Kernels will be released which are optimized for the 7xxx series whether you code them or not.
What makes you so fanatically sure of this? I'm sure the coders capable of this realize the potential benefits of an architecture-optimized kernel, and it isn't unfathomable that they would keep it to themselves.
Topic: Want legit 7970 testing/benchmarking and tuning for cgminer and Diablominer? - page 7. (Read 19834 times)
December 27, 2011, 06:52:18 PM
December 27, 2011, 06:49:29 PM
Kernels will be released which are optimized for the 7xxx series whether you code them or not.
What makes you so fanatically sure of this? I'm sure the coders capable of this realize the potential benefits of an architecture-optimized kernel, and it isn't unfathomable that they would keep it to themselves. December 27, 2011, 06:05:20 PM
I think it's a good idea not to deliver kernels optimized for GCN at all. Since there appear to be no more than 7-8 people here that can code that, it won't be that hard 
December 27, 2011, 05:33:32 PM
I agree with the general consensus in this thread.
I'm definitely not going to contribute to buying you a free video card just so we can get some early stats when we can just wait for people to buy them themselves and upload their stats for free.
I think I'll put my contribution towards a video card of my own, thanks.
Who cares whether you coded DiabloMiner or not? You get donations for that separately. Why not put those towards buying the card?
I'm definitely not going to contribute to buying you a free video card just so we can get some early stats when we can just wait for people to buy them themselves and upload their stats for free.
I think I'll put my contribution towards a video card of my own, thanks.
Who cares whether you coded DiabloMiner or not? You get donations for that separately. Why not put those towards buying the card?
So how are they going to upload stats? Using an untuned kernel on a miner that does not work on 79xx at this time? Who is going to fix the miners so they work? Without a 79xx, it surely is not going to be me.
Also, how many donations do you actually think I've gotten? Its about $30 USD total over the past year.
Get a job?
+1. Once again, why should we pay for you to get a new video card? Kernels will be released which are optimized for the 7xxx series whether you code them or not. I'm sure you could buy one with your own money if you really wanted to support the community.
December 27, 2011, 04:29:47 PM
I support the idea of passing around the card to other developers for their own development, benchmarking, and testing. Perhaps they could all be asked nicely to always leave it at stock clocks.
Then, once the 79xx series is sold out due to demand, sell the card used and distribute the profits
shiiipiiinnnggg cooossssttttssss Then, once the 79xx series is sold out due to demand, sell the card used and distribute the profits
December 27, 2011, 04:28:42 PM
i think I may just wait for reliable results to be published.I then hope to republish them onto my blog so a hardware review can be done without too much trouble (due credit from the original review will of course be given) if he/she oks me republishing it.
I wonder how review sites can get a free GPU for testing purposes as that would help with the hardware review on my blog?
I wonder how review sites can get a free GPU for testing purposes as that would help with the hardware review on my blog?
December 27, 2011, 04:26:21 PM
I support the idea of passing around the card to other developers for their own development, benchmarking, and testing. Perhaps they could all be asked nicely to always leave it at stock clocks.
Then, once the 79xx series is sold out due to demand, sell the card used and distribute the profits
Then, once the 79xx series is sold out due to demand, sell the card used and distribute the profits
December 27, 2011, 04:17:00 PM
I agree with the general consensus in this thread.
I'm definitely not going to contribute to buying you a free video card just so we can get some early stats when we can just wait for people to buy them themselves and upload their stats for free.
I think I'll put my contribution towards a video card of my own, thanks.
Who cares whether you coded DiabloMiner or not? You get donations for that separately. Why not put those towards buying the card?
I'm definitely not going to contribute to buying you a free video card just so we can get some early stats when we can just wait for people to buy them themselves and upload their stats for free.
I think I'll put my contribution towards a video card of my own, thanks.
Who cares whether you coded DiabloMiner or not? You get donations for that separately. Why not put those towards buying the card?
So how are they going to upload stats? Using an untuned kernel on a miner that does not work on 79xx at this time? Who is going to fix the miners so they work? Without a 79xx, it surely is not going to be me.
Con will fix cgminer as its his baby. He gets plenty of donations as plenty of people use his miner.
December 27, 2011, 03:56:03 PM
It took basically three people to make GPU mining what it is now. You seriously underestimate the power of a single developer.
Wrd, if anything that 7970 should go to ArtForz first, as far as development is concerned.
Sure, but he seems to have quit development. That, and he has already left GPU mining and has funded his own ASIC production thanks to his gigantic GPU farm, so I'm pretty sure he could afford a few dozen 7970s if he so wanted them.
December 27, 2011, 03:44:26 PM
It took basically three people to make GPU mining what it is now. You seriously underestimate the power of a single developer.
Wrd, if anything that 7970 should go to ArtForz first, as far as development is concerned.
December 27, 2011, 03:42:42 PM
I'd like to contribute my time/effort to testing a HD7970 if I could find a way to get my hands on one via hte common fund perhaps? or sort out funding another way (jobs,selling stuff maybe).I'll have to upgrade PSU as well as HD7970 needs more power than the PSu can handle.I'm thinking a partial subsidy is best rather than fully subsidising other people if the 'common fund' is used to make the most of the 'common fund'.I do like the idea as I need a piece of hardware to review for my blog as well.(the HD7970 could fit the bill nicely)
December 27, 2011, 03:29:35 PM
It would be interesting to see how well the 7970 can mine but IMHO until some months after release we will never really know. We need optimized kernels and OC.
