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What is the Best GPU For Mining?

October 19, 2019 by Anuj Saini 105 Comments

What is the Best GPU for mining Etherum, Zcash, Altcoins, Equihash algo, etc. in 2017 ? This is the first question that comes to our mind when we think of starting crypto mining.While building my first mining rig, i was very confused “which graphics card should i buy for mining“. I am mining since 3 months and have decided to start this website which will help all crypto lovers and miners. In this post for  best mining gpu’s I have compared and ranked all the top mining graphics cards which you can currently buy for mining. I have compared GTX 1060, GTX 1070, GTX 1080, GTX 1080 Ti, RX Vega 56, RX Vega 64, RX 400 series, RX 500 series cards with their pros, cons, specifications and mining performances.

Update: 4 Jan 2020, GPU mining is not much profitable now. If you have gaming gpu then you can still make a few bucks, but buying gpu’s for crypto mining only is a bad decision.

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GPU Mining Or ASICs Mining?

If you are confused between Graphics card mining and ASICs mining then check our comparison here.

In short ASICs mining is for risk takers and provide 3 times more profits then GPU mining. ASICs produces more heat and noise so in case on ASICs you need separate room for mining.

GPU mining is safe as GPU’s have real value, so if mining no longer profitable in future then ASICs have zero value but GPU can be sold for at least 50% of the value.

ASICs are profitable only if you buy them for actual price. Currently if you need them instantly then you have to buy them at premium of 3 times, which kills the ROI. Other option is preorder them but preorders will take 3 months to arrive and no one knows what will be the Bitcoin price after 3 months.

My advice will be to start with GPU mining and once ROI started try ASICs.

What Should One Look for in the Best GPU for Mining Cryptocurrency ?

  • A GPU should be energy-efficient and consume less electricity for mining operation. If electricity cost per unit at your area is high then choose energy-efficient GPU. I pay $0.05/kWh but in other countries such as Japan,Australia,Germany,Spain its about $.3/kWh. Canada, US, Russia its about $.12/kWh whereas in France, UK, Brazil its about $.18/kWh.
  • Lower ROI :  ROI stands for return on investment(after how many days you make more than you invested). The mining GPU you choose should provide lesser ROI period . There was a time around June 2017, when ROI period was 60 days only but now difficulty and number of miners have increased hence less profit. Currently best mining GPU have a ROI period of 200 days.
  • Durability : Dedicated mining cards are more durable than the regular gaming mining cards but I would not recommend you to buy a dedicated one. You will know why, shortly.
  • Mining Hashrate : Mining GPU should have a good mining speed. After ROI card will provide more profits.
  • GPU Brand : Before buying any card always check your GPU’s Brand after sale service quality at your area and how many years warranty is being provided.
  • Resale Value : If crypto mining bubble pops out then a dedicated mining card will have n0 resale value. Nvidia cards have a better resale value as compared to AMD because gamers prefer Nvidia.

Best Graphics Cards for Mining

If you are in hurry and don’t have time to read the whole article then choose anyone from below. Profitability and ROI for each card is last updated on 2 January 2018.

Next gen Nvidia cards will be launched very soon so wait for them.

Best Nvidia Mining GPUs

Below are Amazon Online Store Links

GTX 1080 Ti  GTX 1070 Ti GTX 1070

Below are Other Store Links

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Best AMD Mining GPUs

Below are Amazon Online Store Links

RX Vega 56 RX Vega 64 RX Vega 64 Water Cooled

Mining Rig Build

I will be posting mining rig build guide very soon. Below is my rig hardware configuration

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Motherboard : ASUS Z270 A
GPU : Zotac AMP Extreme 1080 TI
CPU : Intel Celeron G3900
RAM : 8 GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 
Hard Disk : 120 GB SSD 
PSU : 1600 Watt EVGA , 1000 Watt Corsair RMX 1000 
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PSU Extension Cable : Check Here

Some other parts also needed like mouse,keyboard, rig frame, etc

Cheap Riser Cables on Aliexpress but delivery time is 10-20 days.


Should You Start Mining Cryptocurrency Now ?

Answer is, it depends.

Crypto mining is not as profitable as it was earlier.When I started mining around 3 months back I was earning around $10/card/day. Since then it has gone down to $2/card/day, somehow all crypto prices started increasing and currently i am making $4/card/day.

I have invested around $10000 in  my mining rig if I would have invested the same in Bitcoin at that time, then it would have been $30000. With mining I only earned $3000 till date, still $7000 short of covering my investment but I am happy with my decision.

Bitcoin price is volatile, no one knows whether it will be $100,000 or $100.

Graphics cards have a real value no matter what happens, we can easily resale them to gamers and video editors. Once a card has completed its ROI phase then it is easy money while doing nothing.

Keep in mind mining produces heat and noise.So do make adjustments accordingly.Also stable Internet connection and electricity is a must.

Mining is less riskier then investing in Bitcoin, lesser the risk is , lesser the reward will be.

Nvidia Mining GPUs Versus AMD Mining GPUs 

nvidia vs amd mininig gpu

Currently we have two major companies Nvidia and AMD which makes Graphics Processing Units.It requires a lot of money and R&D to make facilities for building GPUs, that’s why we don’t see any new companies in GPU making business.

I am an Nvidia fan and never bought any AMD GPU earlier, so i might be biased.

We have many third-party GPU manufacturers such as Asus, Evga, Gigabyte, Zotac, MSI , etc. . These companies acquire rights from Nvidia and AMD  for making their own versions of card. They make tweaks for improved cooling and better gpu performance.

Now coming to the main question which mining graphics card to buy ? Nvidia or AMD.

It depends. AMD GPU’s are good for some algos and Nvidia on some other. Although both have their own pros and cons.

Generally AMD gpu performs better on mining Ethhash algo – Etherum,Ubiq,Expanse, and cryptonight algo – monero.

Nvidia gpu’s are better for mining Equihash algo – zcash, zencash, bitcoin gold., Lyra2Z algo – Zcoin

AMD cards are more power efficient but Nvidia have better resale value.

Dedicated Mining Graphics Cards

With an increase demand in cryptocurrency mining both GPU manufacturers AMD and NVIDIA are facing stock problem. Everyone loves making money while doing nothing, so everyone have started buying new gpu’s for mining.

Due to shortage of supply all GPU’s  price have now increased by 20%-30%. But one must not forget that GPUs were not meant to be made for mining, they were mostly used by gamers and video editors.Miners have gained a lot of hate from the Gamers fraternity as because of them gamers have to pay 30% more for GPU due to hyper inflated demand of GPUs. So to prevent the shortage of gaming cards both AMD and Nvidia decided to make special edition of popular mining cards which are specially designed for crypto mining.

Nvidia dedicated mining card is  P106-100 (GeForce GTX 1060)

p106-100

AMD dedicated mining card is Mining RX 470 ( 4GB RX 470)

Specs of P106-100 and Mining RX 470

Specs of both these cards are similar to their gaming gpu counterparts.Check below to know more about their specifications.

