Topic: [ANN][TAG] TAGMining.Com is now the official pool of Tagcoin! - page 30. (Read 45656 times)

3rd Jackpot

Alrighty folks, here's the info:

There were 348 total rounds for the week.  To be eligible for this jackpot, you would have needed to submit shares to 75% of those rounds, equaling 261 rounds.  There were 18 people, including myself, who qualified for the jackpot.  This was out of 199 miners who mined on the pool this week.  The qualifying miners are as follows:

anchous
Andrewgaven
Eukaluis
flywin
Joe-Trojan
johndec
kubur (previous week win - excluded)
KungFoolKillYoo
lovecraftian
mevecco
Namamonkee
ny2cafuse (excluded from jackpots)
raamid
Sergik
TagCoinDaddy
totmacher12000 (previous week win - excluded)
vesperwillow
zybqe177

This week's and last week's total fees and donations equal roughly 240TAG.  So half of that, the total jackpot purse, is 120TAG.  Imagine what it would have been if we had stayed above 300MH the whole week!

This week's winners are as follows:

1st place - Vesperwillow        60TAG     TXID 80ea4db85a68fb83c1b594d439a4d20a5de9ecec8ef823d066908001113bcec3
2nd place - KungFoolKillYoo   36TAG     TXID 06932d01cc12cf26db19ac8de831373bdc5a237a30e42ec0ec271ec71dc471cd
3rd place - raamid                   24TAG     TXID b9ea516540dcee5d450122d7f6e57f9d7189e53b40820e611496f22664ae1211


Payments will be sent shortly, and TXID numbers will be posted above.

Congratulations, miners!  Good luck to everyone next week!

-Fuse

LOL ... it's not as many as you think. I grabbed a desktop I'm building for my dad and pulled the guts out and tossed a toxic card in it, with bamt 1.2/cgminer 3.7.2. Going to test it out, find a sweet spot, and then toss it in my bamt1.1/cgminer 3.5 rig to see how it compares.

Test System Specs
ASRock N68C-GS FX, HyperX 4gb ram, Athlon X2 270, 600watt PSU
BAMT 1.2, Cgminer 3.7.2
Only 1 GPU

Power Results:
Test System Idle: 73w
Test System Full Load Min: 410w
Test System Full Load Max: 455w
Test System GPU Wattage: 337-382w

*Note: about 20w is the cooling fan at 100%

Test System Results so far: TC, Engine, Memory, KH, Temp (stock cooler, 88*F ambient), Watt@wall
40960, 1100, 1500, 683kh, 81c, 425w
40960, 1100, 1600, 665kh, 77c, 410w
40960, 1100, 1700, 682kh, 83c, 432w
40960, 1145, 1700, 695kh, 85c, 445w
40960, 1100, 1800, 695kh, 85c, 450w
40960, 1130, 1800, 716kh, 86c, 453w
40960, 1160, 1800, 725kh, 86c, 455w
24000, 1050, 1500, 677kh, 82c, 422w
24000, 1050, 1500, 677kh, 75c, 402w
24000, 1150, 1500, 704kh, 82c, 440w
24000, 1100, 1600, 670kh, 79c, 420w
24000, 1150, 1600, 615kh, 75c, 412w
24000, 1100, 1700, 688kh, 82c, 435w
24000, 1100, 1800, 704kh, 82c, 445w
24000, 1130, 1800, 728kh, 81c, 450w
24000, 1160, 1800, 712kh, 85c, 455w
8192, 1050, 1500, 662kh, 76c, 405w
8192, 1100, 1500, 662kh, 76c, 405w
8192 anything
11200, 1130, 1800, 725kh, 81c
11200, 1150, 1800, 725kh, 83c

*Notes:
Red - Hashing but 0 accepts, nothing but HW errors
Orange - Power figures can be reduced by 20w when over 75c, as GPU uses more power when hotter

Test System Results
There's going to be variation on the wattage due to the fans running 100% and the temps running high because of stock cooler in a stock case. I estimate lower wattage draw with better cooling, as well as increased hashrate.

It's interesting to see the power use of these vs the MSI 280x's which draw 300w or less under full load.

Updates

I swapped an MSI R9 280x into the test system, and put the TOXIC into the mining rack where the MSI was. Noticing immediate differences. The MSI, which was doin 740, can't break 665 on the test system. I will post full specs of the test system shortly.

The BETTER news--the TOXIC is reaching astonishing levels. Currently over 805kh at 70C with the stock cooler (noticeably loud though). This shows me the test system config doesn't do well with mining, as it provided low hash across 2 different cards. The test system is a desktop for someone else, so luckily they won't be using it to mine with.

