Ummmm, what?

When I started I mined small amounts of many different coins, but I settled into ETH as my "set it and forget it". I keep an eye on new coins and if something looks interesting I throw a rig at it for a day or two just to have some, but ultimately picking a coin that you think is stable and will stick around (for me, ETH and BTG are favorites, but there are several GPU coins that I don't see disappearing or bottoming out) just makes more sense. Remember that whattomine and sites like that are based on a lot of different factors, and ultimately the most profitable coin is going to be the one that will be worth the most in the long run, unless you are cashing out daily.

So, like, just because Ellaism might be worth more for a few hours or even a couple days doesn't necessarily mean switching your rig to it is the right call, as it may just be because ETH had a drop in value. When it picks back up, you still mined the same number of coins on the day it was worth less, those coins are just worth more now. Basically the only time those value sites are 100% accurate is on the day you sell.

EDIT TO ADD: also I believe that post was about dual mining, i.e., a second coin mined at the same time using a capable miner (like claymore). I rarely dual mine because of the wear and tear on my cards, I'd rather they last longer than generate an extra $1/day or so, but some coins are worth it. I used to dual SIA sometimes, and did for the couple weeks up to the release of the A3, because I thought it would be worth the risk (and it was). Most of the time, though, I just use ethminer and mine Ethereum.

Mining any Cryptonight coin with an nvidia card is a waste of electricity.

If you loooove Electronium so much, you are better off, mining Ethereum directly to an exchange wallet (example Cryptopia) then you trade your ETH for ETN, although you may need to trade ETH to USDT, then USDT to ETN. It takes 5 minutes to do it.
You still come way ahead than mining ETN directly with a GPU that is underperforming on that algo.

The only GPUs which are worth mining ETN are the VEGAs. I have 4 of them that I bought a while ago at 520 USD ( I would never buy them again) and I use them for Cryptonight on NiceHash. I mine ETN a few days a month just for the sake of keeping some and selling some when it pops.

Take care.

Hi,

I have GeForce® GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G (rev. 1.0) with Samsung brand memory and have AORUS GRAPHICS ENGINE programme (from Gigabyte) to process overclocking on desktop PC with Windows 10 Pro installed.

I want to hear your suggestions for Ethereum mining on my mini card.

GPU Boost Clock

Memory Clock

GPU Voltage %

Power Target %

Yeah at this stage ethereum is still the most profitable to mine, even with an nvidia gtx 1060. Equihash still comes in consistently lower for me, particularly with samsung memory.

Zoltac 1060 6GB

Power 65
MEM +800

24.1mH

23-23.5 is Micron's best. If you push it more, it will be on the edge of stability.

However you can try my settings (5 posts above). See if they will lower the power draw (also heat, bills, fan speed and noise), while keeping almost the same hashrate.

i received the other day one gigabyte GTX 1060 6gb with Hynix memory , and ....it's bad.

i'm just getting 18.5mh/s at best (more than this simply crashes)

Claymore 11.2
windows 10 with all updates
lastest nvidia drivers available.
-200mhz on the core
power limit 65%
+440mhz on the memory (8500mhz efective)
no bios mod (since i think it cannot be done)(i have 7 AMD cards most of them doing almost 32mh/s rock solid)
65% fan speed (around 65ºC)

any advice on how to increase hashrate with this GTX 1060 would be much appreciated.

i am a gamer myself, that's why i bought the card, but whenever i'm not playing, i thought i would be mining at 23-25mh/s (thought) since many RX 570 or 580 will do 30mh/s easy.

It's weird because in AMD cards, Micron is the best mem you can get (far better than samsung). Hynix is also ok to some extent. on the other hand, Samsung is the best on Nvidia cards.