Pros of Dedicated Mining Cards

  • Easily accessible as few people want them.
  • They are priced lower as compared to their gaming counterparts.
  • They are more durable as designed to run 24/7.

Cons of Dedicated Mining Cards

  • Display port is not present so you can’t play games on them. If crypto bubble pops out these cards have no resale value as no gamer would buy it.
  • They have a shorter warranty period. e.g. MSI P106-100 have only 1 year warranty instead of 3 years.

Should You Buy Dedicated Mining Cards

No, don’t buy these dedicated cards for mining because they would not have any resale value.

We all know Mining is gambling. Mining with a gaming gpu is like playing poker where luck and skill are needed. Mining with dedicated mining GPUs is like playing roulette where only luck is needed.

One should never wager more than one can comfortably afford to lose.

Mining Performance of Dedicated Mining GPUs

Mining performance of both these card is slightly better than their gaming gpu counterparts. Check below to know more about it.

AMD Radeon RX 400 / RX 500 Cards Mining Performance

Those days are gone when AMD RX 400 / RX 500 series card were the best mining gpu available. We have seen a number of new releases by both GPU manufacturers Nvidia and AMD like GTX 1070, GTX 1080 Ti, RX Vega 54 and  Vega 64. All these outperform AMD 400 and 500 series cards.So if you want to buy a new gpu for mining then don’t buy RX 400 / RX 500 series cards now. Check cons below to know why not to buy these cards.

AMD RX 400 series cards are more energy-efficient.

AMD RX 500 series cards work great in dual mining.

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RX 470 RX 480 RX 570 RX 580

Specs of AMD RX 580

  • Memory Clock Speed : 2000 MHz
  • Boost Clock Speed – 1340
  • Memory Bandwidth : 256 GB/s
  • Memory : 8GB  GDDR5
  • Power – 185 watt

Pros of RX 400 / RX 500 Series Cards

I don’t see any benefit of buying these cards now. Better to buy any of the top 3, I have mentioned.

Don’t forget RX 400 and  RX 500 Series Cards were kings of mining GPU when mining was at peak around June 2017. Both of these had an ROI period of 60 days at that time. All because Etherum skyrocketed from $16 to $400.

Cons of RX 400 / RX 500 Series Cards

  • Etherum DAG Epoch:  Etherum mining hashrate of these series cards will drop by 30% in next couple of months due to DAG Epoch. 4GB cards will be greatly affected by Etherum DAG Epoch. For mining few GB of resource DATA is needed which sould be stored in GPU cache. DAG file size has increased overtime thus lowering the mining hasrate. Amount of block mined is called DAG Epoch. Each time we move to next Epoch DAG file become larger.
    We have other Ethhash miniable coins like ubiq,Expanse,Soilcoin.You may mine these coins if your card becomes less profitable in mining Etherum.
  • Etherum Proof Of Stake : Currently Etherum users Proof of Work for mining. Etherum has said many times that they will switch to Proof of Stake as POW is not environment friendly. However I don’t see this happening soon as, it’s like changing the engine of a running car. But if Etherum goes to Proof of Stake, mining profitability will be lowered as all miners would start mining other coins which would increase difficulty hence lesser rewards.
  • Lower Resale Value : RX 400 series cards are very old. Gamers prefer Nvidia over AMD.

Should You Buy AMD RX 400 / RX 500 Series Cards

No, don’t buy new ones.

You may buy 8 GB old variants for not more than $150.

Don’t buy 4 GB variants as they would be greatly affected by DAG Epoch.

Which Brand GTX 1060 to Buy?

It’s up to you. Never bought an AMD GPU, so don’t have any experience with them. You many consider Sapphire as many miners recommend this brand for AMD Cards.

Mining Performance of AMD RX 580 8 GB

  • Etherum mining : Ethhash algo
    Hash Rate : 30 Mh/s
    Power : 115w
    Daily Profit : $3
    ROI : 150 days
  • Zcash mining : Equihash algo
    Hash Rate : 320 solutions/s
    Power : 100w
    Daily Profit : $2.7
    ROI : 180 day

X11Gost algo : 9 Mh/s

Mining performance of AMD RX 570 is slightly lower than RX 580. Mining performance of RX 470 and RX 480 is equivalent to their higher variants in RX 500 series.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Mining Performance

This card has 2 variants. 3GB variant and the other one is a 6GB variant.Don’t buy the 3 GB variant because it would not have higher resale value in future as gamers prefer more GB’s and other reason 3GB cards won’t be able to mine ETH after  ~april 2018 due to ETH dag file increase. So buy only the 6GB variant, we will cover pros/cons/specs of it very soon.

NVIDIA GTX 1060 comes with Samsung memory resulting more hashrate than those with Hynix memories.

Specs of GeForce GTX 1060

  • GPU Architecture: Pascal
  • Memory Speed : 8 Gbps
  • Memory Bus Width : 192 bits
  • Clock Speed – 1708 MHz
  • NVIDIA CUDA Cores: 1024/1280
  • Frame Buffer: 3GB/6GB GDDR5
  • Power : 120 watt

Pros of GTX 1060

  • Card is cheap, price is not inflated due to GPU mining craze
  • ROI wise this is one of the best card you can buy.
  • Easy resale, it is a mid to low range GPU where maximum gamers lies. So you’ll always have a buyer for used GPU.

Cons of GTX 1060

  • Don’t buy 3GB variant for mining due to Etherum dag epoch
  • This card may not be much profitable in future when newer cards get released.
  • Card is not as versatile as GTX 1070, GTX1080 Ti for different mining algorithms.
  • If you are planning to buy 4-5 of these then you will need more space, more riser cable, etc.

Who Should Buy GTX 1060

If you are a small miner and have limited budget only then go for GTX 1060 6GB for mining.

If you are planning to buy more than 4 of these for mining only then consider them as your mining cards. Otherwise better to buy 2 GTX 1070 or a  single GTX 1080 Ti.

Cost of 3 GTX 1060 6GB card  ~equals to the cost of single GTX 1080 Ti.

Cost of 2 GTX 1060 6GB card  ~equals to the cost of single GTX 1070.

Which Brand GTX 1060 to Buy?

It’s up to you. Before buying any brand card always check brand customer support in your area.Gigabyte GTX 1060 has temperature issues so prefer other brand.

Mining Performance of Nvidia GTX 1060 6 GB

  • Etherum mining : Ethhash algo
    Hash Rate : 25 Mh/s
    Power : 80w
    Daily Profit : $2.5
    ROI : 120 days
  • Zcash mining : Equihash algo
    Hash Rate : 320 solutions/s
    Power : 100w
    Daily Profit : $2.7
    ROI : 130 day

Neoscrypt algo : 0.75 Mh/s

Lyra2REv2 : 22Mh/s

X11Gost algo : 9 Mh/s

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Mining Performance

If you haven’t bought any GPU for mining then don’t buy GTX 1080. This card is not great for mining, you will get similar mining performance that you get with GTX 1070. Better to Buy GTX 1070 buy paying lower or GTX 1080 Ti by paying higher.

But if you are part-time miner and already bought GTX 1080 for gaming then what why not mine with 1080 to earn some bucks.

