Actual measurement of mining graphics card
The graphics card market in 2017 is the most special in recent years. In the past few years, no graphics card will increase its price by 100% a few months after its release. RX 580 has achieved this goal. Together with all the graphics cards below 3000 yuan, it has broken through the premium point in an irresistible manner. All this happened with the bitcoin price breaking through 3000 US dollars. After miners swept the RMB 2000 RX 580, the price of low-end RX 560 and even GTX 1050 Ti increased to varying degrees. However, is the price directly proportional to the ability of hash algorithm? Recently, we did a test to collect the new generation of graphics cards at various prices on the market, test the mining speed of Ethernet and bitcoin, and see which card has the highest cost performance
Different from the thousand yuan market, this wave of mining tide has a great impact on high-end graphics cards. In the test results, RX 580 and Rx 480 have almost reached the bottom of GTX 1070. Moreover, the price of Rx 580 is even competing with that of GTX 1070, so the miners directly swept the 3000 yuan market when GTX 1060 3gb / 6GB is out of stock, and GTX 1070 is basically out of stock. The more advanced GTX 1080 is also out of stock, but it's not clear whether the players are forced to go directly to the high-end card or the miners extend their claws to this market. The situation of GTX 1080 ti is only slightly improved, but it's not much better. However, not everyone can afford the 6000 yuan graphics card. Only the top players will be affected, but it's just a narrower choice. It's not the case that the rich can't buy itsummary:
to mine, the first choice is the graphics card with more than 3gb video memory, which is the basis. In addition, the core frequency will affect the mining speed. We have two GTX 1080 cards on hand, one is public version, and the other is MSI GTX 1080 gaming X. the operating frequencies of the two cards are 1885mhz and 1936mhz respectively. After testing, because of the frequency, the latter will be about 4% faster than the former in actual mining. The advantages of high-frequency graphics card are highlighted
So Xiaobian's opinions and suggestions are as follows:the low-end card and the old architecture card are not suitable for mining. GTX 1080 ti is an extreme, with the most powerful performance, but the price is not suitable for large-scale procurement. The mining speed of a card with the same location is much faster than that of N card, The cost performance of GTX 1060 3gb is higher than that of GTX 1060 6GB. The frequency and the number of stream processors / CUDA have a great influence on the performance of the card. The size of video memory has no influence on the mining. It's enough. Different video cards will have different profits if they dig different coins. If you want to further explore, you need to test several currencies, Limited to space, we only select two representative currencies to test
as long as the mine disaster does not occur, the shortage will last for a long time. However, if there is a mine disaster, a large number of second-hand mine cards will directly enter the market. These cards are always running at full load and full speed, and their service life is greatly shortened compared with that of ordinary users. Even if the price is lower, they will roll over at any time, There is no need to start at all. Moreover, the second-hand market will be directly disrupted. At that time, it will be difficult for some normal users to get out of the second-hand market, and the deep-water fish's Dragon killing knife will explode the galaxy. Now it is said that NVIDIA is making some graphics cards without display output interface, which are provided to miners as mine cards. With a certain capacity, if the mine card still can't satisfy the miners, won't the miners buy the graphics card in the consumer market? The only function of these special mine cards is to prevent mine cards from flowing into the second-hand market, which can not alleviate the current shortage of graphics cards
mining machine needs top-level a card support
your n card can't do it
It depends on the computing power of GPU and CPU instead of the computing speed. Although there is no big difference, because the computing principle of graphics card is different from CPU, and mining needs distributed computing. In this kind of computing, graphics card GPU is better than CPU
1. Price
you may know that intensive mining is quite expensive because it requires a lot of resources. The power consumption is huge, and with everyone's participation, the difficulty of mining will increase, which means that a lot of computing power is needed
as the cost increases, you should remember that the price of GPU for mining should be one of your top considerations
nowadays, most mining equipment is created with several GPUs, so that they can make more (Network) contributions and make more money (tokens). The cost of each GPU may vary, depending on how much you are willing and able to spend, but you can expect the price of each GPU to range from $150 to $1300
your best choice is to buy those graphics cards with moderate price. In this way, you won't pay too much, but you can still get a decent proct, and it's worth your time to mine
2. Power consumption
as mentioned above, power consumption is a big problem. The greater the power consumption, the greater the heat generated in the mining process. But these two problems can be controlled as long as high wattage GPU is not used
if you don't want to deal with these problems, choose a low or medium wattage GPU, or pay extra for advanced cooling technology. However, you should remember that this will mean that your hash rate will be reced, so your profit will not be so high
3. Hash rate
when we discuss hash rate, it is also an important factor, which is determined by the execution speed of GPU, or mining speed. The type of GPU you use and the algorithm your token uses are also important factors
therefore, if you do not have a specific currency, perhaps the best thing is to buy a GPU with a comprehensive hash rate, so that it can play a role in a wider range of hash algorithms
in this way, you don't have to dig one coin, but have the opportunity to dig another
4. Warranty is also something you should pay attention to. However, it should be noted that mining will not damage your GPU more than games or other high-performance tasks
however, as long as you choose to mine, your GPU must perform under continuous load, so for the sake of safety, it is recommended to buy a 2-year warranty. After all, if something happens, the money will be wasted
5. Overclocking performance
overclocking is also something you need to study, because many GPUs can adjust to faster performance, sometimes even 20-30% faster
this can make the graphics card more efficient, help you make more contributions when solving each block, and then ensure more sharing. Considering this, it depends on the overclocking performance of GPU. When it is forced to the limit, it is necessary to choose the one that can do better
of course, there are other minor factors that can also affect your performance as a miner, but these are the main things to pay attention to.