One person can't bring all that I think. Maybe make a common fund and buy a card so that each dev gets some time with it etc. ?
One person can't bring all that I think. Maybe make a common fund and buy a card so that each dev gets some time with it etc. ?
It took basically three people to make GPU mining what it is now. You seriously underestimate the power of a single developer.
December 27, 2011, 03:26:49 PM
It would be interesting to see how well the 7970 can mine but IMHO until some months after release we will never really know. We need optimized kernels and OC.
One person can't bring all that I think. Maybe make a common fund and buy a card so that each dev gets some time with it etc. ?
One person can't bring all that I think. Maybe make a common fund and buy a card so that each dev gets some time with it etc. ?
December 27, 2011, 03:21:43 PM
BULL fcking shiet!
Show me how the 5870 stock MH/s is wrong? Within a tolerance error, 376 was spot on
Dont act like your miner is a magic.
Show me how the 5870 stock MH/s is wrong? Within a tolerance error, 376 was spot on
Dont act like your miner is a magic.
If my miner is magic, then so is cgminer. I get roughly 384 on my 5850 at 930, so that should be about 390 on a 5870 at stock 850. I don't see what the issue is.
December 27, 2011, 03:18:54 PM
I agree with the general consensus in this thread.
I'm definitely not going to contribute to buying you a free video card just so we can get some early stats when we can just wait for people to buy them themselves and upload their stats for free.
I think I'll put my contribution towards a video card of my own, thanks.
Who cares whether you coded DiabloMiner or not? You get donations for that separately. Why not put those towards buying the card?
I'm definitely not going to contribute to buying you a free video card just so we can get some early stats when we can just wait for people to buy them themselves and upload their stats for free.
I think I'll put my contribution towards a video card of my own, thanks.
Who cares whether you coded DiabloMiner or not? You get donations for that separately. Why not put those towards buying the card?
So how are they going to upload stats? Using an untuned kernel on a miner that does not work on 79xx at this time? Who is going to fix the miners so they work? Without a 79xx, it surely is not going to be me.
Also, how many donations do you actually think I've gotten? Its about $30 USD total over the past year.
Get a job?
December 27, 2011, 01:59:07 PM
BULL fcking shiet!
Show me how the 5870 stock MH/s is wrong? Within a tolerance error, 376 was spot on
Dont act like your miner is a magic.
Show me how the 5870 stock MH/s is wrong? Within a tolerance error, 376 was spot on
Dont act like your miner is a magic.
The 5870 hash rate looks about right. But how did they get 392 MH/s out of a 6970 without overclocking it, given the fact that it has even less stream processors than a 5870?
December 27, 2011, 07:28:51 AM
I agree with the general consensus in this thread.
I'm definitely not going to contribute to buying you a free video card just so we can get some early stats when we can just wait for people to buy them themselves and upload their stats for free.
I think I'll put my contribution towards a video card of my own, thanks.
Who cares whether you coded DiabloMiner or not? You get donations for that separately. Why not put those towards buying the card?
I'm definitely not going to contribute to buying you a free video card just so we can get some early stats when we can just wait for people to buy them themselves and upload their stats for free.
I think I'll put my contribution towards a video card of my own, thanks.
Who cares whether you coded DiabloMiner or not? You get donations for that separately. Why not put those towards buying the card?
So how are they going to upload stats? Using an untuned kernel on a miner that does not work on 79xx at this time? Who is going to fix the miners so they work? Without a 79xx, it surely is not going to be me.
Also, how many donations do you actually think I've gotten? Its about $30 USD total over the past year.
December 27, 2011, 05:51:52 AM
I think this is a good opportunity for everyone that codes miners. Do not publicly release kernels optimized for GCN. Time to monetize the effort.
December 26, 2011, 06:43:06 PM
I agree with the general consensus in this thread.
I'm definitely not going to contribute to buying you a free video card just so we can get some early stats when we can just wait for people to buy them themselves and upload their stats for free.
I think I'll put my contribution towards a video card of my own, thanks.
Who cares whether you coded DiabloMiner or not? You get donations for that separately. Why not put those towards buying the card?
I'm definitely not going to contribute to buying you a free video card just so we can get some early stats when we can just wait for people to buy them themselves and upload their stats for free.
I think I'll put my contribution towards a video card of my own, thanks.
Who cares whether you coded DiabloMiner or not? You get donations for that separately. Why not put those towards buying the card?
December 26, 2011, 05:11:02 PM
Well as hopefull one could be with the new Tech from AMD, results like the above make me think that one should pickup some of these babies.
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX32649 at $669 each seems tempting lol.
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX32649 at $669 each seems tempting lol.
Yuck. Get a used 5970 for half that price (or less).
Yeah, but what if this thing can do 700-800 mhash/sec overclocked?
Heh, after they got caught taking bribes from Intel to make AMD look bad back in the K6/K7 days, they appeared on my permanent shit list. I do not trust a damned thing they say, ever.
Hey dumbass, Toms was sold and owned by different ppl now. You dont know jack enough to have any credit here.
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