Specs of GTX 1080

  • GPU Architecture: Pascal
  • Memory Speed : 10 Gbps
  • Clock Speed – 1600 MHz
  • Memory BUS Width : 256 bits
  • NVIDIA CUDA Cores: 2560
  • Frame Buffer: 8GB  GDDR5
  • Power – 180 watt

Mining Performance of Nvidia GTX 1080

  • Etherum mining : Not good for mining Etherum
  • Zcash mining : Equihash algo
    Hash Rate : 550 solutions/s
    Power : 180w
    Daily Profit : $4.8
    ROI : 130 days
  • Vertcoin, Monacoin mining : Lyra2Z algo
    Hash Rate : 50 mh/s
    Power : 150w
    Daily Profit : $6
    ROI : 110 days
  • GroestlCoin Mininig : Groestl algo
    Hash Rate : 48 mh/s
    Power : 150w
    Daily Profit : $4.5
    ROI : 150 days

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Mining Performance

Update : Since GTX 1070 ti is out now, so better to buy 1070 ti or 1080 ti or 1080.

This card is at the number one spot of our best GPU for mining list. I was confused between GTX 1080 Ti and GTX 1070, which one I should rank at 1. Both cards have their own pros and cons in mininig.

Although I have 7xGTX 1080 Ti mining rig, i think in future GTX 1080 Ti will last longer profitable as compared to GTX 1070 due to 352 bits memory BUS width of 1080 ti whereas GTX 1070 memory BUS width is 256 bits.

GTX 1070 is Best Card For mining Equihash : Zcash, Bitcoin Gold, Zencash, Zclassic

At the time of writting this post GTX 1070 it more profitable than GTX 1080 Ti, that’s why its at the number one spot. You can buy 1080 Ti or 1070 both are great cards for mining.

Specs of GTX 1070

  • GPU Architecture: Pascal
  • Memory Speed : 8 Gbps
  • Clock Speed – 1683 MHz
  • Memory BUS Width : 256 bits
  • NVIDIA CUDA Cores: 1920
  • Frame Buffer: 8GB  GDDR5
  • Power – 150 watt

Pros of GTX 1070

  • Best card you can buy for mining right now.
  • Have superior resale value as compared to GTX 1060 6 GB, 1070 is newer than 1060 and have 2GB more frame buffer.
  • More energy-efficient on comparing with GTX 1080 ti

Cons of GTX 1070

Literally no cons. All I can say GTX 1070 might not last as profitable in the longer run as GTX 1080 ti might .

Who Should Buy GTX 1070?

Anyone who is planning to start crypto mining, making money while doing nothing should buy this one of the Best Mining GPU.I prefer Nvidia cards over AMD cards because of the better resale value.

Which Brand GeForce GTX 1070 to Buy?

Always prefer service quality of brand at you area.

I recommend you to buy Zotac or Gigabyte GTX 1070s.

Mining Performance of Nvidia GTX 1070

  • Etherum mining : Ethhash algo
    Hash Rate : 32.3 Mh/s
    Power : 125w
    Daily Profit : $3.5
    ROI : 130 days
  • Zcash mining : Equihash algo
    Hash Rate : 490 solutions/s
    Power : 120w
    Daily Profit : $3.8
    ROI : 120 days

Neoscrypt algo : 1.1 Mh/s

Lyra2REv2 : 40 Mh/s

X11Gost algo : 13 Mh/s

Radeon RX Vega 64 and Vega 56 Mining Performance

AMD RX Vega 64 and 56 cards are ranked at number 3 spot on our best gpu for mining list.

These are the newest released GPU’s you can buy right now, although new Nvidia beast GTX 1070 Ti will be released very soon on 2 November 2017. As per rumours Nvidia 1070 Ti will have similar mining hashing power that we get with AMD RX Vega 64 and 56.

I am not an AMD fan so i might be biased here. One thing i can’t ignore is these AMD card are much more energy efficient as compared to Nvidia Cards.AMD RX Vega 64 and 56 were released on 14 August 2017.

These are the Best Cards for Mining Etherum.

These cards are currently best for mining Monero and etherum.Currently no Nvidia card can perform as great as  AMD RX Vega 64 and 56 cards for mining Monero and Etherum as they stay cooler and consume less power.

Buy these cards from Amazon, use below links

RX Vega 56 RX Vega 64 RX Vega 64 Water Cooled

Specs of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 and Vega 56

  • Memory Clock Speed : 945 MHz   ,800 MHz
  • Boost Clock Speed – 1546   ,  1471
  • Memory Bandwidth : 484 GB/s   , 410 GB/s
  • Memory : 8GB  HBM2
  • Power – 295 watt   , 210 watt

Pros of GTX RX Vega 64, Vega 56, Vega 64 Water Cooled

  • Newest released GPU’s available right now.
  • Best for mining Etherum and Monero.
  • Enery efficient and run cooler.

Cons of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, Vega 64, Vega 64 Water Cooled

  • Lower resale value. Once crypto mining bubble pop out (hope it doesn’t happen), gamers prefers Nvidia cards over AMD cards.
  • These cards mine great on limited number of algos, not as versatile as Nvidia cards. If Etherum goes to POS( I don’t see it happening) mining rewards will be lowered.

What Should You Buy RX Vega 64 and Vega 56

You can buy any of these, both are great. I read on crypto forums in which users claim  that they were able to flash RX Vega 64 BIOS on RX Vega 56(Vega 64 Air 220w BIOS).

If I have to choose between these two then I would have gone for RX Vega 64.

We also have a RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooled which makes card to run below 60 °C all the time and has a slighty better mining performance than RX Vega 64.

Which Brand AMD RX Vega 64, Vega 56, Vega 64 Water Cooled

I never bought any AMD GPU. So don’t have any experience with any of the brand.

Many users recommend Sapphire as this company only makes AMD GPU’s.

Before considering any brand always check brand service quality and availability in your area before buying.

Mining Performance of AMD RX Vega 64

You will get slightly lower result for RX Vega 56 and slighty better result for RX Vega 64 water cooled.

  • Etherum mining : Equihash algo
    Hash Rate : 44Mh/s
    Power : 130w
    Daily Profit : $5
    ROI : 130 days
  • Monero mining : CryptoNight algo
    Hash Rate : 1990 h/s
    Power : ? w
    Daily Profit : $6
    ROI : 110 days

Equihash algo : 520 solutions/s

X11Gost algo : 13 Mh/s

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Mining Performance

On our best gpu for mining list this beast comes at 2nd place. Although there are some advantages and disadvantages so should you buy this or not depends on your use case. GTX 1070 ti provide very similar mining performance as that of GTX 1080.

1070 ti performs great on Neoscript,Lyra2rev2.

I am planning to build GTX 1070 Ti mining rig very soon if that plan got executed will share mining experience with 1070 ti.

