SILENTARMY v5: Zcash miner, 115 sol/s on R9 Nano, 70 sol/s on GTX 1070

[jakobito]

Just registered to tell u it is working
Thank you!!

[1715474711]

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[yslyung]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1672179.msg16793618#msg16793618

WINDOWS version PLEASE mrb !!!

[Sindren]

Can someone try this kernel with NVidia GPUs? Replace input cl file with this http://coinsforall.io/distr/input.cl

libOpenCL.so.1: no version information available (required by /home/sindren/zcashminners/silentarmy/sa-solver)"

with cuda 8 installed, ubuntu 14.04, n1070

[chronek]

nah tryed compile with nicehash/nheqminer for windows, it compile but when running i get:

[16:42:44][0x000012d4] Using SSE2: YES
[16:42:44][0x000012d4] Using AVX: YES
[16:42:44][0x000012d4] Using AVX2: YES
[16:42:44][0x000007d8] stratum | Starting miner
[16:42:44][0x000007d8] stratum | Connecting to stratum server eu1-zcash.flypool.org:3333
[16:42:44][0x000004c0] miner#0 | Starting thread #0 (OCL_SILENTARMY) GPU_ID(0)
<info> found 1 devices
Using device 0 as GPU 0
<info> compiling ...
<info> source: 39861 bytes
[16:42:44][0x000007d8] stratum | Connected!
[16:42:44][0x000007d8] stratum | Subscribed to stratum server
[16:42:44][0x000007d8] miner | Extranonce is 9d59dd8e21
[16:42:45][0x000007d8] stratum | Target set to 0083126e978d4fdf3b645a1cac083126e978d4fdf3b645a1cac083126e978d4f
[16:42:46][0x000007d8] stratum | Received new job #3b418fec7a3d10b852f9
<info> binsize = 171936 bytes
Hash tables will use 1744.8 MB
clEnqueueNDRangeKernel (-4)
clEnqueueNDRangeKernel (-4)
clEnqueueReadBuffer (-4)

Looks like nicehash team will have to modify some for their miner

[Sindren]

Can someone try this kernel with NVidia GPUs? Replace input cl file with this http://coinsforall.io/distr/input.cl

libOpenCL.so.1: no version information available (required by /home/sindren/zcashminners/silentarmy/sa-solver)"

with cuda 8 installed, ubuntu 14.04, n1070

now works for me   .. but slowly 43s/s on 1070

[Sindren]

SILENTARMY fork with NVIDA support, dirty, need optimalization

https://github.com/Fladirmacht/silentarmy

[Gaglam]

any chance on a windows version?
make it 1% fee and everthing will be fine 

[toptek]

any chance on a windows version?
make it 1% fee and everthing will be fine  

why even charge but its coming hopeing no fee and it's not to late and if there is a fee also give us a one time charge to unlock it , either way i plan to donation mine for two weeks 20 to 30 mins a day. I did the same thing for Genoil Miner for a few days til the updates stopped , and will again if there is another update and it's use able .  

[NewbieTreider]

Really good work @mrb !!!

Tested in a headless ubuntu 16.04 using amd-pro drivers 16.40 with RX480 GPUS.. sometimes I get up to 48 Sol/s!

[chronek]

do not worry windows version will come soon, just nheqminer team will need change their modified silentarmy kernel for new changes...
I waiting for it too

[jay8291]

will there be any windows update in the near future ?

[jk_14]

SILENTARMY fork with NVIDA support, dirty, need optimalization

https://github.com/Fladirmacht/silentarmy

root@kopiemtu:~/TEST/silentarmy# ./silentarmy --list
Could not find '/root/TEST/silentarmy/sa-solver' binary; make sure to run 'make' to compile it

[Sindren]

SILENTARMY fork with NVIDA support, dirty, need optimalization

https://github.com/Fladirmacht/silentarmy

root@kopiemtu:~/TEST/silentarmy# ./silentarmy --list
Could not find '/root/TEST/silentarmy/sa-solver' binary; make sure to run 'make' to compile it

git clone and make

[jk_14]

SILENTARMY fork with NVIDA support, dirty, need optimalization

https://github.com/Fladirmacht/silentarmy

root@kopiemtu:~/TEST/silentarmy# ./silentarmy --list
Could not find '/root/TEST/silentarmy/sa-solver' binary; make sure to run 'make' to compile it

git clone and make

root@kopiemtu:~/TEST/silentarmy# ./silentarmy --use 0 -c stratum+tcp://us1-zcash.flypool.org:3333 -u t1cVviFvgJinQ4w3C2m2CfRxgP5DnHYaoFC
Connecting to us1-zcash.flypool.org:3333
Solver 0.0: unexpected banner "/root/TEST/silentarmy/sa-solver: /usr/local/cuda/lib64/libOpenCL.so.1: no version information available (required by /root/TEST/silentarmy/sa-solver)"
Solver 0.1: unexpected banner "/root/TEST/silentarmy/sa-solver: /usr/local/cuda/lib64/libOpenCL.so.1: no version information available (required by /root/TEST/silentarmy/sa-solver)"
Stratum server sent us the first job
Mining on 1 device
pipe closed by peer or os.write(pipe, data) raised exception.
pipe closed by peer or os.write(pipe, data) raised exception.
pipe closed by peer or os.write(pipe, data) raised exception.

