GTX 1060 6Gb oc settings for Ethereum Mining: GPU mining
We am creating this post to better understand the algorithm and overclocking.
We searched for this and found so many topics that instead of gaining more knowledge, now I am even more confused.
If recently started digging in the mining industry, I have 2x GTX 1060 6GB (asus strix, micron memory) and 1x GTX 970 (KFA2 HOF), which work almost the same as gtx 1060. I started mining on win10, but switched to HiveOS as I have stable overclocking.
When using win10 with default OC settings, I used a great MPH miner, but when I switch to HiveOS, I primarily focus on Equihash. But now I want to learn Ethash from Google, which I did. I came to realize that Ethash doesn’t use core frequency much, so people go for -200. But I would like to know if this is correct.
Right now with my current OC for Equihash – GTX 1060 6GB +75 cores +600 and power cap is set to 110W (so hiveos sets power cap in watts, not%) GTX 970 4GB +75 cores + 750 Memory and the power limit is set to 150W
The gtx 1060 gets about 320 sol / s and the gtx 970 gets about 290 sol / s.
Both cards are stable at 68 degrees (I’d like to downgrade)
I recently switched to Ethash mining and noticed that both cards are getting around 22 Mh / s, so around 40-45 Mh / s in total. However, the installation crashes due to overclocking and is unstable. On Windows I get 19.5 Mh / s with my GTX 1060 and 22 with my GTX 970 with similar OC settings. On HiveOS I get 22-24 MH / s on a GTX 1060 and around 22 on a GTX 970 with similar settings but very unstable.
So, after this long text, my question is basically this .. how can I improve this. Do I need to lower the core frequency = less power and increase the memory frequency?
tl; dr
I read so many topics on OC that I got even more confused. Calling for help with Ethash mining with oc 2x GTX 1060 6Gb settings (both micron memory) 1x GTX 970 (KFA2 HOF).
OC settings for Equihash (I want to migrate to stable Ethash)
GTX 1060 Gb GTX 1060 6Gb +75 Core +600 Memory 320 sol / s
GTX 970 4Gb +75 Core +750 Memory 290 sol / s