Update : Not building 1070 ti rig as 1080 ti is better for mining as of now

Specs of GTX 1070 Ti

  • GPU Architecture: Pascal
  • Memory Speed : 8 Gbps
  • Clock Speed – 1683 MHz
  • Memory BUS Width : 256 bits
  • NVIDIA CUDA Cores: 2432
  • Frame Buffer: 8GB  GDDR5
  • Power – 180 watt

Pros of GTX 1070 Ti

  • Newest Card from Nvidia.
  • Consider other pros similar to GTX 1080 ti.
  • Great cards considering price to mining performance ratio.

Cons of GTX 1070 Ti

  • Overpriced due to limited availability.
  • Take slightly more electricity for operation on comparing with 1080 ti.

Who Should Buy GTX 1070 Ti ?

If you are planning to buy 1070 ti then price of 2×1080 ti should be very much equal to the price of 3×1070 ti. If there is much difference between the above ratio then buy the cheaper one.

Mining performance of 2×1080 Ti ~equal to 3×1070 ti.1070 ti will take slightly more electricity then 1080 ti, if electricity cost/kwh is around $.1 then consider 1070 ti otherwise 1080 ti will be good option.

Which Brand GTX 1070 Ti to Buy?

I like Zotac amp line ( 3 fan). You can consider any reputable brand 1070 ti but don’t go for mini versions.

Zotac Amp Extreme 1070 Ti has 5 year warranty.

Mining Performance of Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti

  • Etherum mining : Not good for mining Etherum
  • Zcash mining : Equihash algo
    Hash Rate : 450 solutions/s
    Power : 180w
    Daily Profit : $4
    ROI : 110 days
  • ORE mining : Lyra2rev algo
    Hash Rate : 48 mh/s
    Power : 180w
    Daily Profit : $6
    ROI : 90 days

Blake2s : 5 Gh/s

Lyra2REv2 : 48 Mh/s

Neoscrypt : 1.2 Mh/s

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mining Performance

This is best best mining graphics card you can buy right now. Released on March 10, GTX 1080 Ti is the one of the newest card from Nvidia. 1080 Ti has GDDR5x memory instead of GDDR5 found on other common Nvidia cards resulting better mining performance with memory intensive algorithms.

Card is versatile and performs great on many algos. I also have 7 of these so you can see these two articles dedicated to Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti.

  • Auto Algo Switching Multipool Miner for GTX 1080 Ti, Sniffdogminer
  • Best crypto to mine with Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Specs of GTX 1080 Ti

  • GPU Architecture: Pascal
  • Memory Speed : 11 Gbps
  • Clock Speed – 1600 MHz
  • Memory BUS Width : 352 bits
  • NVIDIA CUDA Cores: 3584
  • Frame Buffer: 11GB  GDDR5
  • Power – 250 watt

Pros of GTX 1080 Ti

  • This card will give you maximum hashrate in many algos, after ROI you will be making handsome money.
  • If planning to mine with multiple GPU then consider 1080 Ti because you will need less space,riser cable,psu,motherboard,etc.
  • Mining via this card will last longer profitable as compared to other GPU’s available right now.

Cons of GTX 1080 Ti

  • Card is expensive.
  • GPU price to mining performace wise GTX 1070 is better.

Who Should Buy GTX 1080 Ti ?

If you are planning to invest $10000+ in mining then buy 1080 Ti because you will need less space,riser cable,psu,motherboard,etc.

Mining performance of 2×1080 Ti ~equal to 3×1070 and mining performance of 1×1080 Ti ~equal to 3×1060.

Which Brand GTX 1080 Ti to Buy?

Before buying 1080 ti’s for myself I searched a lot on many crypto forums,websites, watched many Youtube videos and after that I came to conclusion that card which have a thicker heat sink and offer more warranty are best.

Many of 1080 ti’s miners were mining with Zotac Amp Extreme 1080 ti and Gigabyte Aorus Extreme 1080 ti. So I bought both of these, after mining with them for 3 months I can say Zotac Amp Extreme 1080 Ti is much better than Gigabyte Aorus Extreme.

Gigabyte Aorus Exterme 1080 Ti has 4 year warranty.

Zotac Amp Extreme 1080 Ti has 5 year warranty.

Always check brand service quality and availability in your area before buying.

Mining Performance of Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti

  • Etherum mining : Not good for mining Etherum
  • Zcash mining : Equihash algo
    Hash Rate : 750 solutions/s
    Power : 250w
    Daily Profit : $6
    ROI : 130 days
  • Zcoin mining : Lyra2Z algo
    Hash Rate : 3100 kh/s
    Power : 140w
    Daily Profit : $7
    ROI : 110 days
  • ORE mining : Lyra2v2 algo
    Hash Rate : 3100 kh/s
    Power : 250w
    Daily Profit : $10
    ROI : 80 days

Keccak algo : 1300 Mh/s

Lyra2REv2 : 72 Mh/s

X11Gost algo : 17 Mh/s

Hope you liked my article about the best gpu’s for mining. It took a lot of time to make this article. If you want to appreciate my work then please give it a share.

Anuj Saini

I write about Crypto mining, trading, referral programs. I have been in the cryptocurrency industry for the last 4 years.

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  1. Julio B. says

    November 2, 2017 at 8:52 pm

    I own 3 1080s and I will say they are working better than advertised. I’m running ewbf for equihash with avg 1670-1715 sols combined. I was able to purchase two of them with 12 mo. Interest free financing from Best Buy. I get the 1070 is more economical but I think 1080s are decent.

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      November 2, 2017 at 10:49 pm

      yah 1080 is decent.
      1080 performance lies between 1070 and 1080 ti.

      We know RX 400 and RX 500 cards were best mining card 5 months back but as of now if anyone wants to buy new card then choose 1070 ti, 1070, 1080 ti, rx vega.

      Reply
  2. CodyB says

    November 16, 2017 at 2:13 am

    If you can mine 30Mh/s with a RX580 at 285.00 cost. Why go with a VEGA at twice the cost with only 14 more Mh/s?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      November 16, 2017 at 1:36 pm

      Price wise it depends in my country vega price is 1.5X of RX 580 but if in your country its 2x still Vega is better.
      Vega is more future proof.
      And right now vega is best for mining monero which is already skyrocketting.
      I think privacy coins have great future.

      Reply
  3. Roberts Gražulis says

    November 19, 2017 at 6:31 pm

    FACEPALM!!!! WHAT A IDEOT WRITE THIS REVIEW! MOST IF THIS IS TOTAL BULLSHIT! DONT BE FOOLED BY TOTAL NOOB IN VIDEOCARDS AND MINING! HIS ALMOST ALL INFO IS FAKE YOU CAN SEE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF CARDS ANYTIME FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES IN YOUTUBE AND WEB< I NOT SQAW SUCH SHIT ANYWHHERE ELSE YET!

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    • ANUJ SAINI says

      November 20, 2017 at 12:06 am

      I know how frustated is it for gamers this mininig craze.
      GTX 1080 Ti gives $5/day (zcoin mining).
      AMD RX Vega $4/day (monero mining).
      New GTX 1070 Ti also great.

      Anyone who looking for mining gpu can buy gtx 1070 ti, rx vega, gtx 1080 ti

      Reply
  4. Renan Moreira says

    December 11, 2017 at 11:34 pm

    thats the best article i could find in the whole internet!!

    now im sure that i will buy and start mining, in brazil our eletricity is like 0,23 $/kWh, even thought with this price i think i can make a money and based on my analises i can make a ROI in 5,5 months, what do you think?

