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newbie
Activity: 30
Merit: 0
April 01, 2016, 08:55:39 AM
#24
I use windows to mine on 4x gpu. No issues. Have tried both ubuntu and windows and decided to just stick on windows.

Fyi those 7970 lighnings go like bats out of caves. You can overclock to 1200 core easy for 27+hash.
Hi, I've now got the 7970's and I can't figure out what sort of settings i should be changing? Do i need to unlock the voltage controls? Does anyone know the optimal settings?
MSI 7970 Lightning OC BE

If you want to save power consumption, you can unlock the voltage in the MSI Afterburner. It will reduce your electricity bill.

Unlock the voltage control in the MSI afterburner and reduce the voltage. You have to do that gradually.
sr. member
Activity: 308
Merit: 250
March 31, 2016, 08:04:14 AM
#23
I use windows to mine on 4x gpu. No issues. Have tried both ubuntu and windows and decided to just stick on windows.

Fyi those 7970 lighnings go like bats out of caves. You can overclock to 1200 core easy for 27+hash.
Hi, I've now got the 7970's and I can't figure out what sort of settings i should be changing? Do i need to unlock the voltage controls? Does anyone know the optimal settings?
MSI 7970 Lightning OC BE

If you want to save power consumption, you can unlock the voltage in the MSI Afterburner. It will reduce your electricity bill.
hero member
Activity: 1008
Merit: 1000
March 18, 2016, 12:59:43 AM
#22
I think you'll see the biggest improvement overclocking the memory on the gpu but just play around with the settings app until you get a result that works for you.

Ive been mining on my old r7 250 to see how things works and cranking the memory up gave a nice ~ 20% or so improvement  Grin   I just ordered a hd 7950 that I found a pretty decent price that has good cooling on board.  I'm a bit surprised you can profit as much as you can at this point and hope we can keep at it for a little while at least until everyone catches up and smashes the hash rate with gpu farms in the future.  I play games and wanted a faster gpu so I figured this was a good opportunity to upgrade for free at the least and make some money if all goes well.
newbie
Activity: 33
Merit: 0
March 17, 2016, 08:35:15 PM
#21
I use windows to mine on 4x gpu. No issues. Have tried both ubuntu and windows and decided to just stick on windows.

Fyi those 7970 lighnings go like bats out of caves. You can overclock to 1200 core easy for 27+hash.
Hi, I've now got the 7970's and I can't figure out what sort of settings i should be changing? Do i need to unlock the voltage controls? Does anyone know the optimal settings?
MSI 7970 Lightning OC BE
newbie
Activity: 42
Merit: 0
March 14, 2016, 06:34:49 AM
#20
I think you can normally mine on Windows. I do that also from windows with a multi-rig, running smoothly.
legendary
Activity: 2590
Merit: 1022
Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform
March 14, 2016, 02:35:45 AM
#19
Thanks for your answers guys =)

I have have another question. Are PCIe x1 -> x16/x1 adapters ok for eth mining or do the cards need the full pcie bandwidth?

I would think its fine since the dag gets preloaded into the vram.

i would recommend using those with usb, those with ribbors sometimes have signal problem, i'm experience this issue with my motherboard

What is the cause of the signal problem? Does it always happen on one motherboard and hanppen on many MB?

i think it has to do witht he slot, you need to connect two of the pin with a bridge connection, i've checked it in another topic, and it seems that some motherboard have this problem dunno why
maybe they are not designed to run the card on the x1 slot, by default? i don't really know
sr. member
Activity: 308
Merit: 250
March 13, 2016, 03:30:35 AM
#18
Thanks for your answers guys =)

I have have another question. Are PCIe x1 -> x16/x1 adapters ok for eth mining or do the cards need the full pcie bandwidth?

I would think its fine since the dag gets preloaded into the vram.

i would recommend using those with usb, those with ribbors sometimes have signal problem, i'm experience this issue with my motherboard

What is the cause of the signal problem? Does it always happen on one motherboard and hanppen on many MB?
legendary
Activity: 2590
Merit: 1022
Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform
March 13, 2016, 03:31:05 AM
#17
Thanks for your answers guys =)

I have have another question. Are PCIe x1 -> x16/x1 adapters ok for eth mining or do the cards need the full pcie bandwidth?

I would think its fine since the dag gets preloaded into the vram.

i would recommend using those with usb, those with ribbors sometimes have signal problem, i'm experience this issue with my motherboard
legendary
Activity: 2450
Merit: 1002
March 12, 2016, 06:27:16 PM
#16
Thanks for your answers guys =)

I have have another question. Are PCIe x1 -> x16/x1 adapters ok for eth mining or do the cards need the full pcie bandwidth?

I would think its fine since the dag gets preloaded into the vram.

No. PCIE 1x is good enough. The loading of the DAG is one off. It is OK if that is slow initially.

Thanks, just as I had suspected =)
full member
Activity: 195
Merit: 104
March 12, 2016, 06:06:21 PM
#15
Thanks for your answers guys =)

I have have another question. Are PCIe x1 -> x16/x1 adapters ok for eth mining or do the cards need the full pcie bandwidth?

I would think its fine since the dag gets preloaded into the vram.

No. PCIE 1x is good enough. The loading of the DAG is one off. It is OK if that is slow initially.
legendary
Activity: 2450
Merit: 1002
March 12, 2016, 05:52:44 PM
#14
Thanks for your answers guys =)

I have have another question. Are PCIe x1 -> x16/x1 adapters ok for eth mining or do the cards need the full pcie bandwidth?

I would think its fine since the dag gets preloaded into the vram.
full member
Activity: 221
Merit: 100
March 12, 2016, 03:06:57 AM
#13
i know that windows work better with nvidia, the problem come with windows 10, not so much with 7, probably drivers issue related?

