Riding the Crypto wave

[LightningJR]

The 1080ti only gets an increase of 2.5MH/s over my 1070 (1.75MH/s if I max out the 1070) :S doesn't seem like it scales very well past a 1070 then. There's a nice jump from a 1060 to a 1070 though, very odd.

 

[FireFox]

Ummmm, i have been reading about power consumption and it says that the 1080 uses max 180W, i dont understand why my power meter read 331W, very odd.

Does anyone with a 1080 could tell me how much power it's consuming?

 

[dorsetknob]

i fDont understand why my power meter read 331W, very odd.

perhaps your registering total system power

 

[FireFox]

perhaps your registering total system power

Could be, but if the 1080 uses 180w how could be possible that just the system uses 151W, what would be using 151W if the system it's at stock?

Note: i have 2 x 1060 in the System but they are running with and external power supply.

 

[Delta6326]

I've ordered one of these as well, lots of people are complaining about the coil wine. Do you have that?

Regards

I haven't noticed any yet, I haven't tried any games or benchmarks, just mining.
My old GPU had cool whine.

Yeah these don't get to great of numbers do to the memory type.
But I'm Judy wanting to get ROI and I'll be happy.

 

[FireFox]

No advices, any help?

 

[cdawall]

The 1080ti only gets an increase of 2.5MH/s over my 1070 (1.75MH/s if I max out the 1070) :S doesn't seem like it scales very well past a 1070 then. There's a nice jump from a 1060 to a 1070 though, very odd.

Nvidia doesn't mine ethereum very well past the 1070, from what I understand it is due to how loose the memory timings are with gddr5x. The numbers with zcash however jump way up. 430sol/s is about normal for a 980Ti/1070, but the 1080Ti can do 700 sols/s with proper ram and core clocks. I pull off 660sols/s with some very minor tweaking on my pair of Asus strix's and the evga I just relegated to a garage rig.

No advices, any help?

I never measured what the 1080's got at the wall when I was playing with them. They don't do the best in mining so I haven't really bothered.

 

[FireFox]

I never measured what the 1080's got at the wall when I was playing with them. They don't do the best in mining so I haven't really bothered.

Let's forget about how well they do or not, my main concern is why the power meter is showing 331W if the card uses 180W let's add 20W more 200W so 200 to 331W there's a difference of 131W, what could be using 131W in the system? as i have said before the System it's running at stock and save mode power plan and the other cards are running with an external power supply?

 

[cdawall]

Let's forget about how well they do or not, my main concern is why the power meter is showing 331W if the card uses 180W let's add 20W more 200W so 200 to 331W there's a difference of 131W, what could be using 131W in the system? as i have said before the System it's running at stock and save mode power plan and the other cards are running with an external power supply?

It's x58. We aren't talking about efficient the chipset is like 35w tdp or some crap like that.

 

[FireFox]

It's x58

What the hell are you talking about?

 

[cdawall]

What the hell are you talking about?

OK tired cdawall was thinking those were in your x58 rig. Posting from mobile doesn't show your signature.

Water cooling+3 hard drives+board doesn't surprise me normal running is over 100 watts...

 

[FireFox]

Water cooling+3 hard drives+board doesn't surprise me normal running is over 100 watts...

That would make more sense, in any case tonight i will test the card with the external power supply to see if power consumption is the same.

 

[cdawall]

That would make more sense, in any case tonight i will test the card with the external power supply to see if power consumption is the same.

Run equihash and check the consumption read out. That is what the input sense flags for consumption on the card and tends to be spot on.

 

[FireFox]

A X58 system uses +50 W just when you think of it, 100 W when you turn it on and 130 W when your WC system starts the pump.

I am not running a X58 system

Run equihash and check the consumption read out. That is what the input sense flags for consumption on the card and tends to be spot on.

I will do it later when i get home after work.

 

[mstenholm]

I am not running a X58 system



I will do it later when i get home after work.

Yeah I saw after posting. Post deleted. Nice that you thank me so elegantly. Reminds me of not doing that again.....

 

[cdawall]

Yeah I saw after posting. Post deleted. Nice that you thank me so elegantly. Reminds me of not doing that again.....

