Official Mining Thread

[Leprechaun]

Yes they do. Most are in China where cost of electricity is less than trying to sell your turd.

Ya China. Govt subsidized crud. What about Iceland they had about the biggest one? There's quite a few in Canada and even one in my city. Wonder how they do.
Solar panels are going up at the office this year...many ideas flowing through my head now.

I've mined ~2.1x the BTC these past two 4 hr sessions than any time before. More $$ even at lower prices and twice the BTC. I'm one confused noob.

[LordHawkwind]

If you're so happy and content with moving on why do you keep going into any thread you can find to try and justify your purchase?

Seems more like your hiding behind a mask....

Just spreading my happiness around y'all. I also like NIGELG's quote about swimming in regret It's my first enthusiast card for a decade having owned AMD cards. Just making sure everyone knows. I think mission accomplished.

[Seyiji]

Just spreading my happiness around y'all. I also like NIGELG's quote about swimming in regret It's my first enthusiast card for a decade having owned AMD cards. Just making sure everyone knows. I think mission accomplished.

Mebbe keep it in your pants a bit next time you're scaring the kids

[LordHawkwind]

Ya China. Govt subsidized crud. What about Iceland they had about the biggest one? There's quite a few in Canada and even one in my city. Wonder how they do.
Solar panels are going up at the office this year...many ideas flowing through my head now.

I've mined ~2.1x the BTC these past two 4 hr sessions than any time before. More $$ even at lower prices and twice the BTC. I'm one confused noob.

I'm not into mining but I was surprised to find out that it voids your warranty. Here's a snippet from EVGA warranty. The same wording is on my warranty too.

"Any damages to the components, hardware and/or assembly of the Products including but not limited to damages caused as a result of neglect, abuse, accidents, misuse, or unusual physical, electrical or electromechanical stress (including due to uninterrupted use of the Products, or use of the Products for blockchain processing, cryptocurrency mining, or similar purposes)."

[LordHawkwind]

Mebbe keep it in your pants a bit next time you're scaring the kids

Aye aye Captain.

[Dave]

I'll ignore the dollar$ amount and focus on how much BTC is mined. You either believe in crypto or you don't.

Pretty much this.

[KAC]

Already BTC is down from 0.18 mBTC to 0.14 mBTC. Think I will stop here. For 5 bucks a day it is just not worth my time.

[Leprechaun]

Already BTC is down from 0.18 mBTC to 0.14 mBTC. Think I will stop here. For 5 bucks a day it is just not worth my time.

After yesterday's 80% extra BTC mining it's down a decent 1/3 today. What sorcery is this?

[KAC]

Told you it takes 1/2 to 1 week to stabilize. Your rate will be cut in half. Expect it.

[SirBaron]

Hash rate is 92 at the mo, set Fan to 100% and it increased, seems my vram was too hot.

[Leprechaun]

Hash rate is 92 at the mo, set Fan to 100% and it increased, seems my vram was too hot.

All my cards are 56-59c.
BTC qty is still the same as last week just less $$ obviously.

[Dave]

My card is at 44c while mining, down to $7.25 a day, just broke $200 total mined since I started about 4 weeks ago.

[SirBaron]

Yeah my card was at 54'c but backplate was fairly hot, plus the cards use vram more than anything on the card, and it's not like you can see the temps on those with software.

Since then it's been at 42'c, and backplate is pretty cool.

[KAC]

Yes, my TUF was also ramping up fan speed to 80% even when card was running at 52-54 C. My assumption is that it is really testing out the GDDR6X longevity with so much load. I personally think many 3080/3090 cards will have failed memory modules soon enough. I already noticed that I can no longer clock my card to +1350 MHz in Timespy as it starts artifacting.

Also for 5 bucks a day mining can eat my dick.

[SirBaron]

Anything above +700 will crash my pc, my sisters card can't even do +600

[Leprechaun]

Ya too many people telling stories of crazy memory overclocks while putting 50-60% power limit and putting core clock down. I can't overclock or underclock that much without hash rate tanking. I do worry about the VRAM temps

[SirBaron]

I have -200 + 600 70% power rating

92MH/s 237 watts

I cant wait for March to come around and then when it starts getting sunnier and longer days, cost free mining here I come.

[Dave]

My card is at 44c while mining, down to $7.25 a day, just broke $200 total mined since I started about 4 weeks ago.

Bitcoin is back to 40K, lol. Up to $220 from yesterday. Card is up to $8.50 a day now

[Leprechaun]

Bitcoin is back to 40K, lol. Up to $220 from yesterday. Card is up to $8.50 a day now

So this 2.0 to 0.9 hashrate reduction hasn't happened? Still seems the same

[Dave]

Checked my memory temps in GPU-z (ICX card)





This is at +1000 on the mem

[KAC]

People on EVGA forums are having their FTW3 cards make a final hurrah before dying. Just FYI. Mostly 3090s.

I think only demo has a FTW3 3090 afaik.

