Due to global chip shortages, most cards are out of stock while the available ones are priced well above MSRP. If you are tight on a budget and looking for a card (or multiple) that might be available, you can take a look at the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 TI. These cards are on the weaker side, but with multiple cards together in a mining rig, you still might push some power out, especially on alt coins other than Ethereum.
For more information about the specifications, hashrates and a few videos about these cards, keep reading
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Specifications :
| NVIDIA CUDA® Cores : | 640 |
| Base Clock : | 1354 MHz |
| Boost Clock : | 1455 MHz |
| Memory Speed : | 7 Gbps |
| Standard Memory Config : | 2 GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Interface Width : | 128-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth : | 112 GB/sec |
| Maximum Digital Resolution : | 7680×4320 @60Hz |
| Graphics Card Dimensions : | Height : 4.38″ – Length : 5.7″ – Width : 2-Slot |
| Maximum GPU Temperature : | 97°C |
| Graphics Card Power : | 75 W |
| Recommended System Power : | 300 W |
| System Interface : | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| Single Precision performance : | 1862 GFLOPS |
| Display Connectors : | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB mining hashrate for each algorithm :
[ Power Consumption 65 Watts/hr ]
| DaggerHashimoto [ EtHash : (ETH) & (ETC) ] Ethereum Mining Hashrate : | 12.5 MH/s consuming 75 W |
| Equihash Mining Hashrate : | 525.72 MH/s |
| KawPow Mining Hashrate : | 4.90 MH/s |
| ZHash Mining Hashrate : | 18.72 Sol/s |
| NeoScrypt Mining Hashrate : | 0.37 MH/s |
| Decred (DCR) Mining Hashrate : | 0.85 GH/s |
| Blake2s Mining Hashrate : | 1.22 GH/s |
| Lyra2Z Mining Hashrate : | 0.49 MH/s |
| Lyra2Rev2 Mining Hashrate : | 12.55 MH/s |
| CryptoNightR Mining Hashrate : | 0.17 kH/s |
| X16R Mining Hashrate : | 6 MH/s |
| X16Rv2 Mining Hashrate : | 5.65 MH/s |
| Eaglesong Mining Hashrate : | 0.21 GH/s |
| Handshake Mining Hashrate : | 0.063 GH/s |
| BeamV3 Mining Hashrate : | 3 Sol/s |
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB is not recommended for mining due to its small VRAM of only 2GB. Because of the increasing Ethereum DAG size which has surpassed 4GB, cards like the GTX 1050 2GB with 4GB of VRAM or less are unable to mine Ethereum.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mining Hashrate Review:
The GTX 1050 TI 4GB has a higher VRAM compared to the GTX 1050 2GB, but it is still not enough to mine Ethereum. On the bright side, the card can be used to mine other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum Classic and Ravencoin, which can then be converted to your coin of choice.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI 4GB Specifications :Â
| NVIDIA CUDA® Cores : | 768 |
| Base Clock : | 1290 MHz |
| Boost Clock : | 1392 MHz |
| Memory Speed : | 7 Gbps |
| Standard Memory Config : | 4 GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Interface Width : | 128-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth : | 112 GB/sec |
| Maximum Digital Resolution : | 7680×4320 @60Hz |
| Graphics Card Dimensions : | Height : 4.38″ – Length : 5.7″ – Width : 2-Slot |
| Maximum GPU Temperature : | 97°C |
| Graphics Card Power : | 75 W |
| Recommended System Power : | 300 W |
| System Interface : | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| Single Precision performance : | 2138 GFLOPS |
| Display Connectors : | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI 4GB mining hashrate for each algorithm : [ Power Consumption 70 Watts/hr ]
| DaggerHashimoto [ EtHash : (ETH) & (ETC) ] Ethereum Mining Hashrate : | 15 MH/s consuming 70 W |
| Equihash Mining Hashrate : | 12 MH/s |
| Keccak Mining Hashrate : | 279 MH/s |
| KawPow Mining Hashrate : | 5.21 MH/s |
| Autolykos Mining Hashrate : | 23 MH/s |
| ZHash Mining Hashrate : | 21.16 Sol/s |
| NeoScrypt Mining Hashrate : | 0.41 MH/s |
| Blake2s Mining Hashrate : | 1.45 GH/s |
| CryptoNightR Mining Hashrate : | 0.17 kH/s |
| X16R Mining Hashrate : | 6.98 MH/s |
| X16Rv2 Mining Hashrate : | 6.52 MH/s |
| Eaglesong Mining Hashrate : | 0.24 GH/s |
| Handshake Mining Hashrate : | 0.073 GH/s |
| BeamV3 Mining Hashrate : | 5 Sol/s |
| RandomXmonero Mining Hashrate : | 0.1 kH/s |
To squeeze a little bit more juice out of these cards, you may overclock them by trying out the settings below
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI 4GB Overclock Settings
| Core Voltage : | N/A |
| Core clock : | +150 MHz |
| Memory clock : | +900 MHz |
| Power Limit: | 90% or 66 W |
| Fan Speed : | 70% ± based on your temps. |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI 4GB Ravencoin Mining Hashrate Review:
Different versions of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB & 1050 Ti 4GB from top manufacturers :
MSI Gaming X GeForce GTX 1050 TI 4GB
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 TI 4GB
