How To Get the Most Out of Your Card
Performing an Nvidia GTX 1060 overclock is a great way to unlock the card’s full potential. With the right steps, you can take the core clock speed from 1506 MHz to 1736 MHz, the boost clock from 1709 MHz to 1939 MHz, and the memory from 2 to up to 2.25 GHz. But because of the GPU Boost 3 Technology, the GTX 1060 is usually stable at 2.1 GHz.
Here’s what you need to know about the overclocking settings so that you can also get the same or similar overclocking values.
Contents
- How To Perform a GTX 1060 Overclock
- – Know Before You Start
- – Overclocking the GeForce GTX 1060
- What Are the Best Overclock Settings for the GTX 1060?
- – Gigabyte GTX 1060 6GB Overclock Settings
- – Zotac GTX 1060 6GB Overclock Settings
- – Overclock Settings for GTX 1060 3GB
- FAQ
- – How Much Performance Boost Can You Get From a GTX 1060 Overclock?
- Conclusion
How To Perform a GTX 1060 Overclock
To overclock the GTX 1060, start by increasing the VRAM and GPU by a small amount, like 50 MHz, and do a stress test using software like Furmark.
If it stays stable for around 10 minutes, increase the clock by 10-25 MHz and run the tests again.
– Know Before You Start
Generally, you can increase the VRAM clocks more than you can increase the core, but a significant increase in the latter can also cause the system to crash instantly.
But overclocking the card is not that simple, and to better understand how you can do it, let’s get a few things out of the way first.
Since the introduction of Pascal (the GPU architecture that powers the 1060), it has become really hard to burn your Nvidia graphics card when performing basic overclocking.
With Maxwell, you couldn’t adjust the core voltage of the GPU, and with Pascal, it’s almost impossible to provide too much voltage to the core.
If you really want to increase the temperature, you will have to physically modify your card.
Pascal also introduced the GPU Boost 3, which, if you really consider it, also overclocks the GPU.
And as long as the GPU is not limited by power or heat, it will continue to boost the clock.
Let’s understand this with an example.
The Asus GTX1080Ti (also a Pascal card) lists a boost clock of 1683 MHz and 1780 MHz in its OC Mode.
Without turning on the OC Mode, the card can easily go up to 1700 MHz, which is more than the listed boost clock rate.
And if you turn the OC Mode on and only raise the power to the maximum limit (120% in this case), the boost clock rate will go up to 1890 MHz.
Now, if you also set the fan to 100%, the card will hit as high as 1910 MHz. Note that no direct clock offset has been made yet.
If you now increase the clock rate by 150 MHz, it will reach 2020 MHz, but because of thermal limits, it will come back down to 1950 MHz.
The same is the case if you try a 200 MHz offset.
So, the bottom line is that you’re limited by power and thermal limits.
– Overclocking the GeForce GTX 1060
Just like the 1080Ti discussed above, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is also a pascal card, and the way to overclock it is also quite similar.
Start by increasing the power to the maximum that your graphics card software (like Afterburner) will allow you to.
While doing so, keep an eye on your clock and how much it boosts. At the same time, don’t forget to monitor the temperature.
If your card hasn’t reached the thermal limit, go ahead and boost the core clock in small increments of 50 MHz.
Continue doing so until you get artifacts (flashes or pops on the screen that definitely shouldn’t be there) or your card reaches the thermal limit.
Also, make sure that you continue to perform some stress tests in between the changes using software like 3D Mark. Once you start getting artifacts, reduce the core offset back to the most stable value. This will give you a value where you can run your card comfortably without worrying about crashes or glitches.
Generally, you can get a 100-150 MHz boost for the GPU core and a 200-250 MHz boost for the VRAM while staying within a stable operating temperature.
Keep in mind that if you overclock too much, your screen will go black, and your GPU’s clock will fall down to a very low frequency to prevent damage.
In the case of the latter, you’ll have to restart the card to get the full speed again.