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    • ANUJ SAINI says

      December 12, 2017 at 12:30 am

      Gpu mining is not as risky as asic mining.
      ROI depends on market, how cryptos price goes in future.
      Consider ROI 8 months as more miners will join and reward will be reduced.
      There are energy efficient algo also like zcoin which runs at 50% tdp

      Reply
      • Басс Киллс says

        February 14, 2018 at 7:35 am

        Hello mate i would like to ask few questions could you please write on my mail [email protected] cuz here i find 150 euro diffrence in price for 1070ti 1699 BGN and NVIDIA GeForce
        GIGABYTE N108TGAMINGOC BLACK-11GD 1080ti 2.000 BGN which is 150 euro diffrence and 1060 OC STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING 90YV09Q0-M0NA00 for 972 BGN and lastly 1080 Advanced STRIX-GTX1080-A8G-GAMING for 1.870 BGN i am confused which one is best to go for . . . for now i have 8 x Cerberus 1050 ti doing 13 Mh at etc and am not sure if i should keep them or sell . . . please advice me Thanks in advance keep up the good work .

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          February 14, 2018 at 2:33 pm

          ok mailing you

          Reply
  5. Elchin Axmedovi says

    December 22, 2017 at 3:10 am

    What”s about 1070ti? Will you add information about it?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      December 22, 2017 at 11:45 am

      Will add very soon

      Reply
      • Johnny Smooth says

        December 28, 2017 at 2:17 pm

        6 days past.. Sounds like a nicehash soon.

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          December 28, 2017 at 2:26 pm

          :). Within one day for sure, busy in trading all day so unable to update in time

          Reply
  6. Landak Cemong says

    December 28, 2017 at 9:41 am

    Why wouldn’t you recommend the 1080? The price difference is huge compared to 1080ti, at least where I live. Performance wise are they that much different?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      December 28, 2017 at 12:30 pm

      No 1080 is not good for mining better to get 1070 ti or 1080 ti.
      I will add 1070 ti info very soon to the article.
      1070 ti need more space and power as compared to 1080 ti.
      If price of 2×1080 ti is much less than the price of 3 1070 ti then buy 1080 ti and vice-versa.

      If price of 1080 in your area is much lower then 1070 ti then 1080 is also a good option.
      1080 and 1070 ti have similar mining performance

      Reply
      • Landak Cemong says

        December 28, 2017 at 1:29 pm

        Thanks. But why is it not good for mining, is it not efficient enough? In my area the 1070 ti is only 37USD cheaper than a 1080

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          December 28, 2017 at 1:58 pm

          Yes,price to performance wise 1080 is not great.
          1080 and 1070 ti have similar mining performance.

          Buy 1080 then as its only $37 more then 1070 ti.

          Reply
          • Landak Cemong says

            December 28, 2017 at 2:29 pm

            Thanks for the recommendation

  7. Alexander Sorokow says

    December 29, 2017 at 9:41 pm

    love your blog!!! keep it up

    Reply
  8. Fooie says

    December 30, 2017 at 7:03 pm

    What settings did you use to get 72Mh/s with your 1070 TI’s?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      December 30, 2017 at 7:20 pm

      It was typing mistake by me. Corrected now

      Reply
  9. kristjan reinhold says

    January 2, 2018 at 2:47 am

    Trying to find info about certain cards and this article seems like an utter bullshit.

    e.g

    zcash mining
    1070ti vs 1080ti
    80ti is 40% faster but earns around 11% more money (logics?). And 70ti ROI is 1800 days – really?

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/924c1bf7be870dadf3edcc2e4e3f25a4b6da2a58be01e449601ec07daf1b8704.png

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 2, 2018 at 1:18 pm

      It was my mistake. Made this article 3 months back and profitability is not updated since , in place 1800 days I meant to say 180 days. 1070 ti added recently to the post recently .
      Give me few hours I will update the article with recent profitability. Sorry for inconvenience.

      Reply
      • kristjan reinhold says

        January 2, 2018 at 4:18 pm

        So which card do you suggest 70ti or 80ti considering the fact that for me 70ti is 38% cheaper.

        According to my research 70ti is better bang for the buck.

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          January 2, 2018 at 4:33 pm

          Consider this ratio. Price of 3×1070 ti should be similar to price of 2×1080 ti.
          Buy the cheaper one in above ratio.

          Both cards are great 1070 ti and 1080 ti.
          Me also building mining rigs for myself and buying 15X zotac1080 ti.
          Currently 1080 ti have edge for 1070 ti because 1080 ti will require less space and in future when Nvidia series cards launched, 1080 ti will remain stronger as compared to 1070 ti because for 352 bus width.

          Can’t predict the future may in future more optimized miner came for 1070 ti or coin which is best to mine with 1070 ti. I am buying 1080 ti for myself, 1070 ti is not bad option though

          Reply
          • kristjan reinhold says

            January 2, 2018 at 5:06 pm

            Well I had option to buy 7*1080ti or 12*1070ti (I bought 70’s ).

      • ANUJ SAINI says

        January 2, 2018 at 4:26 pm

        Crypto is volatile market, so profitability depends when you sell.
        e.g first day of mining STAK i get around 200 STAK with 7×1080 ti and sold them same day and get around $18/day/1080 ti. Since then holding mined stak and sold yesterday for $3 and made around $500/day/7×1080 ti. BTW STAK price now $4.

        There are times when single 1080 ti can give you $20/day easily without holding. Its not possible for me to update this article everyday with daily profits. I updated the article already with recent daily profits with stable and high marketcap coins.

        Regarding your query ” 80ti is 40% faster but earns around 11% more money (logics?) “, already told you have not updated profitability for each earlier and 1070 ti was added later on that’s why confusing. Hope you understand

        Reply
  10. ANUJ SAINI says

    January 2, 2018 at 1:23 pm

    Thanks for such kind words.
    Increase tdp to have more speed.

    Reply
  11. kannaiah says

    January 2, 2018 at 6:54 pm

    There seems to be few versions zotac gtx 1080ti amp extreme, which is preferred 2 fan or 3 fan?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 3, 2018 at 12:34 am

      3 Fan, zotac amp extreme 1080 ti

      Reply
  12. Rick says

    January 4, 2018 at 11:49 am

    ANUJ,
    Could you please give some suggestions about Rig Build, considering you last experience?Or the one you described at the top is still best choice?
    Thank you

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 4, 2018 at 1:48 pm

      EVGA 1080 ti also great but have no experience with them as no EVGA in India. For me best one are zotac amp extreme 1080 ti because for 5 year warranty and more hash rate.

      Both 1070 ti and 1080 ti are great cards for minining. But as of now 1080 ti is better but may be in future optimzed miner might came for 1070 ti .
      My advice would be to buy 1080 ti – 11 GB.

      If building 6+ 1080 ti rig then buy 240 GB SSD not 120 GB.

