These days, does mining ethereum need >2GB vram or just 2GB Vram?
greater then 2GB
Thanks. I wasn't sure if this was still the case with Claymore not using DAG files.
THERE IS STILL A DAG FILE--
However, with Claymore the DAG file is written directly to the GPU memory. Historically, the DAG file was written to disk, and this took a period of minutes. Updated Dagger-Hashimoto mining software writes the DAG file to the GPU memory in seconds.
Some Etherium (ETH) clone coins have DAG files smaller than 2GB. You can use a 2GB R7 265 or GTX 750ti to mine an ETH clone coin if it is at a lower Epoch. ETH was once mine-able by these same cards. The DAG file increases in size with each Epoch, and some clone coins may still be at single digit Epochs. --scryptr