[Leprechaun]

Checked my memory temps in GPU-z (ICX card)





This is at +1000 on the mem

Thanks, I checked mine, 58-76C for the memory. How are you keeping your card to cool?

@KAC. I have two 3090 that are the evga ftw3 ultra gaming, and 1 of the same 3080.
They dying cuz of mining? link?

edit: found link. People playing Halo and card dies.
If I put fan speed up I get 46-65C for memory. DDR6x is rated for up to 100C because apparently at 110C if fries

[KAC]

Not sure if they are dying because of mining. You can check EVGA forums.
I think the cause is unknown at this point.
Thread that I read https://hardforum.com/threads/nvidia...ost-1044886620

[Dave]

Thanks, I checked mine, 58-76C for the memory. How are you keeping your card to cool?

@KAC. I have two 3090 that are the evga ftw3 ultra gaming, and 1 of the same 3080.
They dying cuz of mining? link?

edit: found link. People playing Halo and card dies.
If I put fan speed up I get 46-65C for memory. DDR6x is rated for up to 100C because apparently at 110C if fries

I have the EVGA hybrid kit on my card. I'm guessing with the gpu being so cool that its heat isnt transferring over to the memory modules.

[Leprechaun]

I keep having 1 rig that mines zero BTC randomly most of the time. What's the reason?

[KAC]

I keep having 1 rig that mines zero BTC randomly most of the time. What's the reason?

Probably card is going to get killed soon.
But it might be a login issue. Nicehash was having some connectivity issues in some countries.

[Leprechaun]

"Note that unstable DAG generation causes permanently rejected shares until miner restart."

I found my answer by accident. Run stock clocks, mine for a minute. After, you can overclock. Rejects are very very low now.

[SirBaron]

Gunna leave mining until I get a 4080/5080 and can do dual minining, as with one GPU just really aint worth it, especially if my fans get worn out early.

[Leprechaun]

I always assumed bearings&motor would survive longer than the card would remain relevant.

[KAC]

I am more concerned about memory giving up.
I also stopped mining completely.

[Leprechaun]

I am more concerned about memory giving up.
I also stopped mining completely.

That's a highly likely plausible concern
I put fan to zero to test and the miner basically gives you a message.
GPU #0 getting too hot, performance is degraded. It mines at less power and less MH/s to keep temps in control. Checking in Gpu-z the mem modules never go past 76c. Anyways lower than that with fans on.
Either way, see you when I'm crying in a few months

[KAC]

I don’t think it is about temps of memory chips but the components that control the memory. If I remember correctly GN was disappointed in quality of components used in FTW3 cards. Asus TUF already has OK components for daily use. Pushing them this hard 24/7 is going to be a bad time.

[Nunz]

The quality of the components on the FTW3 weren't low quality; Buildzoid would have liked to see more expensive VRM controllers that allow a higher switching rate, which helps for extreme OC/LN2. The FTW3 does not have any "low quality" components, and the video didn't say that.

No one knows how GDDR6X handles high temperatures for long periods of time yet. GDDR6 holds up pretty well, but as we've seen with the 3080/3090 under LN2, the memory chips really hate heat and are much more sensitive to it.

[Riptide]

Paranoia.

Keep it clean, keep it cooled, and it'll be fine.

[Leprechaun]

Won't know how the cards hold up for another few years until enough time has passed with enough of a sample size.

Has anyone every mined in a pool?
PPS vs pplns
What is your opinion?

[KAC]

I tried pools once. The delta on an 8 1080 Ti rig was 1 dollar per day. Plus the pools had a habit of turning off or not allowing connection whenever they felt like. So I stopped using them. Nicehash is all I ever used.

For now given I am on an imported card I am not feeling like burning it to the ground especially since Asus will surely not honor warranty here in my country and finding a replacement will be a bitch.

[Leprechaun]

I tried pools once. The delta on an 8 1080 Ti rig was 1 dollar per day. Plus the pools had a habit of turning off or not allowing connection whenever they felt like. So I stopped using them. Nicehash is all I ever used.

For now given I am on an imported card I am not feeling like burning it to the ground especially since Asus will surely not honor warranty here in my country and finding a replacement will be a bitch.

That's perfectly valid. I'd be scared too if I couldn't find a replacement. I have zero idea on how to set a pool up with nicehash. The guides are all over my head.

[KAC]

I was using some other software for pool mining. It was totally worthless.

[Dave]

Bitcoin is back to 40K, lol. Up to $220 from yesterday. Card is up to $8.50 a day now

8 Days later, bitcoin at 33K, up to $250, card at about $8~ a day, 0.00743068 BTC mined total. If bitcoin was at $40K still I would be at $297.

[Leprechaun]

8 Days later, bitcoin at 33K, up to $250, card at about $8~ a day, 0.00743068 BTC mined total. If bitcoin was at $40K still I would be at $297.

I won't mention how many cards I have now. It's all your fault Dave.
I'm HODL as advised.