You know what's not even funny about this ? I'm seriously thinking of building a single rig with a 2080ti in it for mining GRIN.
By the way, have I mentioned - lately - how much I
utterly mock-despise Theymos for putting GRIN on my radar ?
I really don't want to deal with managing a miner again - too many other creative endeavors I am pursuing right now, and this GRIN shit is a total fucking distraction.
Sheeeeit.
Are 2080 Ti worth it cost/performance wise (relative to other cards)?
And what do you mean by managing a miner? Did you run into repeated problems in the past?
I set my farm up and then never really touched it again until running costs exceeded mining revenue. Took out a GPU here or there to fix some of my own and family/friend computers, but that was about it other than very rare instances of updating drivers to improve hashrate.
If my miners weren't disassembled and in another geographical location I'd be setting them up for GRIN, just because why not. Don't think I would specifically invest in miners for this though, not with Bitcorn at/near bottom and with GRIN still far from its inflation induced bottom.
GPU mining was more of a pain in the ass in previous eras. SHA256 (Bitcoin) and Script (Litecoin, etc) mining produced tons of heat and used a lot of power, which required more thermal and electrical management, and led to lots of burned out fans and GPUs. And there were no USB stick mining OSs until around 2015.
Also, when mining bitcoin 8 years ago, the typical GPU fans and heatsinks were nowhere near the quality of today's.
Today, with better GPU cooling, better mining and rig management software, and the emphasis on lower power consumption algorithms, mining is easier and less time consuming than ever.
