Which GPU to purchase with $200 for Ethereum mining?

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Quote from: Seast on August 25, 2016, 04:10:05 AM

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Quote from: FruitBucket on July 30, 2016, 10:15:32 AM

You might use the RX 470 for the Ethereum mining. It will be on sale in the next two to three weeks.

The RX 470 is on sale now. The price is around $200. It seems the memory bandwidth is 256 bit, same as 480.

Somebody on the forum said you cannot overclock the memory speed, so it might not be the good card for mining ETH.

I heard the BIOS is locked, the memory frequency is just 1800 for the 4GB cards. So hash rate is low.

You can modify the BIOS with BIOS editing tools. For example, you can raise the memory limit to 2000MHz or higher.

That tool is the polaris_bios_editor
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4rkoly/polaris_bios_editor_permanently_flash_your_vbios/?st=ispzwu2j&sh=53493a18

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Quote from: FruitBucket on August 08, 2016, 06:01:59 AM

Quote from: Juhagic on August 07, 2016, 10:28:00 AM

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Quote from: FruitBucket on July 30, 2016, 10:15:32 AM

You might use the RX 470 for the Ethereum mining. It will be on sale in the next two to three weeks.

The RX 470 is on sale now. The price is around $200. It seems the memory bandwidth is 256 bit, same as 480.

Somebody on the forum said you cannot overclock the memory speed, so it might not be the good card for mining ETH.

I heard the BIOS is locked, the memory frequency is just 1800 for the 4GB cards. So hash rate is low.

You can modify the BIOS with BIOS editing tools. For example, you can raise the memory limit to 2000MHz or higher.

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Quote from: Juhagic on August 07, 2016, 10:28:00 AM

Quote from: Usainbot on August 07, 2016, 02:57:35 AM

Quote from: FruitBucket on July 30, 2016, 10:15:32 AM

You might use the RX 470 for the Ethereum mining. It will be on sale in the next two to three weeks.

The RX 470 is on sale now. The price is around $200. It seems the memory bandwidth is 256 bit, same as 480.

Somebody on the forum said you cannot overclock the memory speed, so it might not be the good card for mining ETH.

I heard the BIOS is locked, the memory frequency is just 1800 for the 4GB cards. So hash rate is low.

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Quote from: Usainbot on August 07, 2016, 02:57:35 AM

Quote from: FruitBucket on July 30, 2016, 10:15:32 AM

You might use the RX 470 for the Ethereum mining. It will be on sale in the next two to three weeks.

The RX 470 is on sale now. The price is around $200. It seems the memory bandwidth is 256 bit, same as 480.

Somebody on the forum said you cannot overclock the memory speed, so it might not be the good card for mining ETH.

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Quote from: FruitBucket on July 30, 2016, 10:15:32 AM

You might use the RX 470 for the Ethereum mining. It will be on sale in the next two to three weeks.

The RX 470 is on sale now. The price is around $200. It seems the memory bandwidth is 256 bit, same as 480.

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You might use the RX 470 for the Ethereum mining. It will be on sale in the next two to three weeks.

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R9 380 or R9 390 , or 2X R7 370 u can get 2 of them on ebay perhaps u throw in another $30

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Quote from: Juhagic on July 28, 2016, 11:12:48 AM

If you do not have existing graphics cards, it is better not to buy new ones now unless you have very cheap electricity price.

I agree, if buy, it is better to buy a new cards 480 RX, or gtx 1060-1070.

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Quote from: Dobmaster on July 25, 2016, 07:19:15 AM

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Quote from: FruitBucket on July 18, 2016, 11:38:03 AM

Quote from: Amph on July 18, 2016, 10:20:55 AM

Quote from: Juhagic on July 18, 2016, 10:04:42 AM

I think the AMD RX 470 could be a good card for the Etheruem mining as long as the memory width is 256 bit.

not better than the 480 already, scaling between the two should be very akin, so i see now point in buying one unless you want a low budget build

The 470 has few cores so that it can save some power consumption as there is no need for the 2300 cores.

The 470 is good for the ethereum mining. But it is not good for other algorithms. The ETh mining will stop within a year.

That is right. It is difficult to decide if we should invest in mining now. The hashing rate is too high at present.

If you do not have existing graphics cards, it is better not to buy new ones now unless you have very cheap electricity price.

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Quote from: Usainbot on July 25, 2016, 06:26:02 AM

Quote from: FruitBucket on July 18, 2016, 11:38:03 AM

Quote from: Amph on July 18, 2016, 10:20:55 AM

Quote from: Juhagic on July 18, 2016, 10:04:42 AM

I think the AMD RX 470 could be a good card for the Etheruem mining as long as the memory width is 256 bit.

not better than the 480 already, scaling between the two should be very akin, so i see now point in buying one unless you want a low budget build

The 470 has few cores so that it can save some power consumption as there is no need for the 2300 cores.

