# Is 2gb vram still enough for mining?

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/is-2gb-vram-still-enough-for-mining/17219>\
**Category:** Mining\
**Created:** [June 15, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/is-2gb-vram-still-enough-for-mining/17219 "2017-06-15T13:31:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![OsterForever](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/osterforever/32/4969_2.png) [@OsterForever](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/OsterForever)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/is-2gb-vram-still-enough-for-mining/17219/1 "2017-06-15T13:31:22Z")

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Hello, I’m mining zcash on my R9 280x (I know it has high power consumption, but i don’t have to pay for electricity) with 3gb vram and I’m thinking about buying RX 560/460, but i don’t know whether i should buy 2gb or 4gb version. I know that 4 is always better, but I don’t want to overpay cause i will use it to mine only for couple months. Sooo, is 2gb still enough to mine zcash?  
I’m using Claymore GPU Miner 12.5 witm -asm

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**Author:** ![user\_name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bbce88/32.png) [@user\_name](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/user_name)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/is-2gb-vram-still-enough-for-mining/17219/2 "2017-06-15T16:13:33Z")

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My R7 370 with 2gb can only mine Zen now:( Back in January it mined Zec but diff changed lot since then…So 2Gb, hard…  
Now im not sure what u will get from 460/560… 470 single fan would be my pick but cant find them…Maybe try new Nvidia mining card?  
Claymore 12.5 on my rig got lower hash rate than 12.4…

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**Author:** ![OsterForever](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/osterforever/32/4969_2.png) [@OsterForever](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/OsterForever)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/is-2gb-vram-still-enough-for-mining/17219/3 "2017-06-15T16:39:36Z")

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Well, I’m more amd guy than nv, but every option will be considered.  
If 2gb is not enough then i’ll just buy 4gb.  
I don’t want to buy 470/570 cause it’s hard to get right now, and i want to buy it asap, so 560 will be (I discovered now that 460 needs 6pin power and i don’t have any cables left)  
Basically I want it so one card will still mine when i’m doing other things like playing or something else. Right now if i’m mining 24/7 i have to use my laptop which is literally shit 😛

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**Author:** ![user\_name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bbce88/32.png) [@user\_name](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/user_name)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/is-2gb-vram-still-enough-for-mining/17219/4 "2017-06-15T17:07:47Z")

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6pin is better less electricity:) My cables are 6+2 pin… Anyhow would like to see ur speeds with 460/560 😉

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**Author:** ![OsterForever](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/osterforever/32/4969_2.png) [@OsterForever](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/OsterForever)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/is-2gb-vram-still-enough-for-mining/17219/5 "2017-06-15T19:56:25Z")

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Okay, if I won’t forget I’ll post’em once i’ll get it 😛