Re: ETH 1660ti Mobile version 6GB vram getting bad hashrate

Mobile GPUs (in laptops ) are always weaker than real graphic cards mate, you can do a comparison between a mobile gtx1660ti vs the real gtx1660ti, you will see that the standalone gtx1660ti is more powerful, also I don't recommend mining with your laptop, a laptop that can have a gtx1660ti is costly I believe

It's roughly same spec with the laptop, I've just checked using Google right now, they are both using Gddr6 memory and the clock speed are near identical, it should hash more than 15mhs, something is wrong, but all the same you will kill your laptop if you use it for mining

I watch my heat all the time I never let it get over 75C I try to keep it around 72C I always have a box fan blowing on the laptop. Heat is not an issue unless you allow it to be.

Quote from: Phoenix_PROG on Today at 09:20:42 AM

Is your windows OS up to date? No other updates going on in the background? Also try increasing page file too, might actually help out, I will like to warn you though, do not mine on that laptop for 24/7, you will burn some things inside due to massive heat, laptop isn't a good choice for Mining that's why people don't mine on them

Yeah I'm always up to date on windows 10. Check them regularly always a habit.

Pagefile is set to 30 GB. My card has 6gb of memory I read online that 30gb is right for one card with 6gb of memory.

Heat is the only thing that will mess up any computer device and I never let my laptop get over 74C I keep it around 69C to 73C with a box fan on it and the bottom of the laptop cover removed and I have it elevated so it gets plenty of airflow. I monitor temps all day long.

Quote from: KaratX on Today at 10:56:25 AM

You should be getting 27mhs atleast, what type of miner are you using? Try changing the miner to Nicehash or Minerstat software and see if there is a change, also are you sure that your laptop only has a single gpu activated? I've seen few with more than a single gpu and it's conflicting with each other

I have tried all the miners available that are the best. I'm currently using the most up to date t-rex miner. I've tried phoenix miner, and also some others. I've also tried nicehash and it will pick octopus or something else never eth. It also shows eth speeds at 15 mh/s or so.

This is an Omen 15 gaming laptop. I bought it about 6 months ago. I'm an I.T. tech and a big time gamer I am 100% sure I know what this laptop has in it. I even posted a picture of GPU-Z.

Nicehash software is picking octopus algorithm (Conflux) because it's the most profitable coin to mine for your gtx1660ti, also the mobile GPUs are always weaker than the real desktop GPUs, I'm sure that's why Nicehash pointed Octopus algorithm for you instead, do not stress yourself, you can't get anything better than this

It picked octopus because eth isn't getting the speeds it is suppose too and that's the only reason. This card is suppose to get 28 Mh/s on eth and it gets 15 which is half that. No one can convince me that a mobile gpu gets half the speeds of a desktop one when the stats are almost identical. I'm still trying to figure out why it's not hashing at the speeds this card is capable of.

No a regular non mobile 1660ti gets 28mhs...you have a mobile version which means everything is different. Your vrms are going to be lower power ...all the subsystem on the card will be low power versions. Thats why it is the mobile version. If it was exactly the same as the regular 1660ti it would not have the mobile designstion and not be used in a laptop. Laptops are specifically designed using components that are optimized for the lower power (battery) mode of the laptop.

You dont seem to get it.....if you want to prove it out go get an external gpu designed to hookup to a laptop and it will mine at full speed. I know this becuase i own several.
when you open up the external case the gpu comes in...its has a standard gpu in it. This is NOT what your laptop has in it.

The SSD doesnt matter. I run my rigs off Thumbdrives just fine. And on a lot less powerful computers than your laptop. Mining on a laptop is only barely better than mining on a phone...both are really bad ideas.

I understand just fine it seems like you don't understand at all. Every crypto coin I've tried to mine so far hit the numbers that every website says it will hit but eth. I'm mining octopus at 27 Mh/s which is faster than whattomine.com shows it to run. I've tested many other algorithms and all of them hit the numbers that are shown on what to mine except for eth. I'm an I.T. Tech I know all about laptops, desktops, etc and how they function and work. The only reason people don't suggest to mine on laptops is because of heat and only heat. Heat is not an issue I've already resolved the heat issues. I'm making $2 a day right now mining octopus so to sit there and try to act like mining on a laptop is a bad idea just shows that you don't really know what you are talking about and have not read a single thing I've said in this thread. You are only going off what you HEARD others say and not your own experiments. It's already been proven that laptop gpus are only slightly less powerful than the same desktop gpus anywhere from 10-20%. This card is showing 50% less on eth so either way, the numbers are off for only eth. I thought I was doing something wrong but I've tried everything and still haven't seen the numbers on eth go up any. I just have pretty much given up and just stick to CFX Octopus because it's paying good.