Could you guys add a mining performance/efficiency section to all Gfx card reviews?

[Radeon 9800XT]

It would be great if you guys could add this section. It would help miners choose the lowest wattage cards that still have a good megahash output. It would also give readers more reason to check out tpowerup for gfx card reviews because I haven't seen other computer component review sites that include a mining performance/efficiency section.

If you guys do create a mining section for your reviews it should include...

-Power consumption
-Temps when mining (including the memory junction temps).
-Hash rate for the top 3 or 5 crypto-coins.
-Settings for the gfx card that will give the lowest wattage consumption.
-Overclock settings for the card that give extra megahash.

Currently I have to go to a lot of different sources of crypto-hardware news to obtain the above info but it would be better if I could get it all in one place at tpowerup.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

Why should w1zzard put in all that extra effort when you already have plenty of other sources for crypto news and, frankly, crypto miners are not well liked or received here? Miners are a blight to gamers and PC enthusiasts the world over.

 

[ShiBDiB]

Could you please not have 9 posts over the 2 years you've spent here and come and make demands.

Also could you please not type in all bold like it somehow makes your bad idea any better.

 

[wolf]

Really doubt TPU will want to do this tbh.

 

[Solaris17]

I really hope we don't. Like ever.

 

[eidairaman1]

I really hope we don't. Like ever.

I say Hell no

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Please no.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

I don't see the point as others have said there's plenty of data on the subject out there and no one really knows what's going on with crypto. why do all the hard work for something that might be irrelevant in a short while.

 

[elghinnarisa]

I'd rather look at the crypto specific sites in those cases.
Just like I look at other sites for performance related professional software, or server workloads etc.

 

[R-T-B]

I mean, on one hand this is a technology site not a gaming site and people often forget that. On the other hand which hash algorithm makes sense? We aren't out to play market favorites, and that's what you'll end up doing really...

 

[r9]

It would be great if you guys could add this section. It would help miners choose the lowest wattage cards that still have a good megahash output. It would also give readers more reason to check out tpowerup for gfx card reviews because I haven't seen other computer component review sites that include a mining performance/efficiency section.

If you guys do create a mining section for your reviews it should include...

-Power consumption
-Temps when mining (including the memory junction temps).
-Hash rate for the top 3 or 5 crypto-coins.
-Settings for the gfx card that will give the lowest wattage consumption.
-Overclock settings for the card that give extra megahash.

Currently I have to go to a lot of different sources of crypto-hardware news to obtain the above info but it would be better if I could get it all in one place at tpowerup.

From all the forums that cover Graphics you decided to register here just to post ?
Were you kicked out from all other places ?
Move on please.

From all the forums that cover Graphics you decided to register here just to post ?
Were you kicked out from all other places ?
Move on please.

Actually if W1zz decides to add this mining speed crap can you also benchmark how long it takes to fry an egg on it ?

 

[R-T-B]

Guys, cut the hate. We're a technology forum not a gaming forum. He was just making a suggestion. You can attack that without attacking the individual.

 

[Steevo]

I know this place started as a tech/gaming forum but the evil that crypto has caused to the gaming community outweighs the benefit it may have ever had for me, and the fact that Canada shut down bank accounts of people using Crypto, revoked their insurance, license to drive and used other slimy tactics to get their way shows how little crypto means.

 

[R-T-B]

I know this place started as a tech/gaming forum but the evil that crypto has caused to the gaming community outweighs the benefit it may have ever had for me, and the fact that Canada shut down bank accounts of people using Crypto, revoked their insurance, license to drive and used other slimy tactics to get their way shows how little crypto means.

Crypto needs to die

This just shows your bias towards one part of tech, frankly.

Crypto is legal in Canada so unsure where you got your other info.

 

[95Viper]

The thread is going in a hateful direction.
Stop the insults.

 

[neatfeatguy]

I don't really see a need for the time to do hash rate testing on GPUs here.

Once a new GPU releases, usually within hours you can find info online about hash rates they provide. Take the 3090Ti when it launched, within hours of it being available I was easily able to track down online what the hash rate of it was.

 

[R-T-B]

I don't really see a need for the time to do hash rate testing on GPUs here.