[jk_14]

SILENTARMY fork with NVIDA support, dirty, need optimalization

https://github.com/Fladirmacht/silentarmy

root@kopiemtu:~/TEST/silentarmy# ./silentarmy --list
Could not find '/root/TEST/silentarmy/sa-solver' binary; make sure to run 'make' to compile it

git clone and make

now better:

root@kopiemtu:~/TEST/_silentarmy# ./silentarmy --use 0 -c stratum+tcp://us1-zcash.flypool.org:3333 -u t1cVviFvgJinQ4w3C2m             2CfRxgP5DnHYaoFC
Connecting to us1-zcash.flypool.org:3333
Stratum server sent us the first job
Mining on 1 device
Total 0.0 sol/s [dev0 0.0] 0 shares
Total 43.0 sol/s [dev0 43.0] 1 share
Total 35.5 sol/s [dev0 35.5] 1 share
Total 30.3 sol/s [dev0 30.3] 1 share

Code:

root@kopiemtu:~/TEST/_silentarmy# ./silentarmy --use 0,1,2,3 -c stratum+tcp://us1-zcash.flypool.org:3333 -u t1cVviFvgJinQ4w3C2m2CfRxgP5DnHYaoFC
Connecting to us1-zcash.flypool.org:3333
Stratum server sent us the first job
Mining on 4 devices
Total 0.0 sol/s [dev0 0.0, dev1 0.0, dev2 0.0, dev3 0.0] 0 shares
Total 51.0 sol/s [dev0 16.0, dev1 12.0, dev2 12.0, dev3 11.0] 0 shares
Total 81.4 sol/s [dev0 18.5, dev1 19.5, dev2 20.0, dev3 23.5] 0 shares
Total 85.6 sol/s [dev0 18.3, dev1 22.6, dev2 19.3, dev3 25.3] 1 share
Total 88.9 sol/s [dev0 22.2, dev1 19.5, dev2 18.2, dev3 29.0] 3 shares
Total 89.7 sol/s [dev0 21.6, dev1 22.4, dev2 19.0, dev3 26.8] 3 shares
Total 92.4 sol/s [dev0 21.3, dev1 22.5, dev2 20.5, dev3 28.1] 3 shares
Total 97.7 sol/s [dev0 24.1, dev1 24.4, dev2 22.3, dev3 27.0] 3 shares
Total 96.8 sol/s [dev0 23.7, dev1 25.3, dev2 21.1, dev3 26.6] 3 shares
Total 97.8 sol/s [dev0 23.0, dev1 25.0, dev2 22.6, dev3 27.2] 4 shares
Total 96.7 sol/s [dev0 23.3, dev1 24.5, dev2 22.4, dev3 26.6] 4 shares
Total 97.6 sol/s [dev0 24.1, dev1 26.3, dev2 23.4, dev3 28.6] 5 shares
Total 97.8 sol/s [dev0 25.3, dev1 25.9, dev2 23.0, dev3 27.0] 5 shares
Total 98.9 sol/s [dev0 25.5, dev1 26.3, dev2 24.5, dev3 26.7] 6 shares
Total 99.9 sol/s [dev0 24.6, dev1 27.2, dev2 27.9, dev3 24.7] 6 shares
Total 98.9 sol/s [dev0 24.6, dev1 25.8, dev2 28.7, dev3 24.5] 6 shares

I expected a bit more. I'm on PCI-e x1, maybe that's the reason...

[jk_14]

I expected a bit more. I'm on PCI-e x1, maybe that's the reason...

the reason is my Celeron, i.e. very high CPU load


I added it to KopiemTu, as quick patch:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=520998.msg16794933#msg16794933

[krnlx]

will there be any windows update in the near future ?

once NV support is done it's next V 5 is windows support.

    v2: support GCN 1 → DONE
    v3: make a full miner supporting multi-GPU and stratum → DONE
    v4: Nvidia support
    v5: Windows support

not done. 30 h/s with eXtremal's input.cl

[mrb]

It is wrong way from the start. You'll never achieve CUDA speeds with OpenCL on nVidia.

Not true. According to solardiz on zcash-miner-dev: "JtR -jumbo and Hashcat both went OpenCL for NVIDIA, obsoleting/dropping CUDA support" and performance was acceptable.

The reality is that most CUDA developers don't write good OpenCL code so they blame the platform, but it's their code that is the problem.

[mrb]

I went back and tried to install the official AMD drivers thinking that was the problem.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 unity-control-center : Depends: libcheese-gtk23 (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libcheese7 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
mine@mine:~/silentarmy$  

I am on 14.04 using 5x 280x.  I was on 16.04 until I realized that they don't make drivers for the 280x for that version of Ubuntu so I downgraded.  Doesn't matter to me which version I am on.  This is strictly a mining machine.  Thanks for your time.

If you are on 14.04 there is no need to install the official AMD drivers. Just "sudo apt-get install fglrx" as documented in silentarmy's README.md
The fglrx package is the drivers nicely repackaged/redistributed by Ubuntu.

[induktor]

pretty much it was another NV player that doesn't like AMD for whatever reason  there both very good card but AMD offer more and better support and cards, no mater how bad there dogged, they do . I like AMD more and NV is cool to but i don''t put down NV either they both have there places .

just ONE simple reason, POWER efficiency.
show me 12 top of the line GPUs only using 1100W of power (at the wall) in AMD and I will switch to AMD in an instant!.

power is expensive, and it is something you must pay every month, that's why nvidia wins (at the moment, maybe amd will come up with some more efficient card, but so far, GTX 1070 is the real deal in power efficiency).