I think it's all by the devfee who makes this software completely unbearable.
software that has proven itself is ethminer + watchdog windows.
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Don't forget to click Watchdog options and set delay before monitoring for 0MH/s high (mine is 99)
Ethminer is an ethereum miner without devfee
Links:
readme https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer
downloads https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer/releases
Funny Etherminer for me using Fury x and vega 64 is about 15 % slower than PM 2.8b or 2.8c(haven`t tried PM 2.9b) yet...
So lets look at the math if we look at PM rate being 100%(inc dev fee)...
Etherminer 100% - 15% = 85% total rate
PhoenixMiner Miner 100% - .65% = 99.35% total rate
If we look at top level total rate and assume the stale rates are the same(PM tends to lower for me) Then Using Etherminer will lose you around -14.35% of your total mining rate after the PM dev fee...
Be interesting to see others comparisons if they have done it.