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Title: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: baggos12 on June 01, 2011, 06:23:16 PM Is there a way to have the miner mining and in the same time to to do stuff in the computer and even play games. I tried -f 100 but it is not really effective with games..
Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: carbonc on June 01, 2011, 06:27:51 PM You have to pay for the time you play.
And if the price is high for BTC, You might want to charge yourself a premium. :D Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: ensign_lee on June 01, 2011, 07:51:26 PM Play less demanding games? I mean, that's what graphics cards do, is display graphics. If you want them to do that instead of mining, well...
Otherwise, get a more powerful graphics card? My 5870 still does about 100 Mhash/sec while I'm playing SC2 on ultra Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: Maxxx on June 01, 2011, 07:56:58 PM Is there a way to have the miner mining and in the same time to to do stuff in the computer and even play games. I tried -f 100 but it is not really effective with games.. Play Terraria and mine while you mine. No need to free up a GPU. What is your setup? Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: MiningBuddy on June 01, 2011, 08:21:48 PM I've recently stopped playing games (I have over 150 games on my steam list) because I realised for every second my miner isn't running, I am not earning BTC. :D :D
OH BITCOIN, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!? Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: BombaUcigasa on June 01, 2011, 08:24:17 PM Is there a way to have the miner mining and in the same time to to do stuff in the computer and even play games. I tried -f 100 but it is not really effective with games.. Try to change the CPU priority of the miner process to Low and maybe use smaller work size (-w) for the flags? I can play League of Legends and Entropia just fine with -f 40, but cstrike doesn't flow too well with a miner running.Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: baggos12 on June 01, 2011, 08:35:47 PM Aren't there any flags that make the miner more polite? I have seen some "-a" and other flags here in the forums and I am unsure what they do. Does lowering the -w flag help? I dont want to play games myself.
Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: BombaUcigasa on June 01, 2011, 09:04:25 PM other flags here in the forums and I am unsure what they do Run the miner with -h or --help or a variation on this. It should list the flags and what they do.Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: Litt on June 02, 2011, 09:40:23 AM I would try using a higher -f flag. Try 160 and if that is still rough go higher I say. I do ok at 120 on my main desktop with a single 6950 while gaming. I couldn't do that on another machine with only a dual core i think and prob will need to lower the priority.
Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: Nythain on June 02, 2011, 09:46:43 AM Aye, -f <high number> in poclbm and AGGRESSION=<low number> in phoenix should both do the trick... not sure what games you're trying to play, and on what settings, but i wouldn't expect miracles. If you really want to still play the latest games while mining consider either a dedicated mining rig, or at least a second card for mining and your current card to manage display and gaming.
Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: Turix on June 02, 2011, 01:43:35 PM Aye, -f <high number> in poclbm and AGGRESSION=<low number> in phoenix should both do the trick... not sure what games you're trying to play, and on what settings, but i wouldn't expect miracles. If you really want to still play the latest games while mining consider either a dedicated mining rig, or at least a second card for mining and your current card to manage display and gaming. This, I can quite happily play Dragon Age 2 on highest settings (Dx11) with High res textures on my 5870 while it is mining with AGGRESSION=4 and I still get around 125Mhash/s :) Its just all about trial and error, I keep a set of batch files with various AGGRESSION and WORKSIZE settings so I can switch them depending on how intense the game I wish to play is. Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: Seraphim401 on June 02, 2011, 02:40:18 PM I've recently stopped playing games (I have over 150 games on my steam list) because I realised for every second my miner isn't running, I am not earning BTC. :D :D OH BITCOIN, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!? Same thing here bro! Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: doomy on June 05, 2011, 05:06:29 AM What would AGGRESSION=4 be on poclbm -f ?
Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: IlbiStarz on June 05, 2011, 05:12:21 AM I've recently stopped playing games (I have over 150 games on my steam list) because I realised for every second my miner isn't running, I am not earning BTC. :D :D OH BITCOIN, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!? Same thing here bro! LOL same for me! My parents are almost glad that I've found bitcoin...so I don't play any games anymore XD Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: PcChip on June 05, 2011, 06:50:04 AM My 3 year old plays Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood all day long while the GPU mines away.
For a 58xx series card, use Aggression=4 For a 48xx series card, use Aggression=3 You'll get a few less MH/s, but the games will run fine. Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: d.james on June 11, 2011, 07:41:49 AM what drivers do you guys use to play games while mining w/out crashing for ATI 5850 cards?
I'm on the latest driver and it crashes when I start a game like Starcraft2, or launch media player for video playback. on my old Nvidia GTX card I can mine + play without much problems. Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: Lelouch on June 11, 2011, 11:35:34 AM Sapphire 5850.
AGRESSION=4 FASTLOOP -phatk VECTORS WORKSIZE=128 Im using Phoenix miner. Can play everything but obviously Mhash/s decrease. Title: Re: How can I run my miner while playing games Post by: hugolp on June 11, 2011, 11:48:39 AM LOL same for me! My parents are almost glad that I've found bitcoin...so I don't play any games anymore XD Wait until the see the electricity bill... they might even ask you to go back to playing computer games. |