      Here is my rig hardware config

      Motherboard : ASUS Z270 A , http://geni.us/SATc
      GPU : Zotac AMP Extreme 1080 TI , http://geni.us/cFEy
      CPU : Intel Celeron G3900 , http://geni.us/szdlE9S
      RAM : 8 GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance , http://geni.us/b1Z2NSQ
      Hard Disk : 120 GB SSD , http://geni.us/ISfaIxB
      PSU : 1600 Watt EVGA , http://geni.us/jzAwWj9 , 1000 Watt Corsair RMX 1000 , http://geni.us/rrYwn2
      Riser Cables : http://bit.ly/2hsWbpQ
      PSU Extension Cable : http://bit.ly/2i2Azhi
      Cycle Relay Timer : DH48s-s , http://geni.us/1H7A0

      Some other parts also needed like mouse,keyboard, rig frame, etc

      Reply
  13. alexandre st-denis says

    January 5, 2018 at 2:51 am

    I have currently a gaming rig with a gtx 970. I play maybe 1h a day the rest of the time I mi e on nicehash. Should I sell my gtx 970 and get a 1080 ti ?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 5, 2018 at 1:52 pm

      How much hashrate with 970?
      If getting good deal selling GTX 970 then sell it.
      1080 ti is best mining card right now and performs great in mining to.
      You can expect $10/day with 1080 ti, within one month you can cover 1/3 of 1080 ti cost.

      Reply
    • CoinCashFlow says

      January 5, 2018 at 3:54 pm

      you would need 3 x 970 to get around the same speeds as one 1080ti amp extreme. I decided to buy a 1080ti and run both cards to make up for the roi faster, then I will sell the 970.

      Reply
  14. CoinCashFlow says

    January 5, 2018 at 3:47 pm

    Hi, would you be able to reccomend the best price psu for running 3 x 1080ti amp extreme. also enough for the mobo / risers / drive.

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 5, 2018 at 3:51 pm

      Depends on card.
      If having 250 watt cards then 1000 watt psu will be fine. 750 watt for cards and around 150 watt for motherboard and risers.
      If having 320 watt cards like zotac amp extreme 1080 ti then buy 1200 watt.
      Run psu at 90% load .

      corsair rmx 1000 – 1000 watt is good buy or buy EVGA psu

      Reply
      • CoinCashFlow says

        January 5, 2018 at 4:05 pm

        I am thinking this

        https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CP-9020140-UK-HX1200-Platinum-Modular/dp/B071CVX7P1/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1515148275&sr=8-6&keywords=1200w+power+supply+unit

        as I will be going 3 x zotac amp etreme eventually , I have 2 x cards and 1 gtx 970

        I do have a 750w power supply at the mo, would a daisy chain with another 750w be a better idea, using add2psu card.

        Reply
  15. Firdaus Rohman says

    January 6, 2018 at 1:44 pm

    Why not Ti mini version?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 6, 2018 at 2:09 pm

      Will gives less hashrate and not good in cooling, i always prefer 3 fan cards

      Reply
      • Firdaus Rohman says

        January 6, 2018 at 2:23 pm

        Both ZOTAC Amp and Mini edition of 1080Ti have 2 fans. Only the later higher versions have 3 fans. Do you think cooling might not be really an issue in an open frame rig with additional external fans running?

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          January 6, 2018 at 5:09 pm

          You will get less hashrate with mini versions better to buy amp extreme 3 fan.
          Cooling will not be issue if having open rig frame with external fan running, but I don’t recommend you to buy mini versions.
          If 1080 ti is not available at your area then 1070 ti is also good opiton

          Reply
  16. Kevin W says

    January 6, 2018 at 3:56 pm

    Hi, I am considering two buying options:

    One 1080 Ti
    or
    Two 1070 Ti

    Which option will will reap the most reward (electricity for me is free)?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 6, 2018 at 5:23 pm

      Both are good cards. Consider this ratio price of 3 1070 ti should be very equal to 2 1080 ti. If price difference is not much in above ratio then buy any otherwise cheaper one.

      My personal favorite is 1080 ti Zotac amp extreme, if you can buy this one

      Reply
  17. Tomás Martins says

    January 6, 2018 at 7:00 pm

    I get 480-500 sol/s on 125-130w on the 1070 TI, do you not overclock and undervolt your cards?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 6, 2018 at 10:53 pm

      Yes I do overclock cards for efficient performance.
      In this post I mentioned the speed 1070 ti can get without overclocking which is 450 sol/s.

      Reply
  18. Franco says

    January 7, 2018 at 4:51 am

    Anyone have experience using the following cards:
    Gigabyte Aorus RX 580 GV-RX580AORUS-8GD 828 CND
    vs
    Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 GV-RX580GAMING-8GD $405.99 CND
    The specs look very similar so I was wondering why the big price diff and anyone use them for mining?

    Reply
  19. Neeraj Chaudhary says

    January 7, 2018 at 10:09 pm

    Hey bro. nice article.. may i know from where you bought the zotac 1080ti amp extreme versions. And at what cost. i live in delhi near nehru place. Any help would be appreciated. Happy mining.

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 8, 2018 at 12:37 am

      Currently out of stock with my sellers.
      Contact mdcomputers and theitdepot.
      I have placed 15 zotac 1080 ti preorder with theitdepot

      Reply
      • Neeraj Chaudhary says

        January 8, 2018 at 2:30 pm

        thanks for reply bro. what was the cost at that time.. and current quotation you get.. i may get it around 60k in nehru place..maybe its higher .

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          January 8, 2018 at 2:33 pm

          63k earlier. Now preorder for 65k.

          Reply
          • Neeraj Chaudhary says

            January 8, 2018 at 2:34 pm

            is it for amp extreme? and i saw amp extreme version power consumption is 320w, whereas amp version (2 fan) power usage is 260w. is extreme version still good?

          • ANUJ SAINI says

            January 8, 2018 at 2:41 pm

            Buy only 3 Fan.
            We can set TDP manually, e.g run amp exreme at 200 watt

          • Neeraj Chaudhary says

            January 8, 2018 at 2:41 pm

            thanks bro..

  20. Michael Doan says

    January 8, 2018 at 10:02 am

    Any advice for good algorithms for the GTX 1080 to mine Jan 2018? I have a 1080ti rig but have a free 1080 I am going to put to use.
    Not much info online since few people mine with regular 1080s Thanks!

