Claymore's Dual Ethereum AMD+NVIDIA GPU Miner v15.0 (Windows/Linux)

[Temporel]

I have 4xRX 480 using Claymore v9.8 (also with v9.7) is crashing in Windows 7 (x64) with AMD Blockchain drivers. Anyone else has similar problem?

EDIT: I followed recommended steps as follows:
1) uninstalled MSI Afterburner in normal mode
2) using DDU to clean up drivers in safe mode
3) installed Blockchain drivers in normal mode
4) patched newly installed drivers in normal mode
5) restarted my rig
6) run claymore without OC
7) got message "Windows closed this program"

yes, i basically did the exact steps you did, claymore 9.8 exits at the pool prompt. win7 did recognize all cards.

seems win7 users are out of luck on this one. not going to switch to win 10, not worth the effort at this point.

Exactly. Considering what others are facing its not worth it to switch to win 10 just for this. Hope this beta gets an update or claymore does.

a fresh windows 10 install with all the updates/drivers/setup is less than an hour btw. Just backup all your mining programs and their batch file before.

I'll wait for another Claymore update before "upgrading" to Win10. I hope the problem is in Claymore miner and not in drivers. AMD wrote that they will not update blockchain drivers anymore.

I love the hashrate/price ratio I get from my AMD cards but they are A LOT more trouble to run than my Nvidia cards. I didnt touch the new driver because Im afraid it will crash my rigs (the AMD rigs arent with me so I have to drive if there is a problem with them).

[Geleve]

Is there any real major change between v9.5 and v9.8  
I still use v9.5 and it is very stable for months. I am scared to change it to v9.8  
Can anybody advise?

[ziploc+]

Is there any real major change between v9.5 and v9.8  
I still use v9.5 and it is very stable for months. I am scared to change it to v9.8  
Can anybody advise?

don't fix what's not broken

[vapourminer]

I have 4xRX 480 using Claymore v9.8 (also with v9.7) is crashing in Windows 7 (x64) with AMD Blockchain drivers. Anyone else has similar problem?

EDIT: I followed recommended steps as follows:
1) uninstalled MSI Afterburner in normal mode
2) using DDU to clean up drivers in safe mode
3) installed Blockchain drivers in normal mode
4) patched newly installed drivers in normal mode
5) restarted my rig
6) run claymore without OC
7) got message "Windows closed this program"

yes, i basically did the exact steps you did, claymore 9.8 exits at the pool prompt. win7 did recognize all cards.

seems win7 users are out of luck on this one. not going to switch to win 10, not worth the effort at this point.

Exactly. Considering what others are facing its not worth it to switch to win 10 just for this. Hope this beta gets an update or claymore does.

a fresh windows 10 install with all the updates/drivers/setup is less than an hour btw. Just backup all your mining programs and their batch file before.

I'll wait for another Claymore update before "upgrading" to Win10. I hope the problem is in Claymore miner and not in drivers. AMD wrote that they will not update blockchain drivers anymore.

same here. even win10 with this blockchain driver has issues (settings not sticking, power draw etc). i only have a few polaris cards, rest are 390s and a 1070 which are not affected.

if the win10 problems are ever straightened out ill consider it then.

[Untoten]

I was able to go from 28 to 30mh/s with new ReCrimson blockchain beta driver but not able to undervolt my MSI RX 580. Using BIOS Hynix mod.
-cclock 1299 -mclock 2179 -cvddc 960 are my settings. Tried to manually change to manual->automatic in WattMan Radeon settings and no effect. Same with AB 16 beta software. I'll guess it's better to stay with 17.7.1 drivers lose 2mh/s than increase power consumption about 50W/h and getting much more temperature (75c->).
No solution so far? Thanks.

[coinnoob_za]

I have 4xRX 480 using Claymore v9.8 (also with v9.7) is crashing in Windows 7 (x64) with AMD Blockchain drivers. Anyone else has similar problem?

EDIT: I followed recommended steps as follows:
1) uninstalled MSI Afterburner in normal mode
2) using DDU to clean up drivers in safe mode
3) installed Blockchain drivers in normal mode
4) patched newly installed drivers in normal mode
5) restarted my rig
6) run claymore without OC
7) got message "Windows closed this program"

yes, i basically did the exact steps you did, claymore 9.8 exits at the pool prompt. win7 did recognize all cards.

seems win7 users are out of luck on this one. not going to switch to win 10, not worth the effort at this point.

Exactly. Considering what others are facing its not worth it to switch to win 10 just for this. Hope this beta gets an update or claymore does.

The current issue with the New Beta Driver is that they changed the API that allows Claymore to properly set the OC and voltages. Once Claymore updates his miner's code with a new release this should be rectified for Win 10 users to OC and Undervolt from the batch files again.
For Windows 7 users I doubt a Claymore update will help. Consider upgrading to Win 10. Even currently on Claymore 9.8 I get my RX580 to work properly with low power usage. Just dont patch driver after install and use Global Wattman supplied with the driver installation to adjust the Voltage.
It's a bit buggy so set to manual, enter your values then apply. Then set it back to Automatically and apply again. Set Core and Memclocks with Afterburner 4.4.0 Beta 16 with the previous mentioned fixes. Those apply correctly to RX580's.

[coinnoob_za]

I was able to go from 28 to 30mh/s with new ReCrimson blockchain beta driver but not able to undervolt my MSI RX 580. Using BIOS Hynix mod.
-cclock 1299 -mclock 2179 -cvddc 960 are my settings. Tried to manually change to manual->automatic in WattMan Radeon settings and no effect. Same with AB 16 beta software. I'll guess it's better to stay with 17.7.1 drivers lose 2mh/s than increase power consumption about 50W/h and getting much more temperature (75c->).
No solution so far? Thanks.

