Cryptomining Question

[Predator50]

I have I7 4790k and gtx 1070, now i am thinking of buying a gtx 1060 for gaming and leaving my 1070 to mine. Is it possible to have 2 gpu on one system running independent from one another like the 1070 is mining while i play games since mining only uses gpu not cpu. Is this possible?

 

thanks

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yes, that will work just fine

 

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[Billy_Mays]

You might notice a slight performance drop when mining with the 1070 and you can also game and when your GTX 1070 isn't being used mine with it 

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3 minutes ago, Billy_Mays said:

You might notice a slight performance drop when mining with the 1070 and you can also game and when your GTX 1070 isn't being used mine with it 

Some games will be unplayable pretty much no matter what, others will be playable at reduced settings, pretty much just like if you had a worse GPU, and others you won't even notice the impact of mining actually, so it's worth a try.

[Predator50]

3 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Some games will be unplayable pretty much no matter what, others will be playable at reduced settings, pretty much just like if you had a worse GPU, and others you won't even notice the impact of mining actually, so it's worth a try.

Thanks, Is there a guide here in the forum where it show step by step process on how to do it. ( mining on my 1070 while gaming on my 1060 at the same time).

 

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2 minutes ago, Predator50 said:

Thanks, Is there a guide here in the forum where it show step by step process on how to do it. ( mining on my 1070 while gaming on my 1060 at the same time).

 

I do have a guide on mining Ethereum but it doesn't have any specifics about controlling which GPU you use... if you want to dig into the help files for the program I use though, it could be done  

[Predator50]

Thanks will do more research about this.

[Froody129]

Maybe buy another 1070 instead so you can have SLI When you aren't mining?

[pat_13b]

Why not just pause your mining when you want to play games? It's not that hard...

[Billy_Mays]

7 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Some games will be unplayable pretty much no matter what, others will be playable at reduced settings, pretty much just like if you had a worse GPU, and others you won't even notice the impact of mining actually, so it's worth a try.

Ok I didn't know that, pretty sure everyone is here to help each other

[Teddy07]

5 hours ago, pat_13b said:

Why not just pause your mining when you want to play games? It's not that hard...

Come on man he would lose 10 cents then

[Predator50]

22 hours ago, Froody129 said:

Maybe buy another 1070 instead so you can have SLI When you aren't mining?

1070 right now is too expensive for its prices i was able to buy my 1070 few months after the release it was just around 360+ dollars and now its upwards of 400 dollars

 

22 hours ago, pat_13b said:

Why not just pause your mining when you want to play games? It's not that hard...

good suggestion, i would like to keep it on so that i don't have to think about it and besides it mining me money will i play.

 

16 hours ago, Teddy07 said:

Come on man he would lose 10 cents then

love your answer man. hehe thanks