Claymore's ZCash/BTG AMD GPU Miner v12.6 (Windows/Linux)

[DemonDL]

I think the ZEC miner is already very efficient.

And how Fiji and 17.xx.x drivers, bad support 560? I'm waiting for version 12.7

I guess, because just a very few ppl mine with 560s, because they are not so efficient, so worthless to bother with it.

 they are not so efficient as it is not optimized miner

They are not so efficient because they are weak. The bad thing is that 560s are the only available cards atm in stores, but ppl shouldn't really buy them for mining.

Why 7850 is more effective?

[flekkelek]

I think the ZEC miner is already very efficient.

And how Fiji and 17.xx.x drivers, bad support 560? I'm waiting for version 12.7

I guess, because just a very few ppl mine with 560s, because they are not so efficient, so worthless to bother with it.

 they are not so efficient as it is not optimized miner

They are not so efficient because they are weak. The bad thing is that 560s are the only available cards atm in stores, but ppl shouldn't really buy them for mining.

Why 7850 is more effective?

I don't think it is more effective, but that is an old card...

[stealth2600]

I think the ZEC miner is already very efficient.

And how Fiji and 17.xx.x drivers, bad support 560? I'm waiting for version 12.7

I guess, because just a very few ppl mine with 560s, because they are not so efficient, so worthless to bother with it.

 they are not so efficient as it is not optimized miner

They are not so efficient because they are weak. The bad thing is that 560s are the only available cards atm in stores, but ppl shouldn't really buy them for mining.

Why 7850 is more effective?

I don't think it is more effective, but that is an old card...

While I don’t disagree with you that the 380X and 560 are not the newest or greatest cards for ZEC mining, you have to remember not everyone has the resources to go out and buy 580’s, 1080’s (if you can find them) or the next greatest card to be released. Not everyone has a warehouse full of miners. As I say all the time, don’t forget the budget hobbyist miner, that’s how all this crypto currency stuff got started. One guy with an idea and zero resources. My point, the little guys are the ones who innovate, even on old or junk hardware. These rich guys are just after profits, they don’t care about the technology or privacy. I’m also offering to send Claymore a ZEC donation if there’s anything he can do for the 380X, while others are here whining about his fee and actively searching for ways to thwart it.

[DemonDL]

I think the ZEC miner is already very efficient.

And how Fiji and 17.xx.x drivers, bad support 560? I'm waiting for version 12.7

I guess, because just a very few ppl mine with 560s, because they are not so efficient, so worthless to bother with it.

 they are not so efficient as it is not optimized miner

They are not so efficient because they are weak. The bad thing is that 560s are the only available cards atm in stores, but ppl shouldn't really buy them for mining.

Why 7850 is more effective?

I don't think it is more effective, but that is an old card...

7850 - 12.6 - 160sol (1050/1350)
560 - 12.6 - 140sol (1216/1750 timing mod)

560 all parameters should be more effective

[flekkelek]

I think the ZEC miner is already very efficient.

And how Fiji and 17.xx.x drivers, bad support 560? I'm waiting for version 12.7

I guess, because just a very few ppl mine with 560s, because they are not so efficient, so worthless to bother with it.

 they are not so efficient as it is not optimized miner

They are not so efficient because they are weak. The bad thing is that 560s are the only available cards atm in stores, but ppl shouldn't really buy them for mining.

Why 7850 is more effective?

I don't think it is more effective, but that is an old card...

While I don’t disagree with you that the 380X and 560 are not the newest or greatest cards for ZEC mining, you have to remember not everyone has the resources to go out and buy 580’s, 1080’s or the next greatest card to be released. Not everyone has a warehouse full of miners. As I say all the time, don’t forget the budget hobbyist miner, that’s how all this crypto currency stuff got started. One guy with an idea and zero resources. My point, the little guys are the ones who innovate, even on crappy hardware, these rich guys are just after profits, they don’t care about the technology or privacy. I’m also offering to send Claymore a ZEC donation if there’s anything he can do for the 380X, while others are here whining about his fee and actively searching for ways to thwart it.

Don't get me wrong, I have 380xs too, but i don't mine zec anymore with them. Not the greatest card for zec mining, I just said, it's not a good decision to buy (atm way too overpriced) 560s to mine. I understand everyone want to hop in mining business as soon as it's possible, but waiting would be more benefical instead of buying 560s rigs. There won't be ROI and once the GPU industies will be back on track as normally these cards will have literally 0 resell value.