Mining Rig System
ASRock 970 Extreme4, Sempron 145, HyperX 2gb ram, 1050watt psu
BAMT 1.1, Cgminer 3.4.3
3 GPUs

Mining Rig System Results so far: TC, Engine, Memory, KH, Temp (stock cooler, 88*F ambient)
24000, 1100, 1500, 760kh, 69c
24000, 1130, 1500, 770kh, 71c
24000, 1150, 1500, 760kh, 71c
24000, 1100, 1600, 715kh, 67c
24000, 1080, 1700, 750kh, 71c
24000, 1100, 1700, 763kh, 71c
24000, 1050, 1800, 751kh, 72c
24000, 1080, 1800, 773kh, 72c
24000, 1100, 1800, 785kh, 73c
24000, 1160, 1800, 805kh, 74c

Note:
Purple - I'm going to keep running at this speed to see how things go.

Overall Results

The TOXIC performed far better in my dedicated mining rig setup, I presume something to do with the 970-EX4 being superior than its little cousin. These results weren't tested for hours for stability, but are based on stable results after letting it sit for short periods between each change. In order to make it to the results, there had to be 0 HW errors as well. I tried variations of these settings, but the results were negligible, which is why they didn't make the list.

It's worth noting the stock cooler does a decent job in an open-air setup, but sitting in a case it was choking (even with the case sides off). When the same card is put in a closed case with a Prolimatech MK26, it stays cool. I will be replacing these stock coolers with Prolimatech MK26 units.

As for what to use, if you want to play it safe, I suggest 1050 or 1080 for Engine, and 1500 for Memory. This should give you 750-760 without issues. For those among us who want to push it to the edge, take a look at the other settings.

Hope these results help someone.

More Followup

It's been half a day and the Toxic is running great at 808kh, no issues.

Also I found out what caused the slow output on the test system, cgminer 3.7.x came with an older scrypt kernel. I use a tweaked/modified one (the same I use on my rig racks) and as soon as I copied it over, the test system started providing higher outputs. The MSI R9 280X went from 633kh to 735/740kh.

So.. mystery solved.

For anyone interested, here's the tweaked one: scrypt130511Tahitiglg2tc24000w256l4.bin

Copy that overtop the one currently in your cgminer folder, and restart cgminer. Use 24000 for TC, and you should see good results. For 7950's, use 1130/1250 (eng/mem). Works for R9 280X's as well, I use 1080/1500 for my MSI's.

No big deal... just a CASE OF TOXIC sitting next to me lol.

Figures, the Asus P8 motherboard's DOA. My shipment of ASRock 970 is sitting on a truck where it's been sitting for the whole week. Probably got stolen with my luck lol.

Case of TOXIC is sitting next to me with no decent motherboard to try it on. Guess I'll have to find a motherboard somewhere around ye olde office.

And yeah I remember scouring threads for the 7950's. I was super happy when I could get my Sapphire over 620, eventually 670. My MSI's would do 650 with ease, then I squeezed them to 670s, then 680's, finally 700 stable for all of them. Was able to OC some and push them to 725/730 stable, it was crazy.

And now the 280x series has arrived. Definitely going to be fun. For now, I'm fine with 730/740, and would love to see 750 or more with the TOXIC.

LOL the little things in life..

<3 BAMT lol

Windows mining was pretty easy to setup, I tried it a few times for giggles. Pretty much load the program, and it would do the rest. Just not for me because I can't manage a farm of them as easily as I can with linux, where I can simply ssh in and load the screen of cgminer.

It's possible to load ssh on windows and it's possible to load a screen-like terminal setup. Just, far far easier for my application to use linux.

I love both OS's, for non-miner work.

I'm going to be testing some Asus P8Z68-V-Pro motherboards to see how compatible they are with BAMT, and report back the results of 7950 and R9 280 cards.

Honestly, I think you, me, johndec and 24Kilo were the only ones to ever really "use" it.  I love the map app that shows where people are, but I might be able to code something like that in anyway.

Plus, I think I can just as easily put up a freenode frame on the dashboard page and it would fill the same role.  If I fail at he freenode window, I'll add the chat app again, but it will be branded with the company's ad.  I'm not paying $20 a month to remove it.

So in the haste of getting my dad's rig up and running, I forgot something.  I would start the miners, walk away and then come back to the rig shut off.  Start it up and it says it recovered from an unknown error(windows for ease of setup).  I tried a couple different things, but it kept doing the same thing.  Then it hit me at like 3AM while I was laying in bed awake thinking about what could be wrong.

Sleep mode.  I forgot to turn off sleep mode.  /Facepalm

I like it, but my online presence is sporadic. Definitely do what is best for you guys.

