What is the fix for nvidia 1080 on windows 7 64bit? I am getting .75MH/s, lol.
The fix is don't use Windoze.
Considering how much a handful of you kids kick and scream when stuff isn't released for Nix... I'm not to certain about that. Sorry that you have to witness a bug on Windows which pretty much everyone uses.
And no, using nix isn't a 'fix', just like reinstalling everytime something is broken isn't a fix either.
then stop crying and port the windows miner to actually drivers and hardware !
Linux is the better plattform for mining !
1. could be installed in headless mode, so that there isn't used any GPU Power for anything else then mining
2. more stable to use
3. free to use without any license costs
4. fully control over the hole system
Crying? You sir are crying about people using Win'doze'. Ethminer works natively in Windows. You should've seen people freaking out about SP asking people to run his miner in wine... even though it gets the same performance it would otherwise.
1. I run all my windows machines in headless mode.
2. It's not any more stable then a properly running Windows machine.
3. Time is money and having to google each and every variable because in order to do anything in Nix you have to know exactly the right command to use is a huge waste of time and money. I'm not going to employ someone to run a OS either. There is a reason Nix is relegated to doing background infrastructure where they actually employ people to use it.
3a. A lot of software isn't even made for nix. OCing is a huge PITA in nix in addition to monitoring the hardware outside of custom built packages that you just install and use, but have relatively little way of changing outside of programming the OS yourself (another huge waste of time and money).
4. To do what that I can't do right now? Recompile kernel and waste a bunch of time? Nix is a hobby OS or it's something you do as a job, it's not designed for the majority of people.
Don't push your elitist snob attitude while shoveling 'nix is better' crap. That's like people saying you don't get viruses on nix either... just like with Macs. Nix is a waste of time and resources for the majority of people, which is why almost everyone who is mining is running WinDoze. If it was outright better people would switch.
Believe it or not, some people have used WinDoze and Nix... and can make informed opinions on the matter.
Good points. Glad it works for you.
If you have the money to actually BUY the OS, great.
I'm guessing most don't actually BUY copies of Windows, so there's that.
If you don't want to waste ~$100 for each machine, use the OS 99.9% of cryptocurrency's are developed ON and FOR.
Ethereum is no different. Windows support is an afterthought the the developers.
The complaint that Linux is harder to use or understand depends on the desire to learn.
Also, why do see TONS of Windows questions and very few Linux questions?
Is it maybe that the answers are more available to Linux users?
Just a thought...
Time is still money, downtime is also money. If you can't fix a machine when it breaks because you have to spend uptine hours googling around for answers you're wasting mining time. It makes it all the worse when you have to take to forums, which if you're lucky you'll receive a condescending snotty answer within 24 hours... If you're unlucky... 24-72 and they wont give you a answer, they'll try to 'lead you to the answer' by dragging you through the mud and making you feel bad for being a no good muggle that has used Windows in the past, all the while talking about how superior Nix is which is currently broken for you and you're trying really fucking hard to fix. And then if you're lucky, maybe in 2-3 iterations of that (a week) they'll finally give you a one line answer (usually a command line sequence) which does everything you were looking for.
(Notice the responses and tone in this thread to people trying to fix WinDoze problems by Nix users? Yeah, now imagine trying to deal with people like that to fix problems with Nix while time and money are on the line.)
Linux is definitely 10,000% harder to use. 'Desire to learn' has nothing to do with usability and everything to do with being able to accomplish what you're trying to do in some sort of meaningful time frame. There is a reason there is a job in the market that caters to people that administrate Nix machines.
"Also, why do see TONS of Windows questions and very few Linux questions?"
Almost no one mines with Nix and the few that do are using prebuilt installs that someone else made, which they themselves can't fix and instead reinstall whenever something breaks.
Or we could go back to my first paragraph about people generally looking down upon anyone who wants to actually figure out how to make the OS work when it's broken... wonder if that hampers peoples desire to learn or use a OS.
I've used Nix. It's a PITA. IT's great for tiny niches it fulfills that makes the internet and backbone infrastructure run, but in this case there is no point in using it. This is also why a 'Steam Machine' will never take off. No one tried to make Nix as user friendly as WinDoze, they've only thrown shiny new UIs on top of it which are still next to worthless if everything isn't working properly.
There is definitely a market for a user friendly Nix OS that mimics the usability of WinDoze... meaning when something breaks, you can fix 99.999% of advanced problems with the UI and you never touch the CLI (blasphemy I know). But it will never happen because Nix users are so obsessed with their 'knowledge' of their OS they can never contemplate making that knowledge readily available for the plebeians that want to use their OS (who are obviously filthy WinDoze users).
Think how often you touch CLI when fixing a WinDoze problem. Yes, just like that.
This isn't even touching on compatibility, performance, and applications that aren't available for Nix.
When you put this all into context, regardless of whether or not you spend $100 per machine for WinDoze it's obviously well worth the money compared to the alternative. I'm too old to deal with know it all fuck twats that have no real interest in helping you fix shit and just want to make themselves feel good about using a OS almost no one gives a shit about and those that do are usually paid to do so. They're a waste of my time, my energy, and my money.
