BEST settings for mining
Maxcoin (MAX) with mining rig with
3x Sapphire R9 290X 4GB DDR5 (5000MHz)
by pckomp (author)Windows maxcoin mining:1) Software- Windows 7 64bit
- cgminer 3.7.3 - modified for mining keccak -
http://maxdl.1gh.com/cgminer-windows.zip- AMD Catalyst 14.2 -
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows%207%20-%2064 - Do not install any supporting AMD software for 3D, audio etc. from the Catalyst, only graphic driver and SDK.
- Maxcoin wallet for windows -
http://maxcoin.co.uk/ (Copy your maxcoin address from the wallet to cgminer.conf *)
- Maxcoin wallet for WINDOWS 8+
https://github.com/Max-Coin/maxcoin/releases/tag/v0.9.0.02) Create starting BAT file for cgminer- delete all .BAT files from the ZIP
- create file
START.bat in the folder with cgminer.exe
- paste inside this
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer.exe --keccak --config cgminer.conf %1
- create file
cgminer.conf in the folder with cgminer.exe
- paste inside cgminer.conf these my best settings for 3x AMD R9 290X
- your mined maxcoins will be send to your maxcoin address *)
{
"pools" : [
{
"url" : "stratum+tcp://maxpool.1gh.com:17333",
"user" : "HERE-PLACE-YOUR-OWN-MAXCOIN-ADDRESS",
"pass" : "x"
},
{
"url" : "stratum+tcp://maxpool2.1gh.com:17333",
"user" : "HERE-PLACE-YOUR-OWN-MAXCOIN-ADDRESS",
"pass" : "x"
}
],
"intensity" : "13,13,13",
"lookup-gap" : "0,0,0",
"thread-concurrency" : "32765,32765,32765",
"shaders" : "0,0,0",
"gpu-engine" : "1025,1025,1025",
"gpu-fan" : "54-80,54-80,54-80",
"gpu-memclock" : "1500,1500,1500",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0,0,0",
"gpu-powertune" : "20,20,20",
"gpu-vddc" : "1.049,1.049,1.049",
"temp-cutoff" : "92,92,92",
"temp-overheat" : "85,85,85",
"temp-target" : "80,80,80",
"auto-fan" : true,
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "120",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-platform" : "0",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"hotplug" : "5",
"log" : "5",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"scan-time" : "60",
"keccak" : true,
"failover-only" : true,
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"shares" : "0",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
}- Your mining statistics will be here
http://max.1gh.com/user?wallet=HERE-PLACE-YOUR-OWN-MAXCOIN-ADDRESS- Start mining by run START.bat
5) Numbers and profit- One R9 290X is mining at top 465Mh/s
- All rig is mining 3 x 465 = 1395 Mh/s
- Rig is taking 800W mining keccak instead of 1100W mining scrypt
- With difficulty oscillating around 65.000, I mine around 34 maxcoin/day
- With difficulty oscillating around 85.000, I mine around 26 maxcoin/day
- You need to sell 1 MAX
at least 0.00065 when 34 max/day or
- You need to sell 1 MAX
at least 0.00085 when 26 max/day
-
Do NOT sell it cheaper, otherwise you are loosing money, so better mine some other coin like litecoin itself- If there is too low exchange rate, just place your sell order with high rate and forget about it for 2 weeks.
If you feel generous here are tipjars by pckomp (author)!:- MAX: mcdtvi5vsDyEGE4xsK9xd9338CFP1GPMTU
- BTC: 14tZe74fuDDYNEwdxxmS39RpQPZxZBL2FL
- LTC: LLP6B8tV7Tfgstoadrj38RDGkHuUwQMKBa
