Claymore added an option Watchdog -wd1 which shuts down the miner if one of the threads stops working which happens quite often on my rigs.
do you guys know of any secure and free app for windows that can relaunch the EXE/BAT of the miner if it shuts down? like cgwatcher? but for exe/bat
Topic: Claymore's CryptoNote AMD GPU Miner v11.3 - page 288. (Read 2145076 times)
A couple of comments on this for Claymore:
1) Have you noticed that this miner works better on AMD platforms than on Intel platforms? Maybe there's something else at play, but I have three FX-8320 rigs with 3x280X in each, and they all get around 1350 H/s. Then I have one rig with i5-4670K (which is often a bit faster on mining than the AMD rigs) and it only gets ~1100 H/s. The GPU usage also fluctuates a lot, like from 80% to 95% where the AMD rigs are all pretty consistently at 97-99% load.
2) It seems you've focused pretty much exclusively on performance with GCN cards. Is that because the older 6900 and 5800 series cards suck at the required calculations, or is it just a lack of time/hardware/whatever? My 6970 cards will do 500KH/s on Scrypt, which isn't that far off of the 600KH/s I get with a 7950; X11 hashing is a similar ratio. With the CryptoNote miner I get 200 H/s per 6970 compared to around 350 H/s with 7950. It would be nice to see improved performance on older GPUs like the 6900 series, but I understand if that's not possible.
3) Any chance of a BBR (Keccak Wild) miner, or is that not possible right now?
1) Have you noticed that this miner works better on AMD platforms than on Intel platforms? Maybe there's something else at play, but I have three FX-8320 rigs with 3x280X in each, and they all get around 1350 H/s. Then I have one rig with i5-4670K (which is often a bit faster on mining than the AMD rigs) and it only gets ~1100 H/s. The GPU usage also fluctuates a lot, like from 80% to 95% where the AMD rigs are all pretty consistently at 97-99% load.
2) It seems you've focused pretty much exclusively on performance with GCN cards. Is that because the older 6900 and 5800 series cards suck at the required calculations, or is it just a lack of time/hardware/whatever? My 6970 cards will do 500KH/s on Scrypt, which isn't that far off of the 600KH/s I get with a 7950; X11 hashing is a similar ratio. With the CryptoNote miner I get 200 H/s per 6970 compared to around 350 H/s with 7950. It would be nice to see improved performance on older GPUs like the 6900 series, but I understand if that's not possible.
3) Any chance of a BBR (Keccak Wild) miner, or is that not possible right now?
1. I have only Intel-based rigs and they all show good performance as described in readme. I don't have AMD-based systems.
2. I don't have old cards, also I don't have time for old cards, it would take a lot of time to support two generations instead of one GCN, may be I will do it but later.
3. Right now I don't have BBR miner. It takes a lot of time and efforts to create new efficient miner, BBR PoW is completely different from CryptoNote coins.
i think and maybe i'm wrong the problem with old cards is just the intensity which is too high, mining cryptonote with those card is too unstable , i've some multi gpu rigs with 5970's , what ever clock ratio/mem i apply, randomly 1 or 2 gpu crash after a while , same thing happens in other algo's when high intensity is set, so gpu stop mining without driver crash
so maybe adding the ability to set intensity in future updates will at least give us better results, who knows
regards
- MEGA link problems: you can also download miner here: http://moneropool.org Though I did not check it I think it's the same file.
- Sources: my miners are closed sources, I don't open sources.
- Bad performance on 280X - start miner, wait 1 minute and send me the log file in PM, describe what CPU, Windows, RAM size, Catalyst you use, some details about GPUs (manufacturer, model name). Make sure you start miner directly, not remotely. Also try to remove all GPUs except one and send me the log for this configuration.
- Sources: my miners are closed sources, I don't open sources.
- Bad performance on 280X - start miner, wait 1 minute and send me the log file in PM, describe what CPU, Windows, RAM size, Catalyst you use, some details about GPUs (manufacturer, model name). Make sure you start miner directly, not remotely. Also try to remove all GPUs except one and send me the log for this configuration.