Don't fret its just @Knoxx29 he is a bit brash haha

 

[FireFox]

Nice that you thank me so elegantly. Remind me of not doing that again.....

Dont take it in a bad way it was some kind of joke

 

[mstenholm]

Don't fret its just @Knoxx29 he is a bit brash haha

I know. And in fact when I posted I regretted that I was trying to help. For sure it will newer happen again.

 

[FireFox]

I know. And in fact when I posted I regretted that I was trying to help. For sure it will newer happen again.

Really, are you taking it that personal?

 

[hat]

How does the wallet thing works and how do I convert the crypto currency into real money?

I've signed up for a Coinbase account and am currently waiting on verification deposits to appear in my bank account. It seems just like PayPal. You can mine BTC into your Coinbase account, and then from there you can perform BTC transactions. Coinbase is also where you can sell your BTC for actual cash, which gets deposited into your bank account.

On my end, Dell is being so slow... they haven't shipped out yet, and the expected delivery date stretches all the way to July 6! I guess I should be happy to be getting anything though, considering the price I found them for, my financial situation as it is and product availability elsewhere...

Has anyone heard any more about those specialized mining cards? Those would be perfect for my second build, once I get there.

 

[LightningJR]

Let's forget about how well they do or not, my main concern is why the power meter is showing 331W if the card uses 180W let's add 20W more 200W so 200 to 331W there's a difference of 131W, what could be using 131W in the system? as i have said before the System it's running at stock and save mode power plan and the other cards are running with an external power supply?

you taking in to account power supply efficiency losses?

 

[FireFox]

you taking in to account power supply efficiency losses?

That would be/means?

 

[hat]

Imagine a system that pulls 100w from the wall. If the power supply is 80% efficient, that means the system is actually using 80w but pulling 100w because there is a 20% inefficiency. That's why some people like their power supplies as efficient as possible (80+ bronze, silver, gold, even titanium now). The higher efficiency means your system pulls less power from the wall, resulting in lower power bills and less heat generated.

Many will argue that the price difference between a more efficient unit and a cheaper one isn't worth the price given the power savings, but in this case especially I think it is worth it. We're talking mining rigs loaded with high power video cards running full load all the time. When electricity cost money, the less you use, the better, and we stand to shave off a decent chunk on the power bill by using the most efficient power supplies in these machines. Not to mention a little less energy wasted as heat in a scenario where these rigs are already dumping tons of heat from the load generated by mining.

 

[FireFox]

Imagine a system that pulls 100w from the wall. If the power supply is 80% efficient, that means the system is actually using 80w but pulling 100w because there is a 20% inefficiency. That's why some people like their power supplies as efficient as possible (80+ bronze, silver, gold, even titanium now). The higher efficiency means your system pulls less power from the wall, resulting in lower power bills and less heat generated.

Many will argue that the price difference between a more efficient unit and a cheaper one isn't worth the price given the power savings, but in this case especially I think it is worth it. We're talking mining rigs loaded with high power video cards running full load all the time. When electricity cost money, the less you use, the better, and we stand to shave off a decent chunk on the power bill by using the most efficient power supplies in these machines. Not to mention a little less energy wasted as heat in a scenario where these rigs are already dumping tons of heat from the load generated by mining.

I have an Enermax platimax 1000W 80Plus Platinum up to 93% efficiency.

Is there any way how to solve the power losses?

 

[hat]

There is no such thing as a 100% efficient power supply. Even 80+ Titanium units (Titanium being the most efficient that currently exists) suffer from efficiency loss. If your rig requires 1000w, you WILL pull >1000w from the wall. How much more is up to the efficiency of the power supply you have. You have a Platinum unit which is already very good, so there's not much you can do at this point. My best advice is look for a Titanium unit if ever you need another power supply, but don't worry about changing your current unit. It's already really high end and upgrading to a Titanium unit won't be worth the cost. You'll get somewhere around 2% more efficiency, that's all. Even if your rig requires 1000w, you're looking at <50w savings on the power draw here.

Some further reading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_Plus