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GPU mining profitability is making a comeback! With Pearl and Quantus gaining momentum, some of my GPU rigs are generating hundreds of dollars a day in mining revenue. But with GPU prices rising and potential algorithm changes on the horizon, is it actually a good time to get into GPU mining?

In this video, we're looking at the current state of GPU mining, why hashrates haven't increased as dramatically as expected, and whether the recent profitability surge can last.

I'll also discuss the risks of buying new GPUs, the potential for Pearl to change its algorithm for FP8 and Blackwell compatibility, and why decentralizing hashrate across mining pools matters.

Topics covered:
- Current GPU mining profitability
- Pearl and Quantus price and hashrate trends
- Should you buy GPUs for mining right now?
- GPU rig costs, memory prices, and infrastructure
- The potential impact of Pearl algorithm changes
- RTX 30-series, 40-series, and newer GPU considerations
- Why I'm cautious about expanding my GPU mining operation
- Mining pool decentralization and USDC payouts
- My experience mining Pearl and Quantus on Pulley.ca

GPU mining can be profitable during market upswings, but these conditions may not last. Hardware costs, electricity rates, coin prices, network difficulty, and algorithm changes all affect your returns. Do your own research and never invest more than you can afford to lose.

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Not financial advice. Mining involves risk, and past profitability does not guarantee future returns.

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0:00 GPU Mining Is Making a Comeback
1:49 Crypto Miner Bros Sponsor
2:54 Should You Buy GPUs for Mining?
5:31 Is GPU Mining Worth Expanding?
6:48 My GPU, ASIC & AI Mining Strategy
7:32 Could Pearl Change Its Mining Algorithm?
8:19 Why Are GPU Prices So High?
9:08 Can GPU Mining Profits Last?
10:21 How Many People Are Mining Pearl?
10:56 Decentralizing Pearl & Quantus Hashrate
11:54 Is This the Return of GPU Mining?
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GPU mining is BACK?!

After a long stretch of terrible GPU mining profitability, things have suddenly changed. Pearl and Quantis have been extremely profitable over the past few weeks, with even older GPUs becoming profitable again.

At the time of recording, a 4090 is making almost $10/day and even 3070s are around $2/day. My own GPU setup is currently generating around $328/day, or roughly $10,000/month — although these numbers can change very quickly with coin prices and network hashrate.

In this video, I go through what happened with Pearl mining, the massive increase in GPU hashrate, Quantis profitability, my own GPU mining rigs, and whether I think GPU mining is actually BACK for good.

The big question is: how long can this last?

I personally would NOT recommend that most people rush out and buy GPUs just because profitability is currently high. GPU hardware, RAM, storage, motherboards and other components are expensive, and profitability can change extremely quickly.

If you already have GPUs sitting around, however, this could be a very interesting time to turn them back on.

Thanks for watching!

Chapters
00:00 GPU Mining Is Back?!
01:05 Corx Hosting
02:24 Why Is GPU Mining Profitable Again?
02:57 Pearl's Massive Price Increase
03:10 GPU Hashrate Explodes
04:10 Pearl Mining Profitability
05:00 Is This Like the Ethereum Mining Days?
05:45 Quantis Mining Takes Off
06:32 Pearl vs Quantis
07:00 Why Did So Many GPU Miners Quit?
08:00 The Current GPU Mining Opportunity
09:28 My GPU Mining Setup
09:41 $328/Day GPU Mining?!
10:18 My 170HX ROI
11:07 How Long Will This Last?
11:52 GPU Mining Is Back
12:10 Final Thoughts

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Crypto mining is profitable again… and honestly, I didn't expect this comeback to happen this quickly.

Bitcoin has pushed back toward $85,000, ASIC mining profitability has improved, and GPU mining has suddenly come alive again thanks to coins like Pearl and Quantus.