Once you get a good, stable overclock, stress-test the GPU again with Furmark for a couple of hours. If it doesn’t fail or crashes, you’ve successfully done a GTX 1060 overclock.
Keep in mind that your card’s frequency is never fixed because of the boost clock’s dynamic nature. Things like voltage, power, load, and limiters will alter the maximum clock state.
This is why in most cases, the card reaches a maximum of 2 or 2.1 GHz and stays stable thanks to the GTX 1060 boost feature.
What Are the Best Overclock Settings for the GTX 1060?
There’s no one best overclock settings for GTX 1060; you have to experiment with the values a bit to determine the right values while monitoring the system temperature and keeping stability in mind.
– Gigabyte GTX 1060 6GB Overclock Settings
But to get you started, here are the recommended overclock settings for a few different variants of the GTX 1060.
Using MSI Afterburner, here are the most stable overclock settings for this card:
- Power limit: 85%
- Core clock: +125
- Mem clock: +800
These values also prove to be good GTX 1060 overclock mining settings since they provide a maximum hash rate of 24.
71.
– Zotac GTX 1060 6GB Overclock Settings
Now let’s check Zotac GTX 1060 settings listed below:
- Power: 98W
- Fan: 100
- Core: 240
- Mem: 1995
- PL: 100
– Overclock Settings for GTX 1060 3GB
With the following GTX 1060 3GB overclock settings, you can take the core clock from 1570 MHz to up to 1769 MHz, the maximum boost clock from 1784 MHz to nearly 2164 MHz, and the memory clock from 8000 MHz to 9102 MHz.
- Core voltage: N/A
- Core clock: +200
- Memory clock: +550 MHz (to bring the effective rate up to 9.1 GHz)
- Temp limit: 92C
- Power limit: 108%
FAQ
– How Much Performance Boost Can You Get From a GTX 1060 Overclock?
Generally, you can expect a 7% boost across different games at 1080p.
You might also be able to increase the memory clock by 15.7% and the observed boost clock by 6.9%, leading to about a 7% performance increase.
You might not find these percentages to be too much, but overclocking can help you get 60 fps in a game, which is almost impossible with the stock values.
Conclusion
A GTX 1060 overclock can help you get the maximum benefit from your card, especially when it comes to mining or playing GPU-intensive gaming.
Here’s a quick run-down of all that we’ve talked about in this article:
- Overclocking can increase the memory clock, the core clock speed, and the boost clock. But since each card is different, there’s no one fixed value that you can overclock to; you’ll have to experiment and push your card till you find the last stable settings.
- The card’s GPU Boost 3 technology is essentially a form of overclocking and can allow you to run your card at 2 to 2.1 GHz.
- You will know that you’ve gone too far with overclocking when you get GPU artifacts (flashes or pops on the screen) or the blue screen of death, or if your system keeps crashing constantly.
- Once you overclock the card, you’ll be able to enjoy a 7% boost on games in 1080p and a little less than that on games in 1440p. Plus, you might be able to play the games in 60 fps, too!
Overclocking is a little complicated, especially if this is your first time. But if you just stick to increasing the clock values in small increments, you’ll be good to go.
Plus, Nvidia has made it really difficult to burn the card with its new architecture, so you don’t have to worry about damaging your setup.
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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review
Written by
Matthew Lambert
November 28, 2016 | 10:26
Tags: #gtx-1060-3gb #pascal
Companies: #gigabyte #nvidia
1 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review2 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Test Setup3 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — 3DMark Fire Strike and 3DMark Time Spy4 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Battlefield 15 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Deus Ex: Mankind Divided6 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Doom7 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Fallout 48 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Total War: Warhammer9 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt10 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Power and Thermals11 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Overclocking12 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Performance Analysis and Conclusion
The maximum power limit on this card is 116 percent and the highest temperature limit is 92°C.
With these set, we proceeded to see how far we could push the card.
