Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC BLACK Mining Performance Review

Here’s the thing. I’ve been browsing amazon lately and I’ve realized that the Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti is still about 30% cheaper than the MSI GTX 1080 Ti I’ve reviewed some days ago. This drew my attention because price is often tailored by the demand. I still see people buying MSI cards for their rigs, which is why I’ve decided to test both cards and see the difference with my own eyes. You can find the MSI GTX 1080 Ti review here and now it’s time to find out more about the Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC.

For this test, I’ve assembled a rig of three Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti GPUs. Let’s take a look at the results.

Gigabyte GV-N108TGAMINGOC BLACK-11GD GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC 11G Graphic Card black List Price: $869.99 Price: $835.79 You Save: $34.20 Price Disclaimer

Unboxing

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Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC Specs

After a quick glance at the specs, we can notice that the Gigabyte has got slightly lower core OC clocks than the MSI one. We are talking about 1-2% difference. How will this affect hashrate? We will see in a minute.

The Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti uses three fans, while the MSI version only has two. The only downside to that is that the Gigabyte one does not use dual ball bearings. This renders the fans somehow noisier, especially after some months of mining.

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Here is a list of mining-related specs:

• Core Clocks:
  • Boost: 1657 MHz / Base: 1544 MHz in OC mode
• CUDA Cores: 3584
  • Memory Clock: 11010 MHz
  • Memory Size: 11 GB
  • Memory Type: GDDR5X
  • Memory Bus: 352 bit
• Card Bus: PCI-E 3.0 x 16
• PCB Form: ATX
• Recommended PSU: 600W
• Power Connectors: 8 pin+6 pin

Recommended Hardware for 3x/6x Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Mining Rig

• Motherboard: ASRock H81 PRO BTC, GIGABYTE GA-H110-D3A, Biostar TB250-BTC PRO
• CPU: Intel Celeron G1840 for ASRock H81 PRO BTC, Intel Celeron G3900 for Gigabyte H110-D3A & Biostar TB250-BTC PRO
• RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 for ASRock H81 PRO BTC, Kingston Technology HyperX FURY 2400MHz DDR4 for Gigabyte H110-D3A & Biostar TB250-BTC PRO
• SSD: ADATA SU700 120GB
• PSU: 2x 1000w Corsair RM1000i, 80+ GOLD
• USB Risers: USB Riser VER 008 PCI-E 16x to 1x 60cm USB 3.0 Extension Cable
• Power Button: 2 Pin SW PC Power Cable on/off Push Button ATX Computer Switch Wire 45cm
• Energy Meter: TP-Link HS110 Smart Plug w/ Energy Monitoring
• Frame: https://1stminingrig.com/product/aluminum-mining-rig-open-air-frame/

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Ethash Algorithm

• Ethereum (ETH)
• Ethereum Classic (ETC)
• Ubiq (UBQ)
• Expanse (EXP)
• Soilcoin (SOIL)
• Musicoin (MUSIC)
• etc..

Equihash Algorithm

• ZCash (ZEC)
• Zclassic (ZCL)
• Komodo (KMD)
• Hush (HUSH)
• Zencash (ZEN)
• etc..

CryptoNight Algorithm

• Monero (XMR)
• ByteCoin (BCN)
• Sumokoin (SUMO)
• Karbowanec (KRB)
• DigitalNote (XDN)
• etc..

MSI GTX 1080 Ti Mining Hashrate Benchmark 1 MSI GTX 1080 Ti Mining Hashrate Benchmark 2 MSI GTX 1080 Ti Mining Hashrate Benchmark 3 MSI GTX 1080 Ti Mining Hashrate Benchmark 4

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC BLACK Mining Benchmarks

For these tests I will be using the best miners I could find for every coin. For Ethereum, I will also be using the OhGodAnETHlargementPill, which is a tool that considerably increases ETH mining hashrate for 1080/1080 Ti cards. This means that this card will have an unusually high Ethereum hashrate. Does that mean that the 1080 Ti is still a viable option for Ethereum? Let’s take a look:

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC Black Ethereum Hashrate Stock Clocks (Micron Memory)

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Mining Hashrate Default Clocks Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Mining Power Draw mining rig power draw Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC Black GPU-z

system power draw: 35w

Ethereum Mining

Ethash Ethereum Classic (ETC), Ubiq (UBQ), Expanse (EXP), Soilcoin (SOIL), Pirl (PIRL), Ellaism (ELLA), Metaverse (ETP), Callisto (CLO) etc..

