Here's a question:
If my biggest and main problem with mining is heat, whats the best way to lower the heat from GPUs?
Should I use lower clocks, is there a command line which tells the miner to mine slower/less intense...?
I'm willing to sacrifice the hash speed for lower temps.
Thanks!
If my biggest and main problem with mining is heat, whats the best way to lower the heat from GPUs?
Should I use lower clocks, is there a command line which tells the miner to mine slower/less intense...?
I'm willing to sacrifice the hash speed for lower temps.
Thanks!
I know others have given some answers on this.
I use this a normal starting point for adjusting my rig.
These are the first tings you should have done.
1st - Make minor voltage decreases in both clocks. Memory and GPU. Separately, adjust them one at a time.
Test it. See what the temp is when mining by using a utility like GPU-Z.
If you get to low the board will stop working.
Keep adjusting to lower the temp.
Try setting the -eth value to 8 to start, then lower it down one number at a time when testing.
This adjusts the intensity. It will lower the hash rate, but lower numbers will make the GPU run cooler.
Make settings similar to these in the config file.
Your numbers will vary from what mine are shown here.
-tt 67 # Sets desired temp for a GPU
-ttli 72 # Sets the max temp for a GPU before miner automatically starts reducing intensity. This will allow the GPU to run a little cooler but still keep running.
-tstop 75 # Turn GPU off if this temp is reached until the temp gets to the value in -tstart, then start it up again
-tstart 65 # Temp to start mining again if -tstop temp was reached
Be patient It's takes some time and work to fine tune your rig.
If you didn't do testing and monitoring like the above then you probably didn't set it up correctly from the beginning.
