Hello good people, some days ago I’ve got my hands on a pack of Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti cards. I’ve been testing them on rigs and I’ve decided I’d share my results with you.

The Strix GTX 1080 Ti is considered a high-tier gaming GPU for a reason. According to the official website and some third-party benchmarks, the GPU outputs about 6% more FPS than the Founders Edition.

The reason is simple – the Strix comes with higher clocks. In order to compensate the higher operating temperature, the card features three fans and a cooling system that is allegedly 40% more efficient than the founder’s one. This is due to the GPU being constructed with a 2.5-slot width that gives more heat sink surface. By the way make sure your motherboard has got room for that!

The fans are one of my favorite things about the card because they are really quiet even when spinning on full speed. It also accumulates less dust, which is always welcome for a mining rig.

Higher clocks and better cooling also requires more power. Unlike the Founders Edition that comes with a 6-pin and an 8-pin power connectors, the Strix comes with two 8-pin ones.

Recommended Hardware for 6x GTX 1080 Ti Mining Rig

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 6x GPU Mining Rig 1

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 6x GPU Mining Rig 2

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 6x GPU Mining Rig 3

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 6x GPU Mining Rig 4

Software and Tools used for this tutorial

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Unboxing 1

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Unboxing 2

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Unboxing 3

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Unboxing 4

Here are some relevant highlights:

The Strix features 1569 MHz base frequency and 1683 MHz boost frequency, while the FE goes with 1480 MHz and 1582 MHz, respectively. This makes the Strix have 11,247 GFLOPS at base frequency while the FE have only 10,609 GFLOPS. The increased clocks also affect texture and pixel fill rates.

The rest of the specs are similar. By the way my cards came in boxes that are slightly different than the one pictured in the official website. I suspect I’ve got my cards from a new batch.

The card features two modes: Gaming Mode and OC Mode. Gaming mode offers lower base as well as OC clocks than the OC Mode. The clocks I’ve mentioned above are for the Gaming mode. Boost clock for OC mode is 1708 MHz.

Display-wise, the 1080Ti offers way more than you would need for mining, including two VR-friendly HDMI and two DP 1.4-ready connectors. I think the DVI port is the only one that will be used by miners.

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mining Performance

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Mining Hashrate default clocks

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GPU-z

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Etheruem Mining Power Draw

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 6x GPU Mining Rig standby power draw

System power draw is 75W

Ethereum Only

Ethash Ethereum Classic (ETC), Ubiq (UBQ), Expanse (EXP), Soilcoin (SOIL), Pirl (PIRL), Ellaism (ELLA), Metaverse (ETP) etc..

Hashrate 36.5 MH/s

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Mining Overclock and Undervolt

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Mining Overclock and Undervolt Power Draw

Ethereum Dual Mining Decred and Siacoin

Ethereum 37 Mh/s – Decred 987 Mh/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 160w
• -dcri 80

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Decred Hashrate

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Decred Hashrate Power Draw

Ethereum 36.6 MH/s – Siacoin 366 Mh/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 160w
• -dcri 30

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Siacoin hashrate

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Siacoin Power Draw

Ethereum Dual Mining LBRY Credits and Pascalcoin

Ethereum 37 Mh/s – LBRY Credits 62.5 Mh/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 160w
• -dcri 65

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining LBRY Credits Hashrate

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining LBRY Credits Power Draw

Ethereum 37 MH/s – Pascal 495 Mh/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 160w
• -dcri 40

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal Hashrate

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal Power Draw

Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal Lite

Ethereum 37 MH/s – Pascal Lite 495 Mh/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 160w
• -dcri 40

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Gaming Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal Lite Hashrate Performance

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Gaming Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal Lite Power Consumption

ZCash (Equihash) Mining Performance

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ZCash Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption

Equihash algorithm: Bitcoin Gold (BTG), Zencash (ZEN), Zclassic (ZCL), Hush (HUSH), Komodo (KMD)

EWBF’s CUDA Zcash Miner

Download and extract EWBF’s CUDA Zcash miner: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1707546.0

Hashrate 650 Sol/s

• Clocks +100/-502
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 150w

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ZCash Equihash Mining Hashrate

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ZCash Equihash Mining Power Draw

Bminer

Download and extract Bminer: https://www.bminer.me/releases/

Hashrate 690 Sol/s

• Clocks +100/-502
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 150w

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ZCash Equihash Mining Hashrate with Bminer

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ZCash Equihash Mining Power Draw Bminer

Bitcoin Gold Mining Performance

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Bitcoin Gold Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption

Equihash algorithm: Zencash (ZEN), Zclassic (ZCL), Hush (HUSH), Komodo (KMD)

Download and extract EWBF Cuda Miner 0.3.4b BTG: https://github.com/poolgold/ewbf-miner-btg-edition/releases

