[ANN] cudaMiner & ccMiner CUDA based mining applications [Windows/Linux/MacOSX]

[bigjme]

ok let stop the debate now, Christian doesn't know how he is going to distribute it yet. he hasn't said he will charge at all, he hasn't even said he will 100% release it to us
everything is speculation. when i said a price, i stated what price I would gladly pay. i did not say "Christian charge this amount". If its too much noone will use it, if its free too many people will use it. there is no winning at all.

an AMD one is being released when the cudaminer one is. this has not been said if it will be charged for or not. the AMD crowd is a LOT bigger then us, they always tend to flood the coin and make it flop and the value drop.

one way or another there is no guarantee the coin will be worth ANYTHING once both miners are out

End of debate now, arguing if anything will just piss Christian off

[jack80]

I'd be more than okay with running a binary blob that hardwires a portion of the mined coins to christian's wallet directly.
If there needs to be an incentive over hashing by himself rather than distributing it, then he can easily do the math as a lot of us command well over a dozen cards worth of hashpower.
Distribute it in binary form to even a few folks and you'll be making 0.25btc a day look like a joke.

I know I'd volunteer

Yeah! this is the best! .

[djm34]

I have nothing against giving a contribution but I think you need to realise that pretty hate machine (big fan of nine inch nail myself...) has the amd version of the HVC more or less ready to be released and it will release when Christian releases it... so there won't be any head-start before the coin crashes or the difficulty increases to the roof. So it is certainly better Christian continues the way he has planned at least it will be profitable for him.

And don't forget there are new coins every days in cryptoland

[sambiohazard]

Oh boy!! this got a little out of hand I thought people were mature enough to discuss How to show our gratitude towards Christian.

[sambiohazard]

To make this clear my suggestion was for the long term support for cudaminer for every release.

[cbuchner1]

That project is separate from cudaminer as Christian mentioned.

...so far. I am not excluding the possibility to merge it right in. It depends on how we will decide to release it.

Christian

[ManIkWeet]

That project is separate from cudaminer as Christian mentioned.

...so far. I am not excluding the possibility to merge it right in. It depends on how we will decide to release it.

Christian

I like how you pretty much seems to have ignored the whole conversation of last page
(That's a good thing, make up your own mind, don't let others tell you what to do!)

[bigjme]

Lmao,  either way I'm going to chill out and wait. Hope everything is going well christian

[fruitsdemers]

That project is separate from cudaminer as Christian mentioned.

...so far. I am not excluding the possibility to merge it right in. It depends on how we will decide to release it.

Christian

I like how you pretty much seems to have ignored the whole conversation of last page
(That's a good thing, make up your own mind, don't let others tell you what to do!)

He undoubtedly has thought of all of that and probably has been mulling over it earlier than any of us even thought of it.
I know it'd be a pretty complex decision to me if I were in his shoes.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't have much of a horse in this race anymore. I've fully paid off 5 750tis and one 780ti that I would never have been able to afford if it weren't for cudaminer and whatever I can make from now on is strictly profits. If the man makes the calculated decision to continue solo, that's his decision to make. If he would like to borrow his following's hashpower, I'll be the first to sign up.

[antonio8]

cbuchner1,

Do you have a good link on how to compile from linux to windows that would be like "how to compile for dummies".

Never tried it but thought I might get my feet wet.

Someone on the RieCoin forum posted for Linux but left it to be done for Windows.

[Bombadil]

I'm trying to get CUDAminer compiled, and since I don't have much programming experience, did some C# & Java a few years ago, I'm failing miserably.
I got the source trough TortoiseSVN, installed CUDA toolkit (is their GPU driver mandatory? cause there are much newer drivers available) and opened the .sln in Visual Studio. I copied the content of the Visual Studio prerequisites zip file to the /trunk folder. But whenever I want to compile it, it's complaining about pththreads.h not being available. When I hardcode the <include> to the right path, it gives an error on the next header file of those prerequisites.
Any way to make this easier so I don't have to copypaste every path?  