In this video, I'm taking a big-picture look at what has happened across crypto mining over the past month, including Bitcoin mining, ASIC profitability, XBT Blake2b mining, GPU mining, Pearl, Quantus, and the new CMP 170HX unlocker developments.

A lot of miners left the industry during the brutal downtrend. Hardware was being sold off, mining farms were shutting down or transitioning infrastructure toward AI, and many miners were no longer profitable.

Now things have completely changed.

I've held onto a large amount of my mining hardware through the downturn, and we're finally seeing a major improvement in profitability.

I'll go through what I'm seeing with my ASIC miners, GPU miners, XBT Blake2b mining, and some of the newer opportunities developing in the space.

I'll also talk about the risks. Just because mining is profitable today doesn't mean it will stay profitable forever. More profitability can bring more miners online, which increases network difficulty and can eventually reduce profitability again.

If you're mining right now, let me know what you're mining and what your electrical rate is down in the comments.

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⚠️ Mining cryptocurrency involves significant risk. Profitability can change rapidly due to coin prices, network difficulty, electricity costs, hardware prices, and other factors. Do your own research and mine within your means. This video is not financial advice.

Chapters
00:00 Crypto Mining Is Back
03:10 Bitcoin Sets the Stage
05:36 S21 XP Profitability
07:07 Is ASIC Mining Worth It Again?
09:27 XBT Blake2b Mining Explosion
12:48 My Current Mining Setup
13:40 GPU Mining Is Back
15:31 Pearl & Quantus Take Over
16:42 Crypto Mining Has Changed
17:34 CMP 170HX Unlocker Update
18:15 Will GPU Mining Last?
19:29 Everything Is Profitable Again
20:17 The People Who Held Their Hardware
21:39 The Mining Comeback

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The CMP 170HX just got another MASSIVE update!

CMP Unlocker v0.5 ...is here, and this new version adds ECC DRAM/SRAM support plus 4 additional SMs (compute units). I put it to the test on both 8GB and 10GB CMP 170HX GPUs to see what actually changed.

The biggest surprise came from mining performance.

With the new v0.5 unlocker and the latest JetSki Miner kernel, the CMP 170HX can utilize up to 80 SMs, compared to the 74 SMs I was seeing with SRB Miner. That helped push the card past 170 TH/s in my testing.

I also tested PCIe bandwidth, the 10GB CMP 170HX, the capacitor-modified 8GB card, ECC/memory stability, PyTorch, and the possibility of getting Gen 3 PCIe on the 10GB cards.

Here's what I found:

• CMP 170HX Unlocker v0.5
• 80 SMs with JetSki Miner
• 170+ TH/s Pearl mining performance
• 10GB CMP 170HX testing
• 40GB vs 80GB VRAM testing
• PCIe Gen 2 x4 vs Gen 2 x16
• Capacitor-modified CMP 170HX
• PCIe bandwidth testing
• ECC testing
• PyTorch / AI performance testing
• Gen 3 PCIe fuse-burn testing
• NVIDIA 615.71.09 driver
• CUDA 13.4
• JetSki Miner testing

The 10GB card is still limited to Gen 2 x4 in my testing, while the capacitor-modded 8GB CMP 170HX is getting Gen 2 x16.

I also tried pushing the 10GB card toward Gen 3 PCIe, but the fuse-burn attempt did not work in this configuration. I'll be testing this further in another video.

For mining, the biggest improvement so far is the additional compute units. SRB Miner was showing 74 SMs, while JetSki Miner was able to utilize 80 SMs with the v0.5 unlocker.

There is still a LOT more to test with these cards, especially for AI workloads, LLM performance, token generation, memory bandwidth and ECC.

I have over 100 CMP 170HX GPUs, so expect plenty more testing as these new unlocks continue to develop.

Not financial advice. Mine and invest within your means.

Let me know what benchmarks you want me to run next!

