What do the pro's in this thread think about the future of GPU mining?
I was planning to buy a bunch of S9's/Avalon 8 in the next batch, but watching the BTC diff increase like crazy and altcoins price just going up, I'm back to considering GPU rigs instead!
I would be building 13 GPU rigs, which cards would be best for the future?
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 570 4gb, Sapphire Nitro+ RX Vega 56?
Or are some of the nvidia cards still good for mining?
I've only been mining with AMD cards so far!
What are the chances of ETH actually removing PoW in Q4 2018?
I will probably buy around 104 GPUs if I go down this road.
Cheers <3
Still expanding all the way. I am flying to my farm with 54 more 1070ti. Probably getting another 50 after setting up. Holding equal value in coins and rigs. With the recent rise in eth I have a surplus of coins waiting to be converted to rigs. Maybe I'll stop expansion 2 months before volta.
However I am not the biggest fan of dagger hashimoto (eth) mining because of potential POS switch and big farms are mining it. Unlikely eth will become more profitable than shitcoins and small cap coins that nvidia does well at. I just buy hold eth instead. I have enough 1080ti to hash small caps, now getting some equihash optimized cards (1070ti).
For 13 gpu rig, 570 4gb and 1060 3gb has the fastest payback period. I'm not sure if it's possible to run 13x vega yet.
Thanks for reply!
There is a cap for Vega cards in a rig? :O Didn't know about this. Do you know what the issue is?
Tbh I'd rather buy expensive cards because I have limited access to electricity, so I need to make the biggest amount of hashing power per W.
I like the fact that Sapphire Nitro+ RX Vega series has fan controllers on them, plus I like the quality of Sapphire Nitro series!
RX 570 is still the way to go then I guess?
Could you recommend a motherboard?
I've been using Asus z270-P and asus b250 mining at the moment, the z270 mb's are having issues tho, cant detect 6 GPUs anymore, but the GPUs will work in new motherboards. They are probably damaged after power surges tho
Asus z270-A is out of stock everywhere I look as well.
What are the 1070 Ti's hashing at? Would you go for 1080Ti or 1070Ti for most hashes per W?
Edit:
I just realized I have no clue what brand of Nvidia cards are good for mining. Could you recommend some? ^^
Which brand got the best fans? Lifespan of these cards is crucial