Topic: 5870 SDK/Drivers combination under W7 x64 (Read 1495 times)
LOL this is where the "ART" of mining comes into play. Some hardware likes 2.1 ( I use it on my hardware), and I have heard good things about sdk 2.5 but my thing is , if it aint broke, DONT F@#$ WITH IT! hhehehehe, anyway you need to try the sdk 2.5 and see if it can recognize the gpu's
I actually tried to install SDK 2.1 and 11.12 but cgminer 2.7.5 didn't like and said that he couldn't find any usable gpu even though 2 lines before it lists the opencl driver. So I'm back at 12.8 and 2.7.
Try 2.5. I always liked 2.5 > 2.1 
I actually tried to install SDK 2.1 and 11.12 but cgminer 2.7.5 didn't like and said that he couldn't find any usable gpu even though 2 lines before it lists the opencl driver. So I'm back at 12.8 and 2.7.
I'm using latest drivers and SDK, bgfminer with diablo kernel.
820 MHz Core, 180 MHz RAM, 360MH/s per core
Windows Server 2008 R2
This is on a 5970, should be the same on 5870.
820 MHz Core, 180 MHz RAM, 360MH/s per core
Windows Server 2008 R2
This is on a 5970, should be the same on 5870.
You don't want to use the latest SDK with 5xxx cards.
I'm using latest drivers and SDK, bgfminer with diablo kernel.
820 MHz Core, 180 MHz RAM, 360MH/s per core
Windows Server 2008 R2
This is on a 5970, should be the same on 5870.
820 MHz Core, 180 MHz RAM, 360MH/s per core
Windows Server 2008 R2
This is on a 5970, should be the same on 5870.
Not much has changed for 5xxx cards in 2012. I always ran my 5870 with the newest drivers, but with 2.5 SDK. Some say 2.1 is faster, but I've always preferred 2.5 with -v 2 -w 256 -k phatk --gpu-mem 300.
It's still best to run 11.12 driver and 2.1 SDK
Now if you're using the newest version cgminer, I think you can get away with up to SDK 2.5 and still get a decent hash rate.
I have 5970's at 900/300 running cgminer 2.74 with 11.12 and 2.1 getting around 400 mh/s maybe 410 on some depending on their temps.
Oh and this is on windows 7 pro 64bit
Now if you're using the newest version cgminer, I think you can get away with up to SDK 2.5 and still get a decent hash rate.
I have 5970's at 900/300 running cgminer 2.74 with 11.12 and 2.1 getting around 400 mh/s maybe 410 on some depending on their temps.
Oh and this is on windows 7 pro 64bit
Hi,
I did these tests so far with a 5870:
What is the best combination as of today?
I did these tests so far with a 5870:
| Drivers | SDK | Freqs | MH/s |
| 12.8 | 2.7 | 865/300 | 354 |
What is the best combination as of today?
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