Hi folks,
I'd like to ask experienced miners what do you think is better deal nowaday to buy RX580 at 319$ or 1070 at 499$ ? From my experience they have the same hash-rate performance on mining ETH but the price difference is 40% more for 1070. I understand nvidia consume less energy but energy difference is not significant if we comparing price ratio. Considering investing 20.000$ would you go for 580 or 1070 ?
Any though ?
Both have their advantages/disadvantages. If you are somewhat experienced go the AMD route, if you are more along the lines of a novice go with Nvidia.
Additionally, it depends heavily on what currency you intend on mining specifically. They do offer similar hash rates but not quite the same and in all cases but Cryptonight, the 1070 will offer better performance.