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newbie
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February 26, 2014, 05:46:56 AM
nice thread about some crucial settings
I'm still trying to get some working config for Radeon 7770 but looks like who filled out tha HW comparison where the 7770 is disappeared Smiley damn
newbie
Activity: 4
Merit: 0
February 26, 2014, 04:13:10 AM
      Some general tips:

    • thread-concurrency: Without this set correctly, you will get many hardware errors, and a very low hashrate. Now I have zero HW errors with these settings, and a negligible number of rejects.
      • gpu-engine:
      Set it lower than you would for scrypt mining. I was able to gain over 100 kh/s on the 290x cards by lowering the clock speed from 1030 to 935.
      • RAM:
      As long as you have 4GB of RAM, you should be able to get the maximum possible hashrate. I have no trouble running three-card 7950 and 7970 rigs with only 4GB of RAM, while also maxing out the CPU for XPM mining.



    I'm running vertminer 0.5.4pre2, on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.



    Here are my settings, separated by type of card:

    7950, at 283 kh/s:

    "intensity" : "21",
    "vectors" : "1",
    "worksize" : "256",
    "kernel" : "scrypt",
    "lookup-gap" : "2",
    "thread-concurrency" : "19712",
    "shaders" : "0",
    "gpu-engine" : "990",
    "gpu-fan" : "5-85",
    "gpu-memclock" : "1250",
    "gpu-powertune" : "10",
    "gpu-vddc" : "1.075",
    "temp-cutoff" : "95",
    "temp-overheat" : "90",
    "temp-target" : "75",
    "gpu-threads" : "1",
    "nscrypt" : true,

    7970, at 367 kh/s:

    NB - This card needs to be run with 2 threads for optimum performance, and the intensity has to be 13.

    "intensity" : "13",
    "vectors" : "1",
    "worksize" : "256",
    "kernel" : "scrypt",
    "lookup-gap" : "2",
    "thread-concurrency" : "8192",
    "shaders" : "0",
    "gpu-engine" : "1021",
    "gpu-fan" : "5-85",
    "gpu-memclock" : "1500",
    "gpu-memdiff" : "0",
    "gpu-powertune" : "20",
    "gpu-vddc" : "1.081",
    "temp-cutoff" : "95",
    "temp-overheat" : "85",
    "temp-target" : "75",
    "auto-fan" : true,
    "expiry" : "120",
    "gpu-threads" : "2",
    "nscrypt" : true,

    R9 290x, at 456 kh/s:

    NB - For this card, it's crucial to keep the temperature below 92º, because above that temp, the engine clock speed will start to drop. Don't forget to set powertune to 25, not 20!

    "intensity" : "21",
    "vectors" : "1",
    "worksize" : "512",
    "kernel" : "scrypt",
    "lookup-gap" : "2",
    "thread-concurrency" : "27000",
    "shaders" : "0",
    "gpu-engine" : "935",
    "gpu-fan" : "5-85",
    "gpu-memclock" : "1350",
    "gpu-memdiff" : "0",
    "gpu-powertune" : "25",
    "gpu-vddc" : "0.000",
    "temp-cutoff" : "100",
    "temp-overheat" : "97",
    "temp-target" : "85",
    "auto-fan" : true,
    "gpu-threads" : "1",
    "nscrypt" : true,
    newbie
    Activity: 50
    Merit: 0
    February 25, 2014, 06:31:53 PM
    You are configuring this twice, first at the command line, second in the config file. You should just use the command line with all options or setting everything in the config file and just start vertminer.bat where you have nothing after vertminer.exe

    Don't forget to add your pool in the config file.

    You do not say what kind of errors you get.

    Imo Shaders shouldn't be 0 but 2048.
    With a low thread concurrency as 8192, you should use gpu-threads: "2" or g 2 (in command line). If it doesn't work lower intensity.
    newbie
    Activity: 3
    Merit: 0
    February 25, 2014, 06:23:42 PM
    My HD 7970:

    For my batch file:
    setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100
    setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1
    vertminer.exe --scrypt-vert -o stratum+tcp://us.bitcrush.info:3444 -u myname.is -p a --lookup-gap 2 --thread-concurrency 8192 -I 13 -g 1 -w 256 --gpu-powertune 20

    For my vertminer.conf file:
    "auto-fan" : true,
    "temp-cutoff" : "95",
    "temp-overheat" : "85",
    "temp-target" : "80",
    "gpu-fan" : "0-100",
    "intensity" : "13",
    "vectors" : "1",
    "worksize" : "256",
    "lookup-gap" : "2",
    "gpu-threads" : "1",
    "thread-concurrency" : "8192",
    "shaders" : "0",
    "gpu-engine" : "930",
    "gpu-memclock" : "1375",
    "gpu-powertune" : "20"
    }

    Not sure why I'm having issues. Do I need to specify something in my vertminer.conf file?
    sr. member
    Activity: 437
    Merit: 250
    February 25, 2014, 10:55:42 AM
    Hi,

    i have a 6950 Card but cant get over intensity=11 without hardware-errors.
    Has someone an idea how to get more khashes with a 6950 or to get
    over intensity=11 without hardware-errors?
    Oh and i should have enough RAM (8 Gigabyte).

