for me it very inexpensive ticket to the miner world.
the card is fast in a lot of algos, except ETH ( not enough memory size)
but I have plenty to choose - neoscrypt, equihash, c11, scunk, poly and etc.
Topic: Why GTX 1060? - page 2. (Read 1065 times)
hi guys,
im curious why every buys gtx 1060, why not rx 580 nor gtx 1070 nor r9 390 etc. and also lots of people bought 3gb of it, why not 6gb?
if u help me to understand this, i ll be glad, thank you all.
im curious why every buys gtx 1060, why not rx 580 nor gtx 1070 nor r9 390 etc. and also lots of people bought 3gb of it, why not 6gb?
if u help me to understand this, i ll be glad, thank you all.
In my country, we have other reason why many of miner buy 1060. It because 2-3 month ago, we can't find any rx series (400/500 series). The distributor said they didn't have stock since bitcoin price increase in a short time made many people interesting to buy RX series for mining. 1060 as an alternative.
Is there any difference in hash between the 3gb and 6gb versions of the 1060 ?
hi guys,
im curious why every buys gtx 1060, why not rx 580 nor gtx 1070 nor r9 390 etc. and also lots of people bought 3gb of it, why not 6gb?
if u help me to understand this, i ll be glad, thank you all.
im curious why every buys gtx 1060, why not rx 580 nor gtx 1070 nor r9 390 etc. and also lots of people bought 3gb of it, why not 6gb?
if u help me to understand this, i ll be glad, thank you all.
The reason is simple, if you are to mine ZEC, ZEN, HUSH, then 3 GB of mem, is enough, and the price of 1060 3GB is very low, so it is the most profitable purchase as of now.
and there is no sacrifice in performance comparing to 6GB version ( well almost)
So people take such cards, because of the most favourable price/performance ratio at the moment
The GTX 1060 has a good mix of cost / hashrate / profit / power consumption ratios making it ideal to use it in multi GPU mining rigs. Take a look at whattomine.com for some calculations if you need to. But generally, it is best for mining ZEC. I use EWBF's miner and can see that mining efficiency is really good.
Most of my GPUs are AMD RX series, but I still purchase some GTX1060 because it's cheap and it give me more options on mining altcoins which are achieved low hashrate if we use AMD: ZEN/ZEC/VTC/XZC/FTC/BTG/...
I'm leaning towards 1060s 6GB myself for new builds you can put them closer together on those new 8 and 9 card boards, no need for risers and you can get super dense with them
for example I can put 8-10 rigs of 1060s at 8 per rig in a rack where i can only put 6 rigs of 580s or vegas or even 1070s (non mini) due to thier size and heat
I don't build a lot of rigs, and only buy from regular stores (= no special discounts etc), so for me it's usually the matter of price. 1060/3 cards are cheap and I could easily get them, while I don't often see good deals for 1060/6 cards. And 1070s are very expensive locally, they usually cost almost as much as 1080s (they're $500+ where I live, while good 1080s are $550-580). So I've just been buying 1080s lately. If there were good affordable 1060/6 cards available, I'd consider getting them. Same with 1070s, but at $500+ they aren't worth it for me. for example I can put 8-10 rigs of 1060s at 8 per rig in a rack where i can only put 6 rigs of 580s or vegas or even 1070s (non mini) due to thier size and heat
Its because people are cheap. Same reason why people are trying to mine on 1050s. They want to be miners but arent willing to invest the money to build a profitable setup.
1060s are profitable, especially all things considered, like how they're pretty good at ETH and Neoscrypt (compared to 1080/1080ti), and how they're 1.5x slower than 1070s in most algos while being two times cheaper. No wonder mining-specific cards are mostly 1060s. I don't personally buy any more 1060s, and go for higher-end cards, but can't say that 1060s are a bad choice.1050s are crap though indeed.
I'm leaning towards 1060s 6GB myself for new builds you can put them closer together on those new 8 and 9 card boards, no need for risers and you can get super dense with them
for example I can put 8-10 rigs of 1060s at 8 per rig in a rack where i can only put 6 rigs of 580s or vegas or even 1070s (non mini) due to thier size and heat
Its because people are cheap. Same reason why people are trying to mine on 1050s. They want to be miners but arent willing to invest the money to build a profitable setup.
1060s are profitable, especially all things considered, like how they're pretty good at ETH and Neoscrypt (compared to 1080/1080ti), and how they're 1.5x slower than 1070s in most algos while being two times cheaper. No wonder mining-specific cards are mostly 1060s. I don't personally buy any more 1060s, and go for higher-end cards, but can't say that 1060s are a bad choice.1050s are crap though indeed.
Its because people are cheap. Same reason why people are trying to mine on 1050s. They want to be miners but arent willing to invest the money to build a profitable setup.
thanks for reply, have a good night.
hi guys,
im curious why every buys gtx 1060, why not rx 580 nor gtx 1070 nor r9 390 etc. and also lots of people bought 3gb of it, why not 6gb?
if u help me to understand this, i ll be glad, thank you all.
im curious why every buys gtx 1060, why not rx 580 nor gtx 1070 nor r9 390 etc. and also lots of people bought 3gb of it, why not 6gb?
if u help me to understand this, i ll be glad, thank you all.
Hi,
GTX 1060 cards use up very little electricity.
People do buy RX series cards for mining (Different cards are best for different algos. NVIDIA Equihash, AMD Ethash. Mine the coin you like/is most profitable)
People do buy GTX 1070 cards.
R9 series cards use up A LOT OF electricity (Electricity bill is gonna be huge, slower ROI).
3GB cards are cheaper, hashrate is the same as 6GB ones (Faster ROI).
Have a nice one!
hi guys,
im curious why every buys gtx 1060, why not rx 580 nor gtx 1070 nor r9 390 etc. and also lots of people bought 3gb of it, why not 6gb?
if u help me to understand this, i ll be glad, thank you all.
im curious why every buys gtx 1060, why not rx 580 nor gtx 1070 nor r9 390 etc. and also lots of people bought 3gb of it, why not 6gb?
if u help me to understand this, i ll be glad, thank you all.
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