GPU | nVidia

[thebackground]

Anything about nVidia

[maru]

Zotac GTX660Ti AMP! edition

I chose this as a gaming card because it was compact compared to most 660ti models. but this needs two 6-pin PCI express connectors for power. there are two fans and they are relatively quiet even under load.

mining performance is usually 170-180khs using CUDAminer (windows 7 64-bit).

[maru]

http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/will_nvidia_steal_the_cryptocurrency_mining_crown_from_amd.html

looking forward to the next generation NVIDIA cards based on the Maxwell :)

[Slide Gurtiza]

the 750 ti is available locally.  and it's very tempting!  anong purchase strategy niyo ngayon, buy amd gpus now or wait until the faster maxwells come?

EDIT:  oops.  nalito ako sa maxwell vs haswell.  may plano kasing bumuo ng intel rig

[maru]

@Slide

I think the better strategy is to wait. If better cards will come out from Nvidia based on the Maxwell architecture, we might have price drops across AMD GPUs. Then we choose the best option. Consumer wins in the end.

As tempting as it is to get the 750 Ti, the only problem that I see is the need for 2x 750 Ti to get the same hash rate as a single 280X. That would entail more space for the mining rig and that is a problem for me as I do not have the luxury of space :)

Otherwise, the 750 Ti right now with it's 300-350khs plus 150W consumption without need for additional power from the PSU is a win!

[Wein Strider]

Hi guys,

thanks for accepting me as a new member here. I haven't introduce myself yet. I will later on the introduce page. 

I just happen to read Sir Maru links regarding to the new GPU from NVIDIA which the best bang bucks for starters which also conscious like me with it comes on electricity. 

I was planning to buy AMD GPU mga 3x R9 280x for my mining starter build and I changed my mind after reading this links from NVIDIA. My setup would be buy 3x 750 Ti = 180watts and haswell Intel which is 50watts TDP equivalent of 230watts for those setup , pabor na pabor sya kesa sa isang 280x which is consuming 300watts. Nowadays meralco is planning to increase sa per watts which is downside sa mga miners na tulad natin. NVIDIA is the best choice for me now. 

Can you help me?

pede ba yung riser card sa Nvidia card o pang amd lang sya?

Sa ngayon Dodge is no longer profitable for miners, ano ba alternative ipapalit kay doge? si Vertcoin ba? ano reason why?

I appreciate your help guys for this one.

[maru]

@Wein

welcome to the forums :)

the riser cables are compatible with all videocards (NVIDIA or AMD) with PCI express connectors. we just talk about AMD more because of their dominance in the mining scene.

NVIDIA might soon turn the tide :)

good news for us miners :)

yup 65W TDP for the 750Ti, thanks for the correction! for miners looking for a way to beat electricity costs, this card is the way to go.

those who might want to start NVIDIA mining should stock up on the 750Ti. these cards might start to evaporate soon :)

[maru]

@Wein

regarding your question on coin profitability, we have a specific forum on that (coin-related), but to keep it short, you can plug in your mining values at the coinwarz site and compute for your own profitability for each coin.

personally, I just look at the multipool site and choose the one on top. unfortunately I am having problems mining vertcoin hahaha :) 

[Wein Strider]

@maru

Ah ic, I saw on coinwars si Mintcoin and dominante ngayon and on this news link also.

http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/2014/02/19/mincoin-traded-1000-btc-last-couple-hours/

do you think we should leave dodge and join force to Mintcoin? 

I am still waiting for my loan to be approve before I can stock up 750 Ti video cards. 

I have computed my ROI on R9 280x which is a no no our current state sa meralco price natin na 13php per watts. 

lugi pag ni pursue ko yung AMD mining maliit ang return of investment kakainin lang lahat ni Meralco 40% ng cost sa mining income ko. 

pabor tong Nvidia 750 ti which is 10% lang ang cost sa electricity pag nag start na ako 90% net income sa mining, ofcourse this will varry sa coin n i harvest.

thanks sa mga tips sir maru! it help me to think twice my previous plan sa amd gpu vs nvidia buti di pa ako nakakabili in God's perfect plan this is a sign for me, since wala pa akong money for my mining investment. 

hehe! i have a lot of time to rethink my plan, GOD give me NVIDIA as a sign for my previous electricity dilemma. 

