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Title: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: haggyy on March 13, 2018, 11:49:11 AM Hey guys,
This is just a quick one to anyone who may know an answer to my question, I have a couple of GTX 1060 3gb mining rigs and they can no longer mine ethereum on the latest version of Windows 10. Apparently the latest Windows 10 update has increased the size the OS uses on the VRAM which now exceeds the DAG file size on ethereum making 3GB redundant for mining ethereum, so i've been told anyway.. I've tried installing Windows 8 on one of my systems to see if I can mine ethereum but still have the same issues. I was debating to look into using simple mining OS or possibly going back to an earlier version of windows. As of course these would hog less VRAM, but would be interesting to hear if anyone else has had the same experience. Any advice would be amazing :) Many thanks Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: miguelik on March 13, 2018, 11:54:39 AM Hey guys, This is just a quick one to anyone who may know an answer to my question, I have a couple of GTX 1060 3gb mining rigs and they can no longer mine ethereum on the latest version of Windows 10. Apparently the latest Windows 10 update has increased the size the OS uses on the VRAM which now exceeds the DAG file size on ethereum making 3GB redundant for mining ethereum, so i've been told anyway.. I've tried installing Windows 8 on one of my systems to see if I can mine ethereum but still have the same issues. I was debating to look into using simple mining OS or possibly going back to an earlier version of windows. As of course these would hog less VRAM, nut would be interesting to hear if anyone else has had the same experience. Is anyone able to help advise me what to do in this situation? Many thanks I can confirm I am mining ethereum with this cards on simple mining without issues Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: haggyy on March 16, 2018, 10:40:53 PM Hey guys, This is just a quick one to anyone who may know an answer to my question, I have a couple of GTX 1060 3gb mining rigs and they can no longer mine ethereum on the latest version of Windows 10. Apparently the latest Windows 10 update has increased the size the OS uses on the VRAM which now exceeds the DAG file size on ethereum making 3GB redundant for mining ethereum, so i've been told anyway.. I've tried installing Windows 8 on one of my systems to see if I can mine ethereum but still have the same issues. I was debating to look into using simple mining OS or possibly going back to an earlier version of windows. As of course these would hog less VRAM, nut would be interesting to hear if anyone else has had the same experience. Is anyone able to help advise me what to do in this situation? Many thanks I can confirm I am mining ethereum with this cards on simple mining without issues Great thanks man I'm gonna try install this on the weekend, has anyone else had the same issues? Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: Sledge0001 on March 16, 2018, 11:02:33 PM I too am using SMOS with over 40 x 1060 3GB cards without issues.
The overclocking function in SMOS will take you a bit to get used to but it works. Make the move! Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: crypto.lawyer.187 on March 26, 2018, 01:43:21 AM I too am using SMOS with over 40 x 1060 3GB cards without issues. The overclocking function in SMOS will take you a bit to get used to but it works. Make the move! i tried loading SMOS and i got a black screeen and UBUNTU FUCK i got 50 gtx 1060 3gb stuck mining PIRL Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: Sledge0001 on March 26, 2018, 01:58:39 AM You need to have a Ethernet cable attached and dhcp running in your environment. Once you get them online you can ssh in and hard code an IP address.
After you make the USB make sure to change the email address in the text file and then just boot from usb... I use claymore-eth-v11.5 miner inside SMOS and here is the stratum code... Change 0x63F96e9A2F94B062513c7bf3bDF4D965420288Ac to your ethereum address and go! -wd 1 -r 1 -epool stratum+tcp://us2.ethermine.org:4444 -ewal 0x63F96e9A2F94B062513c7bf3bDF4D965420288Ac.$rigName -esm 0 -epsw x -allpools 1 -asm 1 -mport 127.0.0.1:3333 My EVGA 1060 3GB cards are running at -55 Core, 1005 Memory and 75 Watt Power Limit. Hope this helps. I too am using SMOS with over 40 x 1060 3GB cards without issues. The overclocking function in SMOS will take you a bit to get used to but it works. Make the move! i tried loading SMOS and i got a black screeen and UBUNTU FUCK i got 50 gtx 1060 3gb stuck mining PIRL Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: GrozniJeri on March 29, 2018, 12:58:41 PM Hi
I have the same problem from today 29 March 2018. It seems that our GPUs are useless for mining ETH from today since DAG is more than 3 GB... I'm using GTX 1060 3GB... Until today same configuration was mining 24/7 from 2 January.... no system changes, no driver changes, nothing.... Also I'm running WIN10. But problem is general not just for us, we will have to mine something else not ETH... :'( Best, J. Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: warrior333 on March 29, 2018, 01:31:14 PM Hi That's not true. I have an old GPU with a memory capacity of 3 GB on my rig. Today it works without any problems. You need to check the settings. But I don't know if you have to do it. ETH's profitability is very low now. It seems to me that the best option for you is to look for another coin for mining. Today, the ETH is not profitable.I have the same problem from today 29 March 2018. It seems that our GPUs are useless for mining ETH from today since DAG is more than 3 GB... I'm using GTX 1060 3GB... Until today same configuration was mining 24/7 from 2 January.... no system changes, no driver changes, nothing.... Also I'm running WIN10. But problem is general not just for us, we will have to mine something else not ETH... :'( Best, J. Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: GrozniJeri on March 29, 2018, 01:45:10 PM Configuration is OK, it was mining as I said without problems 24/7. Today at 2 in the morning it stopped, soon also your cards will no longer be able to mine ETH.
