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

[polanskiman]

Has anyone been able to compile ccminer for Ubuntu? If so, anyone following this thread regularly could you please point me who was able to and perhaps the related post? There are 890 pages in this thread so....

I also have another question related to NVIDIA mining but I created a new thread for it so not to hijack this one. If anyone would care to have a look at it it would be greatly appreciated: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=689618.0

Thanks a lot.

[antonio8]

Ran the cards one at a time adding another card until I got them all going.

First card by itself got about 7,800 kh/s. Added card 2 about 5 minutes later and it ran at 7,700 kh/s and no problems. Added third card and it got 7,700 kh/s and the cpu usage still under 35%. Added fourth card and it ran at 7,700 kh/s each and cpu usage under 45%. So everything running fine up till now. Added last card and it starts off at 6,800 kh/s and cpu uasge jumps to about 70-75%. Now the first four cards kh/s is dropping. Right now they are all about 6,500 kh/s and still falling.

So time for a new cpu?

Yes, sure sounds like it's a CPU problem.  The only other test I might consider doing/trying is to take the 5th card and switch it with the 1st card and try again.  I'd only do this just to prove there isn't a problem with the 5th card (doubtful).

Out of curiosity do you have another computer around you could just move one of the GPUs to until you get a new CPU?  This could also allow you hash at full speed.

So after hours (literally) of messing with this it is working now (also had to bb-q while messing with this).

I switched cpu's to make sure I wouldn't have the same problem. I then had to update the bios in rig B. Exact same problem I was having.

I then ran cards 0-3 and had to use the tablet and teamviewer to control the fans to find out what card was where. Finally figured out where card 5 was and switched it with one in my main rig. Booted them both back up and ran the bats and evrything seems fine. I am guessing maybe the 5th card wasn't seated in the riser all the way.

Well scratch all that. As I am sitting here typing this the Rig B that was having problems has went from 36,339 Kh/s down to 30,143 Kh/s and dropping. I jinxed myself. I give up for tonight.

[hero18688]

What version of drivers and the ccminer are you using.I am at 1400 gpu +400 mem now.Still getting 1530h/s

[hero18688]

EVGA precision eats a lot of CPU.It lower the system very much,even I am using a 4770k.Any solution to this?

[nomad1109]

EVGA precision eats a lot of CPU.It lower the system very much,even I am using a 4770k.Any solution to this?

Kill the process off once the overclock is set on the cards and you won't have to deal with it

I have seen multiple instances of the voltage tuner .exe stay loaded so make sure you kill those off too.

For me Precision has been the most reliable to work with except for all the memory, but I just added killing it off the .bat files and haven't had any problems.

Good luck

[DougB62]

EVGA precision eats a lot of CPU.It lower the system very much,even I am using a 4770k.Any solution to this?

Kill the process off once the overclock is set on the cards and you won't have to deal with it

I have seen multiple instances of the voltage tuner .exe stay loaded so make sure you kill those off too.

For me Precision has been the most reliable to work with except for all the memory, but I just added killing it off the .bat files and haven't had any problems.

Good luck

If you kill Precision, what do you do for your fan profile? Not much of a problem for the 750's, but it may be for most other cards. I know I wouldn't run my 660's without a custom fan profile. Is there some other app for this? Other than Afterburner, that is.

[bathrobehero]

EVGA precision eats a lot of CPU.It lower the system very much,even I am using a 4770k.Any solution to this?

Kill it and rename the executable so it won't start ever again. The overclocking and fan control features of EVGA Precision X are woking without the derpy voltage control.

[Amph]

EVGA precision eats a lot of CPU.It lower the system very much,even I am using a 4770k.Any solution to this?

use msi afterburner, less cpu consuming

[tbearhere]

Before you go crazy mining this.  Double check your numbers and then go look at the exchange buy volume.  Just none there.

yes your right. nobody trading, but if = $12 a day hummmm   

[tbearhere]

Guys have you seen this new x17 algo coin, the pools operators are reporting that theres people mining with gpu, any word from the brilliant minds here, are we gonna get a ccminer for it?

Peace

edit: disregard the gpu mining part, its doesnt looks like it

I think they all need incentive, and I owe them a little gratitude too. For without them we would have r9's energy eaters.   

