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Topic: My Brain Hurts - Which GPU? - page 2. (Read 740 times)

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October 27, 2017, 04:29:27 PM
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I have both cards. The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 570 4GB is a good card. It overclocks well for a 570 and runs cool. It uses a bit more power than my other 570's which are Powercolor Red Dragon's. With a simple 'one click timing patch' using Polaris Bios Editor' v1.62 from jaschaknack and a 1200 MHz core clock and 2020 MHz on the memory, I get ~28.5 MH/s and 740 MH/s dual mining DCR.

The advantage of the RX 580's over the 570's is the 580's uses faster memory, 8,000 MHz for the RX 580 vs 7,000 MHz for the RX 570, which can overclock higher. The RX 580's have better dual mining performance as well. The MSI Gaming X RX 580 8GB is a good card, but I like the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580's better. They Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580's run cooler than the MSI Gaming X RX 580 and I can overclock the memory to 2200-2250 MHz on the Sapphire vs 2100-2120 on the MSI. With the MSI I get 29.5 MH/s on ETH and 860 MH/s DCR dual mining.

My brain hurts even more lol Smiley

The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580 was an option but its out of my budget (another £50 per card).

It has to be one of the two above.  Remember, I can get 5x Sapphire Nitro+ RX570 or 4x MSI RX580.  Unless the 8GB on the RX580 is going to be advantagous in the future, my heart is pushing to The Sapphire.

Is the 8GB really going to help in the next one/two years?  Its if and butts.

Sigh..
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October 27, 2017, 04:19:07 PM
#3
I have both cards. The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 570 4GB is a good card. It overclocks well for a 570 and runs cool. It uses a bit more power than my other 570's which are Powercolor Red Dragon's. With a simple 'one click timing patch' using Polaris Bios Editor' v1.62 from jaschaknack and a 1200 MHz core clock and 2020 MHz on the memory, I get ~28.5 MH/s and 740 MH/s dual mining DCR.

The advantage of the RX 580's over the 570's is the 580's uses faster memory, 8,000 MHz for the RX 580 vs 7,000 MHz for the RX 570, which can overclock higher. The RX 580's have better dual mining performance as well. The MSI Gaming X RX 580 8GB is a good card, but I like the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580's better. They Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580's run cooler than the MSI Gaming X RX 580 and I can overclock the memory to 2200-2250 MHz on the Sapphire vs 2100-2120 on the MSI. With the MSI I get 29.5 MH/s on ETH and 860 MH/s DCR dual mining.
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Just another Canadian Cryptocurrency enthusiast!
October 27, 2017, 04:08:47 PM
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I'd say RX570.
Dual mining is actually not a bad thing. The cost of the RX570 is lower too. And for now, proofing isn't as important. I'd say go for the RX570. Smiley
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October 27, 2017, 04:00:48 PM
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Hi guys.

I'm getting back into mining has a side hobby and I need to make a decision and hope you guys can help.

I have a choice on either:

5x 4GB Sapphire Radeon RX 570 NITRO+ @ £280
or
4x 8GB MSI Radeon RX 580 GAMING X @ £300

I've been reading soo much my brain hurts.

Some say go for the Sapphire RX 570 due to value and dual mining.  And some say go 8GB MSI RX 580 due to the future proofing element and more RAM.

I will not have electricity costs at the office I will be renting.

If it helps, I am planing to use Simple Mining / Multipool.

Please help me decide.

Thank you.
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