The GPU was happy running at 150MHz more than the OC Mode speeds. This means a base clock of 1,732MHz and a boost clock of 1,947MHz. It’s also nine percent quicker than OC Mode and 15 percent faster than reference GTX 1060 speeds (going by base clock). We were not able to go beyond this speed even when adding extra voltage.
The memory, meanwhile, was stable all the way to 2.35GHz, for an effective speed of 9.4Gbps that increased memory bandwidth from 192GB/sec to 225.6GB/sec; an impressive 17.5 percent boost.
- Palit GeForce GTX 1070 GameRock Premium Edition 8GB
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB (OC)
- Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro OC 8GB
- Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro OC 4GB
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition 6GB
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB
- Sapphire Radeon RX 470 Nitro OC 4GB
- MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Gaming X 4GB
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 OC 2GB
- Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 WindForce 2X OC 2GB
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- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition 6GB
- Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro OC 4GB
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB
- Sapphire Radeon RX 470 Nitro OC 4GB
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- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition 6GB
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB
- Sapphire Radeon RX 470 Nitro OC 4GB
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1 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review2 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Test Setup3 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — 3DMark Fire Strike and 3DMark Time Spy4 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Battlefield 15 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Deus Ex: Mankind Divided6 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Doom7 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Fallout 48 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Total War: Warhammer9 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt10 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Power and Thermals11 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Overclocking12 — Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB Review — Performance Analysis and Conclusion
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Reviews, review, temperatures and mining
In this review, we will review the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Aero ITX 6GB video card from Nvidia.
The card is equipped with 1×6 Pin power connectors and consumes from 120 to ~ 135 watts, depending on the algorithm, overclocking and miner.
With optimal overclocking through MSI Afterburner, the card delivers 23.2 Mh/s on Ethash, 23 h/s on Zhash, 12 Sol/s on Equihash292.7
| Features | MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Aero ITX 6GB |
|---|---|
| Video memory | GDDR5 6GB |
| Processor frequency | Overclocking frequency: 1759MHz |
| Memory frequency | 8008 MHz |
| Power consumption | 120 watts, fully overclocked to 135 watts |
| Power connectors | 1×6 Pin |
| Dimensions | 175mm*38mm |
Current prices
It is very difficult to find the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Aero ITX 6GB version in Russia, but 3 GB versions are still very common on sale.
In 2020, buying a 3 GB video card for mining is throwing money away.
In Russia, the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Aero ITX 6GB video card can be purchased at the following price (note that all prices are updated in real time):
By clicking on the link to Yandex Market, you can see all the prices for this product!
How much you can earn
Best of all on the MSI GTX 1060 Aero ITX 6GB video card, coins of the Ethash, Equihash292.7 and ZHash (Equihash244-5) algorithms are mined.
Then there are algorithms that are already less profitable, but at the same time they can still be considered for mining, especially if you do not sell mined every day. These are algorithms such as NeoScrypt, PHI1612, TimeTravel10, X16R.
And finally, there are algorithms whose mining is not profitable at all or at best pays for the socket. These are Equihash, Lyra2z, Xevan and others.
Note that there are coins of even the most profitable algorithms, which are not at all profitable to mine on this video card.
And it also happens that the coins of less profitable algorithms become much more profitable.
This may be due to an increase in the rate of a certain coin, or a temporary withdrawal of miners from it.
As for unprofitable algorithms, everything is clear: there is no point in mining them. However, if you want to have coins of these algorithms, then you can resort to the “pseudo mining” technique.
In this case, you mine the most profitable coin (at the moment) and immediately sell it on the exchange in exchange for the one you would like to receive.
The same method can be applied to less profitable algorithms. Thus, you will get more coins than if you directly mine coins of less profitable algorithms.
So, let’s analyze all this in more detail. All tests were carried out on 09/02/2018, that is, the difficulties and prices for the given coins are relevant as of 09/02/2018.
Let’s start with the most profitable algorithms, for example, the Equihash29 algorithm2.