What coin are you suggesting to mine? As far I can see everything will go so down that we but GPUs for nothing...Waste of money, we will never be in profit, at least I know for myself. I'm mining from 2. January 2018. All the best J. Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: leonix007 on March 29, 2018, 02:31:45 PM Configuration is OK, it was mining as I said without problems 24/7. Today at 2 in the morning it stopped, soon also your cards will no longer be able to mine ETH. What coin are you suggesting to mine? As far I can see everything will go so down that we but GPUs for nothing...Waste of money, we will never be in profit, at least I know for myself. I'm mining from 2. January 2018. All the best J. As far as I know, it still possible as of today, some users were able to solve this with the ff: in Claymore -lidag 1 -eres 0 DDU + 376.33 Also taken from Bro Vann's comments kudos to him: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1433925.23000 it's a problem with Windows 10 allocating 19-20% of GPU memory, or in the case of 3GB cards, ~600 MB of VRAM. The current dag size is 2.39 GB, which is why on Windows 10 the Dag file is having trouble being allocated to memory on a 3GB card. The -eres switch and other workarounds are only temporary patches until the Dag gets bigger with every new epoch. Ultimately the longer term solution for 3GB cards is to move to an OS that allocates less VRAM, like Windows 7 that only allocates ~5% or Linux. Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: GrozniJeri on March 29, 2018, 02:37:46 PM Configuration is OK, it was mining as I said without problems 24/7. Today at 2 in the morning it stopped, soon also your cards will no longer be able to mine ETH. What coin are you suggesting to mine? As far I can see everything will go so down that we but GPUs for nothing...Waste of money, we will never be in profit, at least I know for myself. I'm mining from 2. January 2018. All the best J. Yes that is correct. So mining ETH with 3 GB cards will soon be over for everyone. I already put -eres 0, lidag 1 I will try today, when I arrive home. Thanks for suggestions. Best, J. As far as I know, it still possible as of today, some users were able to solve this with the ff: in Claymore -lidag 1 -eres 0 DDU + 376.33 Also taken from Bro Vann's comments kudos to him: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1433925.23000 it's a problem with Windows 10 allocating 19-20% of GPU memory, or in the case of 3GB cards, ~600 MB of VRAM. The current dag size is 2.39 GB, which is why on Windows 10 the Dag file is having trouble being allocated to memory on a 3GB card. The -eres switch and other workarounds are only temporary patches until the Dag gets bigger with every new epoch. Ultimately the longer term solution for 3GB cards is to move to an OS that allocates less VRAM, like Windows 7 that only allocates ~5% or Linux. Many thanks. Following configuration actually work for me: Claymore -lidag 1 -eres 0 DDU + 376.33 (NVIDIA drivers) I just hope it will work for a long time... Best, J. Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: pablogv on March 30, 2018, 08:10:08 AM Some people are solving it going back to 388 drivers from what I know too...
Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: ap0stol on March 30, 2018, 08:37:59 AM Hey guys, win10(win8)+1063+latest drivers epoch 177-178: work if use claymore with key -eres 0 epoch 179 (~8 apr): work if use ethminer 0.12.0+ epoch 180 (~12 apr): work if use driver 372.54 + claymore with key -eres 0 epoch 181 (~18 apr): work if use Windows 7 or linux conclusion: u can use win10(win8) + 1063 + driver 372.54 + claymore with key -eres 0 up to ~18.04.2018 after that only win7 or linux or u can use win7 or linux now and forget about dag issue. win7 up to ~ 11.2018 linux up to ~ 12.2018 Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: crypto.lawyer.187 on April 18, 2018, 03:17:59 AM Hey guys, win10(win8)+1063+latest drivers epoch 177-178: work if use claymore with key -eres 0 epoch 179 (~8 apr): work if use ethminer 0.12.0+ epoch 180 (~12 apr): work if use driver 372.54 + claymore with key -eres 0 epoch 181 (~18 apr): work if use Windows 7 or linux conclusion: u can use win10(win8) + 1063 + driver 372.54 + claymore with key -eres 0 up to ~18.04.2018 after that only win7 or linux or u can use win7 or linux now and forget about dag issue. win7 up to ~ 11.2018 linux up to ~ 12.2018 i CANT GET WINDOWS 7 TO LOAD ON THIS PIECE OF SHIT BOARD!! BIOSTAR B250H HELP 7 OF MY 17 MINER ARE FUCKED SOMEONE HELP ME, ILL SEND ETH Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: crypto.lawyer.187 on April 19, 2018, 01:19:59 AM cant load windows 7 through USB
help ill send mETH Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: bucketofsocks on April 29, 2018, 03:29:10 PM cant load windows 7 through USB help ill send mETH https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Utility?kw=windows&p=1 search windows usb installation tool. Will work with non gigabyte boards, injects USB drivers into you windows 7 install usb ETH -- 0x12F02a82E89c1b4c3BD42aD665F2A1973e8073A5 Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: Ashequr on September 06, 2018, 12:15:43 AM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4978579.0 has a miner that is not limited by the DAG size. It uses paging to the system memory from the GPU RAM to get around the issues. I've run it without issues. Performance is slightly degraded due to the hit to get to system memory but it is only 5% slower than what it used to be.
Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: SirNeo on September 06, 2018, 08:16:48 PM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4978579.0 has a miner that is not limited by the DAG size. It uses paging to the system memory from the GPU RAM to get around the issues. I've run it without issues. Performance is slightly degraded due to the hit to get to system memory but it is only 5% slower than what it used to be. 1. This mining tool is a scam/virus. 2. Now the DAG file for Ethereum is 2.66 GB you have another 6 months for mining with those cards if you install Windows 7 or ethos or any other linux based mining software. After that period you can move to Ubiq or other coin Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: Ashequr on September 06, 2018, 10:36:34 PM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4978579.0 has a miner that is not limited by the DAG size. It uses paging to the system memory from the GPU RAM to get around the issues. I've run it without issues. Performance is slightly degraded due to the hit to get to system memory but it is only 5% slower than what it used to be. 1. This mining tool is a scam/virus. 2. Now the DAG file for Ethereum is 2.66 GB you have another 6 months for mining with those cards if you install Windows 7 or ethos or any other linux based mining software. After that period you can move to Ubiq or other coin It is going to take a while to convince people that TerraCotta is not a virus. If people have gone through the pain of reverting to Windows 7 from Win 10, just try mining on a fresh Win 10 install on a with new wallet and new everything else. You will see that there this is not a virus. And you can continue mining ether for a long as it makes sense without worrying about DAG size. Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: DrG on September 07, 2018, 09:34:30 AM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4978579.0 has a miner that is not limited by the DAG size. It uses paging to the system memory from the GPU RAM to get around the issues. I've run it without issues. Performance is slightly degraded due to the hit to get to system memory but it is only 5% slower than what it used to be. 1. This mining tool is a scam/virus. 2. Now the DAG file for Ethereum is 2.66 GB you have another 6 months for mining with those cards if you install Windows 7 or ethos or any other linux based mining software. After that period you can move to Ubiq or other coin It is going to take a while to convince people that TerraCotta is not a virus. If people have gone through the pain of reverting to Windows 7 from Win 10, just try mining on a fresh Win 10 install on a with new wallet and new everything else. You will see that there this is not a virus. And you can continue mining ether for a long as it makes sense without worrying about DAG size. Dude, you registered 1 day ago and have 2 posts - both of which are promoting TerraCotta. You also have the same local time zone as TerraCotta poster. Do I really need to call in the mods to ban your ass with this shill account. IT'S A VIRUS! Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: Ashequr on September 07, 2018, 05:02:10 PM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4978579.0 has a miner that is not limited by the DAG size. It uses paging to the system memory from the GPU RAM to get around the issues. I've run it without issues. Performance is slightly degraded due to the hit to get to system memory but it is only 5% slower than what it used to be. 1. This mining tool is a scam/virus. 2. Now the DAG file for Ethereum is 2.66 GB you have another 6 months for mining with those cards if you install Windows 7 or ethos or any other linux based mining software. After that period you can move to Ubiq or other coin It is going to take a while to convince people that TerraCotta is not a virus. If people have gone through the pain of reverting to Windows 7 from Win 10, just try mining on a fresh Win 10 install on a with new wallet and new everything else. You will see that there this is not a virus. And you can continue mining ether for a long as it makes sense without worrying about DAG size. Dude, you registered 1 day ago and have 2 posts - both of which are promoting TerraCotta. You also have the same local time zone as TerraCotta poster. Do I really need to call in the mods to ban your ass with this shill account. IT'S A VIRUS! Yes, I am in the same timezone and work for the same company as the TerraCotta poster. From your perspective it makes sense to assume I'm promoting a virus. All I'm asking is you take necessary precautions and try the program out in an safe controlled environment where you have no risk of data loss. Try it in a DMZ, firewall the GPU server, physical isolation from the rest of your infrastucture, etc. whatever you need to feel safe. The TerraCotta miner was designed to support DAG sizes exceeding GPU RAM. The 1060GPU is best platform to show this on. It will take time to change perspectives and I don't expect everyone to trust an unknown software overnight. Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: wesk1212 on September 07, 2018, 06:52:49 PM try to use hive OS
i use it and there is no problem .. it very stable and very easy .. only burn it on 16gb flash memory Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: FFI2013 on September 07, 2018, 08:52:08 PM try to use hive OS I love hiveos and I tried every mining os out there pimp,smos,ethos,miningstat and I can't remember the rest I got sick of windows no matter what I did somehow windows would sneak a update in somehow its crazy that they stripped the users of not wanting updates or the bullshit bloatware i use it and there is no problem .. it very stable and very easy .. only burn it on 16gb flash memory Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: kostepanych2 on December 11, 2018, 02:41:28 PM I mined ethereum on 3GB GPUs last week in HiveOS without problems...
But since Monday there is an error: "Allocating buffers failed with: clCreateBuffer (-61)." I suppose epoch changed on Monday? Is there possibility to solve this problem now? Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: VasilyS on December 13, 2018, 09:58:45 AM GTX1060 3 Gb cards don't work now while Ether mining. But there are a lot of coins even more profitable at the moment. GPU Core of GTX1060 is good and strong enough now. There are problems with R9 280 3 GB - they are useful only as heaters last time.
Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: hashestohashes on December 13, 2018, 12:58:57 PM Hey guys, win10(win8)+1063+latest drivers epoch 177-178: work if use claymore with key -eres 0 epoch 179 (~8 apr): work if use ethminer 0.12.0+ epoch 180 (~12 apr): work if use driver 372.54 + claymore with key -eres 0 epoch 181 (~18 apr): work if use Windows 7 or linux conclusion: u can use win10(win8) + 1063 + driver 372.54 + claymore with key -eres 0 up to ~18.04.2018 after that only win7 or linux or u can use win7 or linux now and forget about dag issue. win7 up to ~ 11.2018 linux up to ~ 12.2018 Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: Xazax310 on December 13, 2018, 04:44:08 PM According to the dag size Calculator, https://investoon.com/tools/dag_size, ETH 3GB dag wont be reached till April. Windows 10 was earlier this year due to a change by Windows in how it handles Vram to use to windows. I'm still mining and not having DAG issues with my 1060 3GBs.
Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: shield132 on December 13, 2018, 09:39:06 PM According to the dag size Calculator, https://investoon.com/tools/dag_size, ETH 3GB dag wont be reached till April. Windows 10 was earlier this year due to a change by Windows in how it handles Vram to use to windows. I'm still mining and not having DAG issues with my 1060 3GBs. Yeah but I think people have to consider that they don't have to spread their mining plan on last seconds when DAG size will reach 3gb or gpu's limit. If anyone bought them last year for profit, that's a big fault. I would buy 4gb and higher, my personal favourite is gtx 1070/ti, gtx1080/ti. They will be very useful for long term and you won't worry on DAG file size nor on ethereum's price because there are wide choices on this GPU unlike of AMD.Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: HaloGenius on December 14, 2018, 06:28:22 AM I wrote this article for HiveOS users but you can find it useful too I'm think
GTX 1060 3G - The Last Song of Ethereum (https://forum.hiveos.farm/t/gtx-1060-3g-the-last-song-of-ethereum/9683) Title: Re: Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues Post by: sefirotius on December 19, 2018, 06:37:04 AM So, no chance to mine ETH or ETC anymore ? I am out with Windows 7... claymore - 2998 MB;claymore with -res option 0 - 2982 MB; ethminer - 2980 MB; phoenixminer - 2998 MB; phoenixminer with the -res 0 - 2982 MB option; bminer - 2980 MB; finminer - 2937 MB. |