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Optimized Ethereum Mining Settings for Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3070, RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 GPUs

24, Feb 2021

We’ve tested and played around with a couple of Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series of GPUs already, so that we can compile a list with the optimized mining settings for mining Ethereum with RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3070, RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 GPUs. There could of course be some variation from card to card due to manufacturers making different versions with higher TDP levels and higher default clocks, but generally the settings below should work pretty good on any make and model from the above mentioned ones.

Some further tweaking could help in maximizing performance or optimizing power usage for a specific card, but the settings we give here should be a very good starting point for achieving optimal performance at reduced power usage when suing them for mining Ethereum (ETH). Do note that the settings below are intended for Ethereum mining and/or other memory intensive crypto algorithms such as VertHash for example, the settings are most likely not optimal for mining use where a GPU-intensive algorithm is in play!

Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti Optimized Mining Settings:
– TDP: 60% / 140W
– GPU: -500 MHz
– VRAM: +1100 MHz
– ETH Hashrate: 60 MH/s
– More on Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti MASTER…

Nvidia RTX 3070 Optimized Mining Settings:
– TDP: 50% / 140W
– GPU: -500 MHz
– VRAM: +1100 MHz
– ETH Hashrate: 60 MH/s
– More on Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock GPUs…

Nvidia RTX 3080 Optimized Mining Settings:
– TDP: 71% / 230W
– GPU: -300 MHz
– VRAM: +1000 MHz
– FANS: 100%
– ETH Hashrate: 97 MH/s
– More on ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Video Cards…

Nvidia RTX 3090 Optimized Mining Settings:
– TDP: 73% / 300W
– GPU: -400 MHz
– VRAM: +1000 MHz
– FANS: 100%
– ETH Hashrate: 120 MH/s
– More on MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X 24G GPUs…

* The clocks cited above are for use with a tool such as MSI Afterburner, overclocking the video memory in other tools might require the use of a different number for the same amount of clock increase +2000 MHz for the memory instead of +1000! The TDP level can also be set in Watts instead of percent level from the default one, so we also cited an estimated power usage in Watts as well.

An important tip especially for Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 GPUs is to always run their cooling fans on 100% while mining Ethereum, even though the GPU temperature may be low. The reason for that is to help keep the memory chips cooler, because the GDDR6X memory these GPUs use get pretty hot while mining Ethereum specifically and you need to keep it as cool as possible. If it gets too hot you may experience drop in mining performance, resulting in lower hashrate and, so make sure you monitor the operating temperatures of GDDR6X memory you can do so with the useful free tool HWiNFO. With that software tool and more specifically the latest beta version it has you can also monitor the GPU HotSpot Temperature for Nvidia GPUs as a useful tool to diagnose possible cooling issues on GPUs that are unstable when mining.

If you manage to keep the memory temperature lower you might even push the video memory on RTX 3080 and RTX 3080 GPUs to +1100 MHs for some extra performance boost, though in our experience high operating temperatures and high memory frequency does not do well together. The GDDR6 memory used on RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 3070 GPUs does not get so hot and can easily handle +1100 MHz for the video memory in order to reach 60 MH/s hashrate mining Ethereum. It is best to try and see what your particular RTX GPUs can handle and not to end them running at the absolute maximum possible operating frequency as this may cause instability with a slight change in the ambient temperature.

Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti MASTER for Mining Ethereum

7, Feb 2021

One of the most popular NVidia RTX 30 series of GPUS for mining crypto and more specifically for mining Ethereum (ETH) lately has been the RTX 3060 Ti, so no wonder these are hard to find as they are generally cheaper than RTX 3070, but have the same memory and performance for Ethash as the 70s. We’ve managed to get our hands on one Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti MASTER (GV-N306TAORUS M-8GD) video card in order to play around with and share some interesting information, mining settings and performance results with anyone that might be interested.

The AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti MASTER model from Gigabyte comes with a really huge cooler that has three fans with interesting overlapping design, plus it offers six video output connectors and one interesting feature – a user controllable LCD display on the side of the card. And as already mentioned, thanks to the 8GB GDDR6 memory with a 256-bit wide bus this RTX 3060 Ti should also be capable of delivering about 60 MH/s hashrate for mining Ethereum (ETH). The RTX 3060 Ti however has a more stripped-down graphics processor compared to the RTX 3070. While that shouldn’t be much of a problem for Ethereum mining, the video card however will be slower in more GPU-intensive algorithms compared to RTX 3070!

The user programmable LCD display on the side of the video card is controlled through Gigabyte’s RGBFusion 2.0 software that is also used for the addressable RGB operation for the motherboard RGB and fans connected to it. The software allows you to use the display to show things such as GPU Temp, GPU Usage, GPU Clock, Fan Speed, VRAM USAGE, VRAM CLOCK, TGP, FRAME-RATE and you can also put a custom image or animated GIF file to be shown on the display and some more. For a mining rig having a display that shows individual operational GPU temperature or FAN speed could be quite nice if you have the functionality already on the video card, no wonder the first thing with did with the LCD display was to set it to show the temperature of the GPU.

What about mining hashrate for this Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti MASTER 8G video card? This particular model is with 240W TDP by default (the 100% setting in MSI Afterburner) and you can go down as low as 100W and as high as 270W (-58% to +13%) and it is also clocked higher. As a comparison the reference design RTX 3060 Ti from Nvidia has just 200W TDP, so 20% higher power usage by default for this Gigabyte card and we don’t need the extra power usage for ETH mining. Anyway, the out of the box performance this video card is delivering is around 51 MHS at stock settings, but why settle for it when you can easily push it to 60 MHS and even reduce the power consumption as we have already seen playing around with Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock GPUs for mining Ethereum.

Starting to optimize settings for better performance and higher hashrate for Ethereum mining on the RTX 3060 Ti we went down to 60% TDP with reduced GPU clock (-500 MHz) and increased memory clock (+1150 MHz) in order to get the expected 60 MHS hashrate. With Palit’s RTX 3070s we’ve seen similar settings, though there the TDP was lower at 50% TDP for the same 60 MHS performance. Do note that we needed +1150 MHz for the video memory here, even though out sweet spot of 1100 MHz will do just fine for 60 MHS when using a mining rig as the test setup was with a single card and the display connected to it – this means higher power load and a bit of a performance drop. So, in a 6x GPU mining rig running the memory with +1100 MHz you should still be able to get 60 MH/s Ethash mining hashrate.

Here we tested with fans running at 100% due to the small mini-ITX case the GPU was running in and the not so good airflow, though you should easily be able to run the cooling fans lower with the GPU in a mining rig with good airflow and still get things running cool. The massive cooler and the three fans do great job in keeping everything cool, especially with the optimized settings for mining that put the power usage of the GPU down to just about 140W as reported by the miner compared to the stock TDP of 240W.

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