Sent you my details. Let me know if you need anything more or if you would like me to test anything.
Again, your involvement with the crew of people who use this miner is outstanding and I am appreciative. I hope this 280x problem is an easy fix
A couple of comments on this for Claymore:
1) Have you noticed that this miner works better on AMD platforms than on Intel platforms? Maybe there's something else at play, but I have three FX-8320 rigs with 3x280X in each, and they all get around 1350 H/s. Then I have one rig with i5-4670K (which is often a bit faster on mining than the AMD rigs) and it only gets ~1100 H/s. The GPU usage also fluctuates a lot, like from 80% to 95% where the AMD rigs are all pretty consistently at 97-99% load.
2) It seems you've focused pretty much exclusively on performance with GCN cards. Is that because the older 6900 and 5800 series cards suck at the required calculations, or is it just a lack of time/hardware/whatever? My 6970 cards will do 500KH/s on Scrypt, which isn't that far off of the 600KH/s I get with a 7950; X11 hashing is a similar ratio. With the CryptoNote miner I get 200 H/s per 6970 compared to around 350 H/s with 7950. It would be nice to see improved performance on older GPUs like the 6900 series, but I understand if that's not possible.
3) Any chance of a BBR (Keccak Wild) miner, or is that not possible right now?
1) Have you noticed that this miner works better on AMD platforms than on Intel platforms? Maybe there's something else at play, but I have three FX-8320 rigs with 3x280X in each, and they all get around 1350 H/s. Then I have one rig with i5-4670K (which is often a bit faster on mining than the AMD rigs) and it only gets ~1100 H/s. The GPU usage also fluctuates a lot, like from 80% to 95% where the AMD rigs are all pretty consistently at 97-99% load.
2) It seems you've focused pretty much exclusively on performance with GCN cards. Is that because the older 6900 and 5800 series cards suck at the required calculations, or is it just a lack of time/hardware/whatever? My 6970 cards will do 500KH/s on Scrypt, which isn't that far off of the 600KH/s I get with a 7950; X11 hashing is a similar ratio. With the CryptoNote miner I get 200 H/s per 6970 compared to around 350 H/s with 7950. It would be nice to see improved performance on older GPUs like the 6900 series, but I understand if that's not possible.
3) Any chance of a BBR (Keccak Wild) miner, or is that not possible right now?
1. I have only Intel-based rigs and they all show good performance as described in readme. I don't have AMD-based systems.
2. I don't have old cards, also I don't have time for old cards, it would take a lot of time to support two generations instead of one GCN, may be I will do it but later.
3. Right now I don't have BBR miner. It takes a lot of time and efforts to create new efficient miner, BBR PoW is completely different from CryptoNote coins.
A couple of comments on this for Claymore:
1) Have you noticed that this miner works better on AMD platforms than on Intel platforms? Maybe there's something else at play, but I have three FX-8320 rigs with 3x280X in each, and they all get around 1350 H/s. Then I have one rig with i5-4670K (which is often a bit faster on mining than the AMD rigs) and it only gets ~1100 H/s. The GPU usage also fluctuates a lot, like from 80% to 95% where the AMD rigs are all pretty consistently at 97-99% load.
2) It seems you've focused pretty much exclusively on performance with GCN cards. Is that because the older 6900 and 5800 series cards suck at the required calculations, or is it just a lack of time/hardware/whatever? My 6970 cards will do 500KH/s on Scrypt, which isn't that far off of the 600KH/s I get with a 7950; X11 hashing is a similar ratio. With the CryptoNote miner I get 200 H/s per 6970 compared to around 350 H/s with 7950. It would be nice to see improved performance on older GPUs like the 6900 series, but I understand if that's not possible.
3) Any chance of a BBR (Keccak Wild) miner, or is that not possible right now?
1) Have you noticed that this miner works better on AMD platforms than on Intel platforms? Maybe there's something else at play, but I have three FX-8320 rigs with 3x280X in each, and they all get around 1350 H/s. Then I have one rig with i5-4670K (which is often a bit faster on mining than the AMD rigs) and it only gets ~1100 H/s. The GPU usage also fluctuates a lot, like from 80% to 95% where the AMD rigs are all pretty consistently at 97-99% load.
