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Other => Beginners & Help => Topic started by: c0ikws on November 20, 2012, 03:03:35 PM



Title: Is it possible to mine bitcoin with only a % of your GPU ?
Post by: c0ikws on November 20, 2012, 03:03:35 PM
Hello, I would like to mine bitcoin with only a certain % of my GPU, so it doesn't slow down my computer when I use it, and I set it back to 100% when I don't use it. Is there any miner software that allow you to do that ?


Title: Re: Is it possible to mine bitcoin with only a % of your GPU ?
Post by: Akka on November 20, 2012, 03:09:57 PM
In most miner application you can use the -f attribute to slow it down.

I have forgot what it actually means, but for example when I'm gaming I let it run with -f 600, I still have 50% of my hashing power and it just works fine.

In poclm it looks looks this:

/DC:\Bitcoin\poclbm poclbm.exe --host=api2.bitcoin.cz --port=8332 --user=##### --pass=##### --device=0 -v -w128 -f 600

play around with the attribute until you get your desired outcome


Title: Re: Is it possible to mine bitcoin with only a % of your GPU ?
Post by: c0ikws on November 20, 2012, 03:13:31 PM
Do you know if it is possible to do that in GuiMiner ? Thank you


Title: Re: Is it possible to mine bitcoin with only a % of your GPU ?
Post by: Akka on November 20, 2012, 03:17:35 PM
Haven't used it, but there should be a field called additional attributes, settings or something like this, just put the -f X in there.


Title: Re: Is it possible to mine bitcoin with only a % of your GPU ?
Post by: c0ikws on November 20, 2012, 03:21:29 PM
I don't think there are any options. I'll try using poclbm.exe tonight thanks for your help!


Title: Re: Is it possible to mine bitcoin with only a % of your GPU ?
Post by: Gabi on November 20, 2012, 03:23:30 PM
Do you know if it is possible to do that in GuiMiner ? Thank you
Just put -f600 in Extra Flags...not so hard!


Title: Re: Is it possible to mine bitcoin with only a % of your GPU ?
Post by: c0ikws on November 20, 2012, 09:45:03 PM
It worked, thanks a lot!


Title: Re: Is it possible to mine bitcoin with only a % of your GPU ?
Post by: 01BTC10 on November 20, 2012, 10:24:47 PM
CGminer has dynamic intensivity support.


Title: Re: Is it possible to mine bitcoin with only a % of your GPU ?
Post by: Wizzard on November 21, 2012, 09:56:50 AM
Good to know about this option. But anyway, GPU mining has an disadvantage, that if you use more GPU, the computer is very slow, if you use less GPU, the mining speed is too low.