[stealth2600]

I agree, the 380X performs much better with Ethereum, I’m getting between 140-150mhs on my six 380X rig. This is also what makes me think Claymore maybe able to tweak it a little more for ZEC, hence why I’m willing to compensate him for his time. I also agree with patience, if your not mining right now, it’s not the time to try and buy hardware and going with inferior hardware does mean no resale value.

[2018jaydee]

curious if anyone has a config file for vegas? windows

[ayiphelmy]

this miner is too old... waiting claymore to make improve.....

[vatusasid]

I think the ZEC miner is already very efficient.

And how Fiji and 17.xx.x drivers, bad support 560? I'm waiting for version 12.7

I guess, because just a very few ppl mine with 560s, because they are not so efficient, so worthless to bother with it.

 they are not so efficient as it is not optimized miner

They are not so efficient because they are weak. The bad thing is that 560s are the only available cards atm in stores, but ppl shouldn't really buy them for mining.

Why 7850 is more effective?

I don't think it is more effective, but that is an old card...

7850 - 12.6 - 160sol (1050/1350)
560 - 12.6 - 140sol (1216/1750 timing mod)

560 all parameters should be more effective

The 7850 is an old card, so it is cheaper.

[2018jaydee]

having a hard time getting my vegas over 460h/s with this miner. any ideas?

-ftime 1
-i 8
-tt 65
-fanmax 4900, 4900
-fanmin 3500, 3500
-cclock 1407, 1407
-mclock 1080, 1080
-cvddc 900, 900
-mvddc 900, 900

[counterpointengine]

I am using Claymore ZCash/BTG Miner v12.6 with Windows 10 for some AMD gpu cards.  I decided to mine a different coin that has the Equihash algorithm.  After I open the .bat file Claymore opens and immediately displays in red font "Unknown Option" for the wallet address.  Claymore continues to run, it connects to the mining pool server, the hash rate speed is fine.  Why does Claymore not recognize the wallet address I have entered in the .bat file?  What is wrong?

The wallet address is used with EWBF for my Nvidia card and it works fine with that miner.           

This is what Claymore displays after I run the .bat file:


C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Desktop\Claymore Miner v12.6>ZecMiner64.exe   -zpool pool.com:5555  -zwal wallet address.worker  -zpsw z  -ftime 1  -i 6  -tt 75  -allpools 1
UNKNOWN OPTION wallet address.worker

[Gataway]

I think the ZEC miner is already very efficient.

And how Fiji and 17.xx.x drivers, bad support 560? I'm waiting for version 12.7

I guess, because just a very few ppl mine with 560s, because they are not so efficient, so worthless to bother with it.

 they are not so efficient as it is not optimized miner

They are not so efficient because they are weak. The bad thing is that 560s are the only available cards atm in stores, but ppl shouldn't really buy them for mining.

Why 7850 is more effective?

I don't think it is more effective, but that is an old card...

7850 - 12.6 - 160sol (1050/1350)
560 - 12.6 - 140sol (1216/1750 timing mod)

560 all parameters should be more effective

The 7850 is an old card, so it is cheaper.

Only use it when your electricity price is low. Otherwise, it might not be profitable.

[galaxy5user]

Claymore's ZCash/BTG GPU Miner v12.6 gives only 28 H/s on RX550 under Windows 7. Is that OK? Also it designates card as "gfx804" instead of "Lexa" which is the name of the chip.

[stealth2600]

Claymore's ZCash/BTG GPU Miner v12.6 gives only 28 H/s on RX550 under Windows 7. Is that OK? Also it designates card as "gfx804" instead of "Lexa" which is the name of the chip.

As others have stated, the RX550 is not very good graphics card for mining. However, it should be capable of much more than 28 h/s. My guess is that Claymore did not code in support for the "Lexa" chip in version 12.6. You may have to try another miner if he doesn't plan to add support for it in his future releases. Also, just to make sure nothing is wrong on your end, please verify that you have the correct drivers installed. You can refer to the first post of this thread for a list of the best drivers to use.