7 and his Zero coins. Per day from 1 video card goes:
- Total coins — 1.8 ZER.
- Dollar amount equivalent to mined coins — 0.64 $
Consider another profitable algorithm — Ethash, an Ethereum coin. Per day from one video card goes:
- Total coins — 0.0017 ETH.
- Dollar amount equivalent to mined coins — 0.48 $
At first glance, the difference in profit is very noticeable. However, it changes every day. Today, for example, this algorithm and this coin are profitable, and tomorrow another algorithm (for example, Ethash) will be profitable.
All this is due to the growth of the rate and complexity: as we wrote above, miners can temporarily leave at any time or the rate of the coin will shoot up sharply. Therefore, there is almost no difference in the mining of profitable algorithms: it is up to you to decide what you want to mine among them.
Mining Ethash algorithm is as follows:
Next, consider less profitable algorithms.
For example, NeoScrypt algorithm, Trezarcoin coins. Per day from 1 video card comes out:
- Total coins — 46 TZC.
- Dollar amount equivalent to mined coins — 0.36 $
The amount is already noticeably less, but if you do not sell the mined coins every day, then the mining of this coin and this algorithm can be considered.
The same with the PHI1612 algorithm and its Seraph coin. Per day from 1 video card goes:
- Total coins — 980 sera.
- Dollar amount equivalent to mined coins — 0.36 $
At the time of writing, there is no difference between these coins at all.
And finally, there are algorithms, the mining of which, as we wrote above, is not profitable at all or goes to the socket.
For example, Equihash algorithm, Zcash coin. Per day from one video card goes:
- Total coins – 0.001877 ZEC.
- Amount in dollars equivalent to mined coins –(-0.
09$)
All the same for other disadvantageous algorithms. They are mined either by asics, or they need completely different video cards.
But if you want to have such coins in your investment portfolio, then we advise you to resort to «pseudo mining».
Mining performance
In mining, the video card produces the following hash rates:
| Algorithm | MH/s (stock/overclock) |
|---|---|
| Zhash | 18/23.4 (Sol/s) |
| Equihash 192.7 | 10/13 (Sol/s) |
| Ethash | 16/23.8 (MH/s) |
| NeoScrypt | 590/625 (Kh/s) |
| CryptoNightV7 | 400/430(H/s) |
| NIST5 | 22/27. 2(MH/s) |
| HMQ1725 | 2.9/3.4 (Mh/s) |
| Lyra2REv2 | 20000/20300 (Kh/s) |
| PHI1612 | 10/13.2(MH/s) |
| TimeTravel10 | 8/11.7(Mh/s) |
| Xevan | 2/2.6(MH/s) |
| X16R | 4.6/5.3 |
Memory and overclocking
The card is equipped with 6 GB of GDDR5 graphics memory. Most often, both Micron and Elpida are supplied, less often Hynix, very rarely Samsung.
However, in used models released a little earlier, most often there was memory from Samsung.
By core:
Core clock ~ +100 for perfect operation without crash.
By memory:
Memory clock ~ + 600 — this is an ideal overclocking indicator, at which the card works stably (does not issue rejections) and the system does not reboot (does not crash).
Thus, with such overclocking, the video card produces ~ 23Mh / s on the Ethash algorithm, Zhash ~ 23-24 Sol / s, Equihash 192.7~13-14Sol/s.
Note that you can overclock the card even more. These settings are presented as an example of stable operation.
In case you overclock the card even more, we advise you to monitor the farm during the day — as the frequencies may drop or the farm may crash altogether.
Power consumption and downvolting
The card consumes 120 watts at maximum overclocking and, depending on the algorithm, can go up to 135 watts.
Power consumption is as follows: 75 watts go through the riser (or PCI-e line in the motherboard), and the rest ~ 45 watts go through 6 Pin connectors from the power supply.