Chapters
0:00 CMP 170HX Unlocker v0.5 Is Here
1:55 Testing the New v0.5 Unlocker
2:02 10GB CMP 170HX & 40GB VRAM
2:36 Gen 2 x4 vs Gen 2 x16
2:50 How to Install CMP Unlocker v0.5
4:08 Did v0.5 Improve PCIe Bandwidth?
4:59 Can We Unlock Gen 3 PCIe?
5:20 PCIe Bandwidth Results
5:42 The BIG Performance Difference
6:08 10GB vs 8GB Mining Performance
6:49 JetSki Miner Gets the New Kernel
7:45 80 SMs on the CMP 170HX?!
8:26 Overclocking the 170HX
8:57 170+ TH/s Mining Performance
9:25 How Much Faster Is It?
10:03 CMP 170HX Prices Are Exploding
10:45 10GB PCIe Gen 2 x16 Mod
11:17 ECC & AI Performance Testing
12:07 The Biggest Improvement So Far
12:32 What Does This Mean for AI?
13:10 Are CMP 170HX Prices Going Higher?

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I finally got all 8 of my capacitor-modded CMP 170HX GPUs back, and today we're putting all eight of them into one server to see if the PCIe Gen 2 x16 modification really works!

These CMP 170HX 8GB cards have been modified with the capacitor mod to unlock PCIe Gen 2 x16 instead of the normal Gen 2 x4 configuration. That means we're potentially getting roughly 4X the PCIe bandwidth.

In this video, I build out the server with:

• 8x capacitor-modded CMP 170HX GPUs
• PCIe Gen 2 x16 on all 8 GPUs
• Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6152 CPUs
• 384GB DDR4 ECC memory
• 4TB NVMe SSD
• CMP 170HX 64GB unlocker
• Ubuntu
• NVIDIA drivers
• NVBandwidth testing
• Memory testing
• GPU burn testing

The results are pretty interesting.

The CMP 170HX cards were able to reach around 6.8 GB/s host-to-GPU bandwidth, compared with roughly 1.4 GB/s on the stock Gen 2 x4 configuration.

I also tested all eight GPUs individually with memory tests and GPU burn. All eight cards passed, with each GPU reaching around 252.9 TFLOPS during the burn test.

Now the big question is whether the additional PCIe bandwidth actually makes a significant difference in real-world AI workloads and LLM inference.

I also want to eventually test this entire 8x CMP 170HX server on Vast.ai and see how well these 64GB GPUs perform when rented for AI workloads.

And there's potentially even more coming. A newer fuse-burn method may be capable of unlocking Gen 3 x16, so if that becomes sufficiently tested and safe, I'll experiment with it in the future.

Comment below: Do you think the CMP 170HX PCIe x16 modification is worth doing?

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Chapters
00:00 8x CMP 170HX GPUs Are Back
00:53 What Is the CMP 170HX Capacitor Mod?
01:14 Building the 8-GPU Server
02:04 384GB DDR4 + Dual Xeon Gold CPUs
04:16 All 8 CMP 170HX GPUs Installed
05:07 Setting Up Ubuntu & the 64GB Unlocker
05:23 How Much PCIe Bandwidth Can We Get?
06:01 All 8 GPUs Running PCIe Gen 2 x16
06:25 Stock Gen 2 x4 vs Gen 2 x16 Bandwidth
07:14 Host-to-GPU Bandwidth Results
07:54 What Happens With Bidirectional Transfers?
08:51 Does PCIe Bandwidth Matter for AI?
09:20 6.83 GB/s vs 1.43 GB/s
09:57 Memory Tests & GPU Burn
10:24 Could This CMP 170HX Server Make Money?
10:32 8x CMP 170HX on Vast.ai
11:12 Does It Need 768GB of System RAM?
11:50 Can CMP 170HX Reach PCIe Gen 3 x16?
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I finally tested the CMP 170HX ...PCIe Gen 2 x16 capacitor mod!

