Hi all, I am new here and I am looking for some kind and usefull real advice and setting for my first rig: rig has 8 1080ti ..
First of all, do i need to install cuda 9.1 drivers and then also normal nvidia driver? or better to install and use only the latest nvidia driver?
Secondly and more important, I would like to understand what is better and more profitable way with my RIG.
For example, what mining software are the best for each coin? and wich algo is good to mine and wich ones isn't good for nvidia?
THan, I am wrong to think that every coin has a different best mining software to use?
Then, I am trying to use the profit switching on some multipool.. i notice that if i use "current" instead "24 h" profitability, it starts to stop and start often.. it doesn't appear too slow but i am not able to understand if it is not the right way to follow..
If i continue to update the values on multipools, i see prices grow and decrease.. when i see 100$ i stop the miner and start so it start to mine the 100$ coin.. but it is for some minutes and it drops often at 20$.. from "big earn" to "big loss"..
It means that I did not configure very well.. that's why I am here and asking for a kind help...
Thank you very much..
Just the driver, you don't need the SDK unless you are building from the source code yourself. start off using the builtin miner softwares, for Nvidia, it really is just Claymore dual for Eth, DSTM for Equihash, XMRig for Cryptonight, ccMiner tpruvot for the rest and stay away from customized softwares until you get the hang of how mining works with AM.
If you are hopping between algo every so often, make sure you do the following:
1. Benchmark and Benchmark and Benchmark the enabled algos, not sure what you mean by "update the values on multipools" but don't fiddle with the benchmarked hashrates, and don't use the default hashrates, you need to benchmark your rig to get proper profit estimation.
start off with one of the builtin online services to just make things simple, go with NH or MPH if u want eth pool since the others don't do eth. then adjust your switching interval, threshold in Options -> Profit Switching to your liking such that the earnings are appearing more consistent and ease out the occassional spikes you'd like to avoid.
once you get the above sorted, feel free to add more pools to work.