[maru]

@Wein

let's discuss the coin related topics over at the coin-repated thread ok ? :)

glad to be of help!

[maru]

this is an interesting article on NVIDIA 750Ti reference mining :)

http://cryptomining-blog.com/tag/nvidia-gtx-750-ti-mining/

close to 300khs with 60W consumption is awesome with a bit of overclocking involved. this is the reference 750Ti design btw.

750Ti is available for roughly 8000php locally. if close to 900khs for 3 cards, that would approximate the mining performance of a 290X at a similar price point, at a lesser power drain.

non-reference designs which would allow a PCI-E power connector on the card can increase the voltage headroom and possibly offer better hashing performance are still unvailable locally.

guys, if anyone here does a successful 750Ti setup using multiple GPUs, kindly post your experiences. 

cryptomining with NVIDIA is now possible, and more profitable :)

[Wein Strider]

Hi Maru,

That's my plan right now. will post pics once I have purchase and use those cards as my miners. 

[Wein Strider]

I'd like to share this link as one of my reference and guide on how to built this 750ti mining rig.

http://cryptomining-blog.com/tag/gtx-750-ti-cudaminer/

[maru]

@Wein

are 750Ti cards with PCI E connectors available locally already?

it would be interesting to overclock them out :)

[Wein Strider]

I saw pc_reform is now selling this card for the price of 7,800 but for order basis as he stated on his post.

http://www.tipidpc.com/viewitem.php?iid=29478923

this 750ti is an OC type card which i guess there is a 6pin connector included on this card.

[maru]

@Wein

the Palit 750Ti StormX Dual, which sports a bigger heatsink with 2 fans, does not have a PCI express connector. so the StormX might or might not have the PCI connector for more voltage tweaking options.

however the StormX Dual (review link at the bottom), is impressive at 50C temps with silent performance. I hope the prices will be good for this product once it is made available locally, otherwise the standard 750Ti or the Palit StormX with a better cooling system, should suffice for a lot of NVIDIA miners willing to commit to cryptocurrency hashing right now :)

Palit StormX Dual review from Guru3D: http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/palit_geforce_gtx_750_ti_stormx_dual_review,1.html 

[Wein Strider]

very nice cooling solution, im sure the price will go up on this video card with the newly added twin fan. on the regular single fan it is now cost for about 7,800. We should expect this Palit would  be more expensive maybe 8k to 8,500 per piece.

[Wein Strider]

my prediction is right, MSI just release their OC edition of this card 

PChub is selling this at 8,490 which is for me is overprice. 

http://www.tipidpc.com/viewitem.php?iid=29647816

at amazon this card is only 6,6k php, if ganito lng ang price nito which is not reasonable for me, mag 7870 nalang me or r9 280x for mining. 

or wait til they drop this vc price to 5k and thats the time i will buy this card.

[Wein Strider]

guys,

any violent reaction on the overpricing of the newest 750ti that is now cost around 8k?

what would be your choice, getting a second hand  7950 @ 8k to 9k PHP 700khash 250watts or this  750ti new kids on the block with lower power consumption 60watts 300khash but with the same price?

your thoughts and suggestion will be much appreciated!

thanks!

[Nonoy]

hi,

i just started this morning (finished at 5am) my startup mining rig and with a brand new HD 7850 1GB = 350Khash = 101w = php5,750

compareed to 750ti = 300Khash = 65w = php 8,0000

my next plan was to get another 7850 from mining profits, this discussion about the 750ti made made me consider, i know in the long run the 35w difference in power consumption will make the 750ti more profitable but it will take me longer to get 8k and i might have nvidea driver and cudaminer problems for xubuntu so ill end up with another 7850

(going to need 2 x1 to x16 risers though)

@wein

1pc 7950 : 700khash : 250watts : php 8500

vs

2pcs 750ti : 600khash : 120watts : php 16000

other considerations

1) how many pcie slots do you have?

2) what is your current PSU?

conclusion:

with a price difference of 7,500 and 100khash but 130watts more I might go for the 7950 specially if i have a good energy efficient PSU

looking forward, i can easily add another 7950 (assuming there is more pcie slot on mobo)

[Wein Strider]

@nonoy

thanks for your inputs.

