The big VTC Vertcoin settings thread - page 52.

shirenlihei

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Quote from: gabrielknight on January 15, 2014, 03:33:10 AM

anyone here is using the windows one? (http://kilovolt.co.uk/Vertcoin/Vertcoin-CGMinerAleks_NR3.zip)

if you try to set the windows one tc to above 4k, it will claim not enough memory and just quit.
if you set below 4k, it will result in all hardware errors.

Tried it with 270x, 280x, different pc same result.
It's just doesn't work.

try to set

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200

metraque

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Thx Nostras Cheesy

Getting ~330kh/s with the thread concurrency adjustment

the optimum updated settings for my Sapphire R9 280X are

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setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://s.la.vertcoin.org:3333 -u metraque.R9280X -p x -v 1 -w 256 -I 12 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --temp-target 65 --temp-overheat 75 --temp-cutoff 80 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1000 --thread-concurrency 8191

Be sure you're not running more than one instance of cgminer, then change intensty to 13 in the black window. Also be sure to change the pool and credentials to yours.

Nostras

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Getting 325 with lightning BE and 370 with Matrix P.
Odd, normal scrypt it's both 752 kH/s. Like, dead-on the same.
Using
-g 2
-I 13
-thread-concurrency 8192 ( any higher is nope, unless <11200, but then lightning has single digit hashrates )

Kinda underwhelming actually, especially the lightning Tongue

Edit: 8191 increased it to 355-385. Still no HW errors and reject rate <1%

Double edit: 4095 increased it to 380-385, hurray! However, HW galore Angry

metraque

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and BTW

DON'T PUT A .BAT STARTER FILE WITH PREVIOUS STARTERS IN THE SAME FOLDER.

It's because it causes errors due to a .bin file created before running this new version of cgminer, which is incompatible with previous mining .bin files.

metraque

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I'm using a Sapphire R9 280X hashing at 218K at average, Intensity 12, because at 13 it throws too much hardware errors, and doesn't seem to submit shares.

Here's a tested config with this card:

cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://s.la.vertcoin.org:3333 -u metraque.R9280X -p x -v 1 -w 256 -I 12 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --temp-target 65 --temp-overheat 75 --temp-cutoff 80 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1000 --thread-concurrency 3072

Be sure to mine to you and not to me.

BorisTheSpider

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Quote from: metraque on January 15, 2014, 06:15:52 PM

Thanks, but 'm using the settings of the first posters, Should it be ok?

I lowered thread concurrency a lot (to 4096) and it worked. Thanx!

Yes should be fine. What GPUs, and what hashrate are you achieving?

metraque

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Thanks, but 'm using the settings of the first posters, Should it be ok?

I lowered thread concurrency a lot (to 4096) and it worked. Thanx!

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Quote from: metraque on January 15, 2014, 05:31:39 PM

Getting crashes with one R9 280x Sapphire, is it normal?

No, are you using the correct cgminer?

Windows: http://kilovolt.co.uk/Vertcoin/VertCoin-CGMinerCPU-Aleks_N.zip

Linux x64 binary: http://www.sendspace.com/file/yc8eys

Source: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iu1ieqz2th5kfhj/o_G3gRnGMa/cgminer-vertcoin.tgz

If so, set your thread-concurrency lower than usual, and try dialling down core and memclock if necessary to get stable at first, then work your way back up. Especially thread-concurrency will need to be lower than normal scrypt though.

metraque

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Getting crashes with one R9 280x Sapphire, is it normal?

BorisTheSpider

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Quote from: Philll90 on January 15, 2014, 01:59:14 PM

Is there already a pool for this coin?
Or is it only possible to mine this coin solo?

Pools are linked from www.vertcoin.com

Please follow the advice there and mine at a smaller pool to balance the load.

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Is there already a pool for this coin?
Or is it only possible to mine this coin solo?

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Quote from: BorisTheSpider on January 15, 2014, 01:14:22 PM

Thanks, tried but can't get past 400KH/s per R9 290 here, you must have golden cards!

Whats your normal hashrate ? which company cards do you have ? mine are XFX ( One of the card is 20KHz faster lol rest all are same)
Also, How much RAM do you have in your system. When I was on 4GB I was not able to get 880. I was on 820.. Increasing RAM helped me to increase thread concurrency and 815 became 880 Huh

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Code:

--scrypt -I 13 -g 2 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 8192 --gpu-powertune 0

Gets me 650 KHs on my 7990.

BorisTheSpider

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Thanks, tried but can't get past 400KH/s per R9 290 here, you must have golden cards!

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Quote from: BorisTheSpider on January 15, 2014, 12:53:45 PM

Quote from: Zombie123 on January 15, 2014, 12:42:37 PM

I am now getting 450 * 4 on 4 * XFX R9 290 ThreadConcurrency 27000 Intensity 20

My normal hashrate is around 880/ card

Awesome - that's better than me, please post your full config.

I am at work so cant access the config file ( will have to use my Phone to do teamviewer hehe ) Anyways my config is exactly the same as

http://www.holynerdvana.com/2013/11/litecoin-mining-with-r9-290-and-r9-290x.html. I just changed Thread Concurrency

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Quote from: Zombie123 on January 15, 2014, 12:42:37 PM

I am now getting 450 * 4 on 4 * XFX R9 290 ThreadConcurrency 27000 Intensity 20

My normal hashrate is around 880/ card

Awesome - that's better than me, please post your full config.

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I am now getting 450 * 4 on 4 * XFX R9 290 ThreadConcurrency 27000 Intensity 20

My normal hashrate is around 880/ card

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Quote from: savale on January 15, 2014, 11:27:51 AM

It mines, but I only get rejects... I must be doing something wrong. My setup:

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
TIMEOUT 10
C:\cgminer\cgminer.exe --verbose --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://eu2.bitcrush.info:3444 -u x -p x -I 13 -w 256 --gpu-fan 58,52 -g 2 -v 1 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-engine 1020,1000 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500 --shaders 2048,2048 --thread-concurrency 8193,8193 --gpu-powertune -20,-20 --expiry 1 --scan-time 1 --queue 0 --no-submit-stale

Are you using the modded cgminer (it is specific to vertcoin because of the different PoW):

Windows: http://kilovolt.co.uk/Vertcoin/VertCoin-CGMinerCPU-Aleks_N.zip

Linux x64 binary: http://www.sendspace.com/file/yc8eys

Source: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iu1ieqz2th5kfhj/o_G3gRnGMa/cgminer-vertcoin.tgz

savale

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It mines, but I only get rejects... I must be doing something wrong. My setup:

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
TIMEOUT 10
C:\cgminer\cgminer.exe --verbose --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://eu2.bitcrush.info:3444 -u x -p x -I 13 -w 256 --gpu-fan 58,52 -g 2 -v 1 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-engine 1020,1000 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500 --shaders 2048,2048 --thread-concurrency 8193,8193 --gpu-powertune -20,-20 --expiry 1 --scan-time 1 --queue 0 --no-submit-stale

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Quote from: XBATTO on January 15, 2014, 01:32:39 AM

I am getting a stable 240 kh/s with your configuration and the same gpu ...
Have you done something else ?

Not anything significant that I can think of. I did crash with intensity 20 after a few hours though, switched to I 19 and so far running stable at 300 kh/s. I have Catalyst 13.9 and I'm on Win7.

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