AMD RX Vega 64 Eclipses Polaris in Ethereum Mining Efficiency by 2X

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Miners are already pushing Vega’s mining efficiency to no less than double that of Polaris: redditor S1L3N7_D3A7H has managed to achieve 43.5MH/s with his RX Vega 64 GPUs, with each card pulling no more than 130 watts from the wall. The RX 480, in comparison, is said to only yield just under 25MH/s while pulling roughly 160 watts from the wall. He says he may be able to achieve the same with a Vega 56.
 
So one card would earn 93.00 a month. My current ASIC miners is making 4300.00 a month minus 200.00 for power.
 
Yeah, good to see the clickbait from another unnamed website removed on that story. Seems like deep undervolt on the core may be making these a little easier on the power consumption.
 
There is no single ASIC miner that generates that kind of return and a good ASIC miner is at least $2k but you'll need to wait 3-4 months for delivery. You could buy one on eBay for immediate delivery but that'll set you back about $8k.
 
It ended up actually being more like 248 watts. Just goes to show how wrong software can be

"We tried to use identical settings to the tester (mining drivers were used): 1000MHz core at 1000mV, 1100MHz Memory, and -25 Power Limit. We were easily able to get the 43.5 mHash/s rate that the tester got but our power specs were a whole different story. While HWInfo was happily reporting a power draw of ~130 Watts, the Kill-A-Watt meter told a different story. Our test bed had an idle power draw of around 138 Watts and forms the base line for our test. The power draw at load however was 386 Watts. This yields a delta of ~248 watts, which is obviously significantly higher than what the reports claim to have achieved with the card."
 
Yeah definitely have to measure at the wall to calculate actual cost and ROI times. You can ball park the actual draw if you know your approx efficiency loss from the PSU. Ive got my two 290X's @ 32.5 Mh/s pulling 220w each and a 1080 Ti @ 36.5Mh/s pulling 190w at the wall. AX1200i is around 90% efficient at this load so ~200w and ~170w respectively. Vega spanks both these in mining Eth, its the king by the looks of it. The 248w value seems more likely though...
 
Krenum said:
I hope someone releases a virus to destroy the CC market. The sooner the better.
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it would be pretty easy for the US to just declare it illegal to make transactions in making any legit retailer drop it instantly that would pretty much tank the cypto coins just as fast
 
If ya cant beat em, join em...Ive invested nothing but power, just using my machine to make me money while im not using it. Paying for its own upgrades!
 
Not sure why random Reddit threads are getting attention here, but the dude that created it is clueless.

The guy didn't bother to measure wattage from the wall, software wattage readout is broken with that combo of hardware. Reality is, Vega 64 sucks a whole lot more power. $/Watt/Hash, RX580 is still king, though I wouldn't mine with anything but Nvidia going forward unless your cards have ROI'd.

There is just an ocean of bad information on the mining reddit subs, dumb money that hopped the bandwagon and know just enough about building PCs to be dangerous.
 
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This one post vs quite a few other sites paint a different picture, besides kinda hard to believe someone when others cannot recreate what he does then responds to someone with...

"Most people wont. I'm not about to tell people how I got my memory clock to stay at 1100 when I underclocked the core."

For one I hope it's not true, so cards have a chance to get into gamers hands. On the other hands if it is true, well then it sucks.
 
Elios said:
it would be pretty easy for the US to just declare it illegal to make transactions in making any legit retailer drop it instantly that would pretty much tank the cypto coins just as fast
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While there are a few retailers who accept Bitcoin, it's a tiny fraction of Bitcoin's usage.

No other coin is accepted by retailers.

So cutting out retail does nothing, especially as all the major banks and investment firms are throwing into blockchains with gusto.
 
Krenum said:
I hope someone releases a virus to destroy the CC market. The sooner the better.
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Elios said:
it would be pretty easy for the US to just declare it illegal to make transactions in making any legit retailer drop it instantly that would pretty much tank the cypto coins just as fast
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Sounds like you guys have some reading to do, as you don't understand how cryptocurrency and blockchain tech works. This evolution is nothing less than the "internet of money", and it's here to stay like it or not. There's a reason every government and financial institution is circling blockchain tech like sharks.
 
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Wolf_Tech said:
So one card would earn 93.00 a month. My current ASIC miners is making 4300.00 a month minus 200.00 for power.
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Your ASICS are specific to the coin being mined, and not every crypto currency is ASIC friendly. You should know that if you have a rigs that big.
 
Guy's please keep this rumor perpetuated. For some of us, even a Rx480/580 would be a good upgrade, but not at current prices. If miners believe Vega is so superior, they'll dump their x80 cards, and supply/retail prices will go back to where they should be!
 
Mize said:
While there are a few retailers who accept Bitcoin, it's a tiny fraction of Bitcoin's usage.

No other coin is accepted by retailers.

So cutting out retail does nothing, especially as all the major banks and investment firms are throwing into blockchains with gusto.
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What retailer still uses it. It's not a currency if you can't buy anything with it.

The price fluctuates too much to make it viable for retail. Big old pyramid scheme.
 
Tyler Troglen said:
It ended up actually being more like 248 watts. Just goes to show how wrong software can be

"We tried to use identical settings to the tester (mining drivers were used): 1000MHz core at 1000mV, 1100MHz Memory, and -25 Power Limit. We were easily able to get the 43.5 mHash/s rate that the tester got but our power specs were a whole different story. While HWInfo was happily reporting a power draw of ~130 Watts, the Kill-A-Watt meter told a different story. Our test bed had an idle power draw of around 138 Watts and forms the base line for our test. The power draw at load however was 386 Watts. This yields a delta of ~248 watts, which is obviously significantly higher than what the reports claim to have achieved with the card."
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Do you have a link for this? Thanks!
 
Tyler Troglen said:
It ended up actually being more like 248 watts. Just goes to show how wrong software can be

"We tried to use identical settings to the tester (mining drivers were used): 1000MHz core at 1000mV, 1100MHz Memory, and -25 Power Limit. We were easily able to get the 43.5 mHash/s rate that the tester got but our power specs were a whole different story. While HWInfo was happily reporting a power draw of ~130 Watts, the Kill-A-Watt meter told a different story. Our test bed had an idle power draw of around 138 Watts and forms the base line for our test. The power draw at load however was 386 Watts. This yields a delta of ~248 watts, which is obviously significantly higher than what the reports claim to have achieved with the card."
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Not to mention the RX480s consume only around 70w after undervolting as well. Vega is a power pig and this story is one big fat lie.

The only miners that would buy Vega would be those where power costs are free and capital costs are everything.
 
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