GPU into a mining GPU

[zachy_T]

How would i make my normal rtx 2060 into a mining card?

[badreg]

Desolder the display outputs.

[Moonzy]

Just mine with it?

Though I would suggest you should learn the do and don't of computer hardware before delving into mining

Like power draw, and temps monitoring etc etc

Have to take extra care of your computer if you're mining

[eeeee1]

same as almost any other gpu. flash a mining friendly bios if there is one, start mining with your software of choice and your currency of choice, start spending abhorrent amount of electricity, depending on your country, start losing all your money, take a mortgage out on your house, buy more gpus, go morally and financially bankrupt. Just kidding. only steps 1 and 2 are legit

[zachy_T]

Just now, eeeee1 said:

same as almost any other gpu. flash a mining friendly bios if there is one, start mining with your software of choice and your currency of choice, start spending abhorrent amount of electricity, depending on your country, start losing all your money, take a mortgage out on your house, buy more gpus, go morally and financially bankrupt. Just kidding. only steps 1 and 2 are legit

where would i find a mining friendly bios and do you mean for my gpu or motherboard

[eeeee1]

Just now, zachy_T said:

where would i find a mining friendly bios and do you mean for my gpu or motherboard

just gpu. and idk. i am not a miner. also i am pretty sure the bios is optional but can help

[Tristerin]

If you don't know what you are doing - do not flash the bios.  If you know what you are doing, then flash the bios, but note - it wont game well.  

 

Mine without it first (bios change), see if you care to understand how much it costs in electricity and your ROI.

[zachy_T]

Just now, Tristerin said:

If you don't know what you are doing - do not flash the bios.  If you know what you are doing, then flash the bios, but note - it wont game well.  

 

Mine without it first (bios change), see if you care to understand how much it costs in electricity and your ROI.

 

 

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, eeeee1 said:

flash a mining friendly bios if there is one

 

1 minute ago, zachy_T said:

where would i find a mining friendly bios and do you mean for my gpu or motherboard

afaik, there are no mining vBIOS for nvidia(they don't really need it), only AMD cards needs a modded vBios

 

and motherboard bios doesnt matter unless they're not detecting your cards that are using risers

 

I'm not too into mining, but I mine as a hobby/side project

 

also do study about power limit adjusting to improve on power draw, temps, and efficiency

[WkdPaul]

18 minutes ago, zachy_T said:

How would i make my normal rtx 2060 into a mining card?

Neither this;

16 minutes ago, badreg said:

Desolder the display outputs.

Or this ;

5 minutes ago, eeeee1 said:

[...] flash a mining friendly bios if there is one [...]

 

Just install MSI Afterburner, get the miner you want to use, and take a few hours to test frequencies.

 

GPU mining isn't currently profitable unless you have low electricity prices and you're partially using the PC to warm up the room it's in (that's what I did last winter here in Canada, with an average of $0.07/KWh (CAD, so around 5 cents USD per KWh) and I had no heating in the room). I lowered the frequencies and power limit and found a balance between less crypto vs less energy used (for my 1060, ended up cutting 40w+, but only getting a few fractions of crypto less per day).

 

 

Also, what do you want to mine ??