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Quote from: apriyoni on March 31, 2016, 08:04:14 AM

Quote from: swagkiller69 on March 17, 2016, 08:35:15 PM

Quote from: rocketron on March 10, 2016, 09:48:28 AM

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.

apriyoni

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Quote from: swagkiller69 on March 17, 2016, 08:35:15 PM

Quote from: rocketron on March 10, 2016, 09:48:28 AM

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.

Tmdz

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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.

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Quote from: rocketron on March 10, 2016, 09:48:28 AM

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

PrismRevolution

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I think you can normally mine on Windows. I do that also from windows with a multi-rig, running smoothly.

Ayers

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Quote from: apriyoni on March 13, 2016, 03:30:35 AM

Quote from: Ayers on March 13, 2016, 03:31:05 AM

Quote from: GenTarkin on March 12, 2016, 05:52:44 PM

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

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Quote from: Ayers on March 13, 2016, 03:31:05 AM

Quote from: GenTarkin on March 12, 2016, 05:52:44 PM

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?

Ayers

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Quote from: GenTarkin on March 12, 2016, 05:52:44 PM

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

GenTarkin

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Quote from: mickiya on March 12, 2016, 06:06:21 PM

Quote from: GenTarkin on March 12, 2016, 05:52:44 PM

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 =)

mickiya

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Quote from: GenTarkin on March 12, 2016, 05:52:44 PM

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.

GenTarkin

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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.

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Quote from: GenTarkin on March 12, 2016, 01:35:40 AM

Quote from: mickiya on March 11, 2016, 03:35:24 AM

Quote from: Ayers on March 11, 2016, 02:38:33 AM

i know that windows work better with nvidia, the problem come with windows 10, not so much with 7, probably drivers issue related?

Quote from: GenTarkin on March 10, 2016, 07:30:28 PM

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.

Ayers

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Quote from: GenTarkin on March 12, 2016, 01:35:40 AM

Quote from: mickiya on March 11, 2016, 03:35:24 AM

Quote from: Ayers on March 11, 2016, 02:38:33 AM

i know that windows work better with nvidia, the problem come with windows 10, not so much with 7, probably drivers issue related?

Quote from: GenTarkin on March 10, 2016, 07:30:28 PM

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

GenTarkin

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Quote from: mickiya on March 11, 2016, 03:35:24 AM

Quote from: Ayers on March 11, 2016, 02:38:33 AM

i know that windows work better with nvidia, the problem come with windows 10, not so much with 7, probably drivers issue related?

Quote from: GenTarkin on March 10, 2016, 07:30:28 PM

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?

mickiya

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Quote from: Ayers on March 11, 2016, 02:38:33 AM

i know that windows work better with nvidia, the problem come with windows 10, not so much with 7, probably drivers issue related?

Quote from: GenTarkin on March 10, 2016, 07:30:28 PM

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.

Ayers

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i know that windows work better with nvidia, the problem come with windows 10, not so much with 7, probably drivers issue related?

Quote from: GenTarkin on March 10, 2016, 07:30:28 PM

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

GenTarkin

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Activity: 2450

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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?

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Msi afterburner

Quote from: rocketron on March 10, 2016, 09:48:28 AM

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!

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