With stock setings it can get up to 23-24MH but power draw is @ 100%tdp, equal to 120w which i think it is not worth the extra electricity cost. but it has stupidly high fan temperatures stock with 84,85 degrees celsius.

I'm proving you wrong :




The trick is to have a good 1060 with Samsung memory which can keep up with +1000Mhz mem clock

and as I explained a few days ago:

https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/1575547.msg39103708#msg39103708

Using Nvidia Inspector to set "Force P2 state" from ON to OFF (switches it to P0 state=full power)

Then change Performance  from Optimal to Maximum.

Download and run GPU-z, in the box where it says the type of memory, check what is in the brackets: example "GDDR5 (Samsung)"
picture: https://tpucdn.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GTX_1060_Mini_3_GB/images/gpuz_oc.gif

Recommended settings that should work on ALL cards: Core clock +150,
Mem clock from +500 to +1000, depending on card (+500 should work on 99% of them).
TDP - 55% for minimum power usage and heat


Further increase in productivity, which also increases slightly the power draw:
Using Nvidia Inspector to set "Force P2 state" from ON to OFF (switches it to P0 state=full power)

Then change Performance  from Optimal to Maximum.

Tnx man, ur the best, appreciate ur help.

They are great for both Zcash and for Etherium (only Micron/Samsung type), even Monero.
Mainly because of the very low power consumption which can be achieved.
The best example is the current market where the electricity price
is cruical to keep the boat floating.

I see many adds for people selling high power drawing cards like 1080ti,
Vegas and even rx580 due to inability to cover cost.
I rarely see 1060s for sale. Maybe after announcement
for 11xx gen chips they will start selling them, but right now they are
best choice to keep mining when times are difficult.

I cannot say how wise it is to buy 3 year old model just before the release
of new ones. But hey, they keep postponing it for an year now

My guess is they will release them beginning of November, but due to
demand, they wil be available Feb-March.

 i tried... but its not stable at all

Greetings friends, what are you suggesting, which altcoins to mine now?, ie what do you currently mine?  With my calculations  the bear period will last like a year approximately 300 days...

The EVGA 1060 SSC Gaming has the same output as a stock 1080!

GTX 1060 is great  for mining due to power consumption per mh/s. However, you hashrate is very depend on the memory used in the card. If you have hynix memory, you are in trouble. My Gtx 1060 6GB's with micron memory give around 320- 330 Sol/s. But the one with hynix gives 280 Sol/s. And you never know which memory is used on the card until you buy it.