My second ZEC + XMR+ ETH thread builds info links thoughts and photos.

[philipma1957]

over night results using -i 2

best rig  at 119H/s is the asus z170a using an i5 6500t

worst rig at 108H/s is the biostar z170a using an i3 6300t

the asrock h81 is at 113 H/s using an intel i5 4570s

the asrockz170 extreme 3 is at 115 H/s using an i7 6700t


What does it all mean? I suspect to run at -i 2  you need an i5  .

I also have virtual memory set at 32000-64000 on all rigs.

[vg54dett]

I also have virtual memory set at 32000-64000 on all rigs.

I made the change , following your "how to" post, but didn't notice any change in hashrate.
What should I expect setting virtual memory to 32k-64k ?
Thank you

[GabryRox]

Claymore's ZCash AMD GPU Miner.
=========================

Latest version v5.0:

- improved speed by about 30-50% (depends on card model). About 145H/s on stock 390X.
- improved support for Catalyst 16.x and 4xx cards.
- reduced CPU usage.



LINKS:

GOOGLE: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B69wv2iqszefdmJickl5MF9BOEE?usp=sharing
MEGA: https://mega.nz/#F!P0ZjFDjC!Cmb-ZRqlbAnNrajRtp4zvA


GET IT WHILE IT IS HOT

Hey Aries... what kind of bump did you get on your MSI 470 rig using v5.0?  over 100 H/s now I would assume?

Could you also tell me what effect v5 had (if any) power draw and GPU temps?  I am managing my rig remotely so i need to be careful with changes as I only have someone checking it for crashes twice a day and don't want to risk long down-times or really even get it running too hot while I am away.  With V4 my GPUs were running about 59-60 degrees with minimal fan usage.

Thanks for any results you can share!

[philipma1957]

I also have virtual memory set at 32000-64000 on all rigs.

I made the change , following your "how to" post, but didn't notice any change in hashrate.
What should I expect setting virtual memory to 32k-64k ?
Thank you

maybe no difference at all.

it uses vm  when:

 A)  your system ram is small like a 4gb ram stick
 B) your system cpu is weak like a pentium g1840 in an asrock h81 mobo


@GabryRox  my numbers are for 4 rigs with 15 cards

So  when I had the pentium in my asrock h81 with a single 4gb stick  adding the vm did a small boost 2-4%
When and I still do have an i3 in my biostar z170a it adds a little boost.


claymore 5 uses more power.  8.7 amps at 240 volts  doing 1.1k H/s 

 is now 9.2  amps at 240 volts doing 1.7k H/s  but this is with -i 2

I am switching to -i 1  today.

[vg54dett]

I'm using ASrock H81 with G1840 and 8GB Ram.
But not noticed real difference in my case.

By the way, how many GPU can I put in a H81 without Risers ?
I have a free H81 empty, and looking to make a cheap RIG with it and maybe some Rx470.
I hope it's not too late to ROI this one.

[Oceat]

I'm using ASrock H81 with G1840 and 8GB Ram.
But not noticed real difference in my case.

By the way, how many GPU can I put in a H81 without Risers ?
I have a free H81 empty, and looking to make a cheap RIG with it and maybe some Rx470.
I hope it's not too late to ROI this one.

The H81 has only one X16 slot. It has 5 X1 slot. So you have to buy 5 risers to make it an efficient system.

[AriesIV10]

Claymore's ZCash AMD GPU Miner.
=========================

Latest version v5.0:

- improved speed by about 30-50% (depends on card model). About 145H/s on stock 390X.
- improved support for Catalyst 16.x and 4xx cards.
- reduced CPU usage.



LINKS:

GOOGLE: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B69wv2iqszefdmJickl5MF9BOEE?usp=sharing
MEGA: https://mega.nz/#F!P0ZjFDjC!Cmb-ZRqlbAnNrajRtp4zvA


GET IT WHILE IT IS HOT

Hey Aries... what kind of bump did you get on your MSI 470 rig using v5.0?  over 100 H/s now I would assume?

Could you also tell me what effect v5 had (if any) power draw and GPU temps?  I am managing my rig remotely so i need to be careful with changes as I only have someone checking it for crashes twice a day and don't want to risk long down-times or really even get it running too hot while I am away.  With V4 my GPUs were running about 59-60 degrees with minimal fan usage.

Thanks for any results you can share!

RIG004
6 x MSI RX470
Big Changes:



With the v5.0 -i 0 I was getting about 660Sols

[vg54dett]

I have a unused IBM DPS 2000w server supply (from BTC mining).
How you guys would you use it to power a GPU mining RIG ?

[ps_jb]

over night results using -i 2

best rig  at 119H/s is the asus z170a using an i5 6500t

worst rig at 108H/s is the biostar z170a using an i3 6300t

the asrock h81 is at 113 H/s using an intel i5 4570s

the asrockz170 extreme 3 is at 115 H/s using an i7 6700t


What does it all mean? I suspect to run at -i 2  you need an i5  .

I also have virtual memory set at 32000-64000 on all rigs.

I will try today with -i 1 and -i 2 on my i5 and i7 rigs

Thank you, Phil!

[Rami84]

@philipma1957 About the rx 480 cards which one do you use the 4GB or the 8GB?
Thanks

Well any deal I find.  So if I find a cheap 4gb good if I find a cheap 8 gb good.

Mostly now I buy cheap rx 470 4gb.

I get some as low as 170 this,is,a cheap price.

I also found a rx 460 I may get.

Has anyone done rx460s with claymores zcash?

