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Hello, I'm a Mac guy at heart so I haven't had to buy a graphics card in ages. But now I'm building my first Mining rig and want to get the best GPUs for it. As far as I can see it's these 1080ti cards but there are many variables! Which version should I get? Thanks in advance.......:)
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2017/12/13 13:16:30
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Welcome to the EVGA Forums Hardisk70 Most seem to like the 1070 series as it sips power Moving to cryptocurrency section
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2017/12/13 13:16:40
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Hardisk70 Hello, I'm a Mac guy at heart so I haven't had to buy a graphics card in ages. But now I'm building my first Mining rig and want to get the best GPUs for it. As far as I can see it's these 1080ti cards but there are many variables! Which version should I get? Thanks in advance.......:)
Welcome to the forums! :) The 1070 Founders Edition is actually a pretty awesome Crypto card. Its cheaper and uses less power but can be tuned to near 1080ti performance. It all depends on your budget and the power draw vs performance. You'll want to build that into your expense calculation to estimate break even and profit time frame. Are you looking to have this be just a dedicated mining rig or are you looking to maybe do some gaming on it too?
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2017/12/13 18:59:05
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the best 1080ti is the cheapest 1080ti
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2017/12/14 04:46:29
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My "go-to" card for the 1080 ti in a mining rig right now is generally the EVGA SC model. Only uses an 8+6 pin power setup, which makes rig power management a LOT easier than dual 8-pin power connectors *ESPECIALLY* on EVGA power supplies. Good cooling. Not up to the likes of the Aorus, but more than good enough if you run it in an EFFICIENT setting. Ball Bearing Fans. I would also consider the ASUS "blower" model, MSI fan models (I've not been able to get a clarification on if their blower model is ball bearing fan or not, and the stories I've seen conflict). Not sure on the ASUS fan models, but most of them tend to be higher priced and I'm pretty sure the STRIX are dual-8 pin power. I would NOT get any more Aorus (great cooling and reliable ball bearing fans, but dual 8+8 power). I will not even THINK about any non-Aorus Gigabyte model (junk sleeve bearing fans) I won't get any Zotac model (the only Zotac with ball bearing fans is their high end one with 2x 8-pin connectors, the cooling on the Mini is going to be WAY iffy, as it's the same HS/fan setup as on their 1070/1070ti/1080 mini models and the 1080 is ALREADY iffy). My main "go to" card right now though is the EVGA SC 1070 ti - better efficiency than anything else (though not by a TON), and it's "efficient" setting makes it a PERFECT fit in my current "limited to 6 amps draw" 5-card riser rigs. (the motherboards/CPUs/RAM/HDs are left-overs from my Folding days, the CPUs are overkill but most of them have the AMD FX 8320e which are pretty good Monero miners, couple have FX 6300 and one has a FX 8370 that used to be my main gaming machine). I also have a "built in my mind" setup for it with 6 + 6 + 5 cards on the ASUS B250 Mining Expert monster board, using 3 x 850 watt power supplies, but am a long ways from getting my one example of THAT motherboard populated, and am unsure enough if the board can handle more than 12 cards without using "mining-specific" cards that I might go with mostly 1080 ti cards on it instead (4 x 4 x 3+1070ti split most likely).
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2017/12/14 06:43:46
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yea, forgot to add. the cheapest 2+ fan 1080ti. blowers are garbage and your GPU's will not reach full potential. the above mentioned power requirements was a nice thing i never thought of but is very nice.
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2017/12/14 19:41:55
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If you are mining efficiently, the ASUS blower models have adaquate cooling and tend to be less expensive than fan models. MSI blower models have garbage cooling, marginal at best even for EFFICIENT mining. If you're PUSHING for max hashrate, they're a poor choice due to relatively poor cooling. The Zotac Mini tends to be less expensive than the EVGA SC, but it also has cooling issues when pushed AND does not have ball bearing fans, therefore a bad choice.
post edited by QuintLeo - 2018/01/23 12:38:14
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2017/12/14 20:19:44
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Sols/sec/card x number of cards x ZEC/sol x 30 day/month x 24 hr/day x 3600 sec/hour x USD/ZEC Then subtract Watt-hour/card x number of cards x USD/watt-hour x 30 days/month x 24 hour/day Almost always (as SirAce points out) 1070 wins It isn’t about the “best” card - only the most profitable one. Pure commodity at that point. Monthly earnings - monthly cost
post edited by RoyTInHouston - 2017/12/14 20:24:06
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2017/12/16 11:42:40
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In my recent experience the 1070 does not win on hash/$ OR hash/watt - but it's close enough that local price variations could change what I am seeing here EASILY. You also have to factor in the cost of the SYSTEM to run the cards since they don't run themselves (as of this week anyway!)