For a farm of 6 MSI 1060 Aero ITX 6GB graphics cards and a connected system (motherboard, processor, hard drive), you will need a power supply of ~ 1000 watts, which will give 100-150 watts of headroom to keep the farm stable.
In case you plan to power the rig with 2 power supplies, then 2 units of 750 watts will do, since there will be very few PCI-e wires in power supplies with less power.
You can find out how to power a farm with 2 power supplies on our website.
Also on our website you can choose an excellent block for mining: the corresponding section contains detailed articles about different power supplies: their configuration, efficiency, drawdowns, ripple, analysis and much more.
In case you need to reduce the power consumption of these cards, use downvolting.
In this case, cards with optimal overclocking lose only 1-2 Mh/s on Ethash, 1.5-2 h/s on Zhash and at the same time consume ~ 25-30 Watts less.
It turns out that now you can power a farm of 6 cards, which will consume energy as 5 cards, with a minimum hash loss.
Which coins can be mined?
As we wrote earlier, it is most profitable to mine coins of the Ethash, Equihash292.7 and ZHash (Equihash244-5) algorithms.
Next are algorithms that will bring a little less profit per day, but still the coins of these algorithms can still be considered for mining — these are NeoScrypt, PHI1612, TimeTravel10, X16R.
Below are the coins that can be mined profitably on this video card.
Mined coins
| Algorithms | Coins |
|---|---|
| NeoScrypt | Crowdcoin, Dinero, Feathercoin, GoByte, Halcyon, Innova, Vivo, Trezarcoin, Orbitcoin, Phoenixcoin, 01 Coin, Agena, Airin, Akencash, Banq, Cerberus, CharmCoin, Coin2Fly, CoreZ, Desire, GoaCoin, HashRental, IQ Cash, Ignition , Kicker Romm, LuckyBit, Masterbit, Momo Cash, NyxCoin, Onex Cash, Qbic, Qyno, Rapture, Sigil, SimpleBank, Sparks, SunCoin, SuperLumic, Uniform Fiscal Object, ZCore, Zixx |
| CryptoNightV7 | Monero, BBSCoin, Citadel, DigitalNote, Elya, Graft, IntenseCoin, Parsicoin, NXB, MoneroV, Lethean, Kepl, Quantum R L, Superior Coin, Wownero |
| Ethash | Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Ellaism, Metaverse, Expanse, Krypton, Ubiq, Soilcoin, Shift, Pirl, Musicoin, Akroma, Callisto, DubaiCoin, Nilu, MIX, Goldiam, MOAC, Ether1, EtherSocial, WhaleCoin |
| TimeTravel10 | Bitcore |
| Lyra2REv2 | Monacoin, Galactrum, Rupee, Straks, Vertcoin, Verge, Absolute, Exvo, HanaCoin, Kreds, MTI Coin, WeyCoin |
| X16R | Ravencoin, Motion, GPUnion, Gravium, Help The Homeless, Hilux, MoonDEX, XChange, Stone Coin, Sovereign, Proton Coin, OPL Coin, xGalaxy |
| X16S | Pigeoncoin |
Equihash 144. 5 |
BitcoinZ, BitcoinGold, LitecoinZ, Zelcash, Safecoin, SnowGem |
You can download miners for these algorithms on our website.
You can also download fully configured and ready-made Bat files of all these and other coins on our website.
Comparison with the analog line of video cards
Video cards of the 1060 series 6 GB version do not differ much from each other. Since they do not consume much electricity, they do not get very hot.
Three-cooler representatives of this line will certainly be the coldest. In fact, single-chamber ones are the hottest, but their temperatures are not critical.
The MSI 1060 AeroITX is one of the warmest graphics cards out there.
But in terms of noise, it is much quieter than 3 cooler and even 2 cooler video cards.
Difference between 1060 6 GB version and 1060 3 GB version
In this case, the difference is very large.
