.
What do you prefer Mining card or GPU? and what are the cons of mining card besides the second hand value thingy?
You can mining Zec or ETH OK, this is GOOD VGA for mining What do you prefer Mining card or GPU? and what are the cons of mining card besides the second hand value thingy?
I'm new to the mining scene , last few days I tried to source for suitable GPU for mining like RX 470 or GTX 1070, but all of them out of stock , so after some research I bought mining card Nvidia P106-100 . After setting up, everything runs smooth, temperature and hash rate all are good and less power consume. I don't see any disadvantages of it compared to GPU besides without second hand value.
What do you prefer Mining card or GPU? and what are the cons of mining card besides the second hand value thingy?
What do you prefer Mining card or GPU? and what are the cons of mining card besides the second hand value thingy?
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