consider also that the 480 is bad at both lyra2v2 and neoscrypt until someone optimize it, and those algo are more profitable than eth
you have 2 good algo missed, basically the 480 is only good on one algo, which is very bad
so i see really no reason to purchase one
Please stop shilling for Nvidia. Lyra2v2 and neoscrypt more profitable than eth? Care to show any proof? From my calculations Ethereum and Ethereum classic show the best profitability.
Also have you looked at the OpenCL implementation for Nvidia card in Windows? It sucks. I have a GTX1080 for gaming only and it honestly sucks for mining. I use RX480s for mining eth as they have the best Ethereum hashrate per watt and Hashrate to Dollar.
And resell value. For one the AMD cards are near impossible to find whereas there are more than enough GTX cards available. The RX480 had a reference stock 25 times the GTX1080 and GTX1070 combined and it all sold out.
The GTX1070 is a great card for gaming, but the RX480 is far better at mining. It uses less power, you can run 4x RX480s on a single quality 80PLUS Gold 750W PSU if you optimize the power usage settings. The GTX 1070 uses far more power to reach the same hashrate.
Further, saying that someone steals power is very rude. I'm in a situation at the moment where I can get industrial power for free with my rent. Many other people have the same arrangements where they live.
hey nice one gravedding my post from july 9, and responding to it after those coins ET and ETC have become more profitable, it was not the case back then
right now 480 user are lucky that ethc is very profitbale but it will not last, meanwhile i can mine lbry which is still far ahead of ethc at present
you are still stuck with only one good algo, while neos and lyra are shit on amd card, because they are not optimized, and it's always good to have back up algo, not just one good algo
p.s. it's not for free if you pay a rent for it, it's simply included, there is NO free energy unles you still it, i think poeple don't know what free mean...
2°p.s. no the 480 does not use less energy than a 1070 i have a rig of six 1070 consuming only 900w, running with a rm1000i