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 8, 2018 at 2:02 pm

      Mine zero coin now.
      Good mining algo will be same 1080 ti, 1080 , 1070,1070 ti

      Reply
  21. monit0r says

    January 9, 2018 at 1:23 pm

    Great post my friend.. I was thinking about the 1080ti aswell for my first rig (x4). But what about the OS? Is windows better than linux (ethOS for example)?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 9, 2018 at 1:37 pm

      Both have advantages.
      Linux based OS are stable as compared to Windows but some fast miners are available for Windows Only.
      I use Windows for mining

      Reply
      • monit0r says

        January 10, 2018 at 3:18 am

        OK great, thanks for your reply – I’ll look at windows too. What about trading? will you put a post with how to trade? I’ve always wanted to learn

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          January 10, 2018 at 11:51 am

          Watch youtube videos and read other crypto trading blogs to know about trading. Mainly learn to study chart best time to buy and sell.
          I might not be posing trading guide article

          Reply
  22. Jean says

    January 10, 2018 at 9:56 am

    Hi guys. Newbie here. Please, I need some help here. What program do you use to mesure the power consumption? I tried “msi afterburner (70 w)” and “hwinfo64 (124 w)”. I don’t know which one to considere. I also don’t know if it’s necessary to use a wattmeter… After all, my evga 1070 ti is making 450 h/s on equihash, 4.5 gh/s on black2s and 45 mh/s on lyra2rev2. Is it good? Setup: power limite 70, core clock +150, memory clock +500, avg temperature 60 C. Avg TDP 70%. Where my I find more information about 1070 ti setups etc? Thanks.

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 10, 2018 at 12:01 pm

      Actual power consumption is measured by wallmeter. From my experience setting tpd at 80% is most efficient settings. I set tdp between 100-120% as electricity cost per unit is $0.05 for me. If electricity cost is very high for you then mine energy efficient coins like zero coin, zcoin

      Reply
      • Jean says

        January 10, 2018 at 6:19 pm

        Wallmeter? What is this? I still didn’t understand how it is measured the video card power consumption… Do I need to measured the all system consumption (like mobo + rise + video card etc), like using a wattmeter on the power plug, and then divide the found number (ex: 800 watts) for the video card number (ex: 4 x 1070ti)?? Something like 800/4 = 200 w per card?

        Reply
        • Cédric Servais says

          January 10, 2018 at 8:44 pm

          Yes this is what he means. It is easy to do though. Put everything in idle mode and measure. Put it full mode and measure again. Delta is your final cost.

          Reply
          • Jean says

            January 10, 2018 at 10:25 pm

            hmmmmmmmmm. Thanks man!!

        • ANUJ SAINI says

          January 10, 2018 at 10:39 pm

          wattmeter will tell you overall power usage of your rig and your calculations are correct.
          If you want to calculate power usage of your card then its very simple, if you run cards at 100% tdp then card can run at full power if 80% tdp then up to 80% maximum.
          Some algo run at fixed tdp you set all the time and some fluctuate

          Reply
  23. Cédric Servais says

    January 10, 2018 at 1:31 pm

    I am considering buying a new card (hobby mining, not running 24/7) and add it to my game computer. I do already have a gtx 1050 ti mini on it. I am hesitating a lot between 1070 (Asus 8gb at 440€, available right now), 1070 ti (zotac mini 8gb 430€ but 2 months delivery) or rx 580 (sapphire 8gb 320€ but availability 2 months). I do see advantages in each of them. Mining ethereum for rx 580, efficient meaning with gtx 1070 and availability, gaming later and resale gtx 1050 ti if I get bored of mining in the next 6 months. What would you advise? Thank you r this great post, you are awesome.

    Reply
    • Cédric Servais says

      January 10, 2018 at 5:48 pm

      I took gtx 1070 finally.

      Reply
      • ANUJ SAINI says

        January 10, 2018 at 10:28 pm

        Sorry for very late reply.
        If 1070 ti is not available then 1070 is also good option.

        Reply
        • Cédric Servais says

          January 10, 2018 at 11:25 pm

          Hello, no problem you’ve your stuff to manage ! I was really wondering.. Ti was indeed a good option but two months dealy seemed too much. 🙁

          Reply
        • Cédric Servais says

          January 16, 2018 at 1:20 am

          Btw, would you still buy 1070 Ti over 1070 ? Your article isn’t that clear.

          Reply
          • ANUJ SAINI says

            January 16, 2018 at 2:21 am

            Yes. Due to more CUDA cores and better hashrate.
            During such crypto mining craze main point to consider is how much you are paying for cards, all gpu prices are hiked now.

            In India 1070 ti cost 20% less than 1080 so it is good buy here.

          • Cédric Servais says

            January 16, 2018 at 2:24 am

            But you’re against Zotac Mini 🙁 These are cards that I love tough. What about the brand Palit ? It’s 20% cheaper than the first GTX 1080 I could see. While Zotac Mini is 30% cheaper.

          • ANUJ SAINI says

            January 16, 2018 at 2:34 am

            Palit Brand – never heard of this.
            Mini cards will give less hashrate, they are good for gaming and due to compact size they can easily fit in to cpu cabinet but they have poor cooling and not suitable for 24/7 mining.

          • Cédric Servais says

            January 16, 2018 at 2:36 am

            Yeah, never heard about it neither. Found them only at one place at lower price. Had good reputation in the past from what I can read. I don’t mine 24/7. At maximum, computer is up 18h per day. They are also limited to 70° and my case is a home one, which mean I can’t fit any size of 3 fans GPU there. Asus Dual OC 8Gb is the maximum size that could fit in it.

          • Cédric Servais says

            January 16, 2018 at 11:50 pm

            Well, sorry but finally I did think that 1070 Ti was really out of my budget. 2 GTX 1070 in the same week is more than I would have ever bought in my life 🙂

  24. Not An Issue says

    January 15, 2018 at 2:28 am

    Why do you even write anything about AMD cards when you have absolutely no clue what youre talking about?

    You are actively misleading people.

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 15, 2018 at 3:08 am

      Sorry if you get offended. I am not misleading anyone , i have written this article to the best of my knowledge.
      I am in to crypto mining since 6 months . There was time when AMD RX 500, RX 400 series cards were best for mining but we can’t get them now for decent price.

      My ranking for best mining cards goes.
      1. 1080 ti
      2. 1070 ti,
      3. AMD RX Vega

      With 1080 ti right now I am earn between $10-$18 daily , more here https://jkcrypto.com/coin-to-mine-with-nvidia-gtx-1080-ti/
      In this crypto craze so many new coins are popping out each days and maximum of these coins use Nvidia optimized algo. I can say no GPU can beat 1080 ti for mining these new shitcoins. Also shared many times in this blog where we have earned $30 in day with single 1080 ti.

      AMD RX Vega indeed very good card for mining. Perform great in mining cryptonight, monero,etc.

      Right now if anyone wants to buy gpu for mining I recommend 1080 ti. AMD cards may be great in future. e.g we see continuous bear trend in crypto market then only major coins will survive. AMD, ETH,XMR will survive for sure but for Nvdia we don’t have such great options rest Zcash. So Nvidia owners might have to switch to ETH, etc.

      Reply
  25. Enrique Fernandez says

    January 15, 2018 at 4:51 am

    10.000$ for a mining rig to make 4$/day? really? I could get a rig for 4.000$ and make the same as you.

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 15, 2018 at 1:02 pm

      How?
      Currently one 1080 ti will make between $10-$20 daily.