In the near future, when the DAG file grows even more (this is approximately the 2nd half of 2019years), mining Ethereum and Ether classic on 3 GB versions will be impossible, plus, some algorithms already do not support 3 GB versions of video cards.
Therefore, with ever-increasing complexity, there is simply no point in buying a 3 GB version. Yes, of course, you can mine other less popular coins, but the profit will be very small and will decrease every month.
Also, the 6 GB version will be easier to sell later on the used market.
Difference between MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Aero ITX 6GB, MSI GeForce GTX1060 6GT MidRange, MSI GeForce GTX1060 ARMOR 6G, MSI GeForce GTX1060 Gaming 6G
The difference between these cards is not particularly large, since they all consume a little electricity, which means that they all do not get very hot.
However, almost all cards will be noticeably better cooled, which means they will be a little colder, unlike the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Aero ITX.
The coldest among these cards will be the MSI GeForce GTX1060 Gaming 6G.
As for the other differences, they are not significant, because, for example, the difference in overclocking from the factory will have almost no effect on performance, since most users will overclock the video card through MSIAfterburner.
What drivers to use
Driver 399.07 version or newer is suitable for stable operation.
You can download any latest driver from the official website of the manufacturer
https://www.nvidia.ru/Download/driverResults.aspx/137331/en
Complete weight — 862 gr.
As usual, let’s start our analysis with a review of the cooler.
The video card is equipped with one fairly large cooler, which occupies a considerable part of the card itself.
As the manufacturer assures, the graphics card cooler protects it from dust.
However, after 2-3 months of continuous work in mining, the video card becomes covered with dust.
The Bytwork team recommends removing graphics cards from the farm at least once every 2-3 months and completely blowing them out. This will cool them down a little, and also increase the life of the cooler, since dust will no longer interfere with its movement.
Disconnecting the cooler, we see a massive radiator grill, through which one copper thermotube passes. It serves to remove heat from the video card.
The radiator grill itself, as we mentioned above, looks quite massive and has a nickel-plated copper plate with thermal paste.
Unfortunately, the memory does not have additional cooling in the form of thermal pads.
Having removed the radiator grill, we can see the printed circuit board. She looks very good, there are no problems with her.
Also a pleasant surprise awaits us here: there is 1 additional heatsink on the PCB that cools the VRM area.
We see Nvidia’s GP106-400-A1 GPU. GDDR5 memory chips are manufactured in this model by Micron and are designed to operate at a frequency of 8008 MHz.
There are three power phases for the GPU and one for the memory subsystem.
Now let’s move on to the temperatures recorded on the thermal camera.
Thermal images
| Measuring point | Celsius) |
|---|---|
| M1 | 60.6 |
| M2 | 81.8 |
| M3 | 61.1 |
| M4 | 48.8 |
| M5 | 54.8 |
| M6 | 52. 5 |
We get almost 61 degrees — this is the GPU area.
VRM — almost 82 degrees. (video card power area)
For a VRM of 82 degrees, the temperature is slightly higher, but it remains in the acceptable zone.
| Measuring point | Celsius) |
|---|---|
| M1 | 45.6 |
| M2 | 82.6 |
| M3 | 62.9 |
| M4 | 49.1 |
| M5 | 34.5 |
Installing the thermal chamber outside, we see that the cooler works really well. The hottest point is the top of the map where the residual heat resides.
| Measuring point | Celsius) |
|---|---|
| M1 | 71.9 |
| M2 | 41.1 |
| M3 | 30.3 |
| M4 | 26.2 |
We can evaluate the general thermal image as average, normal. That being said, the VRM area is still quite hot.
Conclusion
The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AeroITX 6GB is pretty average. This is not to say that it does a poor job of cooling, but for the same money, many of its competitors have a better cooling system.
In a dense rig of ~ 6 video cards, the cards will heat each other, which will cause their temperature to become noticeably higher.
We recommend using additional cooling, such as a fan, to dissipate heat.
