Hi fellow miners. I would like to know which cards are better for mining in general. AMD or NVidia. I mean right now the most proffitable coin on Nicehash is zcash but what if zcash is not proffitable anymore, which cards can mine other coins very well. I know that rx480 has 310 sol/s and 27 MH/s ethereum but gtx 1070 gets 430 sol/s and also around 28 MH/s. Which cards are good for the most coins?
This comes up all the time. It is a personal preference really. Some people love Nvidia and won't touch AMD. They're wrong.
An rx 480 is a little more than half the price of a gtx 1070.
Cheapest GTX 1070 at NewEgg is $349.
Cheapest rx 480 4GB is $189.99 and 8GB is 204.99. (beware though that 204.99 sapphire has micron not samsung memory. I know I bought 4
So it's much better to buy the AMDs as you can get more hashpower.
Also resale value. Even though a 1070 resales higher price you're selling TWO rx 480 so you probably make back more money than selling your 1 GTX 1070.
Finally, some software developers DO NOT SUPPORT NVIDIA. For example simplemining OS doesn't support Nvidia at all. Claymore doesn't support Nvidia for dual mining with Pascal. Etc.
There is no reason to buy Nvidia. Once you realize this you will be a happier person and you will make more money mining.