      Reply
      • Enrique Fernandez says

        January 15, 2018 at 5:56 pm

        According to Whattomine, those cards will not do the amount ot money you are saying, unless you are mining a different coin. But, even if what you are saying was true (20$ per day, per card) an 8 gpus rig should be doing 4800$ per month and that is absurd. No miner can do that amount of money nowadays. I can build a rig for 4000$ and make 600$ per month (2.5$ per card per day), and that’s a lot of money. Even the 1080ti is doing 8$ per day, it means 1900$ por month for an 8 gpus rig. The normal ROI for one rig is between 4 and 7 months, but your ROI is less than that? Building an 8 1080ti rig may be under 8k. According to you, the ROI could be 60 days. I think the question here is not how do I build my rigs, but which coins you are mining with those cards.

        https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c27843e9b83284369b3627fc13b527c1813fe348e9b6ac5486b3ee3bdfecf75d.png

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          January 15, 2018 at 6:23 pm

          Here is dedicated post for 1080 ti mining.
          https://jkcrypto.com/coin-to-mine-with-nvidia-gtx-1080-ti/
          We don’t mine whattomine coins as they are not most profitable.

          Right now 1080 ti ROI, if profits remain stable is 90 days.
          I have 7×1080 ti rig and 15×1080 ti are preordered, will be shipped on 20 Jan.

          This was the gem we have mined recently
          https://jkcrypto.com/how-to-mine-straks-stak/

          SIGT team launched new coin straks and there was swap 1 straks for 4 SIGT. I told everyone on Telegram to buy SIGT for *60 BTC and during swap SIGT price reached to *350 and I sold mine at *250. Best 4X trade ever within few days.
          Another cool thing is during initial days of mining Straks, I was getting around 200 straks/day/7 1080 ti but was around $0.4 at that time. I decided to hold straks and sold all when Straks when straks price was $3, was very happy because I sold for 6X which will give me profit of $100/day/1080 ti. But during pump Straks price reached $28, if holded for more 7 days then it could be $1000/day/1080 ti , 1080 ti ROI would be 1 day.

          No regrets, lost so much money by mining and holding SIGT but made so much SIGT and Straks pump.

          We have great community for miners on telegram consider joining.

          Reply
  26. Federico Erbea says

    January 16, 2018 at 12:24 am

    Sorry but I think I didn’t understand, ORE is a type of cryptocurrency?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 16, 2018 at 12:38 am

      Yes. ORE is altcoin

      Reply
      • Federico Erbea says

        January 16, 2018 at 12:51 am

        What do you mean? Altcoin is not a generic definition?
        I thought that for example ethereum would fall into that category.
        Sorry, could you be more specific?
        Many thanks

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          January 16, 2018 at 2:12 am

          Yes, Ore is type of cryptocurrency
          https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2576111.0

          Reply
  27. Ulises Garcia says

    January 18, 2018 at 12:55 pm

    Hi everyone,

    probably this is not the best time to build a mining rig due the very inflated prices of the GPU, anywise I want to start, I did my research but the 1080Ti is out of stock almost everywhere or the price is very inflated for a good model almost $1200+ even more for GPU with 3 fans, same for the 1070s, the question is I found the 1060s 6G at $300, is it a good card to start and the price looks good?

    Best regards

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 18, 2018 at 1:25 pm

      $300 for 1060 6 GB is indeed good deal but main problem with them that they will need more space as compared to 1080 ti or 1070 ti.
      My advice to you invest 50% of your mining budget on 1060 and other 50% to 1080 ti, 1070 ti, wait for some time for normal price

      Reply
      • Ulises Garcia says

        January 18, 2018 at 1:45 pm

        Thanks for the advices,

        I’m thinking to buy 3 1080Ti and 2 1060s to have a 5 GPU mining rig, with all the components needed for the rig the price is almost 5k, in fact that is the top of my budget.

        what do u think?

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          January 18, 2018 at 2:24 pm

          Card mixing is not good idea.
          Optimized algo for 1060 are different then that of 1080 ti.
          So for best performance you have to mine different coins with 1060 and different for 1080 ti.
          You might face rig instability issue if mining 2 different coins on the same machine.

          since your budget is $5k so either buid 1060 rig or 1080 ti

          Reply
  28. vex xev says

    January 18, 2018 at 6:41 pm

    Hi,
    Does anyone have any experience with mining with Titan Xp? Their
    price is in the same range as 1080ti, but in theory have better specs. I
    couldn’t find any useful info on the internet.

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      January 18, 2018 at 9:21 pm

      No, none of my mining friend have Titan XP.
      I think they will provide more hashrate than 1080 ti, but Titan XP is more pricier than 1080 ti

      Reply
      • vex xev says

        January 20, 2018 at 10:36 am

        Actually, due to the inflated prices of the gaming GPU (1070 and 1080), they are priced very closely to Titan Xp (at least here in Canada).

        Reply
  29. Vikas Asthana says

    January 28, 2018 at 1:11 pm

    Hi All,

    As 1080ti price is sky rocketing, would it make sense to put in a little more and buy TitanXp ..?

    Reply
  30. Random creators IND. says

    February 1, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    Hi, I am planning to make a rig only with one 1080 ti graphic card. which motherboard, processor, RAM would you suggest i wanted to explore this before expanding my investment. Please guide us as we are Bangalore and there is no one here who can guide us perfectly on this. i have gone through your article and found it very promising. Thanks for supporting many newbies in proper path. All the best for your future.

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    • ANUJ SAINI says

      February 1, 2018 at 11:20 pm

      Already shared parts needed in the post.

      Reply
      • Random creators IND. says

        February 1, 2018 at 11:27 pm

        hi
        i was looking for only one graphic card not six of them so i think i can cut down the costing on mother board RAM and hard disk power is not my constraint. please guide. Thank you and what do you feel about starting mining now? i feel it has future.

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          February 3, 2018 at 1:45 am

          Everything rest will remain same.
          Motherboard can be changed with cheaper one but consider your future plans of adding gpus also.
          SMPS, Corasair RMX 1000 is great if you want to run only one gpu then 600w psu will be enough.

          Don’t know what will happen with Bicoin.
          Mining is very safe as compared to investing in cryptos. Once ROI period is over then you will be earning money while doing nothing.

          Reply
  31. Bojan Alilovic says

    February 9, 2018 at 12:26 am

    Hi,

    I noticed you are opening up your own pool, that is nice! 🙂 jkcpool.com.. I would like to ask you what fees you plan to have and if you will to payouts to LTC wallet addess?

    Reply
    • ANUJ SAINI says

      February 9, 2018 at 12:52 am

      Pool will be free for initial few days then will charge some pool fee like 0.5%.
      Auto exchange is not possible right now, may be added on later on.

      Reply
  32. Dhayawi says

    March 2, 2018 at 9:55 pm

    Is a 9x gtx 1070 rig more profitable than 6x gtx 1080ti

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    • ANUJ SAINI says

      March 3, 2018 at 3:34 pm

      No. Buy 1080 ti instead

      Reply
      • Dhayawi says

        March 4, 2018 at 1:37 am

        But why ? I think i’ll have more hashrate with 9 gtx 1070 than with 6 gtx 1080ti whith the same price

        Reply
        • ANUJ SAINI says

          March 8, 2018 at 6:34 pm

          No, 1080 ti will give you more hashrate and for some algos 1080 ti is beast.

          Reply

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