hey everyone and welcome back to another mining chamber video in this video we will talk about
the top five gpus for mining while keeping in mind ethereum 2.0 so i will be comparing four different
algorithms to mine with the gpus and i will also address the low hash rate limiter by nvidia
and some other information that will help you move forward in your gpu mining journey
so let's go ahead and get into it right after the intro
the first thing i want to make clear is that this is all in my opinion i do provide numbers that
support my opinion but there's always room for a human error if i did miss something or overlooked
the gpu please let me know in the comments below buying a gpu now can be scary due to ethereum 2.0
coming around the corner so if you're unaware of ethereum 2.0 and the issue around it feel free to
watch my video on that topic which will be linked in the descriptions below so let's talk about the
light hatch rate identifier so nvidia recently did this thing where they're trying to let miners not
use their cards for mining but instead they wasted resources on really bad mining dedicated cards
that can't even be reused by gamers honestly it's silly so this light hashrate label or lhr is only
for etch algorithm which includes ethereum and ethereum classic ethereum is going to proof of
stake within this year or the beginning of next year so by then that lhr label is not effective
anymore there is also a lot of cryptos on the rise lately that can compete with the profitability
of ethereum so i don't think that the label is going to stop miners at all i would have rather
them avoid wasting ships on cards that can't be recycled within the community in a global chip
shortage but unfortunately we can't do much about it now one more common question that i see very
often is what is the lifespan of a gpu that mines 24 7. this will most likely surprise you if you're
a new miner but they can easily mine for at least five plus years if taking proper measures now of
course luck plays a role in this too so if you get a bad silicon card or just a bad gpu in general
then you are unfortunate and it might die a lot sooner but in general if you keep them in cool
conditions and not too hot by proper undervolting and airflow as well as frequently dusting them
then you will be all set overclocking and undervolting plays a big role in this and
i do talk about it a lot in a video about this topic so if you're new to it i highly suggest
opening that video in a new tab so you can watch it next you will also be able to find different
overclocks on miningchamber.com for most of the algorithms that i will be going over in this video
so now for the gpu comparison i will be showing you the top four algorithms as of the date of
this video so do keep in mind that these top four might change around but what will remain unchanged
is the hash rate per watt and potentially the hash rate per dollar these are two ways to compare the
gpus for mining one is based on efficiency through the wattage and the other is based on maximizing
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now back to the top 5 gpus for mining so what i'm going to be covering while comparing them is first
you have the price for the gpu as well as the pcie connectors and how they do in four algorithms now
in these four algorithms i'll be showing you a table on the screen that shows mega hash per
watt and mega hash per dollar i'm not going to be stating all the mega hash per watt mega per
dollar for all the gpus because i will probably sound really annoying so instead you can just see
them on the screen or you can visit the article on miningchamber.com but what you need to know about
mega hash per watt the more the better so that means you can get more mega hash per the power
that you're using and then for the mega hash per dollar the less the better so that means the mega
hash that you're buying is cheaper and that means you're maximizing your budget so now with that
being said let's go ahead and go to the top 5 gpu for mining which will be the nvidia gtx 1660 ti
or super the 1660 ti and super are pretty old cards but they're still fairly efficient
they run on super low power which makes them a great choice if you just want something quiet and
without that much heat and both of them do fairly well in other algorithms but the ti is better than
the super and other algorithms now the numbers i'll be giving here will be for the ti but just
keep in mind the super will get slightly less in other algorithms than eth so the current price of
these gpus you can find them for 550 usd and the msrp they came out with is 279 dollars and the top
four algorithms that you can mine on them as the time that i'm filming this video is first you have
ethash and then you have auto lycos and kapow as well as mtp so in ethos you'll be getting around
31 megahertz with 80 watts and then on ergo you'll be getting around 48 mega hash with 80 watts
kapow will also give you 13.4 megahash with 90 watts and then mtp will give you 2.1 megahash
for 100 watts you can feel free to pause the video if you want to look at the mega hash per watt or
mega hash per dollar but this will only be good data to compare with other gpus so now we can go
to our top 4 which is the rtx 2080 ti or super now this card is also from an older gen but the price
for it in my opinion is a bit too much but since that goes for other gpus as well since everything
inflated in price then this makes this card a viable option and same as the 1660 ti in super
the ti one does better than other algorithms but the super does the same in the ethash algorithm
now for the scalper price of these cards you'll get it around 1550 usd or the msrp of a thousand
dollars and then you have the same exact top four algorithms for the 1660s so on ether she'll be
getting around 58 mega hash on 180 watts and then on ergo you'll get around 108 mega hash
for 160 watts and kapow will give you 31.50 mega hash for 220 watts and mtp will give you 4.8 mega
for 220 watts now one thing about this card is that it's not that efficient so it does consume
a pretty good amount of power and i'm sure you can overclock this further and make it more efficient
i personally don't have this card so i couldn't test these numbers myself and change them around
for more efficiency now in the number three spot you have the nvidia rtx 3080s now the rtx 3080s
is one of the most powerful gpus out there but that unfortunately comes with two negatives the
