21 March 2014 - I've released a new beta of v4.0 - Build H4. Same mega.co.nz folder as before:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!FA9jVJoC!avbe9C3WMdlroM8gbJG7EwIMPORTANT NOTE:
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This is a binary only BETA release and includes a fixed donation/dev fee of 2%.
This donation applies if pool mining on yPool or solo mining.
The final release (ie when source pushed to GitHub) will make this donation optional.
BREAKING CHANGES:
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I have removed the -target and -bttarget options as they no longer provide much benefit.
I have removed the -tune option - see below.
I have updated the way the -d option works. If not specified on the command line a value is chosen to match your selected
primorial. If a value is specified that value will be used.
GENERAL NOTES:
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I have completely disabled the auto tuner until further notice. I'm working on a couple of new ideas that will hopefully
provide a faster and more accurate auto tune for both pool & solo. (The old auto tune was really only applicable to solo).
The latest updates have been largely focused at pool mining performance, so the solo performance may be slightly impacted
compared to previous builds. I am intending to return to solo performance as soon as the current pool performance issues
are resolved and the current code has been ported to linux. Currently in my tests this build is 40-50% faster on raw MNPS
than other pool miners, and pool Val/Hr is almost double compared to previous versions of my V4.0.
Simple manual optimization process:
1. *DO NOT* specify a primes count.
2. Start miner with default sieve size and your desired primorial.
3. If solo mining adjust primes up/down by 1000 (left arrow/right arrow) until the ACC value per block
does not differ by more than 10 when adding/subtracting 1000primes. (As an idea on my dev PC, Primorial 61 uses
around 48000 primes on solo)
4. Adjust sieve size (-/+) to largest value with a WPS value just exceeding 20. If your PC is slow and you cannot exceed
20 WPS with a sieve size greater than 500000 then target 10 WPS.
5. Record primes if solo mining (rounded to nearest thousand)
6. Record Sieve size (rounded up to nearest multiple of 16384)
7. Quit miner, adjust launch parameters as needed and restart.
As always if you have any questions/comments/issues please do not hesitate to contact me.
Happy Mining!!