[sambiohazard]

I'm trying to get CUDAminer compiled, and since I don't have much programming experience, did some C# & Java a few years ago, I'm failing miserably.
I got the source trough TortoiseSVN, installed CUDA toolkit (is their GPU driver mandatory? cause there are much newer drivers available) and opened the .sln in Visual Studio. I copied the content of the Visual Studio prerequisites zip file to the /trunk folder. But whenever I want to compile it, it's complaining about pththreads.h not being available. When I hardcode the <include> to the right path, it gives an error on the next header file of those prerequisites.
Any way to make this easier so I don't have to copypaste every path?  

I am not a programmer but can you try putting the prerequisite at same directory level as project folder and NOT inside the project folder.

EDIT: I read this tip somewhere in this thread so give it a try.

[bigjme]

EDIT: I read this tip somewhere in this thread so give it a try.

thats what the folder structure likes for my compiling environment

and here is a list of programs you need installed;
CUDA 5.5
Visual Studio 2010
Visual Studio Service Pack 1 Update

[djm34]

I'm trying to get CUDAminer compiled, and since I don't have much programming experience, did some C# & Java a few years ago, I'm failing miserably.
I got the source trough TortoiseSVN, installed CUDA toolkit (is their GPU driver mandatory? cause there are much newer drivers available) and opened the .sln in Visual Studio. I copied the content of the Visual Studio prerequisites zip file to the /trunk folder. But whenever I want to compile it, it's complaining about pththreads.h not being available. When I hardcode the <include> to the right path, it gives an error on the next header file of those prerequisites.
Any way to make this easier so I don't have to copypaste every path?  

I think, you need to rename some of the package so that you won't have to modify the cudaminer code:
I have in the directory where I download the cudaminer source, these following library:

curl-7.29.0       ==> this is not really 7.29.0 version, I just rename the one I use to be compatible with the one in cudaminer
curl-7.29.0_x64
OpenSSL-Win64
OpenSSL-Win32
pthreads          ==> same here I think

a symbolic link could also work however, I am not sure how it work in windows

[Bombadil]

WHoah, thanks for the tips guys I managed to get a step further by placing it in the directory above as sambiohazard and bigjme proposed
But I get an error at linking: 1>LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt
So I'm almost there, would be fun to be on top of the source Any thoughts on that last error?

[djm34]

WHoah, thanks for the tips guys I managed to get a step further by placing it in the directory above as sambiohazard and bigjme proposed
But I get an error at linking: 1>LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt
So I'm almost there, would be fun to be on top of the source Any thoughts on that last error?

what the compiler says in the lines before this one ?

[PVmining]

Is there a good recommendation for a motherboard where 5x750ti (or more) working without problems... intel 1150 preferred.
I like to use this setup for another cuda applikation too, so i try to avoid too many x1 risers to get much bandwidth as possible.
Some 3x PCIe x16 boards like the MSI Z87-G55, GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-UD3H or the ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer would be a good idea. But i read about some painful tricks (wires) to get all cards working...

I would be happy if you guys share your experience

[bigjme]

But I get an error at linking: 1>LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt

ok so you have gone into the cudaminer source folder
run cudaminer.sln

you will see part of the program that looks like this;


change the part in the red area to what i have, click the green play button and wait, let me know how it goes

[bigjme]

Is there a good recommendation for a motherboard where 5x750ti (or more) working without problems... intel 1150 preferred.

one of these
https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Intel+Socket/Socket+1150+-+Intel+H81/ASRock+H81+Pro+BTC+LGA+1150+Intel+H81+HDMI+SATA+6Gb%2Fs+USB+3.0+ATX+Intel+Motherboard+?productId=59568

that will run 5 and is designed for mining, you would need 5 pci-e x1 to x16 adapters like these

https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Cables/Power+Cables/PCI-E+1x+To+16x+Adapter+Riser+Extension+Powered+Cable+for+CryptoCurrency+Mining+?productId=59612

i dont have experience with either of the parts but they sell a lot of them

[Bombadil]

what the compiler says in the lines before this one ?

Not that much interesting, I guess but still: http://pastebin.com/Gt4DTeiS

@Bigjme: I was already testing it at Release, but with x64. Win32 gives me the same result.