How much Hash do you get with 4GB & 8GB? I mean is there a big difference

[Jacknife]

over night results using -i 2

best rig  at 119H/s is the asus z170a using an i5 6500t

worst rig at 108H/s is the biostar z170a using an i3 6300t

the asrock h81 is at 113 H/s using an intel i5 4570s

the asrockz170 extreme 3 is at 115 H/s using an i7 6700t


What does it all mean? I suspect to run at -i 2  you need an i5  .

I also have virtual memory set at 32000-64000 on all rigs.

I will try today with -i 1 and -i 2 on my i5 and i7 rigs

Thank you, Phil!

I have 6X R9 390 or H81 with Celeron 1840. The miners runs faster with -i =2 than -i=1 or 0. CPU usage is small.

[GabryRox]

Claymore's ZCash AMD GPU Miner.
=========================

Latest version v5.0:

- improved speed by about 30-50% (depends on card model). About 145H/s on stock 390X.
- improved support for Catalyst 16.x and 4xx cards.
- reduced CPU usage.



LINKS:

GOOGLE: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B69wv2iqszefdmJickl5MF9BOEE?usp=sharing
MEGA: https://mega.nz/#F!P0ZjFDjC!Cmb-ZRqlbAnNrajRtp4zvA


GET IT WHILE IT IS HOT

Hey Aries... what kind of bump did you get on your MSI 470 rig using v5.0?  over 100 H/s now I would assume?

Could you also tell me what effect v5 had (if any) power draw and GPU temps?  I am managing my rig remotely so i need to be careful with changes as I only have someone checking it for crashes twice a day and don't want to risk long down-times or really even get it running too hot while I am away.  With V4 my GPUs were running about 59-60 degrees with minimal fan usage.

Thanks for any results you can share!

RIG004
6 x MSI RX470
Big Changes:



With the v5.0 -i 0 I was getting about 660Sols

Wow! that is insane!  Almost 2x hash rate on same power draw!  I was hoping that this was gonna happen since it seemed like Claymore was concentrating more on the 390/290's first.  Now... if the price of ZEC would just come back a bit lol.  Thanks for the info... well worth the slight risk of managing the upgrade remotely.

[AriesIV10]

Here is the updated RIG.  There was a 5 degree reduction with lid installed.  

Ave Watt on MSI Afterburner = 65W
Watts at the wall = 768W
Amps at the wall = 6.46A
Ave Temp on MSI Afterburner = 50C
ZEC Mining Ave = 700 SOLs (Claymore's v5.0)




https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1676763.new#new

[Cryptozillah]

over night results using -i 2

best rig  at 119H/s is the asus z170a using an i5 6500t

worst rig at 108H/s is the biostar z170a using an i3 6300t

the asrock h81 is at 113 H/s using an intel i5 4570s

the asrockz170 extreme 3 is at 115 H/s using an i7 6700t


What does it all mean? I suspect to run at -i 2  you need an i5  .

I also have virtual memory set at 32000-64000 on all rigs.

I run -i 2 on all my 480 rigs + my 280x for fun card. On the 470s i run -i 0
All rigs use a Celeron G1820
4-8GB Ram + 16GB virtual memory set on all rigs.
I have no issues with slow gpus. Maybe the trouble start with really big virtual memory settings ?


1 x 280x
6 x 470 4GB
13 x 480 8GB

The 280x card pushes over 100 on stock bios/settings, crazy bang for the buck
It got some random crap fans ziptied to it because the originals died during DRK mining years ago.

[ps_jb]

I run -i 2 on all my 480 rigs + my 280x for fun card. On the 470s i run -i 0
All rigs use a Celeron G1820

What is the gain with -i 0 and -i 2 for RX 480?

[Cryptozillah]

I run -i 2 on all my 480 rigs + my 280x for fun card. On the 470s i run -i 0
All rigs use a Celeron G1820

What is the gain with -i 0 and -i 2 for RX 480?

I have not checked with v5 actually.
I hardly remember how much it was on v4 but on my rigs it was a difference worth doing.

[Redrose]

I'm wondering why you are all rushing to mine ZCash. It find it less profitable than Ethereum. Moreover Flypool is abosultely not giving me what I should get.

[Cryptozillah]

I'm wondering why you are all rushing to mine ZCash. It find it less profitable than Ethereum. Moreover Flypool is abosultely not giving me what I should get.

I am at Nicehash mining ZEC for BTC.
~25% lower powerdraw than ETH

I am doing more profits from ZEC on a daily basis for sure.

[Redrose]

I'm wondering why you are all rushing to mine ZCash. It find it less profitable than Ethereum. Moreover Flypool is abosultely not giving me what I should get.

I am at Nicehash mining ZEC for BTC.
~25% lower powerdraw than ETH

I am doing more profits from ZEC on a daily basis for sure.

How the hell is it possible ? Both Whattomine and NiceHash calculator give me Ethereum a lot more profitable. There would even be a 3$ gap for me between them. That might be related to my configuration, but in my case Ethereum is a lot more profitable. I'd go for NiceHash given the pain it would save me, but considering that it doesn't work on my Nvidia rig, I had to ignore that option.

[AriesIV10]

I'm wondering why you are all rushing to mine ZCash. It find it less profitable than Ethereum. Moreover Flypool is abosultely not giving me what I should get.

I am at Nicehash mining ZEC for BTC.
~25% lower powerdraw than ETH

I am doing more profits from ZEC on a daily basis for sure.

How the hell is it possible ? Both Whattomine and NiceHash calculator give me Ethereum a lot more profitable. There would even be a 3$ gap for me between them. That might be related to my configuration, but in my case Ethereum is a lot more profitable. I'd go for NiceHash given the pain it would save me, but considering that it doesn't work on my Nvidia rig, I had to ignore that option.

This may be an interesting site to evaluate the most profitable coin based upon equipment and capabilities:

http://whattomine.com