The 470 is good for the ethereum mining. But it is not good for other algorithms. The ETh mining will stop within a year.

That is right. It is difficult to decide if we should invest in mining now. The hashing rate is too high at present.

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Quote from: FruitBucket on July 18, 2016, 11:38:03 AM

Quote from: Amph on July 18, 2016, 10:20:55 AM

Quote from: Juhagic on July 18, 2016, 10:04:42 AM

I think the AMD RX 470 could be a good card for the Etheruem mining as long as the memory width is 256 bit.

not better than the 480 already, scaling between the two should be very akin, so i see now point in buying one unless you want a low budget build

The 470 has few cores so that it can save some power consumption as there is no need for the 2300 cores.

The 470 is good for the ethereum mining. But it is not good for other algorithms. The ETh mining will stop within a year.

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Quote from: Amph on July 18, 2016, 10:20:55 AM

Quote from: Juhagic on July 18, 2016, 10:04:42 AM

I think the AMD RX 470 could be a good card for the Etheruem mining as long as the memory width is 256 bit.

not better than the 480 already, scaling between the two should be very akin, so i see now point in buying one unless you want a low budget build

The 470 has few cores so that it can save some power consumption as there is no need for the 2300 cores.

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Quote from: Juhagic on July 18, 2016, 10:04:42 AM

I think the AMD RX 470 could be a good card for the Etheruem mining as long as the memory width is 256 bit.

not better than the 480 already, scaling between the two should be very akin, so i see now point in buying one unless you want a low budget build

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I think the AMD RX 470 could be a good card for the Etheruem mining as long as the memory width is 256 bit.

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Quote from: FruitBucket on July 15, 2016, 11:12:32 AM

Quote from: Amph on July 15, 2016, 03:43:48 AM

Quote from: Seast on July 15, 2016, 03:07:23 AM

From the performance we see from the AMD RX 480 in the Ethereum mining, the RX470 could be a good card.

etheruem is not the top notch anymore, it does not matter how they are good on etheruem if they are shit on other algo

That is right. Maybe it is time to buy the nVidia cards. It seems the 1070 is better than 480 in most algorithms.

Or maybe we shall wait for the 490X or the 490. But by the time they appear, there will be little profit in mining.

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Quote from: Amph on July 15, 2016, 03:43:48 AM

Quote from: Seast on July 15, 2016, 03:07:23 AM

From the performance we see from the AMD RX 480 in the Ethereum mining, the RX470 could be a good card.

etheruem is not the top notch anymore, it does not matter how they are good on etheruem if they are shit on other algo

That is right. Maybe it is time to buy the nVidia cards. It seems the 1070 is better than 480 in most algorithms.

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Quote from: Seast on July 15, 2016, 03:07:23 AM

From the performance we see from the AMD RX 480 in the Ethereum mining, the RX470 could be a good card.

etheruem is not the top notch anymore, it does not matter how they are good on etheruem if they are shit on other algo

Seast

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From the performance we see from the AMD RX 480 in the Ethereum mining, the RX470 could be a good card.

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Quote from: Usainbot on July 10, 2016, 06:36:23 AM

Quote from: Amph on July 10, 2016, 03:08:08 AM

Quote from: Redrose on July 08, 2016, 02:06:59 PM

Forget everything about the AMD cards, the 1060 will enter on July 19th in thr ring and will break everything Cool

! I say that even if I'm an hard AMD defender, but what I saw a few minutes ago made me change my mind, at least until AMD do something better Wink

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not sure the 480 can do 24MH with 100w with some tweak, it's impossible for the 1060 to do better, only the 1070 is better in efficiency

but since not only etheruem count anymore, the 1060 might be better in other algo

Phillipma said:

i get 24mh for 1 card 47 mh for 2 cards

I get 275 watts for entire system cards ram cpu ssd case fans,

my system pull 71 watts with no mining and 275 watts with 2 cards.

you need to factor 10w in those 71, for those two gpu, so they are doing 110w at full speed when mining

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Quote from: Amph on July 10, 2016, 03:08:08 AM

Quote from: Redrose on July 08, 2016, 02:06:59 PM

Forget everything about the AMD cards, the 1060 will enter on July 19th in thr ring and will break everything Cool

! I say that even if I'm an hard AMD defender, but what I saw a few minutes ago made me change my mind, at least until AMD do something better Wink

!

not sure the 480 can do 24MH with 100w with some tweak, it's impossible for the 1060 to do better, only the 1070 is better in efficiency

but since not only etheruem count anymore, the 1060 might be better in other algo

Phillipma said:

i get 24mh for 1 card 47 mh for 2 cards

I get 275 watts for entire system cards ram cpu ssd case fans,

my system pull 71 watts with no mining and 275 watts with 2 cards.

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