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21  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: 2x ASUS 7950 low voltage problem on: May 01, 2013, 03:08:34 PM
Nope, the PSU was not the cause Sad I replaced my 750W with an (oversized) 1000W PSU Bronze XIGMATEK and have still the exact same problem:

Good GPU:

Code:
GPU 0: 270.1 / 284.3 Kh/s | A:3  R:0  HW:0  U:1.74/m  I:20
76.0 C  F: 36% (2125 RPM)  E: 900 MHz  M: 1250 Mhz  V: 1.090V  A: 99% P: 20%
Last initialised: [2013-05-01 17:58:27]
Intensity: 20
Thread 0: 234.8 Kh/s Enabled ALIVE

Evil GPU:

Code:
GPU 1: 325.3 / 253.8 Kh/s | A:4  R:0  HW:0  U:2.32/m  I:20
36.0 C  F: 0% (1192 RPM)  E: 300 MHz  M: 150 Mhz  V: 0.850V  A: 0% P: 20%
Last initialised: [2013-05-01 17:58:27]
Intensity: 20
Thread 1: 297.2 Kh/s Enabled ALIVE

I'm using the following CG miner command:

Code:
cd /opt/cgminer && rm -f *.bin && ./cgminer --scrypt --auto-fan \
    --url $URL:$PORT --userpass $LTCUSER:$LTCPASS \
    --thread-concurrency $THREAD_CONCURRENCY -I $INTENSITY \
    --gpu-engine $GPU_ENGINE,$GPU_ENGINE \
    --gpu-memclock $GPU_MEMCLOCK,$GPU_MEMCLOCK \
    --gpu-powertune $GPU_POWERTUNE,$GPU_POWERTUNE \
    --gpu-vddc $GPU_VDDC,$GPU_VDDC

with the following parameters:

Code:
INTENSITY=20 ; ## -I $INTENSITY
THREAD_CONCURRENCY=16384 ; ## --thread-concurrency $THREAD_CONCURRENCY
GPU_ENGINE=900 ; ## --gpu-engine $GPU_ENGINE
GPU_MEMCLOCK=1250 ; ## --gpu-memclock $GPU_MEMCLOCK
GPU_POWERTUNE=20 ; ## --gpu-powertune $GPU_POWERTUNE
GPU_VDDC=1.090 ; ## --gpu-vddc $GPU_VDDC

and of course:

Code:
export DISPLAY=:0 ;
export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100 ;
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1 ;

If I run each card separately then I get 580kH/s and combined a only get 524kH/s .. well at least I know now that is must be something else. But what?  Huh
22  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: 2x ASUS 7950 low voltage problem on: May 01, 2013, 12:39:12 PM
@Spotter: I don't think it's a cooling issue, since my GPUs do not draw enough power/voltage from the very start (they don't even heat up in the first place to create a cooling problem).
23  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: 2x ASUS 7950 low voltage problem on: May 01, 2013, 12:03:26 PM
@toolbag and @gurvy: Thank you very much for the answers .. is there maybe a way to determine by other means if the PSU is overrated? I guess I need to get a 1200W gold and then retest. Will report my findings.
24  Other / Beginners & Help / 2x ASUS 7950 low voltage problem on: May 01, 2013, 02:23:09 AM
Hi everybody,

I'm relatively new to mining and have the following setup:

Graphic cards: 2x ASUS HD7950 DirectCU II TOP GDDR5 3GB 384Bit AMD Radeon DX11.1;
MB: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AMD 990FX/SB950 DDR3 2133MHZ(O.C.);
CPU: AMD FX X4 4100 SOKET AM3+ 3.6GHZ 12MB CACHE 32NM;
RAM: CORSAIR 8GB VENGEANCE DDR3 1600MHZ CL10 (single module);
PSU: GX 80PLUS 750W (bronze, 85% efficiency);

I don't use any risers; if a test each device separately I get a performace of about 580kH/s @ 1.090V (did not tweak extremely long, might get higher numbers); this is fine. But when I try both cards together then one of then cards voltage drops to 0.800V with corresponding engine clock down to 300Mhz; the other cards is fine but my overall performance is lower than 580kH/s.

I tried increasing the SB (Southbridge) voltage in the BIOS but that did not help at. Tried to combine a Sapphire 7950 with an Asus 7950 and got the same problem: One of the cards has systematically significant lower voltage (and therefore lower engine clock). I'm quite stuck .. I suspect the motherboard, but I feel with all its tweakable parameters a litte overwhelmed ..  Sad
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