2) It seems you've focused pretty much exclusively on performance with GCN cards. Is that because the older 6900 and 5800 series cards suck at the required calculations, or is it just a lack of time/hardware/whatever? My 6970 cards will do 500KH/s on Scrypt, which isn't that far off of the 600KH/s I get with a 7950; X11 hashing is a similar ratio. With the CryptoNote miner I get 200 H/s per 6970 compared to around 350 H/s with 7950. It would be nice to see improved performance on older GPUs like the 6900 series, but I understand if that's not possible.
3) Any chance of a BBR (Keccak Wild) miner, or is that not possible right now?
- MEGA link problems: you can also download miner here: http://moneropool.org Though I did not check it I think it's the same file.
- Sources: my miners are closed sources, I don't open sources.
- Bad performance on 280X - start miner, wait 1 minute and send me the log file in PM, describe what CPU, Windows, RAM size, Catalyst you use, some details about GPUs (manufacturer, model name). Make sure you start miner directly, not remotely. Also try to remove all GPUs except one and send me the log for this configuration.
- Sources: my miners are closed sources, I don't open sources.
- Bad performance on 280X - start miner, wait 1 minute and send me the log file in PM, describe what CPU, Windows, RAM size, Catalyst you use, some details about GPUs (manufacturer, model name). Make sure you start miner directly, not remotely. Also try to remove all GPUs except one and send me the log for this configuration.
SO I have some more input on the 280x hashrate situation.
I tried the 280x in another computer I had laying around and it did not recognize the full ammount of video ram in the claymore miner. It gave me the following output on starting.
"Tahiti, 2048MB, 32 units" Where I should have 3072MB.
Now in my main machine that the 280x is usually in I get the correct ammount of videoRAM of 3072.
"Tahiti, 3072MB, 32 units"
My 270x gives me this,
"pitcairn, 2048MB, 20 Units
So the miner seems to notice the card and everything. Perhaps I will try to exact drivers used on Claymores machine.
Does anyone know the EXACT driver revision Claymore uses?
I tried the 280x in another computer I had laying around and it did not recognize the full ammount of video ram in the claymore miner. It gave me the following output on starting.
"Tahiti, 2048MB, 32 units" Where I should have 3072MB.
Now in my main machine that the 280x is usually in I get the correct ammount of videoRAM of 3072.
"Tahiti, 3072MB, 32 units"
My 270x gives me this,
"pitcairn, 2048MB, 20 Units
So the miner seems to notice the card and everything. Perhaps I will try to exact drivers used on Claymores machine.
Does anyone know the EXACT driver revision Claymore uses?
How much would you take to release the code open source ?
EDIT : ok no problem.
EDIT : ok no problem.
i can not download v3.1 via this link, do you have mirror link? thanks
yes, i second this request, i've scoured the web to no avail....
confirming broken link
i can not download v3.1 via this link, do you have mirror link? thanks
yes, i second this request, i've scoured the web to no avail....
Claymore, here is my report:
On 7750 card speed was 75 hash/s, now with 3.1 is 110 hash/s (default clocks, MSI not OC model 2 gb)
On 7790 card speed was 133 hash/s, now is 190 hash/s (1200/1500 clock)
On 7950 MSI TF3 card was 340 hash/s, now is around 400 hash/s
On R9 280X Powercolor turboduo was 325 hash/s, now 354 hash/s def clock
Better results achieved on cheaper cards and 7xxx series.
On 7750 card speed was 75 hash/s, now with 3.1 is 110 hash/s (default clocks, MSI not OC model 2 gb)
On 7790 card speed was 133 hash/s, now is 190 hash/s (1200/1500 clock)
On 7950 MSI TF3 card was 340 hash/s, now is around 400 hash/s
On R9 280X Powercolor turboduo was 325 hash/s, now 354 hash/s def clock
Better results achieved on cheaper cards and 7xxx series.
