How can I run my miner while playing games

[baggos12]

Is there a way to have the miner mining and in the same time to to do stuff in the computer and even play games. I tried -f 100 but it is not really effective with games..

[carbonc]

You have to pay for the time you play.
And if the price is high for BTC, You might want to charge yourself a premium.
 

[ensign_lee]

Play less demanding games? I mean, that's what graphics cards do, is display graphics. If you want them to do that instead of mining, well...


Otherwise, get a more powerful graphics card? My 5870 still does about 100 Mhash/sec while I'm playing SC2 on ultra

[Maxxx]

Is there a way to have the miner mining and in the same time to to do stuff in the computer and even play games. I tried -f 100 but it is not really effective with games..

Play Terraria and mine while you mine. No need to free up a GPU. What is your setup?

[MiningBuddy]

I've recently stopped playing games (I have over 150 games on my steam list) because I realised for every second my miner isn't running, I am not earning BTC.  

OH BITCOIN, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?

[BombaUcigasa]

Is there a way to have the miner mining and in the same time to to do stuff in the computer and even play games. I tried -f 100 but it is not really effective with games..

Try to change the CPU priority of the miner process to Low and maybe use smaller work size (-w) for the flags? I can play League of Legends and Entropia just fine with -f 40, but cstrike doesn't flow too well with a miner running.

[baggos12]

Aren't there any flags that make the miner more polite? I have seen some "-a" and other flags here in the forums and I am unsure what they do. Does lowering the -w flag help? I dont want to play games myself.

[BombaUcigasa]

other flags here in the forums and I am unsure what they do

Run the miner with -h or --help or a variation on this. It should list the flags and what they do.

[Litt]

I would try using a higher -f flag. Try 160 and if that is still rough go higher I say. I do ok at 120 on my main desktop with a single 6950 while gaming. I couldn't do that on another machine with only a dual core i think and prob will need to lower the priority.

[Nythain]

Aye, -f <high number> in poclbm and AGGRESSION=<low number> in phoenix should both do the trick... not sure what games you're trying to play, and on what settings, but i wouldn't expect miracles. If you really want to still play the latest games while mining consider either a dedicated mining rig, or at least a second card for mining and your current card to manage display and gaming.

[Turix]

Aye, -f <high number> in poclbm and AGGRESSION=<low number> in phoenix should both do the trick... not sure what games you're trying to play, and on what settings, but i wouldn't expect miracles. If you really want to still play the latest games while mining consider either a dedicated mining rig, or at least a second card for mining and your current card to manage display and gaming.

This, I can quite happily play Dragon Age 2 on highest settings (Dx11) with High res textures on my 5870 while it is mining with AGGRESSION=4 and I still get around 125Mhash/s

Its just all about trial and error, I keep a set of batch files with various AGGRESSION and WORKSIZE settings so I can switch them depending on how intense the game I wish to play is.

[Seraphim401]

I've recently stopped playing games (I have over 150 games on my steam list) because I realised for every second my miner isn't running, I am not earning BTC.  

OH BITCOIN, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?

Same thing here bro!

[doomy]

What would AGGRESSION=4 be on poclbm -f ?

[IlbiStarz]

I've recently stopped playing games (I have over 150 games on my steam list) because I realised for every second my miner isn't running, I am not earning BTC.  

OH BITCOIN, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?

Same thing here bro!

LOL same for me!
My parents are almost glad that I've found bitcoin...so I don't play any games anymore XD

[PcChip]

My 3 year old plays Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood all day long while the GPU mines away.

For a 58xx series card, use Aggression=4
For a 48xx series card, use Aggression=3


You'll get a few less MH/s, but the games will run fine.

[d.james]

what drivers do you guys use to play games while mining w/out crashing for ATI 5850 cards?

I'm on the latest driver and it crashes when I start a game like Starcraft2, or launch media player for video playback.

on my old Nvidia GTX card I can mine + play without much problems.

[Lelouch]

Sapphire 5850.

AGRESSION=4 FASTLOOP -phatk VECTORS WORKSIZE=128

Im using Phoenix miner. Can play everything but obviously Mhash/s decrease.

[hugolp]

LOL same for me!
My parents are almost glad that I've found bitcoin...so I don't play any games anymore XD

Wait until the see the electricity bill... they might even ask you to go back to playing computer games.