See the thing is I was skeptical like you. People were saying you need 4gb ram... 4gb ram.. and when I look at how much ram I was using the miner showed no difference. So it seemed like non-sense. So eventually after I tried everything possible I gave in and tried adding more ram (not expecting it to work). I upgraded from 2gb to 8gb. Then everything suddenly worked.... Intesity could go above -I 12, TC at 8193. Even if I look at how much ram Im using right now it says 15% usage (not much right?), so idk why more ram was necessary but it worked.

I dont quiet understand why it worked but I'm just going by what worked and what people said would work. THEY WERE RIGHT

My guess is that the vertcoin algorithm allocates memory differently which is what makes is asic resistant.

go here for settings/configs and how to mine vertcoin

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=450310.msg4955594#msg4955594

seems about right. 270x go from 350-400 Kh/s and vertcoin cuts that in half.

Are you using the VERTMINER version I posted above? Did you just skip to my settings/configs..? Read everything maybe you missed something

Had the same problem with intensities with the older miners. This one seems to work perfectly

I hope you are using the VERTMINER I POSTED ABOVE. It's the latest version. dont use anything else. Also do you have 4gb of ram or more?

I was getting that same message UNTIL I got this version of VERTMINER and added 8gb to my rig. Problem solved

help the thread! post your settings below

http://vertcoin.org (official website)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=404364.0 (main thread)

So I feel the need to post this to help any newcomers, after having the worst experience trying to make vertcoin work correctly and getting an optimal amount of Kh/s.

Vertcoin uses a new algorithm: Scrypt-Adaptive-Nfactor (Not scrypt-jane) which results in about half your normal hashrate, and requires different miner settings and a modded miner(vertminer).

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Here is a list of things you will need!

1) First things first you need to get the Vertcoin wallet of course! http://vertcoin.org/#wallets

2) Second download VERTMINER-0.5.3 (it is currently not updated with the main website). If you want the latest versions of the miner you have to keep up with the main Vertcoin thread which is quoted below since they don't update the website with the latest version right away! This miner wont give you hardware errors (HW) like the other older versions.


3) Thirdly you will need a GPU (of course), as well as A MINIMUM OF 4GB OF RAM(this is not optional!!!). This is where I had all my problems before. I was running this miner with only 2gb of ram in my system. If you do that you will get tons of Hardware Errors(HW)/Rejected shares, and you wont be able to go above Intensity level of "-I 12". As well as you cant have a Thread Concurrency(TC) that exceeds 6,000. I was only getting a total of 200 Kh/s on my XFX r9 280x. NOW IM GETTINGS 340 KH/s ONCE I PLUGGED IN 8GB INTO MY RIG. SO RAM IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT. NO ONES SETTINGS WILL WORK FOR YOU IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THIS.

4) Lastly you will need to signup for a pool of your choosing which can be found here: http://vertcoin.com/

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So once you extract the vertminer you then have to go and tweak your settings to best fit your setup. Vertminer gives you both a .bat file and a.conf file EITHER are fine to run the program. I personally use the .bat file to run the miner. To edit either of the files just right click "edit".

Here are my settings for the .bat file. Averaging 340Kh/s on my XFX R9 280x! NO HW(HARDWARE ERRORS)

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
COLOR 0A

vertminer.exe --scrypt-vert -o stratum+tcp://vertcoinheavyindustries.com:4444 -u xxxx -p xxxxxx -v 1 -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20,-20 --temp-overheat 85 --temp-cutoff 90 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500 --gpu-engine 1000,1000 --thread-concurrency 8193


Please post your settings below and any tips to help new comers! Thanks

Vertcoin all the way!

Can someone please upload the older version of the miners. I think thats why all the new people to vertcoin are having problems!!!

After running the cgminer for about 10minutes this is what I'm getting

http://gyazo.com/793abe4418366152fcc8ebccefdfea65

HW: 120 R:32
Solid 320Khs

Should I just ignore the HW?

That's not the initial problem though. My problem is the Intensity and the TC.

Ok here's what happened with your settings and anyone else's
http://gyazo.com/5c0e884e75cdc03c3e2fdc39bfc32094

The reason its failing is because the TC is too high. So I lower it to 6080 and it starts running. HOWEVER, then comes the problem with intesity levels. Anything above "I- 12" with gives me tons of HW

Also yes I agree there should be a difference from my card and your card, but my card is normally 700khs it should ATLEAST hit 300khs (not even 50% yet). 350Khs would be my 50% mark

Edit:

I took your settings and lowered the TC to 6080. I am getting a solid 320Khs but the HW is going crazy

Here's the screenshot (running for 20seconds or so)
http://gyazo.com/c18d54fafbf80a9b0cb4fea4a1baeee6

Should I just ignore the HW? I know I probably shouldnt but there's no way around this... If I lower the Intensity to 12 it works fine no HW, but gets 230Khs

Edit:

hmm the HW actually have seem to gone down from what I was getting before. Im only at 90 HW after a few minutes and NO rejected shares. Is it worth ignoring guys? Or should I never let it have any HW?

give me your exact settings are plug it straight in. and ill screenshot what im getting

Edit:
Okay found your settings
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
COLOR 0A

C:\vertminer\cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://vtc.kilovolt.co.uk:3333 -u Username -p Password-w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-powertune -20 --gpu-memclock 1490 --thread-concurrency 8193

ive tried it already but ill try again and screenshot it

I'm going to add some ram from my main computer to my mining rig see if more ram does anything... It shouldnt because its not utilizing any ram from what I can see

Having problems with modded cgminer... But everyone else seems fine.

Specs: XFX R9 280x getting 230Khs on Vertcoin. Normally gets 700khs on others, NOT EVEN 50%.
 I am using Windows 8

(Just FYI I'm not new to the mining scene)

I dont know if the cgminer was recently changed, but the -Intensity level CANNOT go above "-I 12" or the miner will go crazy with HW (hardware errors)

Everyones settings are with Intensities between 13-20 and saying they get 300Khs per card.....  YES, I can get 300khs per card if I chose intensity 13-20;HOWEVER , the amount of HW (hardware errors) IS CRAZY!!

Also the thread concurrencies straight up just DONT WORK! I have to choose a concurrency around or below 6,000 for it to work. If I choose a TC like 8193 it will start the miner and say GPU 0 FAILURE, DISABLING

Here are my cgminer settings:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://vtc.poolz.net:3333 -u xxx -p xxx -I 12 -w 256 -g 2 -v 1 --thread-concurrency 6080 --auto-fan --gpu-memclock 1600,1600 --gpu-engine 1100,1100 --gpu-powertune -20,-20 --expiry 20 --scan-time 5 --queue 1 --no-submit-stale --temp-cutoff 85 --temp-overheat 80 --temp-target 75

Any help would be appreciated!
NOTE: I have a gtx 770 as well normally avg 300Khs and getting 150Khs (That's 50%)
I've messed around with the settings for a good 5hours... cant find any working method. So if youre going to tell me to remove or add something. Trust me I probably already did it.

hi