On my 6xR9 280x Toxic 2250h/s(375h/s each) instead of 2700 h/s somenthing's wrong ,if u have any sugestions...
Thx in advance
Did you already try this from the OP:
TROUBLESHOOTING
1. Install Catalyst v13.12.
2. Disable overclocking.
3. Set GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100.
4. Set Virtual Memory 16 GB.
5. Reboot computer.
Not sure if it matters but... what OS are you on? I'm on windows 8.1 pro 64 bit and have the virtual mem set to 16 GB, also have 4 GB ram on the mobo. I used the stock windows drivers so I don't use the recommended driver above but still get 450 h/s. I don't do any OC. Make sure you reboot your computer. You may even want to disable/enable all your GPUs through the device manager. Just open device manager (okay this is if you in Windows) right click your display adapter, disable and then enable it. but really... rebooting normally does the same thing. Good luck, let us know if it tunes up better. 6x 280X toxics should be 2700 h/s like you said.
i've tried everything from the OP .running on Win 8.1 Pro with 8GB Ram i'll try to enable/disable each.
Thx
Claymore fix the 280x issue couse u r losing 7-8hs from every single card that dont work like it should. 
Claymore, here is my report:
On 7750 card speed was 75 hash/s, now with 3.1 is 110 hash/s (default clocks, MSI not OC model 2 gb)
On 7790 card speed was 133 hash/s, now is 190 hash/s (1200/1500 clock)
On 7950 MSI TF3 card was 340 hash/s, now is around 400 hash/s
On R9 280X Powercolor turboduo was 325 hash/s, now 354 hash/s def clock
Better results achieved on cheaper cards and 7xxx series.
On 7750 card speed was 75 hash/s, now with 3.1 is 110 hash/s (default clocks, MSI not OC model 2 gb)
On 7790 card speed was 133 hash/s, now is 190 hash/s (1200/1500 clock)
On 7950 MSI TF3 card was 340 hash/s, now is around 400 hash/s
On R9 280X Powercolor turboduo was 325 hash/s, now 354 hash/s def clock
Better results achieved on cheaper cards and 7xxx series.
On my 6xR9 280x Toxic 2250h/s(375h/s each) instead of 2700 h/s somenthing's wrong ,if u have any sugestions...
Thx in advance
Did you already try this from the OP:
TROUBLESHOOTING
1. Install Catalyst v13.12.
2. Disable overclocking.
3. Set GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100.
4. Set Virtual Memory 16 GB.
5. Reboot computer.
Not sure if it matters but... what OS are you on? I'm on windows 8.1 pro 64 bit and have the virtual mem set to 16 GB, also have 4 GB ram on the mobo. I used the stock windows drivers so I don't use the recommended driver above but still get 450 h/s. I don't do any OC. Make sure you reboot your computer. You may even want to disable/enable all your GPUs through the device manager. Just open device manager (okay this is if you in Windows) right click your display adapter, disable and then enable it. but really... rebooting normally does the same thing. Good luck, let us know if it tunes up better. 6x 280X toxics should be 2700 h/s like you said.
does minergate work now ?
It will be added in 1-2 days, also I will add more features for fail-over support.
What is a minergate ?
Mining pool
https://minergate.com/
i can not download v3.1 via this link, do you have mirror link? thanks
does minergate work now ?
It will be added in 1-2 days, also I will add more features for fail-over support.
What is a minergate ?
Claymore, here is my report:
On 7750 card speed was 75 hash/s, now with 3.1 is 110 hash/s (default clocks, MSI not OC model 2 gb)
On 7790 card speed was 133 hash/s, now is 190 hash/s (1200/1500 clock)
On 7950 MSI TF3 card was 340 hash/s, now is around 400 hash/s
On R9 280X Powercolor turboduo was 325 hash/s, now 354 hash/s def clock
Better results achieved on cheaper cards and 7xxx series.
