Topic: 2 different cards, 1 system -> 1 or 2 cgminer's? (Read 690 times)
with vardiff 2 instances with 2 workers is the best bet. even without vardiff it can be better if the cards are say a 7770 and a 280x since their hashrates are so far apart
Good call, perhaps for that specification it is best to use 2 instances of cgminer. However who is to say that they will not be doing the same work? I have not done such a thing but you have sparked my interest and I may attempt it. Perhaps I could mine multiple coins with one rig?
But if you have a vardiff pool?
Is it switching for the best card or is is switching for both cards the best settings?
Is it switching for the best card or is is switching for both cards the best settings?
If you plan on mining the same coin with both cards I would recommend to use 1 instance of cgminer configured with 1 worker. You can specify settings for each card in the config file, for example "thread-concurrency" : "8196,22400". If you are unsure which card is which, you can start cgminer with the flag -n to list all the cards.
2 different cards with different hashrate
1 system (linux ubuntu 12.04)
what is the best?
1 cgminer with both cards in the same config file
or 2 cgminer's with different workers and different config files?
1 system (linux ubuntu 12.04)
what is the best?
1 cgminer with both cards in the same config file
or 2 cgminer's with different workers and different config files?
1 cgminer with settings specific to each card - just separate each setting with a comma eg.
cgminer --scrypt --url http://p2pool.bbqcoin.darkgamex.ch:19324/static/ --user x --pass x --expiry 30 --gpu-threads 1 --worksize 256 --intensity 19,18 --thread-concurrency 18512,7168 --gpu-engine 880,850 --gpu-memclock 1500,1200
The only time I have had to run 2 instances of cgminer is when the cards use different --gpu-threads.
2 different cards with different hashrate
1 system (linux ubuntu 12.04)
what is the best?
1 cgminer with both cards in the same config file
or 2 cgminer's with different workers and different config files?
1 system (linux ubuntu 12.04)
what is the best?
1 cgminer with both cards in the same config file
or 2 cgminer's with different workers and different config files?
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