I managed to get my single RX580 in a machine to work properly. Did you remove those OC settings from the Claymore Bat file? Do not patch the driver, and using AB 16 with all the fixes applied and Global Wattman did the trick for me. running stable now at 30.5MH/s
This is for one card only, not sure how multiple cards would react, specially if the others run headless. I have seen issues with AB also applying settings to AMD cards running mixed in a rig.

[Untoten]

I was able to go from 28 to 30mh/s with new ReCrimson blockchain beta driver but not able to undervolt my MSI RX 580. Using BIOS Hynix mod.
-cclock 1299 -mclock 2179 -cvddc 960 are my settings. Tried to manually change to manual->automatic in WattMan Radeon settings and no effect. Same with AB 16 beta software. I'll guess it's better to stay with 17.7.1 drivers lose 2mh/s than increase power consumption about 50W/h and getting much more temperature (75c->).
No solution so far? Thanks.

I managed to get my single RX580 in a machine to work properly. Did you remove those OC settings from the Claymore Bat file? Do not patch the driver, and using AB 16 with all the fixes applied and Global Wattman did the trick for me. running stable now at 30.5MH/s
This is for one card only, not sure how multiple cards would react, specially if the others run headless. I have seen issues with AB also applying settings to AMD cards running mixed in a rig.

Switching to v9.7 did the trick! Miner is not showing temp or fan speed but it doesnt matter. Got undervolted and stable 30mh/s. Give it a shot!

[Makak4R]

Is there any real major change between v9.5 and v9.8  
I still use v9.5 and it is very stable for months. I am scared to change it to v9.8  
Can anybody advise?

well, you should install 9.7 it is about 10-15% faster for 1060 and about 3-5% faster for 1070
there is less downdrop in MHs for dual mode as well

[llzzyy234]

why 9.8 is slower? than 9.7

[ufux]

For win 7 64 bit this is what I did. I installed official AMD drivers but Claymore 9.7 and 9.8 crashed at start up. Then I used DDU to uninstall the drivers. Then I manually installed Robinh00d s DAG epoch fix drivers as described. I used the patcher. My hashrate is back to 30 from 27 and claymore 9.8 is running quite stable for 50 hours now. I have 1 470 2 480s and 1 580 all with modded bios. I use AB beta 15 and all controls are available. There were 30 watts difference at the wall 690 to 720 watts.  I am happy with the fix but not with the official one.

[Temporel]

why 9.8 is slower? than 9.7

its not (tested on both AMD and Nvidia cards).

Maybe he is assuming it has some problems, I dont have any, and again, with both Nvidia and AMD cards.

[llzzyy234]

why 9.8 is slower? than 9.7

Does anyone have benchmark between 9.7 and 9.8?

[avirdoz]

Did any one try new blockstream drivers and r9 380/380x? I'm currently mining with 16.10.2 and claymore 9.3 - 21.1 mh/s, asus strix 380 1100/1625 with 1250 memory straps and win7 x64.

[RichardBTC]

Does upgrading to 9.8 increase hash speeds?

[Skol600ml]

Does upgrading to 9.8 increase hash speeds?

No. Just do what releases note says:

- added Vega cards support (ASM mode).
- added fan/OC support for 17.7.2 (and higher) drivers.
- fixed issue with -ttli and -ttdcr option for Nvidia cards.
- improved support for systems with more than 10 GPUs, check readme for "-di" and "-mode" options description for details.
- a few minor bug fixes and improvements.

[KGV]

Here solution if AB not works for you to lowering voltage.

Use Overdrive.

1.Start it (you see options to choose cards) choose one
2. Double click on left column P0 till P6 - DISABLE IT.
3. In P7 (that only left) set desired Freq and Voltage (that for GPU)
4. IN P1 (under MEMORY) set desired Freq
5. APPLY and SAVE as profile 123
6. Do same for all cards you have and rig (same profile name 123)
7. Test you settings (for stability) - you will se all works you GPU is UNDERVOLTED !
8. Now you need make .BAT file and drop it to autostart (windows)
For example inside bat file:  OvedriveNTool.exe -p0"123" -p1"123" -p2"123" -p3"123" -p4"123
Drop a link to autostart and enjoy.

-p0 - that GPU number it goes from 0 till How many you have
"123" - that a profile name that you save
Names can be different, depends how you like it.

All works fine. Good Luck

[Trimegistus]

Here solution if AB not works for you to lowering voltage.

Use Overdrive.

1.Start it (you see options to choose cards) choose one
2. Double click on left column P0 till P6 - DISABLE IT.
3. In P7 (that only left) set desired Freq and Voltage (that for GPU)
4. IN P1 (under MEMORY) set desired Freq
5. APPLY and SAVE as profile 123
6. Do same for all cards you have and rig (same profile name 123)
7. Test you settings (for stability) - you will se all works you GPU is UNDERVOLTED !
8. Now you need make .BAT file and drop it to autostart (windows)
For example inside bat file:  OvedriveNTool.exe -p0"123" -p1"123" -p2"123" -p3"123" -p4"123
Drop a link to autostart and enjoy.

-p0 - that GPU number it goes from 0 till How many you have
"123" - that a profile name that you save
Names can be different, depends how you like it.

All works fine. Good Luck

You tested this solution with Win10 +blockchain drivers + RX 480?

[KGV]

Yes.
Win 10LTSB
470
480
580

[Trimegistus]

Yes.
Win 10LTSB
470
480
580

I've been using Overdrive for the last two days and my 480 cards will not keep the voltage settings.

Edit: I've just tried your technique disabling P0-P6 and the results are the same: Overdrive shows the correct voltages values (815mV) but GPU-Z or HWInfo show values from 834mv to 985mV