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Topic: PhoenixMiner 6.2c: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Win/Linux) - page 307. (Read 784857 times)

newbie
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@PhoenixMiner

why are you enumerating the gpus starting from 1 and not from 0?
is there any way to change it so it will not be so "uniquely authentic" to the miner?

@PhoenixMiner ?

seriously am I the only one who's confused by the difference in enums of this miner and the rest, like: win registry, amdmemtweak, odnt...

I'll root for that. Everytime I need to do something with gpus I gotta translate them bloody 1-based indices.
newbie
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not work -mvddc wnidows 7 PhoenixMiner 4.7c 4.6c . eror miner. in version 4.5 everything works.
setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100


PhoenixMiner.exe -amd    -mi 14 -coin ETH -mode 1 -wdog 0 -pool eu1.ethermine.org:4444 -worker CATx -wal 0x57119a8879088ae78442533c2e9e6649631004c6 -pass x  -clkernel 2  -gser 2 -proto 3 -mvddc 900 -mclock 2100 -gt 0 -rvram -1 
sr. member
Activity: 861
Merit: 281
Thanks for the answer I will do it so.
Do you you have so good mem tweak for vega 56 with 64 bios and Vega 64 too on ETH?

If the GPU has Samsung RAM then it will overclock really well which also goes for vega 56 with 64 bios flashed.
Flash the bios, increase mem and reduce core and subsequent voltages in overdriveNtool, use AMD Mem Tweaker to apply weak memory timings after that and run the miner. That's all I have to reach the highest possible hashrate in ETH and XMR.
sr. member
Activity: 857
Merit: 262
@PhoenixMiner

why are you enumerating the gpus starting from 1 and not from 0?
is there any way to change it so it will not be so "uniquely authentic" to the miner?

@PhoenixMiner ?

seriously am I the only one who's confused by the difference in enums of this miner and the rest, like: win registry, amdmemtweak, odnt...
sr. member
Activity: 1484
Merit: 253
Anyone tried already new 19.11.2 AMD drivers? Miner supports them?

EDIT: I checked - new AMD 19.11.2 drivers have full PM support.
newbie
Activity: 105
Merit: 0
Do I need to flash bios them with 64 bios ?

Is there any good specific timing for ETH on Vega 64 and 56 ?
Thanks

Definitely. Flash your Vega 56 with 64 air bios.
It'll help as it will increase the memory frequency of the card.
In 56 bios, I was able to hit 935 MHz but with 64 air bios flashed the memory frequency was stable at 1100MHz.
Any further and it was unstable.

Thanks for the answer I will do it so.
Do you you have so good mem tweak for vega 56 with 64 bios and Vega 64 too on ETH ?
sr. member
Activity: 861
Merit: 281
Do I need to flash bios them with 64 bios ?

Is there any good specific timing for ETH on Vega 64 and 56 ?
Thanks

Definitely. Flash your Vega 56 with 64 air bios.
It'll help as it will increase the memory frequency of the card.
In 56 bios, I was able to hit 935 MHz but with 64 air bios flashed the memory frequency was stable at 1100MHz.
Any further and it was unstable.
sr. member
Activity: 857
Merit: 262
@PhoenixMiner

why are you enumerating the gpus starting from 1 and not from 0?
is there any way to change it so it will not be so "uniquely authentic" to the miner?

@PhoenixMiner ?
member
Activity: 180
Merit: 10
I have made one custom windows especially for mining, I have removed almost all useles junk, including windows defender, windows update, store, xbox, services, programs, etc.

I use it since 1 month and 0 errors, 0 restarts/updates/troubles.

You can try it.

Is original Windows 10 PRO 1709 ISO downloaded from microsoft, modded with N-Lite software tool version 1.8.0.6790.

During installation will ask for serial (you can skip it as usual) and activation too after finishing.

You can use any valid serial of Win 10 PRO (only pro), if you want to activate it.

Cheers!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kyxWZm0m17Of0MlE-wXjfng25yO7ZaAr/view

Not sure I trust a modded Windows 10 OS. No offense but what's to prevent you from tossing in something malicious? (Trojan, Keylogger, Packetsniffer etc.)
I like the idea though.
newbie
Activity: 105
Merit: 0
Hello,
I have some vega 56 and 64 founder edition (ssamsung memory).
I'm trying to find some settings for them but it keep crashing.

I'm using this one on vega 56 : --rc 38 --rcdrd 12 --rcdwr 5 --rp 11 --faw 13 --RRDL 3 --rtp 4 --ref 15600
but i get only 41mh/s with crash.

Do I need to flash bios them with 64 bios ?

Is there any good specific timing for ETH on Vega 64 and 56 ?

Thanks
newbie
Activity: 9
Merit: 0
Thank you for the suggestion, I tried it, disabled defender, ran program, no restart, same issue no change. I also went through disabled all other types of software and network related policies, tried again, no change. I guess ill bite the bullet and do a full wipe and reinstall of windows.