    Thanks for any suggestions and/or tips.

    newbie
    Activity: 24
    Merit: 0
    February 25, 2014, 09:53:44 AM
    Hi have a ATI Radeon HD5970 whit 256 ram, its a god board to mine VTC? does anyone have this board? whats the speed?
    Thanks
    newbie
    Activity: 22
    Merit: 0
    February 25, 2014, 09:41:05 AM
    I can get good hashrates on my GTX 780 using cudaminer, but when I try vertminer with my R9 290X I get a black empty screen for the command console, and for my HD 7970, I get 30 Khash/s even though the cmd console shows at 260 Khash/s. What am I doing wrong?

    settings? copy it here
    newbie
    Activity: 3
    Merit: 0
    February 25, 2014, 09:25:13 AM
    I can get good hashrates on my GTX 780 using cudaminer, but when I try vertminer with my R9 290X I get a black empty screen for the command console, and for my HD 7970, I get 30 Khash/s even though the cmd console shows at 260 Khash/s. What am I doing wrong?
    newbie
    Activity: 22
    Merit: 0
    February 25, 2014, 07:47:21 AM
    VTC used to be 0.0050 BTC when I began mining it. It is now 0.0033 and sinking daily.

    No longer mining this.

    bye Smiley
    member
    Activity: 70
    Merit: 10
    February 25, 2014, 07:38:48 AM
    VTC used to be 0.0050 BTC when I began mining it. It is now 0.0033 and sinking daily.

    No longer mining this.
    newbie
    Activity: 22
    Merit: 0
    February 25, 2014, 07:33:41 AM
    I have 2 cards. 1 msi 280x gaming and 1 gigabyte 280x v2. The rig has 4gb of ram.

    These are the settings I've used under windows 7, which have given me roughly 350 kh/s per card:

    Quote
    ,
    "vectors" : "1,1",
    "queue" : "0",
    "expiry" : "30",
    "scan-time" : "1",
    "worksize" : "256,256",
    "intensity" : "13,13",
    "gpu-threads" : "2",
    "lookup-gap" : "2,2",
    "gpu-powertune" : "-20,-20",
    "auto-fan" : true,
    "gpu-fan" : "25-90",
    "temp-target" : "75,75",
    "temp-overheat" : "85,85",
    "temp-cutoff" : "90,90",
    "gpu-memclock" : "1500,1500",
    "gpu-engine" : "1030,1015",
    "thread-concurrency" : "8193,8193",

    Now I've installed windows 8.1 in my rig, and i get a ton of HW. Tried tweaking alot of settings, but the only thing working is lowering intensity to 12, but then i only get aroun 270 kh/s per card. Not really acceptable.

    Anyone know why this happened? And any solution?
    newbie
    Activity: 22
    Merit: 0
    February 25, 2014, 04:46:28 AM
    I probably need more ram, coz it is only working on a pc with 8gb ram. The others have only 4gb.

    this whole RAM question is wierd for me, I have 4 280x which working under 4 GB memory like a charm
    full member
    Activity: 213
    Merit: 100
    February 25, 2014, 04:17:51 AM
    Where can I dowload cgminer (Win7) for vert?
    newbie
    Activity: 50
    Merit: 0
    February 25, 2014, 02:13:57 AM
    I probably need more ram, coz it is only working on a pc with 8gb ram. The others have only 4gb.
    alc
    full member
    Activity: 129
    Merit: 100
    February 24, 2014, 02:58:02 PM
    Awesome seems to work better, the hashrate is very slowly crawling higher.
    Anymore tips?
    WU is what is actually being accepted by the pool. Play around with thread concurrency and the other settings you find cropping up in this thread, and remember that what is optimal for one person may not be optimal for someone else with the same card.
    newbie
    Activity: 22
    Merit: 0
    February 24, 2014, 02:41:51 PM

    guys, any tips for 7770? I'm receiving 12-14 kh/s and verters.com shows around 160 but I don't know how
    newbie
    Activity: 50
    Merit: 0
    February 24, 2014, 01:53:17 PM
    Awesome seems to work better, the hashrate is very slowly crawling higher.
    Anymore tips?
    alc
    full member
    Activity: 129
    Merit: 100
    February 24, 2014, 01:24:21 PM
    for one 7990

    14,7/m
    Tried intensity 12?
    newbie
    Activity: 50
    Merit: 0
    February 24, 2014, 01:01:31 PM
    for one 7990

    14,7/m

    Hashrate graphs in pools can differ a little bit, but if I have to have 3,5mhash, 35khash is really too far apart.

    I use the 0.5.3 miner.
    alc
    full member
    Activity: 129
    Merit: 100
    February 24, 2014, 12:51:56 PM
    I have a problem, while the khash in vertminer are alright, in two different pools I get only 26khash with 4 pc's, so what's the problem.
    How long did you leave them mining? The hashrate graphs in pools are generally pretty unreliable.

    What do you see under WU in Vertminer?
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