Hashrate 650 Sol/s

• Clocks +100/+500
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 150w

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Bitcoin Gold Equihash Mining Hashrate

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Bitcoin Gold Equihash Mining Power Draw

Monero Mining Performance

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Monero Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption

CryptoNight algorithm: Monero (XMR), Electroneum (ETN), Bytecoin (BCN), Sumokoin (SUMO), Karbo(KRB), DigitalNote (XDN)

Hashrate 900 H/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 130w

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Monero CryptoNight Mining Hashrate

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Monero CryptoNight Mining Hashrate Power Draw

Nicehash Mining Performance

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Nicehash Mining Hashrate Performance & Bitcoin Profitability

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti NiceHash Mining Hashrate and Profitability 1

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti NiceHash Mining Hashrate and Profitability 2

In Conclusion

The 1080 Ti might be a bit of overkill for mining (considering the huge amount of gaming-oriented features it offers) but it gets the job done, so I can’t really complain about it. It would be nice to see a 1080 Ti Mining Edition card with only one output port, no fancy LED lightning and more attractive price. Hopefully Nvidia will release more mining-oriented GPUs in the near future.

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With the recent shortage of AMD GPUs, many people started to look for Nvidia alternatives.

While few miners would invest into Nvidia GPUs half year ago, times have changed and now even serious medium-sized mining farm owners is considering those GPUs.

In this article I will review GTX 1050 / 1050Ti performance, which are two GPU models that came to replace the old GTX 750 Ti and the GTX 950. Both new GPUs have the Pascal architecture and share many things in common; that being said, there are some crucial differences between them too.

Common Ground and Differences

Both are the first two NVidia GPU models that are manufactured using 14nm technology. This means that both have great overclocking potential. The only thing that limits overclocking is the TDP.

Either model can be used to mine a number of algorithms, some of which can be rather profitable. I will get back to it in a minute.

Now, the main difference is in the VRAM size. GTX 1050Ti comes with 4GB VRAM, which makes it suitable for mining Ethereum. On the other hand, the GTX 1050 comes with 2GB VRAM, which means that it has no value for ETH mining whatsoever. Back in the day, when the DAG file size was less than 2GB people could use 2GB GPUs to mine ETH, but those days are gone.

In fact, according to calculations, in a couple of months 3GB GPUs will stop working for ETH mining too. But I won’t get into that here.

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Mining Hashrate and Performance

There is a lot of info on the web about the mentioned card models. While most reviews are legit and real, you might see a huge difference in numbers when it comes to hashrate. It looks like hashrate depends a lot on the miner version. Make sure you keep an eye on the review date first!

Another fact that seems to affect hashrate is the type of miner you’re using. Some people noticed that EWBF performs better than Nicehash when it comes to zCash mining.

As it happens with most GPUs, hashrate is also affected by the type of VRAM used, which is defined by its manufacturer. So far, it is certain that Samsung memories usually perform slightly better than others.

Finally, some users speculate that 6-Pin models boost better. While I couldn’t prove this right or wrong, it might make sense. If you see any other review, I strongly encourage you to check that.

GTX 1050Ti

Here are some working configurations you can try:

Setup #1 MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Mining Performance

Recommended Hardware for 6x GTX 1050 Ti Mining Rig

Stock performance, mining hashrate and power consumption

POWER CONSUMPTION FOR SYSTEM IS AROUND 40W

Stock clocks

• GPU / Memory stock clocks
• Mining Hashrate 11.9 Mh/s on Ethereum
• 40w

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Ethereum Mining Performance

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Ethereum Mining Power Draw

Mining Ethereum Only with Overclock (Claymore Ethereum miner)

MSI Afterburner

• Mining Hashrate 14.6 Mh/s
• Clocks +150/+1000
• Power Limit 80%
• Power draw from wall 55w

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Ethereum Mining Performance Overclocked

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Ethereum Mining Performance Overclocked Power Draw

start.bat file for ethereum only: EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool eu1.ethermine.org:4444 -ewal ETHEREUM_WALLET.WORKER_NAME -epsw x -tstop 80

Dual Mining Ethereum Decred / Siacoin with Overclock (Claymore Ethereum Miner)

Ethereum + Decred

• Mining Hashrate: Ethereum 14.2 Mh/s – Decred 140 Mh/s
• Clocks +150/+1000
• Power Limit 80%
• Power draw from wall 60w

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Dual Mining Ethereum and Decred Performance

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Dual Mining Ethereum and Decred Power Draw

Profits (ETH price $242)

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Ethereum Dual Mining Decred Profitability 1

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Ethereum Dual Mining Decred Profitability 2

