Question what are the current good GPU deals for distributed computing?

[plonk420]

can anyone beat $110-130 used Furys from eBay? (in easily replicatable buys)

 

[Markfw]

Thanks guys

Let us know what you decide, and tell us how much power, whatever solution is, as to how much it takes. I would love to get the same ppd on half the power.

F@H that is.

 

[UsandThem]

The Founders Edition RX 2070 cards only have one 8 pin.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2070/

Edit:

It looks like some of the aftermarket ones do as well:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487413&ignorebbr=1

 

[Markfw]

Well, crap. I may have to buy one just to see if that or a 1080TI takes more power at the same ppd.

First I had to try the 2060, and I am happy, now you are going to make me buy a 2070.

 

[UsandThem]

Well, crap. I may have to buy one just to see if that or a 1080TI takes more power at the same ppd.

First I had to try the 2060, and I am happy, now you are going to make me buy a 2070.

The only thing I would worry about is the "space invader" defect that I've seen mentioned all over with the 2070, 2080, and 2080ti. There's enough people who have dealt with it to conclude there is / was some type of manufacturing issue. I'm not sure if they've ever isolated or admitted why cards were doing that to begin with.

That's another reason I stayed with Pascal cards for the time being. I'm definitely not one of the first to buy any new hardware when it's released. I let others sort out all of the headaches first.

 

[lane42]

Lots of "OPEN BOX" at microcenter, wonder way...….

 

[biodoc]

Anandtech source for TDP:

RTX 2080 Ti: 250W , FE: 260W
RTX 2070: 175W FE: 185W

 

[crashtech]

I haven't been able to find used cards at the prices touted near the beginning of this thread, perhaps things have changed in the past month? Plus, if one takes the expected power cost of a used Fury into account, the value proposition is less clear.

Looks like the new 1660ti may represent a fairly good value for those on a lower budget that want to buy new, price ~$280, performance along the lines of a 1070, power use ~120W. Probably not as good as a 2060 when all factors are considered, but it is $70 cheaper.

 

[IEC]

Looks like the bottom fell out of the mining market, specifically for the Radeon RX series of cards. You can find all sorts of RX 480/470 and RX 580/570 cards cheap. I'm talking $65-75 for a 4GB x70 card cheap. I might put together a couple of "ex-miner" rigs to be used for sprints...

Examples:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MinerSwap/

 

[lane42]

I like that one guy selling
33-1070ti
22-1070
48-RX580
Crazy

 

[Markfw]

I think the RTX 2060 is king of the F@H $/perf at the moment. My 3 are averaging over 900k PPD at the moment.

 

[IEC]

Paid dimes on the dollar for some used ex-miner gear (Sapphire Nitro+ RX 470 cards + 6 GPU mining chassis):

Per this reddit thread on x1 riser performance there isn't any performance loss for common BOINC projects in Linux. So building/testing this out will be my weekend project.

 

[lane42]

Don't know if I can beleave the Folding tests. When I ran folding last december
in the race's, my 1080ti on a x1 slot ran the same ppd as my 1070ti on a x8 slot.
That was on Ubuntu, both GPU'S on same computer.
GpuGrid is another project that will take a big hit on a x1 slot.
Seti is one of the best projects to run on a x1 slot for Linux, other then BitCoin

 

[zzuupp]

Paid dimes on the dollar for some used ex-miner gear (Sapphire Nitro+ RX 470 cards + 6 GPU mining chassis):

Per this reddit thread on x1 riser performance there isn't any performance loss for common BOINC projects in Linux. So building/testing this out will be my weekend project.

Please let us know how it works out. I wish you the best of luck. I've been EXTREMELY non-trusting about the used market with all the crypto boom/crash/BOOM/crashes

 

[TennesseeTony]

Folding does not like 1x slot, but you are correct that "there isn't any performance loss for common most BOINC projects"

If CPU usage is more than say, 10%? of GPU usage (in seconds, found on the 'tasks' page of your chosen project), the 1x might be a bottle neck.

 

[biodoc]

Doesn't [H]atp1916 have a bunch of these setups? He has numerous computers on the PG sprint with 8 gpus each and cranked out 54 million points yesterday.

 

[IEC]

Six shooter online. All systems nominal.

The poor Pentium G4560 I'm using (hey, it was cheap!) is maxed out at 100% in Windows 10 using 6 GPUs. Linux it will have to be for long-term use...

Each GPU had a hasty -100mV undervolt applied and is crunching PrimeGrid WUs at ~20-22m per task.

 

[lane42]

IEC, Very Nice

 

[TennesseeTony]

Power input being on the rear sure made that look much nicer than any attempt I have made in the past!

 

[IEC]

Keep an eye open for deals. Been seeing lots of very good to excellent condition ex-miner gear being unloaded for dimes on the dollar. Just scored an eVGA P2 Platinum 1200W PSU <6 months old with retail box and all accessories for ~$80 shipped on eBay. Might do an nVidia version of "Six Shooter" soon if I can find the right deals on used nVidia cards