[R9 290 + CGminer] Post your settings, incl. your GPU-, MEM-Clock and Voltage

daruler

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im using a r9 290 with 830 kh/s on cgminer 3.1.1
Tho i need a new fan because its to freaking loud Tongue

Code:

{
"pools" : [
	{
		"url" : "xxx",
		"user" : "xxx",
		"pass" : "xx"
	}
]
,
"intensity" : "20",
"vectors" : "1",
"worksize" : "256",
"kernel" : "scrypt",
"lookup-gap" : "0",
"thread-concurrency" : "26000",
"shaders" : "0",
"gpu-engine" : "950",
"gpu-fan" : "0-80",
"gpu-memclock" : "1250",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0",
"gpu-powertune" : "0",
"gpu-vddc" : "0.000",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-overheat" : "85",
"temp-target" : "75",
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "120",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-platform" : "0",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"hotplug" : "5",
"log" : "5",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"scan-time" : "30",
"scrypt" : true,
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"shares" : "0",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
}

onefix

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Here is my setup:

My setup x2 r9 290 PowerColor (Now running at 1.712Mh/s)

I have spent 3 wasted days trying to sort out getting my cards above 500 kh/s.....ahhhhh Anyway here is my solution to finally sorting it out:

1. You need windows 64bit (32 bit didn't work for me)
2. SDK 2.9 or latest
3. Latest Catalyst 13_12
4. Cgminer 3.7.2

5. Add these commands one at a time by clicking on start and pasting into the space that says "search programs and files"

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

Code:

setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1

6. IMPORTANT I needed 8GB of RAM install in the PC (as I couldn't get the thread concurrency (TC) above 8192 with only 4GB of Ram) I was getting -4 errors when running cgminer and LOTS of Hardware Errors (HW).

7. I have used the following cgminer.conf for two cards (probably needs tweaking but I'm happy at the moment):

Code:

{
 "pools" : [
{
 "url" : "Add your pool address here",
 "user" : "Your user name",
 "pass" : "Your password"
 }
 ]
 ,
 "intensity" : "19,19",
 "vectors" : "1,1",
 "worksize" : "512,512",
 "kernel" : "scrypt,scrypt",
 "lookup-gap" : "2,2",
 "thread-concurrency" : "33280,33280",
 "gpu-engine" : "967,967",
 "gpu-fan" : "50-85,60-85",
 "gpu-memclock" : "1500,1500",
 "gpu-memdiff" : "0,0",
 "gpu-powertune" : "11,11",
 "gpu-vddc" : "1.032,1.032",
 "temp-cutoff" : "92,92",
 "temp-overheat" : "85,85",
 "temp-target" : "80,80",
 "auto-fan" : true,
 "api-port" : "4028",
 "expiry" : "120",
 "gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
 "gpu-platform" : "0",
 "gpu-threads" : "1",
 "hotplug" : "5",
 "log" : "5",
 "no-pool-disable" : true,
 "queue" : "1",
 "scan-time" : "60",
 "scrypt" : true,
 "temp-hysteresis" : "3",
 "shares" : "0",
 "kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
 }

Oh yes for the TC I also needed to use multiples of what my cards shaders are. i.e my shaders = 2560 therefore 2560 x 13 = 33280 before I added extra RAM I couldn't get the TC above 8192.

The two cards are running at 800W (total including motherboard etc) I'm sure I will beable to reduce that now I've got it working Wink

Oh and the cards are running at 77oC & 83oC
So that is my solution thanks to all comments here.......

I've just started using CGWATCHER to control all my differn't rigs its really impressive...give it ago....

TheCryptoManiac

newbie

Activity: 15

Merit: 0

What version of MSI Afterburner are you using? I had black-screen and BSOD problems with any version except for the BETA 17. Give that a try first. Also, I posted a guide on how to set up a 290X with all of my settings on my blog. You may find some of the information useful, but you would have to change some of the settings to work with a 290 such as thread concurrency.

http://thecryptomaniac.blogspot.com/2013/12/mining-with-radeon-r9-290x-how-to-get.html

punkrock

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Merit: 1011

Sorry for pushing, guys. No one around, who wants to share his settings?

punkrock

hero member

Activity: 808

Merit: 1011

Hi!

I tried many settings but sometimes (not everytime) my workers.bat crashes my AMD driver and I get black screen for a short time.
After the AMD driver crashed and restarts automatically by Windows 7, mining is not possible until restart, because cgminer shows weird stats (very high KH/s / very low WU).

AMD driver crashes (sometimes) after starting worker.bat:

The display driver has been restored after a failure. The display driver "AMD driver" stopped responding and has been recovered.

So, I am not really happy at this time, because I want a stable PC for mining, that's why I started this thread.
I am not using a CGminer.conf - all my settings are in my worker.bat

Settings of my R9 290

GPU @ 947 MHz
MEM @ 1250 MHz
VDDC @ 1.109-1.133 V (changes up and down in GPU-Z)
FAN: ~65% (auto) @ ~87° (max. temp settings in Catalyst Control Center (CCC) <= 90°)

My worker.bat for solo-mining:

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
start "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GrandCoin (GDC) Solo-Mining ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" cgminer.exe --scrypt -o 127.0.0.1:12378 -u user -p password  -I 17 -g 1 -w 512 --queue 0 --scan-time 1 --expiry 1

My worker.bat for pool-mining:

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
start "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SXC - BTC - LTC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://lavapit.lavajumper.com:3693 -u user -p password -o stratum+tcp://stratum01.hashco.ws:8888 -u user -p password -o stratum+tcp://global.wemineltc.com:3334 -u user -p password -I 17 -g 1 -w 512

I get about 720 KH/s (I am using -I 17, so I can work on my PC with less lagging.
I already used Afterburner / ASUS GPU Tweak / Trixx to change the voltage, but I did not found a good setting.

It's up to you, to share your experiences with the R9 290. Post your settings and which software you used to get a stable working worker.bat (cgminer).

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