On 7750 card speed was 75 hash/s, now with 3.1 is 110 hash/s (default clocks, MSI not OC model 2 gb)
On 7790 card speed was 133 hash/s, now is 190 hash/s (1200/1500 clock)
On 7950 MSI TF3 card was 340 hash/s, now is around 400 hash/s
On R9 280X Powercolor turboduo was 325 hash/s, now 354 hash/s def clock
Better results achieved on cheaper cards and 7xxx series.
On my 6xR9 280x Toxic 2250h/s(375h/s each) instead of 2700 h/s somenthing's wrong ,if u have any sugestions...
Thx in advance
Claymore's MRO/QCN/FCN/BCN GPU Miner.
=========================
Current version: 3.1:
- Improved mining speed by about 20% for all cards.
- Improved stability.
- Fixed some bugs.
- Reduced power consumption (compared to v3.0).
Link:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!e4JVEAIJ!l1iF4z10fMyJzY5-LnyC2A
This is POOL version.
Catalyst 13.12 is required for best performance and compatibility.
Set "GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT" environment variable as "100".
For multi-GPU systems, set Virtual Memory size in Windows at least 16 GB:
"Computer Properties / Advanced System Settings / Performance / Advanced / Virtual Memory".
This miner is free-to-use, however, current developer fee is 5%, miner mines 19 rounds for you and 1 round for developer.
This version is for recent AMD videocards only: 7xxx and 2xx, perhaps it also works on 6xxx. No nVidia support.
This version is for Windows x64 only. No Windows x32 support. No Linux support.
This version has no GPU temperature and overclocking management.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS:
-o pool address. Both HTTP and Stratum protocol are supported. You can specify several "-o" parameters to use several pools, or use "pools.txt" file.
-u your wallet address.
-p password, use "x" as password.
-di GPU indexes, default is all available GPUs. For example, if you have four GPUs "-di 02" will enable only first and third GPUs.
-wd watchdog option. Use "-wd 1" to enable watchdog, miner will be closed if any thread is not responding for 1 minute, so you can restart it from some script if
some GPU does not respond.
-ee close miner if no more pools are available in the list. By default, miner tries all pools one by one, after last pool it tries first pool again and so on.
Use "-ee 1" to close miner when it tried all pools, so you can restart it from some script and do some additional actions related to internet connectins if necessary.
-dbg debug log and messages. "-dbg 0" (default) - create log file but don't show debug messages.
"-dbg 1" - create log file and show debug messages. "-dbg -1" - no log file and no debug messages.
SAMPLE USAGE
NsGpuCNMiner.exe -o stratum+tcp://monero.crypto-pool.fr:6666 -u 449TGay4WWJPwsXrWZfkMoPtDbJp8xoSzFuyjRt3iaM4bRHdzw4qoDu26FdcGx67BMDS1r2bnp7f5hF 6xdPWWrD3Q3Wf7G6 -p x
Do not forget to specify your wallet address!
FAILOVER
Use "pools.txt" to specify several pools. This file has text format, one address per line. If the first character of a line is ";" this line will be ignored.
PERFORMANCE
About 600 h/s on stock 290X.
About 450 h/s on stock 280X.
About 300 h/s on stock 270X.
TROUBLESHOOTING
1. Install Catalyst v13.12.
2. Disable overclocking.
3. Set GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100.
4. Set Virtual Memory 16 GB.
5. Reboot computer.
ADDITIONAL
Claculate profit: http://monero.crypto-pool.fr/#community in chat type "!calc 1000" to check profit for 1000 h/s; there are also "!worth" and "!price" commands.
=========================
Current version: 3.1:
- Improved mining speed by about 20% for all cards.
- Improved stability.
- Fixed some bugs.
- Reduced power consumption (compared to v3.0).
Link:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!e4JVEAIJ!l1iF4z10fMyJzY5-LnyC2A
This is POOL version.
Catalyst 13.12 is required for best performance and compatibility.
Set "GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT" environment variable as "100".
For multi-GPU systems, set Virtual Memory size in Windows at least 16 GB:
"Computer Properties / Advanced System Settings / Performance / Advanced / Virtual Memory".
