The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB, hailing from a previous generation, lacks the modern features present in the newer RTX series that debuted in 2018. Nonetheless, it continues to hold favor among the gaming community. Its capacity for cryptocurrency mining is constrained by its VRAM size, restricting it to mining only those digital currencies needing 4GB of VRAM or less, which can then be traded for a preferred cryptocurrency. Presently, obtaining a GTX 970 4GB poses challenges owing to its production having ceased and a global shortage of semiconductors.
For more information about the specifications, overclock settings and hashrates of the GTX 970 4GB, keep reading
Specifications:
| NVIDIA CUDA® Cores: | 1664 |
| Single Precision performance: | 3.92 TFLOPS |
| Base Clock: | 1050 MHz |
| Boost Clock: | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Speed: | 7 Gbps |
| Standard Memory Config: | 4 GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Interface Width: | 256-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth: | 224.4 GB/sec |
| Maximum Digital Resolution: | 5120×3200 @60Hz |
| Graphics Card Dimensions: | Height : 1.6″ – Length : 10.5″ – Width : 4.4” – Slot Width : Dual-slot |
| Graphics Card Power: | 145 W |
| Maximum GPU temperature: | 98 °C |
| Recommended System Power: | 500 W |
| System Interface: | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| Power Connectors: | 2x 6-pin |
| Display Connectors: | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB mining hashrate for each algorithm : [ Power Consumption 145 Watts/hr ]
| DaggerHashimoto [ EtHash : (ETH) & (ETC) ] Ethereum Mining Hashrate: | 19.5 MH/s consuming 100 W, 21.6 MH/s consuming 167 W, 22 MH/s consuming 185 W |
| Equihash Mining Hashrate: | 291.61 Sol/s |
| KawPow Mining Hashrate: | 2 MH/s |
| ZHash Mining Hashrate: | 28 Sol/s |
| NeoScrypt Mining Hashrate: | 0.68 MH/s |
| BeamV3 Mining Hashrate: | 5.5 Sol/s |
| Lyra2REv2 Mining Hashrate: | 23.55 MH/s |
| Decred Mining Hashrate: | 1.51 GH/s |
| Lbry Mining Hashrate: | 0.16 GH/s |
| Octopus Mining Hashrate: | 1.6 MH/s |
To get more out of your card, you can overclock it. You can try these settings below and adjust as required.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Overclock Settings
| Core Voltage: | +12.5 mV |
| Core clock: | +290 MHz |
| Memory clock: | +495 MHz |
| Power & temp target: | 120% |
The cards are not as recommended for mining as in the past due to the increasing Ethereum DAG size, albeit you can still try to mine other newer cryptos or coins with algorithms that do not require 4GB of VRAM. If you do have a GTX 970 in your possession, you can also opt to sell the card and get an easy 50+% profit margin. Here’s a video discussing this in more detail.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Mining Hashrate :
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