Answer:
1. I have 1 pcie slots with 2 additonal pci-e for riser card.
2. I have aerostrike 80+ bronze 650watts psu.

I think I may go for 7950 for now, and i am sure my psu can handle that kind of GPU because I have a 50watts haswell cpu.

[Wein Strider]

@nonoy 

ask ko po san kayo nakabili ng bnew na 7850 for 5,600k lang?

pde po ba nyo ituro sakin? hehe!

[Nonoy]

http://www.easypc.com.ph/index.php/site/prod_info/f.f42c7f9c8aeab0fc412031e192e2119d

- they have really competitive prices

- they have ym support, nag order ako via ym lang, mabilis and active ang ym nila

- they deliver with CoD, meron same day delivery for addtl fee, below 10k lang limit nila sa CoD delivery kaya nag 2 transactions ako

  > 1st day vcard

  > next day cpu only

PS: this card is giving me now 367 Kh/s kay Slide umaabot ng 380!

@slide, saan mo nabili 7850 mo and how much?

[Wein Strider]

@nonoy

pede mo ba i paste or i type dito yung GPU and memory clock ng 7850 mo??

thanks in advance!

[maru]

guys kindly post the relevant 7850 discussions under the 7850 discussion thread so that others can easily browse our forums thanks! :)

let us keep this NVIDIA GPU forum specific for NVIDIA GPU mining discussions :)

[Wein Strider]

Sorry boss maru!! di na po mauulit!! hehe!

[Nonoy]

same here, sorry boss, Peace!

[maru]

no problem guys :)

anyway for my next rig I am planning on using 750Ti. will try this next month. hopefully the prices can fall a bit to make this GPU truly mining-hot!

[Wein Strider]

guys,

I change my mind not to pursue my 750ti 280/300mhash rig after I realize that its price is just the same with 270x = 470mhash 8.5k php.

maybe if its prices fall down to 5k each thats the time i will consider buying it.

[maru]

@Wein

but there is also the power draw to consider. 750Ti has a draw of only 60W while 7850 has a draw of 115 to 130W, which is essentially double. so for half the electricity expense for 750Ti you will be getting a khash of more than 2/3 of what the 7850 can provide. 

however the electricity costs would play a significant part only in the long run. however, in the long run scenario, the 750Ti is better in terms of profitability. and remeber you can probably cram 4 units of 750Ti in a rig with a 500W PSU and only 2-3 of the 7850 :)

[thebackground]

may available nabang GT 750Ti sa gilmore? gusto ko bumili pra sa sa gaming rig ko :) not for mining. hehehe

[Wein Strider]

@maru

thanks for the input, i realize it also after reading some forum on the net about 750ti and I have reconsidered buying one for my mining rig when i have an extra budget.

[maru]

@TBG

750Ti is widely available in Gilmore and most TPC online shops. there are even OC editions in PC Express at SM North EDSA.

too bad that the prices seem to be inflated. I am not sure whether it is because the card is new or because the shopkeepers have predicted it's potential for the mining population.

prices for the OC editions are around 8-10k. the reference models are around 6-7k.

power consumption-wise, this card is king. profitability-wise, this card is still king.

@Wein

I share your sentiments. I hope the 750Ti drops in price soon. 

[Wein Strider]

@maru

The reason why the prices are so high because the video card has just recently release in the market. Lets wait a month or two till NVIDIA release their big boys series of Maxwell, I am very much sure that AMD are now pissing on their pants now haha! (afraid that their vcard will be leave behind and no one is buying it anymore hehe!)

[Anti Online]

Guys finally.... Share ko lang toh baka maging interested kayo.... 750Ti

[Istvan]

good news for 750 ti

cbuchner and team are heavily optimizing cudaminer and the results are amazing specially on the other algorithms like groestl, x11, quark.. good news moreover considering scrypt asics are out

example:

comparing   amd7850    vs    750ti

scrypt         400 kh/s           300 kh/s

groestl        3.088 Mhs/s      7.7Mh/s   

notice that on groest algo 750ti has more than 2x hash already and groestlcoin has good market price right now

reference:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=167229.msg6164844#msg6164844

looks like i need to get my hands on 750ti before the price goes up and supply is high

[Wein Strider]

@istvan

thanks for the tip! will add this to one of my consideration.