This miner is free-to-use, however, current developer fee is 5%, miner mines 19 rounds for you and 1 round for developer.
This version is for recent AMD videocards only: 7xxx and 2xx, perhaps it also works on 6xxx. No nVidia support.
This version is for Windows x64 only. No Windows x32 support. No Linux support.
This version has no GPU temperature and overclocking management.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS:
-o pool address. Both HTTP and Stratum protocol are supported. You can specify several "-o" parameters to use several pools, or use "pools.txt" file.
-u your wallet address.
-p password, use "x" as password.
-di GPU indexes, default is all available GPUs. For example, if you have four GPUs "-di 02" will enable only first and third GPUs.
-wd watchdog option. Use "-wd 1" to enable watchdog, miner will be closed if any thread is not responding for 1 minute, so you can restart it from some script if
some GPU does not respond.
-ee close miner if no more pools are available in the list. By default, miner tries all pools one by one, after last pool it tries first pool again and so on.
Use "-ee 1" to close miner when it tried all pools, so you can restart it from some script and do some additional actions related to internet connectins if necessary.
-dbg debug log and messages. "-dbg 0" (default) - create log file but don't show debug messages.
"-dbg 1" - create log file and show debug messages. "-dbg -1" - no log file and no debug messages.
SAMPLE USAGE
NsGpuCNMiner.exe -o stratum+tcp://monero.crypto-pool.fr:6666 -u 449TGay4WWJPwsXrWZfkMoPtDbJp8xoSzFuyjRt3iaM4bRHdzw4qoDu26FdcGx67BMDS1r2bnp7f5hF 6xdPWWrD3Q3Wf7G6 -p x
Do not forget to specify your wallet address!
FAILOVER
Use "pools.txt" to specify several pools. This file has text format, one address per line. If the first character of a line is ";" this line will be ignored.
PERFORMANCE
About 600 h/s on stock 290X.
About 450 h/s on stock 280X.
About 300 h/s on stock 270X.
TROUBLESHOOTING
1. Install Catalyst v13.12.
2. Disable overclocking.
3. Set GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100.
4. Set Virtual Memory 16 GB.
5. Reboot computer.
ADDITIONAL
Claculate profit: http://monero.crypto-pool.fr/#community in chat type "!calc 1000" to check profit for 1000 h/s; there are also "!worth" and "!price" commands.
Does anyone have a link to this that works? Thanks!
Claymore - Any ideas on why some of our 280x are not hashing correctly?
I have no idea, it must something related to hardware I think.
edit: I've also noticed that the miner will start strong but after lets say something like 8 hours it slows down to fraction of the starting hashrate. I have also had freezes where it appears that it is mining but in fact is not.
If you don't overclock cards it must show same hashrate. If you see big degradation - send me the log.
Thank you very much for the reply! I will send a log if I see this happen again.
If there is anything you think I could try to fix my 280x issue I would gladly try it and report back here. It seems a couple people are having issues with their 280x's. I have another computer I will set up with the card to see if maybe it is my motherboard or some other hardware on my current machine that is causing the problem.
Claymore - IF I can help in any way troubleshooting this let me know.
Thanks again everyone!
Claymore, here is my report:
On 7750 card speed was 75 hash/s, now with 3.1 is 110 hash/s (default clocks, MSI not OC model 2 gb)
On 7790 card speed was 133 hash/s, now is 190 hash/s (1200/1500 clock)
On 7950 MSI TF3 card was 340 hash/s, now is around 400 hash/s
On R9 280X Powercolor turboduo was 325 hash/s, now 354 hash/s def clock
Better results achieved on cheaper cards and 7xxx series.
On 7750 card speed was 75 hash/s, now with 3.1 is 110 hash/s (default clocks, MSI not OC model 2 gb)
On 7790 card speed was 133 hash/s, now is 190 hash/s (1200/1500 clock)
On 7950 MSI TF3 card was 340 hash/s, now is around 400 hash/s
On R9 280X Powercolor turboduo was 325 hash/s, now 354 hash/s def clock
Better results achieved on cheaper cards and 7xxx series.
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