Title: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: sidelsky18 on April 06, 2013, 01:17:15 AM Here's the config file I'm using:
{ "pools" : [ { "url" : "stratum+tcp://stratum.give-me-ltc.com:3333", "user" : "xxxxxx", "pass" : "xxxxxx" } ] , "intensity" : "14", "vectors" : "1", "worksize" : "256", "kernel" : "scrypt", "auto-fan" : true, "auto-gpu" : true, "temp-cutoff" : "85", "thread-concurrency" : "8192", "intensity" : "13", "lookup-gap" : "2", "temp-overheat" : "75", "temp-target" : "63", "expiry" : "30", "gpu-dyninterval" : "7", "log" : "5", "queue" : "1", "retry-pause" : "5", "scan-time" : "30", "scrypt" : true, "temp-hysteresis" : "3", "shares" : "0" } Any idea what is wrong? Title: Re: Only Getting ~275 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: xorxor on April 06, 2013, 01:34:38 AM nothing. its a crapy miner :(.
you can try higher intensity, also sometimes concurrency 8000 is much faster than 8192. dont use 12.10 drivers! Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: sidelsky18 on April 06, 2013, 04:55:35 AM nothing. its a crapy miner :(. you can try higher intensity, also sometimes concurrency 8000 is much faster than 8192. dont use 12.10 drivers! What miner should I be using? I've tried GUIMiner-scrypt and I get less kh/s. And I believe I'm on beta driver 13.3. EDIT: Still having problems :( I managed to get my speed up to 290-295 kh/s if I turn the intensity up to 17 or so. But I've heard people getting 350 kh/s at intensity 13 with my card. Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: equinsuarcha on April 06, 2013, 06:06:26 AM Just worked through this exact same issue, but with reaper.
What got me mining at ~350 KH/s was changing the gpu_thread_concurrency to 15000. More or less copied settings for the 7870, and it worked. There is no where I could find that had the 7860 settings filled in in a guide. You can probably get more KH/s by working with the concurrency. Solution was found in tacotime's post at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502). Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: hiddenvalleyranch on April 06, 2013, 06:15:36 AM Just worked through this exact same issue, but with reaper. What got me mining at ~350 KH/s was changing the gpu_thread_concurrency to 15000. More or less copied settings for the 7870, and it worked. There is no where I could find that had the 7860 settings filled in in a guide. You can probably get more KH/s by working with the concurrency. Solution was found in tacotime's post at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502). Can you post the rest of your settings? I'm only getting around 280 KH/s on my 7850. Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: xorxor on April 06, 2013, 09:47:14 AM I ment the GPU not the cgminer.nice that you have foud a solution.
Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: kuusj98 on April 06, 2013, 03:16:30 PM Just worked through this exact same issue, but with reaper. What got me mining at ~350 KH/s was changing the gpu_thread_concurrency to 15000. More or less copied settings for the 7870, and it worked. There is no where I could find that had the 7860 settings filled in in a guide. You can probably get more KH/s by working with the concurrency. Solution was found in tacotime's post at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502). Can you post the rest of your settings? I'm only getting around 280 KH/s on my 7850. But, I get 360kh/s, so that hashrate is pretty low. My clock speeds: 1150 core, 6000 mem (just when I am not using my pc for a few hours), and 1250-1300 core, 6000 mem (when I just want to mine). I can post my Reaper settings, maybe U use the wrong concurrency: worksize 256 vectors 1 aggression 19 threads_per_gpu 1 sharethreads 32 lookup_gap 2 gpu_thread_concurrency 15360 The aggression won't go 20, it'll BSOD. I don't know if your card will reacht such clocks, I am very lucky to get such speeds, and ofcourse your temps, I have a Asus HD7850 with the DCII cooler, fan @50-55% is 50 Degrees celcius (18 degrees room temperature) at those clocks. What you can do to get higher clocks, is let it mine for 5 minutes at stock, then slowly increise your clock with 10 mhz and the same with mem, but mem BSOD's above 1500, period. Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: sidelsky18 on April 06, 2013, 03:33:29 PM Just worked through this exact same issue, but with reaper. What got me mining at ~350 KH/s was changing the gpu_thread_concurrency to 15000. More or less copied settings for the 7870, and it worked. There is no where I could find that had the 7860 settings filled in in a guide. You can probably get more KH/s by working with the concurrency. Solution was found in tacotime's post at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502). I tried to set the gpu_thread_concurrency to 15000, but I get the following error message: [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Started cgminer 2.11.3 [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Started cgminer 2.11.3 [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Loaded configuration file cgminer.conf [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Probing for an alive pool [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Stratum from pool 1 detected new block [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Maximum buffer memory device 0 supports says 536870912 [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Your scrypt settings come to 1006632960 [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Error -61: clCreateBuffer (padbuffer8), decrease CT or in crease LG [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Failed to init GPU thread 0, disabling device 0 [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Restarting the GPU from the menu will not fix this. [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Try restarting cgminer. Press enter to continue: Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: kuusj98 on April 06, 2013, 07:57:51 PM Just worked through this exact same issue, but with reaper. What got me mining at ~350 KH/s was changing the gpu_thread_concurrency to 15000. More or less copied settings for the 7870, and it worked. There is no where I could find that had the 7860 settings filled in in a guide. You can probably get more KH/s by working with the concurrency. Solution was found in tacotime's post at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502). I tried to set the gpu_thread_concurrency to 15000, but I get the following error message: [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Started cgminer 2.11.3 [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Started cgminer 2.11.3 [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Loaded configuration file cgminer.conf [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Probing for an alive pool [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Stratum from pool 1 detected new block [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Maximum buffer memory device 0 supports says 536870912 [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Your scrypt settings come to 1006632960 [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Error -61: clCreateBuffer (padbuffer8), decrease CT or in crease LG [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Failed to init GPU thread 0, disabling device 0 [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Restarting the GPU from the menu will not fix this. [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Try restarting cgminer. Press enter to continue: Anyway, use Reaper, much better and less error, I promise (at least if you configure it the right way ofc.) And you can copy paste the setting I gave you, you only have to edit the pool (don't use http:// before the pool addres). Thats it. Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: sidelsky18 on April 07, 2013, 02:15:22 AM Did you even read my comment? Anyway, use Reaper, much better and less error, I promise (at least if you configure it the right way ofc.) And you can copy paste the setting I gave you, you only have to edit the pool (don't use http:// before the pool addres). Thats it. Yes I did, sorry, I got reaper and followed the instructions, but when I open it the window opens for a split second then closes, any idea? Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: meebs on April 07, 2013, 03:34:20 AM Just worked through this exact same issue, but with reaper. What got me mining at ~350 KH/s was changing the gpu_thread_concurrency to 15000. More or less copied settings for the 7870, and it worked. There is no where I could find that had the 7860 settings filled in in a guide. You can probably get more KH/s by working with the concurrency. Solution was found in tacotime's post at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.msg1256502#msg1256502). I tried to set the gpu_thread_concurrency to 15000, but I get the following error message: [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Started cgminer 2.11.3 [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Started cgminer 2.11.3 [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Loaded configuration file cgminer.conf [2013-04-06 10:34:38] Probing for an alive pool [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Stratum from pool 1 detected new block [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Maximum buffer memory device 0 supports says 536870912 [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Your scrypt settings come to 1006632960 [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Error -61: clCreateBuffer (padbuffer8), decrease CT or in crease LG [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Failed to init GPU thread 0, disabling device 0 [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Restarting the GPU from the menu will not fix this. [2013-04-06 10:34:39] Try restarting cgminer. Press enter to continue: from: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.0 cgminer versions 2.11.3 and up can be used to mine with high thread concurrencies now. Follow these instructions: WINDOWS: Open console and type Code: setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100 Now, close the console (it will not work if you open cgminer in the same window). Open cgminer using a .bat or a new console, high thread concurrencies will now work. LINUX: Open terminal and type Code: export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100 Now high thread concurrencies should work in cgminer. Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: Marrs on April 07, 2013, 04:19:03 AM from: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.0 cgminer versions 2.11.3 and up can be used to mine with high thread concurrencies now. Follow these instructions: WINDOWS: Open console and type Code: setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100 Now, close the console (it will not work if you open cgminer in the same window). Open cgminer using a .bat or a new console, high thread concurrencies will now work. LINUX: Open terminal and type Code: export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100 Now high thread concurrencies should work in cgminer. As meebs points out, in order to go above 8192 thread concurrency with cgminer, you have to set the GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT. If you use setx in Windows, you only have to do it once, because it writes the setting to the registry. Here are the cgminer settings I use: 350kh/s, no overvolting, desktop usable: --scrypt --gpu-fan 0-100 --gpu-engine 1050 --gpu-memclock 900 --intensity 12 --thread-concurrency 13632 --gpu-threads 2 365kh/s, overvolted, desktop usable: --scrypt --gpu-vddc 1.225 --gpu-fan 100 --gpu-engine 1150 --gpu-memclock 1000 --intensity 12 --thread-concurrency 13632 --gpu-threads 2 390kh/s, overvolted, desktop unusable: --scrypt --gpu-vddc 1.225 --gpu-fan 100 --gpu-engine 1150 --gpu-memclock 1000 --intensity 19 --thread-concurrency 27164 Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: kuusj98 on April 07, 2013, 01:46:44 PM Did you even read my comment? Anyway, use Reaper, much better and less error, I promise (at least if you configure it the right way ofc.) And you can copy paste the setting I gave you, you only have to edit the pool (don't use http:// before the pool addres). Thats it. Yes I did, sorry, I got reaper and followed the instructions, but when I open it the window opens for a split second then closes, any idea? Also, watch your temps, the Asus card I have doesn't reach over 51 degrees @50% fan, its awesome. Good luck... (Also, if you want to try guiminer, select the 7850 high preset and change intensity to 18-19, then your done with the card settings!) Title: Re: Only Getting ~250 KH/s with an HD 7850 mining LTC (cgminer) Post by: sidelsky18 on April 09, 2013, 06:20:36 AM from: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117221.0 cgminer versions 2.11.3 and up can be used to mine with high thread concurrencies now. Follow these instructions: WINDOWS: Open console and type Code: setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100 Now, close the console (it will not work if you open cgminer in the same window). Open cgminer using a .bat or a new console, high thread concurrencies will now work. LINUX: Open terminal and type Code: export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100 Now high thread concurrencies should work in cgminer. Thanks, it now runs at 15000 thread conc, but hash speeds haven't really changed :( Still getting about 305-310 kh/s on intensity 18. |