It's a good choice that you have decided to fresh install Windows.
Anyway, I'll recommend installing Windows 10 LTSC version as it is very stable, no feature updates so it won't go updating itself middle of the night and break something.
After installing, perform all the security updates, then disable automatic updates through group policy and start mining.
It'll run as stable as a Linux system.


Thank you very much for this information, I did not know about this version before and i will definitely be using it for the fresh install. thanks again
jr. member
Activity: 312
Merit: 2
Does -eres work for nvidia cards? Cos no matter what value I enter I always see same dag-size generated...
sr. member
Activity: 861
Merit: 281
Thank you for the suggestion, I tried it, disabled defender, ran program, no restart, same issue no change. I also went through disabled all other types of software and network related policies, tried again, no change. I guess ill bite the bullet and do a full wipe and reinstall of windows.

It's a good choice that you have decided to fresh install Windows.
Anyway, I'll recommend installing Windows 10 LTSC version as it is very stable, no feature updates so it won't go updating itself middle of the night and break something.
After installing, perform all the security updates, then disable automatic updates through group policy and start mining.
It'll run as stable as a Linux system.
newbie
Activity: 9
Merit: 0
Having issue after windows update, miner can no longer restart itself when thread crash or manual restart time. Miner shows restarting waiting 15s but after 15s CMD closes. I also have had random CMD closure after a few days or sometimes less than 12hours of running.

Anyone with the same issues? Or know a fix ?  (its getting annoying waking up or coming home to find no errors messages in windows or in the miner log, but the program had just turned off and will not restart.)

   This seems like Windows Defender issue. Turn off Windows Defender completely (it can be done with gpedit.msc) and see if the issues go away.



Dear developers. Do you know why every month the ETH hashrate decreases a bit on 1070-1080Ti video cards? About 2-3 MX per year. On AMD cards and on 1066 - this does not happen, everything is ok there. Thank you in advance!

I also wants to know answer this question. In the first half of this year my 6 1070 have 192Mh. Now they have 183.8Mh. Moreover I decreased MC, because with MC I used before, hashrate is even less. But there is nothing incorrect shares, so looks like hardware works good.

   This is a long-standing problem with Nvidia 10x0 cards. As it started above certain size of DAG and gradually lowers the hashrate with each new epoch, it seems to be related to the TLB size (yes, TLB strikes again). At this point the only workaround is to increase the power limit (and thus indirectly the core clock) but whether it is worth it depends on your electricity prices. We are testing some theoretical fixes for this problem but the results are not very encouraging. Nvidia could probably fix this with driver update by increasing the page size as AMD did in the past but it is not very likely that they will bother to do it.


Thank you for the suggestion, I tried it, disabled defender, ran program, no restart, same issue no change. I also went through disabled all other types of software and network related policies, tried again, no change. I guess ill bite the bullet and do a full wipe and reinstall of windows.
sr. member
Activity: 857
Merit: 262
@PhoenixMiner

why are you enumerating the gpus starting from 1 and not from 0?
is there any way to change it so it will not be so "uniquely authentic" to the miner?
sr. member
Activity: 2604
Merit: 326
I recently have this problem, posting here because I use this miner, although its probably windows problem.

I start my miner by remote logging and manually starting miner. However, about month ago, win10 changed

behavior...when I shut down remote conection, rig machine goes to sleep after 1h exactly. I did all usual

sleep/hibernation stuff, even some advanced registry stuff I found on net, but nothing works


Anyone had similar problems and solved it?
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
new version can solve 1050ti DAG size problem?
full member
Activity: 357
Merit: 101
Having issue after windows update, miner can no longer restart itself when thread crash or manual restart time. Miner shows restarting waiting 15s but after 15s CMD closes. I also have had random CMD closure after a few days or sometimes less than 12hours of running.

Anyone with the same issues? Or know a fix ?  (its getting annoying waking up or coming home to find no errors messages in windows or in the miner log, but the program had just turned off and will not restart.)

   This seems like Windows Defender issue. Turn off Windows Defender completely (it can be done with gpedit.msc) and see if the issues go away.



Dear developers. Do you know why every month the ETH hashrate decreases a bit on 1070-1080Ti video cards? About 2-3 MX per year. On AMD cards and on 1066 - this does not happen, everything is ok there. Thank you in advance!

I also wants to know answer this question. In the first half of this year my 6 1070 have 192Mh. Now they have 183.8Mh. Moreover I decreased MC, because with MC I used before, hashrate is even less. But there is nothing incorrect shares, so looks like hardware works good.

