Posts Tagged ‘GTX 1660 Ti’

Pre-orders Are Apparently Open for Nvidia CMP 30HX Mining GPUs

10, Mar 2021

It seems that Nvidia is getting ready to start shipping their CMP HX Dedicated GPUs for Professional Crypto Mining that were announced last month. The company is apparently taking pre-orders from their partners for deliveries starting probably in early April for the lowest-end mining model – NVIDIA CMP 30HX D6 6G. Nvidia has rated the 6GB CMP 30HX GPU at 26 MH/s with 125W of power usage for Ethereum mining, though with further optimizations 28-32 MH/s could be possible (like on RTX 2060 or GTX 1660 models).

The not so good news here, as we have expected unfortunately, is that you will be getting a “pro mining GPU” that is more-expensive, but comes without a video outputs, just 90 days warranty instead of 2-3 years and at a higher price than an alternative desktop GPU that could deliver the same mining performance. The expected end-user price for the NVIDIA CMP 30HX could be 10-20% higher than the already pretty high prices that RTX 2060 or GTX 1660 GPUs are available with the same level of performance.

So, the only advantage that you may get by purchasing the NVIDIA CMP 30HX D6 6G GPUs for mining is that you should probably be able to order in big quantities, something that is still hard to achieve with the problematic availability of GeForce RTX 2060 or GTX 1660 GPUs. Though you will have to pre-order and pay in advance for these Dedicated GPUs for Professional Crypto Mining from Nvidia and wait a few weeks for them to be delivered to you.

– More on the official page of the NVIDIA CMP HX Dedicated GPU for Professional Mining…

Nvidia has Introduced the New GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GPU

22, Feb 2019

Nvidia has introduced a new mid-range GPU – the GeFotce GTX 1660 Ti that is intended for gamers looking for an affordable option for reviving their older gaming system’s performance. According to the company the new GPU is 3x faster than a GTX 960, 1.5x faster than a GTX 1060, and offers comparable performance to a GTX 1070. So if it is comparable in terms of performance to GTX 1070, then why release a new GPU? Well, the new GTX 1660 Ti is built on the latest Turing architecture (still not named RTX and 2xxx series, but GTX and 1xxx series), which debuted with the top GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPUs. It also features the new GDDR6 video memory with a 192-bit wide memory bus at jus 120W of TDP. With the new GeForce GTX 1660 Ti you can get an up to date GPU that is more affordable than the GTX 1070 with recommended prices starting at $279 USD.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Specifications:
GPU Engine Specs:
– 1536 NVIDIA CUDA Cores
– 1770 MHz Boost Clock
– 1500 MHz Base Clock
Video Memory Specs:
– 6000 MHz Memory Speed
– 6GB GDDR6 Memory
– 192-bit Memory Interface Width
– 288 GB/sec Memory Bandwidth
Other Specs:
– Display Support: 7680×4320 @ 120Hz Maximum Digital Resolution
– Display Interfaces: DP 1.4a, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI-D Standard Display Connectors
– Graphics Card Dimensions: 4.37″ Height, 5.7″ Length
– Thermal and Power Specs: 95C Maximum GPU Temperature
– 120W Graphics Card Power

Although the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is intended for gamers with a more limited budgets looking for upgrading their aging mid-range gaming graphics, it might turn out to be an interesting choice for mining as well. If it manages to offer good performance for crypto mining similar or even better than that of the older GTX 1070 with the lower power usage and price range it might spark some interest. Of course for that to happen we need to see some movement in the profitability of GPU mining following some good and strong signs of crypto market recovery, prior to that the new GPU might not be deemed as very attractive by miners. Still we need to see some crypto miming results to get a good idea on what to expect in terms of actual performance…


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