In this video, I'm comparing three 8GB CMP 170HX GPUs: a standard Gen 2 x4 card, another Gen 2 x4 card with memory errors, and a capacitor-modded CMP 170HX that unlocks PCIe Gen 2 x16.

The bandwidth difference is HUGE.

Using NVIDIA's nvbandwidth, the standard Gen 2 x4 cards reached around 1.7 GB/s from the host to the GPU, while the Gen 2 x16 capacitor-modded CMP 170HX reached around 6.7 GB/s — roughly 4× the transfer bandwidth.

I also test GPU-to-host bandwidth, GPU-to-GPU transfers, PyTorch performance, Llama/Qwen inference and token generation, GPU memory errors, and GPU Burn.

Interestingly, the PCIe x16 modification doesn't appear to significantly change token generation when the model is already loaded into VRAM. The major advantage is the increased PCIe transfer bandwidth, which could be useful when loading large models or moving data between the CPU and GPU.

I'm also testing the latest CMP 170HX unlocker, including the newer NVIDIA open driver setup.

I have another batch of eight capacitor-modded Gen 2 x16 CMP 170HX GPUs, so there will be more testing coming soon!

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Chapters
00:00 I Unlocked 64GB on the CMP 170HX
02:43 The New CMP 170HX Unlocker v4
04:20 Setting Up the CMP 170HX on Ubuntu
04:46 CMP 170HX Memory Error Test
05:33 PCIe Gen 2 x4 vs x16
06:03 How Much Faster Is the CMP 170HX With PCIe x16?
06:53 Host-to-GPU vs GPU-to-Host Bandwidth
07:28 Does PCIe x16 Improve GPU-to-GPU Performance?
09:26 CMP 170HX 64GB AI & LLM Inference Test
10:33 Can You Mine With a Memory-Erroring CMP 170HX?
11:30 Eight More 64GB CMP 170HX GPUs
12:15 Is the CMP 170HX Unlock Worth It?
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I had 40 NVIDIA CMP 210 GPUs sitting around for nearly 2 years… and I finally decided to put them back to work!

The plan was to move the CMP 210s into my older Octominer X8 Ultra server cases and start mining Quantus. But, as usual with GPU mining, things didn't exactly go smoothly.

I ran into missing GPUs, loose power cables, PCIe issues, and even forgot to plug one of the GPUs in. 😂

Eventually I got three rigs fully running, with each CMP 210 getting around 250 MH/s while using roughly 112–120 watts per GPU. The first rig was showing around 2 GH/s total, and according to the calculator I was looking at, the numbers were around $10/day of profit at the time.

I still had two rigs left to build, but ran into another problem: some of my CMP 210s were missing their IO shields after I repurposed them for my V100 AI server.

I'm also comparing the older Octominer X8 Ultra cases against the X12 cases and explaining why I'm glad I kept the X8 Ultras.

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00:00 — 40 CMP 210s After 2 Years
00:54 — Can These GPUs Still Mine Quantus?
02:21 — Octominer X8 Ultra Setup
03:08 — Power Limitations
04:56 — Do I Have Enough GPU Power Cables?
06:13 — CMP 210 Mining Profitability
06:50 — Will These Fanless GPUs Overheat?
07:40 — HiveOS Setup
08:35 — First Rig
09:48 — Why Is One GPU Missing?
10:44 — The Power Cable Mistake
11:46 — Quantus Mining Success
12:43 — Can One Rig Really Make $10/Day?
13:21 — Second Rig Troubleshooting
15:44 — Was It Just a Loose Cable?
16:11 — CMP 210 Efficiency
16:38 — How Much Power Are Two Rigs Using?
17:17 — Third Rig
17:42 — Three Rigs Mining Quantus
18:05 — Should You Buy GPUs for Mining?
18:14 — Two Rigs Left
19:01 — Missing IO Shields
20:04 — X8 Ultra vs X12
20:47 — How Long Will Quantus Stay Profitable?
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