Once a new GPU releases, usually within hours you can find info online about hash rates they provide. Take the 3090Ti when it launched, within hours of it being available I was easily able to track down online what the hash rate of it was.

This is a fair argument. That and there are so many algos out there and I don't really feel it is our place to play favorites...

 

[Deleted member 24505]

My vote is a big

 

[Ware]

-Hash rate for the top 3 or 5 crypto-coins.
-Settings for the gfx card that will give the lowest wattage consumption.
-Overclock settings for the card that give extra megahash.

This sounds like lot of extra work, especially considering the information is mostly available elsewhere.
Nicehash, for example, has data for every relevant GPU, tweaked for max hashrate, covering up to 9 algos.
By "lowest wattage consumption" I'm going to assume you mean efficiency, and that varies by algo and miner and can take more time testing to determine.
Personally I find it interesting to see how different GPU architectures perform with different algos, especially in terms of efficiency, but I think it's not particularly useful information for most.

 

[Steevo]

This just shows your bias towards one part of tech, frankly.

Crypto is legal in Canada so unsure where you got your other info.

Crypto caused prices to become inflated, crypto caused products supply issues.

Crypto in Canada is legal, but the government froze the accounts of political dissidents and showed that Crypto was a non viable option for one of its major selling points.

Canada Begins To Release Frozen Bank Accounts Of ‘Freedom Convoy’ Protestors

Canadian authorities had frozen up to 210 bank accounts with total holdings of C$7.8 million linked to the protestors.

www.forbes.com

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6366975

My dislike of Crypto is mine, one I voice freely with factual statements but unlike the Canadian government I haven’t used my dislike to prevent or shut down contrary views.

 

[R-T-B]

Crypto in Canada is legal, but the government froze the accounts of political dissidents and showed that Crypto was a non viable option for one of its major selling points.

They didn't freeze the crypto accounts. They froze the bank accounts linked in an attempt to stop the massive economic damage caused by the protest. Fiat failed them, not crypto.

That is also massively offtopic. It's all pretty irrelevant though as the consensus seems to be "no" (heck it's even my vote).

Crypto caused prices to become inflated, crypto caused products supply issues.

Yeah there wasn't a pandemic. Crypto is also responsible for the price of food rising, yeah?

 

[ir_cow]

It won't happen. Mining algos change monthly and when ASIC find a way to mine GPU crypto. Like hasn't Ravencoin changed 3 times now?

It makes benchmarking GPUs pointless. I tried it once when I was doing GPU reviews, but by the time I was done with 22 cards, the algorithms changed lol

 

[simlife]

If you guys do create a mining section for your reviews it should include...

-Power consumption
-Temps when mining (including the memory junction temps).
-Hash rate for the top 3 or 5 crypto-coins.
-Settings for the gfx card that will give the lowest wattage consumption.
-Overclock settings for the card that give extra megahash.

Currently I have to go to a lot of different sources of crypto-hardware news to obtain the above info but it would be better if I could get it all in one place at tpowerup.

miniors are lit contributing to cost of cypto cost of gpus and farms are using massive electicty to climite change(more then a household would to mine a dumb currency ... crypto ppl were about half of the massive cost of gpus... you are a troll or a horrible person the average gpu becuse you pos are using (steam hardware survey) a low end 2016 gpu or lower... they need to make miners criminals for helping the indusrty be crap... ty china lets fallow them plz nothing worse then a poor person trying to help scalpers/ the billion dollar gpu teams by getting multiple cards when actual users cant get them

 

[R-T-B]

miniors are lit contributing to cost of cypto cost of gpus and farms are using massive electicty to climite change(more then a household would to mine a dumb currency ... crypto ppl were about half of the massive cost of gpus... you are a troll or a horrible person the average gpu becuse you pos are using (steam hardware survey) a low end 2016 gpu or lower... they need to make miners criminals for helping the indusrty be crap... ty china lets fallow them plz nothing worse then a poor person trying to help scalpers/ the billion dollar gpu teams by getting multiple cards when actual users cant get them

This is not a pro/cons of mining thread.

I vote to close this. It's going nowhere and just attracting the pitchfork mob.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Doubt it but never say never until @W1zzard says never
You can find and select any gpu you want into nicecoin estimate engine and it will tell you what it should make

Although don't think nicecoin will know what a gfx card is only rtx and gtx