New video cards from ASUS and Sapphire companies were launched, which are specially designed for mining. This is written by Game2Day.
So, ASUS introduced the ASUS MINING-P106-6G based on the GTX 1060 and ASUS MINING-RX470-4G based on the Radeon RX 470. There are no display ports on the first card, the only one is DVI.
The ASUS MINING-RX470-4GB video card can work continuously and is protected from dust. In addition, according to the developers, it is able to increase the productivity of mining by 36%.
The line of cards from Sapphire called Mining Edition consists of five models. They are based on Sapphire Radeon RX 470 and Sapphire Radeon RX 560, the amount of memory - from 4 to 8 GB. The cheapest video card in the line costs 190$, and the most expensive - about 350$.
It is worth mentioning that Sapphire was the first company to issue video cards specifically for mining. Its motherboards lack the display ports unnecessary for these purposes (only the RX 560 has a DVI output). Device warranty - 1 year.