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2017/12/16 19:34:48
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Yes.
That (system cost) would be an amortized capital expense. That would go in the debit column as well.
Correct
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2017/12/21 07:13:56
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RoyTInHouston Yes.
That (system cost) would be an amortized capital expense. That would go in the debit column as well.
Correct
You don't amortize an expense. Its one of the other.. Capitalize and amortize or just expense. ---------- Also to answer the main thread, if you told me I could fill a room up with any ti's to mine on they would be the ti hyrbids.
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2017/12/23 14:55:29
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https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/amortization.asp “...Advantages of Amortizing Business Capital Expenses Amortizing capital expenses helps present a more accurate view of the company's financial health. To continue with the above example, if XYZ Biotech writes off the entire cost of the expense in the year of purchase, the large amount detracts from the company's revenue for that year, making it look as though the company earned less. In contrast, by spreading the expense out of several years, the ledger reflects the true cost of doing business. Also, spreading the expense over several years can help to make tax liability more consistent...” If you don’t know what you are talking about... best to keep mouth closed lest you remove all doubt.
post edited by RoyTInHouston - 2017/12/23 15:06:09
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/11 16:00:40
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I started mining Ethereum on my 1080 Ti FE recently, set it to +100 GPU/ +500 Vram/ and 73% power priority. It got me 35.9MH/s, sips a ton of power though, after 9 days, I'm already looking at a $30 bill. It's 34.5 cents per kWhr where I live, not awesome, just an experimental run got me 52 bucks.
post edited by lehpron - 2018/01/11 16:03:49
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/12 08:04:20
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It is currently quite hard to find any 1080 ti's in stock for under 900$, the PNY Blowers go for fairly cheap and work well in a mining rig.
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/12 10:35:53
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Amazon sells a number of list price cards for Prime Members only. At least you could pick up a ftw3 or hybrid from there. If they still offer them right now.
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/12 12:01:06
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Mining ETH on a 1080 ti is a large waste of the card - you make more mining a LOT of other algorithms/coins - equihash (ZEC, ZCL among others) should be considered the STARTING point, but other algorithms have been popping up sometimes on the machine I run Nicehash on - mostly Nist lately but sometime the common stuff like Lbry, LyraV2rev2, and such. The ONLY Nvidia cards that are worth even THINKING about ETH on at this point are the Titan V, and the GTX 1070 AND LOWER in the Pascal line.
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/23 08:21:47
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Before Prices went up, the 1080 Ti was a good choice for what I do. I have chosen to use 1080's for price vs mining output. Finding cards these days without huge mark ups is the trick. nicehash has a great calculator that shows what you get paid based on current bitcoin prices and video card used.
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/28 14:05:09
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Any AMP! or Extreme model, will have best OOB hash rates.
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/28 14:34:40
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Would you guys even bother with 1060s? I'm looking to get into the mining side of crypto, but have limited funds at the moment.
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/28 14:36:27
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I didn't read the title.... "best 1080TI"
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/28 15:30:22
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bit mining has made the graphics cards so much money im so sad all i want is a 1080ti so i can play gameszzzzzzz
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/28 16:23:27
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I'd like to play ark on something more than the lowest setting... I think 1060 should give a significant boost.
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/29 00:49:26
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best 1080 ti for mining would probly be one with only a single power connector. but 1070s do seem to be better value for mining than 1080
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/29 08:04:46
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1070s I think are the sweet spot. Had a friend offer me double what I paid for mine.
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/29 11:44:41
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I would say whichever one does not overheat your system and and can run 24/7
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/29 16:35:30
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There is no such thing as a 1080 ti with a single power connector. The MINIMUM is 8 + 6, with 8 + 8 common. A single 8-pin PCI-E is rated for 150 watts (in PCI-E usage, the CONNECTOR is rated higher) - the bus is rated for up to 75 watts, which is only 225 watts where the 1080 ti is MINIMUM rated at 250 watts TDP, therefore to meet PCI-E specs you must use a second power connector. In THEORY someone could build a 1080 ti card with a single power connector and a 225 watt TDP rating - but it would be very limited on clock rates and in normal gaming usage it would be quite a bit lower performance than even the FE cards.
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/29 16:38:33
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You have to love it. supernova6891 Shake & Bake EVGA Master race Cake & Snake Who Dat Boi :)
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/29 17:51:57
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bcavnaugh You have to love it.
I'm here doing the same thing but it will take me a while to get to 100
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/29 18:17:47
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bitcode
bcavnaugh You have to love it.
I'm here doing the same thing but it will take me a while to get to 100
Go Here NVIDIA TITAN Xp In Stock ATM
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Re: Best 1080TI Version for Mining
2018/01/29 18:40:35
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I don't have that kind of money....
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