Pallas, I'm not familiar with the algorithm, but there is a part of it that is more mem-heavy, considering it shows some 6-7% mem usage. Take blake2s or plain skein - they don't even show 1%, and are completely memory speed independent, and very heavy on the core.
Skunk so far shows small fast changes in power consumption leading to overall lower consumption compared to pure skein, for example. It's obvious by cards temps too.
People that have problems don't use locks on the voltage/frequency curve and rely on the PL...
how do you keep your 1080ti @50c while hashing with 54mh?
i have 30-40c ambient
and my card are around 80c
seahawks even 60c and up
By lowering the voltage and frequency with the curve in Afterburner. Most Ti can go to 950mV at 1911 MHz w/o troubles, some might work with lower voltage. If you want 18xx MHz, you can go as low as 900-ish mV on some cards. Keep in ming rig restarts can screw you, so pay attention how speed changes between restarts and when starting a miner. And this is for FE, custom cards can stay very cold.
skunks is not really hard on consumption, I think the skein part of it needs more power, but the rest obviously doesn't need that much and the card power will jump up and down a lot.
i figured it had to do something with the voltage.
not sure if i should lower the voltage.
i want these cards to hash for at least a couple more years and then sell them.
80c is not too bad and if i cannot increase the hashrate and only drop power consumtion and heat,
it maybe not worth to take the risk of damaging the card with not enough voltage.
i guess i wait for the warranty to die first or at least untill the cards roi'd.
with Hush i was around 50 (seahawks) 70 (1060+1070) degrees.
can i drop 10 degrees just by lowering the voltage?
i hope sp_mod #4 will be out soon so i can powerlimit the cards again without any loss of hashrate
kw30 #deeponion w127c635/05Lowering the voltage and the temps would go a long way to prolong card's lifespan. There is no harm in undervolting. Just search google for 1080 curve lock undervolt afterburner
You cannot compare equihash power requirements to other algos, so mining HUSH, ZEC, ZEN, ZCL, KM will always require less power than some other algos, even SIGT.