Geforce gtx 1060 3gb no longer works for mining ethereum in windows 10

We return to talk about the GeForce GTX 1060 in its 3 GB variant, a card that has been widely criticized for its low amount of VRAM, until now its behavior has been exceptional, but it seems that the passage of time begins to diminish its capabilities, at least as far as Ethereum mining is concerned.

3GB GeForce GTX 1060 runs out of memory to mine Ethereum on Windows 10

Wccftech has been able to confirm that the 3GB GTX 1060 is no longer used to mine Ethereum, it has been the last update of Windows 10 that has ended the possibility of using the card for this specific purpose. With the latest Windows 10 update, the memory consumption of the DAG file has been raised to 2.33 GB, making 3GB no longer enough to mine Ethereum. This file is the one used for the mining process, so it is essential that it is present in the memory of the card.

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This opens the door for the second-hand market to fill up with 3GB GeForce GTX 1060 models, of course, as long as miners do not decide on other currencies in which it is possible to continue using the card in question. At the same time, the demand for AMD Radeon cards is going to increase, for example, the RX 570 that has 4GB of VRAM will become much more attractive to miners.

On the other hand, this problem only affects Windows 10 with the latest updates, one way to solve it is to use another operating system or simply delete the updates and make Windows 10 not update.

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