Both AMD and NVIDIA are preparing specific versions of graphics cards that would target such tasks. Manufacturers like ASUS are preparing cards such as Mining RX 470 with AMD GPU or Mining P106 with NVIDIA GPU (similar to a 1060) slightly modified so that miners can take advantage of their benefits directly to extract bitcoin, Ether and others Virtual criptomonedas.
Get ready for graphics cards without video outputs
Both graphics cards will have special fans that help to operate smoother and more resistant to dust, something that theoretically will not have problems with that operation 24/7 for months (or years) to which these graphics are exposed in equipment dedicated to Bitcoin or Ether mining.
According to official data published by ASUS, variants such as Mining P106 would have a performance 36% higher than the non-optimized version of this card when extracting these criptomonedas with the different algorithms that allow mining.
One of the interesting differences with the conventional graphics is that these models do not have video outputs, since they will be only focused on offering their calculation power to the criptomoneda mining.
Neither NVIDIA nor AMD have confirmed the existence of these models, nor is it known if there will be more manufacturers besides ASUS dedicated to this segment, but it is logical to think that if the demand for graphics is so high not for gamers but for this type Of processes, many others will point to this trend.
