The new AMD RX 6600 XT is already scarce , but it might get even harder to find if its cryptomining hashrate is too high.
The AMD RX 6600 XT isn’t even a week old and it’s already sold out at major retailers just like every other graphics card. But if new reports about its cryptomining hashrate are true, this card might be even harder to find in the weeks and months ahead. According to Reddit user Trollatopoulous (flagged by Wccftech), AMD’s latest midrange graphics card has the best cryptomining performance of any graphics card to date. While a mining hashrate of just 32MH/s might not sound like a lot next to the RTX 3090 ‘s 125MH/s, cryptomining performance isn’t just about raw power. All those mining rigs need electricity to run and the more powerful the GPU, the more energy it’s going to need to mine bitcoin, ethereum, or any other cryptocurrency. Unless you’re stealing electricity, you’re going to need to pay for that power consumption, and electricity costs are a crucial variable in assessing cryptomining profitability.
