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Intel HD Graphics wouldnt affect the gpu plotter from detecting my R9 290 would it?

Here is a better guide on How to use the Windows GPU Plotter:

Getting Started

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Download/Install GPU Drivers and OpenCL support:

For Nvidia GPU Users:
(Sorry, I don't have an Nvidia GPU, so I still need Driver/OpenCL info from ya'll on what is required)


For AMD/ATI GPU Users:
Download/Install drivers for your video card:
(Note, you should already have video drivers installed. But you may need to play around with installing different versions of the driver for best performance)
Latest Version - http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64
Archived Versions - http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/previous?os=Windows%207%20-%2064

Download/Install the AMD APP SDK for your version of Windows:
http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/opencl-zone/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/


Download/Extract the Windows GPU Plotter:
1) The GPU Plotter is archived in a .7z file, so you will need to Download and install 7-zip to be able to extract it (if you don't already have it):
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

2) Download the Windows GPU plot generator (v2.0.0):
https://mega.co.nz/#!2BNDXY4L!jgwHDZXDJyFp2Jg5mN8sxtpplgXEInSMf1cQGbPc5lM

3) Right-click & extract the "gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-2.0.0.7z" file and select 7-zip -> extract to "gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-2.0.0\"


Using the Windows GPU Plotter:
1) open the newly created "gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-2.0.0" folder that was created in the previous step

2) In an empty space within the "gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-2.0.0" folder do the following:
Hold down the "shift" key and right-click in an empty spot. Select "Open command window here"
(Note: the "Open command window here" option is only available if you hold Shift and Right-Click)
(Alternatively, you could just open a command window manually and do a "CD" to the folder containing the gpuPlotGenerator.exe file)

3) Run the following command to list the GPU's Platform and Platform ID:
Note down the "ID" number for the proper device platform, this number will be in the next step

Example:


4) Run the following commands to find the DeviceID's of the device in your system, replacing with the number you noted down in the last step:

Code:

gpuPlotGenerator.exe list devices

Example:
gpuPlotGenerator.exe list devices 0



Note down the "ID" number for the proper device to use, this will be in the next step
Note down the "Max global memory size" number, this will be the MAXIMUM we are able to set

5) Finally, create the desired plotting information. Here is the basic syntax for the app:

Quote

gpuPlotGenerator.exe generate ""

= The ID# we found in Step 3 (In my case, this was 0)
= The ID# we found in Step 4 (In my case, this was also 0)
= The folder you wish to have plots created (Ex: C:\Path to\plots)
= This is your Numeric Burstcoin wallet address (Ex: 11111222223333344444)
= The plot number you would like to start generating at
= The number of plots to create from the StartingPlot
= Amount of memory to use on the GPU, in MB. (Ex: I set mine to 1024, instead of my MAX of 1265)
= Amount of parallel GPU threads to use (Typically either 64, 128 or 256 depending on the capabilities of your card) (believe this may be tied to "Max work group size", but have no way to confirm)
= Number of chunks the GPU will split work into. (Ranges from 1 to 8160, this is purely guess work... so start low-ish and try to go up as close to 8160 as you can as higher numbers stress the GPU more)

As an example, this is the command that I used on my AMD Radeon 7800:

Code:

gpuPlotGenerator.exe generate 0 0 "C:\Path to\plots" 11111222223333344444 14670000 7335000 1000 64 1024

Note: The above command is probably not optimized for the best speed... but it's just an example that works for my card

Here is a better guide on How to use the Windows GPU Plotter:

Getting Started

---

Download/Install GPU Drivers and OpenCL support:

For Nvidia GPU Users:
(Sorry, I don't have an Nvidia GPU, so I don't have needed Driver/OpenCL info at the moment)


For AMD/ATI GPU Users:
Download/Install drivers for your video card:
(Note, you should already have video drivers installed. But you may need to play around with installing different versions of the driver for best performance)
Latest Version - http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64
Archived Versions - http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/previous?os=Windows%207%20-%2064

Download/Install the AMD APP SDK for your version of Windows:
http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/opencl-zone/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/


Download/Extract the Windows GPU Plotter:
1) The GPU Plotter is archived in a .7z file, so you will need to Download and install 7-zip to be able to extract it (if you don't already have it):
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

2) Download the Windows GPU plot generator (v2.0.0):
https://mega.co.nz/#!2BNDXY4L!jgwHDZXDJyFp2Jg5mN8sxtpplgXEInSMf1cQGbPc5lM

3) Right-click & extract the "gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-2.0.0.7z" file and select 7-zip -> extract to "gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-2.0.0\"


Using the Windows GPU Plotter:
1) open the newly created "gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-2.0.0" folder that was created in the previous step

2) In an empty space within the "gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-2.0.0" folder do the following:
Hold down the "shift" key and right-click in an empty spot. Select "Open command window here"
(Note: the "Open command window here" option is only available if you hold Shift and Right-Click)
(Alternatively, you could just open a command window manually and do a "CD" to the folder containing the gpuPlotGenerator.exe file)

3) Run the following command to list the GPU's Platform and Platform ID:
Note down the "ID" number for the proper device platform, this number will be in the next step

Example:
https://i.imgur.com/9c2txQj.jpg

4) Run the following commands to find the DeviceID's of the device in your system, replacing with the number you noted down in the last step:

Code:

gpuPlotGenerator.exe list devices

Example:
gpuPlotGenerator.exe list devices 0
https://i.imgur.com/wkc79hw.jpg


Note down the "ID" number for the proper device to use, this will be in the next step
Note down the "Max global memory size" number, this will be the MAXIMUM we are able to set

5) Finally, create the desired plotting information. Here is the basic syntax for the app:

Quote

gpuPlotGenerator.exe generate ""

= The ID# we found in Step 3 (In my case, this was 0)
= The ID# we found in Step 4 (In my case, this was also 0)
= The folder you wish to have plots created (Ex: C:\Path to\plots)
= This is your Numeric Burstcoin wallet address (Ex: 11111222223333344444)
= The plot number you would like to start generating at
= The number of plots to create from the StartingPlot
= Amount of memory to use on the GPU, in MB. (Ex: I set mine to 1024, instead of my MAX of 1265)
= Amount of parallel GPU threads to use (Typically either 64, 128 or 256 depending on the capabilities of your card) (believe this may be tied to "Max work group size", but have no way to confirm)
= Number of chunks the GPU will split work into. (Ranges from 1 to 8160, this is purely guess work... so start low-ish and try to go up as close to 8160 as you can as higher numbers stress the GPU more)

As an example, this is the command that I used on my AMD Radeon 7800:

Code:

gpuPlotGenerator.exe generate 0 0 "C:\Path to\plots" 11111222223333344444 14670000 7335000 1000 64 1024

Note: The above command is probably not optimized for the best speed... but it's just an example that works for my card

Where exactly should they be and what files?  I tried following the readme attached to the 2.0 plotter but i have no clue about the setup and how modify the makefile...

One file is created for each run_generate instance.
I you want multiple files then you must run run_generate multiple times.

So what you have is one file and should only be one file

and
sh run_generate.sh myaddress 0 3774873600 8121 4 
followed by
sh run_generate.sh myaddress 3774873600 3774873600 8121 4 

will create two files each with half the file size of the one you posted

Well it is plotting fine, i was just wondering if it is supposed to be 1 big plot or a lot of smaller plots?

i finish plotting all my HDD. i am bored now  

I am not sure how this works on linux but,
for windows you use this command to generate 2TB:


8192000 --> (2000(2TB)*1024*1024)/256
6000  --> RAM
4   --> CPU core's