Summing up, we say that the Bytwork team does not recommend using this video card in mining, since many of its analogues (sometimes even at a lower cost) have a better cooling system.
Pros
- Compact
- Assembly
- Holds up well
Cons
- Temperatures
| Assembly | 9 |
| Cooling | 7 |
| Price | 8 |
| Mining | 6 |
| Total | 7.5 |
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For stable operation of video cards in the rig, perform the correct BIOS settings for mining.
So, how to mine on a home PC?
Overclocking and tuning 1060 6 / 3gb for mining
Optimal data for overclocking 1060 6Gb for mining various coins:
- Core Clock (graphic chip frequency) — +150 (Mhz) Mhz) — +500 (Mhz)
- TDP (power limit or Power Limit) — 65%
Below will be described in detail where to insert these values when overclocking 1060 6Gb in Windows, Hive OS, Rave OS.
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Overclocking 1060 for Mining on Windows
Overclocking of 1060 graphics card for mining on Windows is done in MSI Afterburner. This program works great with all cards and all card manufacturers.
- Power Limit (%), power consumption (TDP) — set to 60%
- Memory Clock (MHz), video memory frequency — set to +500 Mhz we don’t touch.
If you have top cards 1060 6Gb, ie. top performance with overclocking from the factory, you can increase the memory overclocking to 700 Mhz.
With this overclocking, the hashrate increases from 21 to 24-26 Mh/s. At the same time, consumption drops due to the reduced Power Limit, consumption should fall by 20% approximately. And make up about 70W.
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Overclocking 1060 in Hive OS
Overclocking 1060 for mining in Hive OS.
If you are not registered in the Hive OS operating system yet, register using this link with the InsidePC promo code and get $10 to your account. In the operating system, only 1 rig is free, from the second rig you need to pay $ 3 per month for each rig. Detailed description of the hive os. Manual for tuning, overclocking, commands.
1. In the Farms tab (Farms), select the desired farm where the GTX 1060 is located. Overclock 1060 in Hive OS — Farms
2. Select the rig. Overclock 1060 in Hive OS — Workers
3. Select the desired map and click on the speedometer icon. You can select this icon next to a specific map, or select the speedometer icon with the inscription ALL. Here you can set overclocking settings for all Nvidia or AMD cards. If you have several 1060s, you can apply overclocking to all cards at once. Convenient functionality if you have the same cards. Overclocking 1060 in Hive OS
4. Next, in the + Core Clock Mhz field, set the value for overclocking or lowering the GPU frequency.
In the Memory Clock, Mhz field, set the value for overclocking graphics memory. Required values in the table above. OhGodAnETHlargementPill turn off, this is only for 1080 and 1080 Ti cards. Overclocking parameters (values in the screenshot are for example)
The process of overclocking GTX 1060 for mining in Rave OS and Hive OS is different from overclocking 1060 in Windows. Here we do not set the actual value of the frequencies of the video memory and the graphics processor, but enter the value of adding to the base frequency. Those. in the + Core Clock Mhz field, we indicate how much to increase the frequency of the GPU. And in the Memory Clock, Mhz field, we indicate how much to increase the memory frequency divided by 2. That is. by specifying 1000 Mhz, we thereby increase the memory frequency by 500 Mhz. Specifying 1400 Mhz, we increase the frequency by 700 Mhz.1060 6GB in Hive OS
This is how we specify Power Limit, W. Power Limit is set in watts. For 1060, the optimal value is 110 watts.
Overclocking 1060 in Rave OS
First of all, register in Rave OS. If you are not yet familiar with this mining operating system, check out the Rave OS manual.
1. Go to the Workers tab. Workers tab in RaveOS
2. Go to the worker settings (Edit worker).
4. Press the «Save & Apply» button.
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This is the whole overclocking of the 1060 6Gb card in Rave OS. This completes the 1060 mining setup.
Overclocking 1060 3gb
Overclocking 1060 on 3gb is similar to overclocking on 6gb.
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 mining profitability
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