I read that some brands like Zotac (and Palit maybe?) tend to use only Samsung memory and not hynix. Is this correct? I could get my hands on some Zotac AMP! 3GB, hesitating...
It's a better chance but it seems like the manufacturers used Samsung a lot in the earlier production models. We're seeing a lot more micron and hynix now as they're trying to keep up supply. Although I do have a mixed rig of 1070's and my best performing card is the Zotac GTX 1070 AMP edition and it has micron memory. It dual mines ETH + DCR at 29 and 580 MH/s. The best part is that I run it at 55% power where all the other ones need to be at 62-75% TDP.
Just received 8 x Asus Duals 1060 3gb versions.
15 MH/s for these cards.
U can make it 18-19 but I agree it's waste of energy. 1050 TI makes almost 16.
@h311m4n my ZOTAC MINI 3GB has hynix and is stable max on MEM +420...
I agree, I'd rather have 1050 ti's for a lot less than 1060's go for to get the same performance. A lot of people are commenting that recent orders of 3gb cards are shipping with Hynix.