Unless anyone strongly objects to it, I'm going to kill the site chat.  It isn't being used any time I'm on the site and it's almost time for me to pay for it.

I can bring it back later, or I can try to implement a a freenode frame later on if people are dying for chat.

-Fuse

Derp, I meant doge.cryptopool.it. Edited the above post

Oh... cryptopool.com.  That's techbytes and ahmedbodi's pool.  cryptopool.it is LeftToeCut's pool.  LeftToeCut is the one who was in the accident.

This is why people need to come up with original domain names.  I can't keep it straight lol.

I was in his dogecoin pool, doge.cryptopool.it which stopped paying on Dec 16th. Neither auto nor manual payouts are working. There have been several other people raging about it on /r/dogecoin over the past week. I just alerted them to the tagyak post regarding the admin's accident

Thanks for the verification, 24Kilo!

TheHumanatee, double-check your account settings, mate.  Maybe something isn't set correctly, and it's causing you to not get paid out.

-Fuse

TAG.Cryptopool.IT is running fine. Here is a quote from his post over at TAGyak -

"I have been in a car crash. All is good but will stay in the hospital for at least a week, and between understaffed hospitals and holidays , maybe more. The pool is on auto as it is hard for me to do any admin work right now, typing takes ages. It has been running well and will keep running well I hope . Went down a day or so ago due to an old credit card on file. I will update the rest of the forums at a later date. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone!"

Link to post - https://tagyak.org/groups/tag-cryptopool-it/forum/topic/this-pool-is-not-accessible-and-admin-is-absent/

I am getting consistent and regular payouts with no issues.

Thanks!

Oh man, that's terrible. Poor shibe. :/

I know 24Kilo was trying to help the pool, so maybe he can verify if payouts are going out or not.  I know he said that the reason the OP has been absent was he was in a car accident.  If payouts aren't going out, I'd recommend mining somewhere else until LeftToeCut can get back to work on the pool.

24Kilo, do you have access to the backend?  Or maybe a direct line to LeftToeCut?  I'd be willing to get the pool working again if he'd be willing to trust me with access to the server to get it processing.  It's more than likely an issue with the cronjobs not processing.  That's a lot of trust to give someone, so I'd understand if he didn't want to do that.  I just want to make sure people don't get the "server is shutting down, sorry about your lost coins" run-around that some of the TAG pool OPs pulled when the fork happened last month.  But I am not saying this is what's happening here... I just want to be clear on that.

-Fuse

The cryptopool.it hash rate has fallen because no one has been able to cash out there since Dec 16th, and admin is not responding :/

Don't mix business and pleasure, just grab a 3rd card for your personal display

Seriously though good luck with the RMA, hope it comes back soon. I'm 2 weeks waiting on a return from MSI. I think they all decided to take an extended holiday. lol.

The numbers game on cards per board is an interesting one to play.  I'd like to do 4 per board going forward.  I wish those mITX boards with the PCIe x 16 and PCIe x1 slots were cheaper.  I always thought it would be nice to be able to deploy a bunch of really cheap, low power, mITX rigs.  Custom case design for that would be fun.  Plus, you could use a nice 750W PSU at around $100.  I might do this for shits and giggles next time I order a board, just to see if I can make it all fit in a custom 80/20 case the size of a toaster oven.

Frank, I've heard mixed reviews about that 1600W LEPA.  I was almost going to buy one the last big order, but I decided to go smaller with a 1200W.  I'm glad I did, although the problems with the first one being DOA were a kick to the nuts.  The delivery guy came back today and told me "I was here the other day and I didn't know if anyone was home so I didn't knock on the door."  I wanted to let me dogs chase him off my property for not even trying the first time and making next day delivery go 5 days.  But I think if I ever try to do more than 4 cards on a MB, I'm going for 2 PSUs.  It's more of a hassle to wire up, but it just seems so much better in the long run.

I think I'm going to RMA this Dual-X card.  It hashes like a beast, but the artifacting is driving me nuts.  Maybe I can get them to do a swap for a toxic if I cover the difference.  I doubt it though.

I have 2 6 GPU rigs using LEPA 1600W power supplies.  I am very happy with them.  If I had it to do again, however, I think I would have gone with 2 x 750 or 800W power supplies and tied them together for higher resale potential or re purposing if mining became unprofitable.  There are not too many other popular applications for such large PSUs.  I have plans, space, capacity for two more rigs.  I am planning two 5 280x rigs in the next month or two (assuming I can find GPUs) and will likely use two smaller power supplies each. 

On another note, every time I have had power AND internet this week it seemed diff on TAG has been really high so I just settled with DOGE for a while :p