[samasas]

Claymore's ZCash/BTG GPU Miner v12.6 gives only 28 H/s on RX550 under Windows 7. Is that OK? Also it designates card as "gfx804" instead of "Lexa" which is the name of the chip.

As others have stated, the RX550 is not very good graphics card for mining. However, it should be capable of much more than 28 h/s. My guess is that Claymore did not code in support for the "Lexa" chip in version 12.6. You may have to try another miner if he doesn't plan to add support for it in his future releases. Also, just to make sure nothing is wrong on your end, please verify that you have the correct drivers installed. You can refer to the first post of this thread for a list of the best drivers to use.

I think so. But the RX 550 is widely available. Other cards are very scarce.

[Ledaso]

I am using Claymore ZCash/BTG Miner v12.6 with Windows 10 for some AMD gpu cards.  I decided to mine a different coin that has the Equihash algorithm.  After I open the .bat file Claymore opens and immediately displays in red font "Unknown Option" for the wallet address.  Claymore continues to run, it connects to the mining pool server, the hash rate speed is fine.  Why does Claymore not recognize the wallet address I have entered in the .bat file?  What is wrong?

The wallet address is used with EWBF for my Nvidia card and it works fine with that miner.           

This is what Claymore displays after I run the .bat file:


C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Desktop\Claymore Miner v12.6>ZecMiner64.exe   -zpool pool.com:5555  -zwal wallet address.worker  -zpsw z  -ftime 1  -i 6  -tt 75  -allpools 1
UNKNOWN OPTION wallet address.worker

Got the same problem

[flekkelek]

I am using Claymore ZCash/BTG Miner v12.6 with Windows 10 for some AMD gpu cards.  I decided to mine a different coin that has the Equihash algorithm.  After I open the .bat file Claymore opens and immediately displays in red font "Unknown Option" for the wallet address.  Claymore continues to run, it connects to the mining pool server, the hash rate speed is fine.  Why does Claymore not recognize the wallet address I have entered in the .bat file?  What is wrong?

The wallet address is used with EWBF for my Nvidia card and it works fine with that miner.           

This is what Claymore displays after I run the .bat file:


C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Desktop\Claymore Miner v12.6>ZecMiner64.exe   -zpool pool.com:5555  -zwal wallet address.worker  -zpsw z  -ftime 1  -i 6  -tt 75  -allpools 1
UNKNOWN OPTION wallet address.worker

Got the same problem

this is a sample batch file, use your OWN wallet address after the -zwal

[jackbox]

I am using Claymore ZCash/BTG Miner v12.6 with Windows 10 for some AMD gpu cards.  I decided to mine a different coin that has the Equihash algorithm.  After I open the .bat file Claymore opens and immediately displays in red font "Unknown Option" for the wallet address.  Claymore continues to run, it connects to the mining pool server, the hash rate speed is fine.  Why does Claymore not recognize the wallet address I have entered in the .bat file?  What is wrong?

The wallet address is used with EWBF for my Nvidia card and it works fine with that miner.           

This is what Claymore displays after I run the .bat file:


C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Desktop\Claymore Miner v12.6>ZecMiner64.exe   -zpool pool.com:5555  -zwal wallet address.worker  -zpsw z  -ftime 1  -i 6  -tt 75  -allpools 1
UNKNOWN OPTION wallet address.worker

Got the same problem

You have to replace "wallet address" with the address of your wallet or login name for your mining pool and change "worker" to your worker name. Since there is a space between wallet and address it thinks you are trying to input an option. Also, why are you tlrying to mine the worker without putting in your info to get paid? You also need to change "pool.com:5555" with the URL with the address and port of the mining pool.

[Vlizzjeffrey]

my 7950's do 270 sol with this software, seems about right i guess?

cant believe i got hold of 2 7950's for 150 bucks in these times, not counting on any huge profits ofcourse, just some hobby mining.

[adaseb]

my 7950's do 270 sol with this software, seems about right i guess?

cant believe i got hold of 2 7950's for 150 bucks in these times, not counting on any huge profits ofcourse, just some hobby mining.

You might be able to get 300 sol if you do a little overclock with core and memory.

Try 1100/1575 or something like that and see if its stable.

Yes you got really lucky.

I remember you could buy the 7950 BRAND NEW for like $199 back in end of 2013.