first one is that the price tag on this card is insane so it's not budget friendly at all and
then the second thing is the thermal issues where you have to replace the thermal pads on them if
you're throttling and having all these different issues with these cards and that is why i have it
placed as the third now for the scalper price on this gpu you can find it for around 2200 and the
msrp forward was seven hundred dollars it can take anywhere from two to three eight pin connectors
and the top four algorithms on it you have ethash auto lycos octopus as well as kapow so the only
difference is you don't have mtp on there instead you have octopus now on ether she'll be getting
around 98 mega hash for 230 watts and on ergo you'll get 190 mega hatch for 180 watts on octopus
algorithm you'll be getting around 84 mega hash for 255 watts and then on kapow you'll be getting
around 43 mega hash for 255 watts and now we can go ahead and go to top 2. now top 2 will probably
surprise you and it also surprised me as well and that is the 6800 xt or regular now honestly
i never paid attention to this gpu for mining i thought all the 6000 series are not that good but
some great person in the comment section made me look into this card and after i looked into
it honestly it's a really good card for mining now one of the pros for it is that the price 4 did not
inflate as much as nvidia cards because in general miners are not looking for these cards as much as
nvidia cards so which means for a good price you'll be getting some really good performance
but one problem with these cards is that they are less efficient so this would be a great option if
you're trying to maximize performance with cheap electricity so these cards currently go for around
a thousand four hundred usds calper price and msrp is around 579 dollars and they take in two eight
pin connectors so the top four algorithms for this card first you have ethash and then you have auto
lycos because ergo has been going up in price so you can see this algorithm more often in other
gpus as well and then you have kryptonite gpu the rio currency and then you have raven coin so for
ethan she'll be getting around 62 megahash for 128 watts which is not bad at all and for ergo you'll
be getting 110 mega hash or 150 watts kryptonite gpu you'll get around 1 593 hash rate per second
405 watts and then for kapow you'll get 28 mega hash for 155 watts which places this card
as top 2 because it does pretty well on other algorithms so it's not just ethereum dominant
and then finally the top one option now i'm sure you guys saw this one coming but it will be the
rtx 3070 and the 3060 ti the reason i have both of them here because they both are really good cards
for mining although one thing that differentiate them is that the 3070 is more future proof than
the 360ti because the 3070 excels more in other algorithms now both of these cards come for the
same price you'll find them around a thousand five hundred usd and the msrp for the 30 70 is 500
while for the 360 ti it's 400 and they also take anywhere from one to two eight pin connectors
now for the top five algorithms i have two different tables for them so you can see the
differences between the efficiency and they have the same exact algorithms as the thirty eighty
so for ethers you'll get around 61 mega hash 425 watts on both cards and then for ergo you'll
have 155 mega hash and 130 watts for both cars as well and then on octopus and kapow you have some
different numbers here the rtx 3070 will be doing around 58 mega hash on 145 watts while the 360 ti
does 45 mega hash on 120 watts and then on raven coin the 3070 would do 30 mega hash on 145 watts
while the 360 ti does 22 mega hash on 120 watts so that puts in perspective the mega hash per watt as
well as the mega hash per dollar so in my opinion look for 30 70s but if you find 36 gtis for a lot
cheaper then it's definitely another great option so now that wraps up the top 5 gpus for mining and
now let me just give you some honorable mentions in case you guys are wondering so first you have
the rtx 3090s now these cards are super expensive and that's the reason they're not on this list
but their power is still really well and one more downside to them is that they are like the 3080s
where they get really hot so you have to change the thermal pads and they also consume a lot of
power but if you do find them for a cheap price you can go for it but honestly i don't recommend
them at all and then you also have the polaris cards which is the amd cards anywhere from 400
to 500 series now those cards are great and the four gigabyte version of them also looks like
a good option now because ethereum is going away and other coins don't need more than four gigabyte
of vram to mine them so you can use those four gigabyte cards for cheap and mine other coins
now i would only recommend them if you can find them for a decent price so if it's 200
and below then it's a great deal but if it's not then you need to be careful
i would rather go with the 1660 ti or super if they're at the same price point
and now that is it for the gpus for cryptocurrency mining so now before i wrap up the video i just
want to tell you guys my opinion on this situation and whether you should be buying gpus for mining
right now or not so honestly one thing that i'm really against is calpers so buying gpus at
scalper prices will only motivate them to keeping their price at that point unfortunately there
isn't much that we can do about it other than trying to get deals and waiting for msrp drops
so your back might be on the wall if you want to start cryptocurrency mining as soon as possible
which means you'll end up having to buy a gpu for scalper price now this guide should help
you whether it's calper price or msrp price just use this as a starting point to decide which gpu
you want to use i personally am looking to build another mining rig and it will be with the 6800s
so until i get enough for them for a rig i will be building it very soon and i will also have a gpu
overview video on those cards as soon as possible so you guys can use it for your overclocks
and talking about overclocks i do have a playlist with different gpu videos where i go over the most
profitable coin to mine with them and then show you the different overclocks for it so if you're
interested in checking out the different gpus i will link that playlist in the descriptions below
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