Ethereum + Siacoin

• Mining Hashrate: Ethereum 14.2 Mh/s – Siacoin 140 Mh/s
• Clocks +150/+1000
• Power Limit 80%
• Power draw from wall 65w

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Dual Mining Ethereum and Siacoin Performance

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Dual Mining Ethereum and Siacoin Power Draw

Profits (ETH price $242)

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Ethereum Dual Mining Siacoin Profitability 1

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Ethereum Dual Mining Siacoin Profitability 2

start.bat file for ethereum + decred: EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool eu1.ethermine.org:4444 -ewal ETHEREUM_WALLET.WORKER_NAME -epsw x -dpool dcr.suprnova.cc:3252 -dwal USERNAME.WORKER-dpsw WORKER_PASS -tstop 80

start.bat file for ethereum + siacoin: EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool eu1.ethermine.org:4444 -ewal ETHEREUM_WALLET.WORKER_NAME -epsw x -dpool stratum+tcp://sia-eu1.nanopool.org:7777 -dwal SIACOIN_WALLET.WORKER_NAME -dcoin sia -tstop 80

Mining ZCash (EWBF's CUDA Zcash miner)

Stock clocks

• Hashrate 145 Sol/s
• Clocks +0/+0
• Power Limit 100%
• Power draw from wall 50w

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G ZCash Mining Hashrate Performance

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G ZCash Mining Power Draw

Overclocked Clocks

• Hashrate 175 Sol/s
• Clocks +150/+900
• Power Limit 80%
• Power draw from wall 60w

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G ZCash Mining Hashrate Performance Overclocked

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G ZCash Mining Power Draw Overclocked

start.bat file for zcash: miner --server eu1-zcash.flypool.org --port 3333 --user WALLET_ADDRESS.WORKER_NAME --pass x

Profits (ZEC price $240)

Nicehash Mining Hashrate and Profits

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Nicehash Mining Mining Performance and Profits 1

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Nicehash Mining Mining Performance and Profits 2

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Nicehash Mining Mining Performance and Profits 3

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TI GAMING X 4G Nicehash Mining Mining Performance and Profits 4

Setup #2 - eVGA FTW Edition 1050Ti

Some other users claim that they were able to push the 1050Ti up to 16-17MH/s for ETH using Nicehash 1.7.5.12. However, they haven’t specified what exact overclock settings they used (“a bit of overclock” isn’t descriptive enough). Therefore, I’d take those claims with an ounce of salt.

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GTX 1050

Most people consider the GTX 1050 a waste of money. It is understandable, considering the craze for Ethereum mining we see nowadays and the fact that 2GB GPUs cannot participate in the ETH mining fest anymore.

What about zCash? Here are some numbers:

zCash with EWBF 0.2.0b

Note that EWBF Zec miner 0.3.3b might give slightly better results.

As per today, the ROI of a GTX1050 for zCash mining is about 3 months, with the condition that that electricity cost is $ 0.1 per KW/h.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti in stock

6x GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mining Rig Monthly Earnings

Ethereum Dual Mining Decred

• Ethereum hashrate: 85 Mh/s = $245/Month ; ETH 1.14 mined/month (1 ETH = $ 242.39)
• Decred Hashrate: 852 Mh/s = $20
• 6x GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Power consumption: around 400w
• Power Cost per Month: $29

GeForce GTX 1050 TI Mining Rig Ethereum Mining Monthly Earnings 1

GeForce GTX 1050 TI Mining Rig Decred Mining Monthly Earnings 1

Ethereum Dual Mining Siacoin

• Ethereum hashrate: 85 Mh/s = $245/Month ; ETH 1.14 mined/month (1 ETH = $ 242.39)
• Siacoin Hashrate: 852 Mh/s = $21
• 6x GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Power consumption: around 400w
• Power Cost per Month: $29

GeForce GTX 1050 TI Mining Rig Ethereum Mining Monthly Earnings 1

GeForce GTX 1050 TI Mining Rig Siacoin Mining Monthly Earnings 1

Zcash Mining Rig Monthly Earnings with 6x GTX 1050 Ti

• ZCash hashrate: 1,050 Mh/s = $180 ; ZEC 0.8739 mined/month (1 ZEC = $ 240.00)
• 6x GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Power consumption: around 400w
• Power Cost per Month: $29

GeForce GTX 1050 TI Mining Rig ZCash Mining Monthly Earnings

In conclusion

Due to recent stock shortages, Nvidia cards are becoming a decent alternative to AMD ones. Besides stock issues, it is inevitable that AMD most popular mining GPUs - the RX 4xx and 5xx series – will lose up to 35% of their ETH hashrate in the next 3-4 months. Nvidia cards, on the other hand, should remain strong for a while.

If you however are not enthusiastic about mining ETH, then you probably might want to check the dedicated AMD cards for mining we reviewed here not long ago.

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