Hashrate 36.5 MH/s (No Pill)

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 60
• Power Draw 150w

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Mining Hashrate Overclock Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Mining Power Draw

Hashrate 54 MH/s (With Pill)

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 70
• Power Draw 175w

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Mining Hashrate OhGodAnETHlargementPill Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Mining Hashrate OhGodAnETHlargementPill power Draw

Ethereum Dual Mining Blake2s and LBRY

Verge (XVG), BlakeStar (BLAS) / Maxcoin (MAX), Creativecoin (CREA), SmartCash (SMART) etc..

Ethereum 35.6 Mh/s – Verge (B2s) 475 Mh/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 60
• Power Draw 150w

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Blake2s Hashrate Overclock Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Blake2s Power Draw

Ethereum 37 Mh/s – LBRY 25 Mh/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 60
• Power Draw 150w

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining LBC Hashrate Overclock.jpg Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining LBC Power Draw

Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal and Pascal Lite

Ethereum 36.6 MH/s – Pascal 110 Mh/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 60
• Power Draw 150w
• -dcri 30

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal coin Hashrate Overclock Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal Coin Power Draw

Ethereum 33.4 MH/s – Pascal Lite 334 Mh/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 60
• Power Draw 150w
• -dcri 30

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal Lite Hashrate Overclock Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal Lite Power Draw

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ZCash (Equihash) Mining Performance
Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Equihash Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption

Equihash coins algorithm: Bitcoin Gold (BTG), Zencash (ZEN), Zclassic (ZCL), Hush (HUSH), Komodo (KMD), BitcoinPrivate (BTCP)

Hashrate 650 Sol/s

• Clocks +150/+500
• Power Limit 70
• Power Draw 175w

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Zcash Equihash Mining Hashrate Overclock Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Zcash Equihash Mining Power Draw

Monero (CryptoNight) Mining Performance
Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti CryptoNight Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption

CryptoNight coins algorithm: Monero (XMR), Electroneum (ETN), Karbo (KRB), DigitalNote (XDN), MoneroOriginal (XMO), Dinastycoin (DCY)

Hashrate 895 H/s

• Clocks +150/+750
• Power Limit 80
• Power Draw 140w

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Monero CryptoNight Mining Hashrate Overclock Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Monero CryptoNight Mining Power Draw

Ravencoin (X16r) Mining Performance

X16R coins algorithm: Ravencoin (RVN), Motion (XMN)

Hashrate 16 MH/s

• Clocks +150/+500
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 150w

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ravencoin X16R Mining Hashrate Overclock Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Ravencoin X16R Mining Power Draw

Nexus (SHA3) Mining Performance
Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti SHA3 Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption

Hashrate 212 Mh/s

• Clocks +150/-502
• Power Limit 60
• Power Draw 150w

MSI GTX 1080 Ti Nexus NXS SHA3 Mining Hashrate Overclock MSI GTX 1080 Ti Nexus NXS SHA3 Mining Power Draw

Luxcoin PHI2 Mining Performance
Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti PHI2 Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption

PHI1612 coins algorithm: Folm (FLM), Seraph (SERA)

Hashrate 28 Mh/s

• Clocks +150/-502
• Power Limit 60
• Power Draw 140w

NiceHash Mining Performance
Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti NiceHash Mining Profitability

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Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Mining Rig Build

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In Conclusion

Overall, I believe the Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti is not worse than its MSI counterpart. The price difference is caused by several reasons including marketing but not performance. As a miner, the Gigabyte GTX 1080Ti is still a solid option thanks to its great mining results and resale value. Plus, if you’ve got one of those sitting in your gaming rigs, you can easily use it to make some additional money in the spare time.

• Mining Performance
• Power Consumption
• Cooling
• Price

4.8

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