Without starting a new topic ... figured I would ask here as well, what should I expect from 2x 7870xt?
Im currently getting about 27mh that shows in ethminer. The nicehash is showing about 33mh on average for the last 6hrs at least.

They are clocked at 1050/1575
*also, whats more important in mining ETH ... gpu or vram clock?

This sound bout right?

is the access to the memory that is important, and i don't remember all the details now, there was a post on the etheruem forum explaining it

The difference between W10 and W8.1 is how the memory is allocated in the GPU system. W10 is slower than W10, that is more apparent in the nVidia cards.

Im talking about clock speeds. Whats more important the GPU clockspeed or the GPU's RAM clockspeed?

For the Ethereum  mining, memory speed is more important than the Core frequency. So increase that first.
legendary
Activity: 2590
Merit: 1022
Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform
March 12, 2016, 02:55:40 AM
#12
i know that windows work better with nvidia, the problem come with windows 10, not so much with 7, probably drivers issue related?

Without starting a new topic ... figured I would ask here as well, what should I expect from 2x 7870xt?
Im currently getting about 27mh that shows in ethminer. The nicehash is showing about 33mh on average for the last 6hrs at least.

They are clocked at 1050/1575
*also, whats more important in mining ETH ... gpu or vram clock?

This sound bout right?

is the access to the memory that is important, and i don't remember all the details now, there was a post on the etheruem forum explaining it

The difference between W10 and W8.1 is how the memory is allocated in the GPU system. W10 is slower than W10, that is more apparent in the nVidia cards.

Im talking about clock speeds. Whats more important the GPU clockspeed or the GPU's RAM clockspeed?

https://forum.ethereum.org/discussion/4302/how-to-find-the-optimal-gpu-clock-speed-for-mining

i think it's the bandwidth
legendary
Activity: 2450
Merit: 1002
March 12, 2016, 01:35:40 AM
#11
i know that windows work better with nvidia, the problem come with windows 10, not so much with 7, probably drivers issue related?

Without starting a new topic ... figured I would ask here as well, what should I expect from 2x 7870xt?
Im currently getting about 27mh that shows in ethminer. The nicehash is showing about 33mh on average for the last 6hrs at least.

They are clocked at 1050/1575
*also, whats more important in mining ETH ... gpu or vram clock?

This sound bout right?

is the access to the memory that is important, and i don't remember all the details now, there was a post on the etheruem forum explaining it

The difference between W10 and W8.1 is how the memory is allocated in the GPU system. W10 is slower than W10, that is more apparent in the nVidia cards.

Im talking about clock speeds. Whats more important the GPU clockspeed or the GPU's RAM clockspeed?
full member
Activity: 195
Merit: 104
March 11, 2016, 03:35:24 AM
#10
i know that windows work better with nvidia, the problem come with windows 10, not so much with 7, probably drivers issue related?

Without starting a new topic ... figured I would ask here as well, what should I expect from 2x 7870xt?
Im currently getting about 27mh that shows in ethminer. The nicehash is showing about 33mh on average for the last 6hrs at least.

They are clocked at 1050/1575
*also, whats more important in mining ETH ... gpu or vram clock?

This sound bout right?

is the access to the memory that is important, and i don't remember all the details now, there was a post on the etheruem forum explaining it

The difference between W10 and W8.1 is how the memory is allocated in the GPU system. W10 is slower than W10, that is more apparent in the nVidia cards.
legendary
Activity: 2590
Merit: 1022
Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform
March 11, 2016, 02:38:33 AM
#9
i know that windows work better with nvidia, the problem come with windows 10, not so much with 7, probably drivers issue related?

Without starting a new topic ... figured I would ask here as well, what should I expect from 2x 7870xt?
Im currently getting about 27mh that shows in ethminer. The nicehash is showing about 33mh on average for the last 6hrs at least.

They are clocked at 1050/1575
*also, whats more important in mining ETH ... gpu or vram clock?

This sound bout right?

is the access to the memory that is important, and i don't remember all the details now, there was a post on the etheruem forum explaining it
legendary
Activity: 2450
Merit: 1002
March 10, 2016, 07:30:28 PM
#8
Without starting a new topic ... figured I would ask here as well, what should I expect from 2x 7870xt?
Im currently getting about 27mh that shows in ethminer. The nicehash is showing about 33mh on average for the last 6hrs at least.

They are clocked at 1050/1575
*also, whats more important in mining ETH ... gpu or vram clock?

This sound bout right?
sr. member
Activity: 616
Merit: 300
March 10, 2016, 06:11:50 PM
#7

Msi afterburner


I use windows to mine on 4x gpu. No issues. Have tried both ubuntu and windows and decided to just stick on windows.

Fyi those 7970 lighnings go like bats out of caves. You can overclock to 1200 core easy for 27+hash.
Really? How would I do this? I never was able to do it properly in cgminer!
newbie
Activity: 33
Merit: 0
March 10, 2016, 02:31:04 PM
#6
I use windows to mine on 4x gpu. No issues. Have tried both ubuntu and windows and decided to just stick on windows.

Fyi those 7970 lighnings go like bats out of caves. You can overclock to 1200 core easy for 27+hash.
Really? How would I do this? I never was able to do it properly in cgminer!
legendary
Activity: 1176
Merit: 1015
March 10, 2016, 01:16:21 PM
#5
I use windows to mine on 4x gpu. No issues. Have tried both ubuntu and windows and decided to just stick on windows.

Fyi those 7970 lighnings go like bats out of caves. You can overclock to 1200 core easy for 27+hash.

This one goes to the same category with GTX 970 doing 21.5MH at 110W.

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