   This is a long-standing problem with Nvidia 10x0 cards. As it started above certain size of DAG and gradually lowers the hashrate with each new epoch, it seems to be related to the TLB size (yes, TLB strikes again). At this point the only workaround is to increase the power limit (and thus indirectly the core clock) but whether it is worth it depends on your electricity prices. We are testing some theoretical fixes for this problem but the results are not very encouraging. Nvidia could probably fix this with driver update by increasing the page size as AMD did in the past but it is not very likely that they will bother to do it.
full member
Activity: 357
Merit: 101
After AMD finally released Linux driver which can be used for Ethash mining with RX5700 cards, the release candidate of 4.8 is ready for download. You can download PhoenixMiner 4.8b from here:

(MEGA links are no longer active)

If you want to check the integrity of the downloaded file, please use the following hashes (you need the last file PhoenixMiner_NVRTC_Windows.zip only if you want to mine BCI with Nvdia cards under Windows):
Code:
     File: PhoenixMiner_4.8b_Windows.zip
    ===================================
   SHA-1: 0064bd0a2523c623f8b7ffd20105a2a901422479
 SHA-256: 90f57b65b1f92ae2ef712a2d17b90f1dfdc45db6b6d01b17d7f52fd8106eaf89
 SHA-512: 5fdbc109dbf7cb8a6cc51ee75b2139083c90fd1cb51116e4687a896aad2274c42f37b68ca1cd46ac60c885e43c82dfaa5f9823b1588ae55874b17030c73de875


    File: PhoenixMiner_4.8b_Linux.tar.gz
    ====================================
   SHA-1: 95aa2754d6a0ed933d42b0380d4b5be076a64298
 SHA-256: 1f235d022699acba1470e1f8af5950ff62cae7ac96bdb4eb794af9848e7dae24
 SHA-512: df29e3dfff5476fc29823f57725462c8bd021742d7f24e58688e245cdff2e146620cc44b983de1f14b720a6102b50c52c07869854eca4c93e3121cda360bc1fc


    File: PhoenixMiner_NVRTC_Windows.zip
    ====================================
   SHA-1: ff6fa5e018adbd52caf631c42b7c2fac7ce48a51
 SHA-256: 8087757169405d51ea8ba818347fb05d0450aef985c29272165070346eb5a54a
 SHA-512: 7b2d832f7f40578bb1f501d5174467f5ae06612e601dab769fd56d39da48a471b18c6373435a485155f70fec4017d8378797bf1e1dfe5d62fee30fa6a1d992c4

The new features in this release are:

  • Added support for the latest AMD drivers under Linux 19.30-934563 and for mining with RX5700 cards under Linux. Note that drivers are quite buggy and most of the overclocking options don't work, as well as most of the hardware monitoring options.
  • Added a new flexible way for setting GPU-specific options with selectors. Example: -cclock 1-3:1090,4:1300 -mclock nvidia:+450,amd:2000,*:1900,gtx*1070*ti:+200 See bellow for more information
  • Validated support for the latest AMD Windows drivers 19.11.1 (but they already work with 4.7c because there were no significant changes in the OpenCL driver)
  • Other small improvements and fixes.

If you don't need or want any of these features, there is no need to upgrade yet.

About the AMD Linux drivers 19.30-934563:

These drivers finally fix the RX5700 TLB problem but they are not perfect:
- Most of the hardware monitoring options don't work for RX5700 cards - even the temperature is not reported correctly. Only the power usage, fan speed, and core voltage are reported.
- Almost all hardware control options don't work for RX5700 cards either with the notable exception of power limit, so the only way to avoid wasting power is to use -powlim -45 or something like this. The fan control options doesn't work either so you will be relying on auto-fan.

About the new selectors for the GPU-specific options:

This is best explained by example: -cclock *:1100,1-3:1090,4:1300 - here we are setting core clock to 1100 MHz
for all cards, except the cards 1 to 3, on which it is set to 1090 MHz, and card 4 to 1300 MHz.

The part before the colon : is the selector, which selects the GPUs for which the value after the colon is applied. The selector can be:
  - single GPU index: e.g. 5:1000 sets 1000 for the 5th GPU
  - range of GPU indexes: e.g 2-5:1200 sets 1200 for the GPUs 2,3,4, and 5
  - asterisk, which sets the value for all GPUs
  - label amd or nvidia: e.g. amd:1090 sets the value to 1090 for all AMD cards
  - arbitrary string that starts with letter and can contain letters, numbers and asterisks, which is matched against the GPU name as listed by PhoenixMiner.
    Example: gtx*1070:+500 will set value +500 for all cards which contain 'gtx' and '1070' in their names with anything
    between them. This will match 'Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070' but not 'Nvidia GeForce 1070'.
    
Note that if more than one selector matches given card, than only the last one counts.
Example: -cclock *:1100,1-4:1090,2:1300 will set card 2 to 1300; cards 1,2, and 4 to 1090;
and the rest of the cards to 1100 MHz core clock.
newbie
Activity: 9
Merit: 0
Having issue after windows update, miner can no longer restart itself when thread crash or manual restart time. Miner shows restarting waiting 15s but after 15s CMD closes. I also have had random CMD closure after a few days or sometimes less than 12hours of running.

Anyone with the same issues? Or know a fix ?  (its getting annoying waking up or coming home to find no errors messages in windows or in the miner log, but the program had just turned off and will not restart.)
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