[jack80]

Question:

The best algo and best coin for Nvidia 750ti to mine now ?

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[djm34]

Guys have you seen this new x17 algo coin, the pools operators are reporting that theres people mining with gpu, any word from the brilliant minds here, are we gonna get a ccminer for it?

Peace

edit: disregard the gpu mining part, its doesnt looks like it

I think they all need incentive, and I owe them a little gratitude too. For without them we would have r9's energy eaters.  

It isn't a good idea to release an x17 right now because as soon as someone does that, there will be at least 5 shit clone (that was the case for x15) minable by rentals only... raping the profit from anybody else even those who rent as it is pure pump and dump schemes and even those who would mine successfully peoplecoin would do it for nothing as it would kill the coin... seriously all the crap cloning around is well orchestrated but not to the benefit of the miners...

  by the way a new x11r whatever "r" means is coming  

[go6ooo1212]

Which coin is with x17 algo, I didnt read about it ?

[DiggerPhil]

Which coin is with x17 algo, I didnt read about it ?

I think it's this one

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=684854.0

[cryptonit]

Question:

The best algo and best coin for Nvidia 750ti to mine now ?

.

open letter to coinwarz.com regarding wrong groestl default hashrates at their mining profitability comparison

hi coinwarz.com team

please forward to ur technical staff regarding default hashrate values

thx for effort try adapt default mining watt/khash ratings based on 1000$ hardware

but i have to say u made errors with groestl

all my rigs have a much better  groestl vs x11 x13  rating than ur default ratting suggest

your numbers:
x11 9000 x13 6500 groestl 11000 is normalized to factor 1.38 vs 1 vs 1.69
real life rig 3x amd 290
x11 14500 x13 9800 groestl 45000 is normalized to factor 1.47 vs 1 vs 4.5

im not sure where ur error is coming from i guess u dont used up to date mining software and gpu driver

groestl need amd catalyst 14.6 and a miner like this here
http://sourceforge.net/projects/diamonddmd/files/sgminer_diamond_v4.1.0.zip/download
to reach 15 mhash each amd290
example bat
sgminer.exe -k diamond -o localhost:17772 -u rpcuserXXXXX -p rpcpassXXXXXXXXX -o stratum+tcp://dmdpool.digsys.bg:3333 -u cryptonit.2 -p 2 --xintensity 300 -g 1 --thread-concurrency 16384 -w 256 --lookup-gap 0 --difficulty-multiplier 0.0039062500

this way better performance than u stated is also true for nvidia based mining with 750ti

there people report this hashrate with new ccminer 1.2 and single gtx750ti
x11 2700 x13 2100 groestl 7500 is normalized to factor  1.28 vs 1 vs 3.57

if we not go for average between amd and nividia based mining the factor is

(1.47+1.28)/2=1.37
(1+1)/2=1
(4.5+3.57)/2=4.01

so the true factor on ur defaut setting should be

x11 (6500x1.37)=8900 (so here u pretty close)
x13 (6500x1)=6500
groestl (6500x4.01)=26000 (u have only 11000 there and so very inaccurate)

please update ur default hashrate like this or at least let ur technicans verify my numbers u will find out ur bad groestl performance have reason old driver and miner

br

cryptonit

so in short use their default and change groestl from 11.00 to 26.00
then compare and select the most profitable coin to mine

or use wafflepool but that will make ya skip groestl based coins

[Hodor_keeper_of_the_light]

Hello guys
I'm whilling to buy an Nvidia rig. Would you be so kind to give some tips?
Questions are:

What excactly 750ti cards do you recommend? There are few different types of those. What's better to make, 5 or 6 GPU per rig(drivers ok? for AMD at Windows there are drivers for 6 GPU, but there was a time when over 5 GPUs was problematic)?
What OS do you advise? Windows, Linux?

And, if yon don't mind, can you please share your rig configuration? Like, what CPU do you use, power supply, mobo, how much RAM, etc.
Powered risers, not powered?

Thanks

[cayars]

Hello guys
I'm whilling to buy an Nvidia rig. Would you be so kind to give some tips?
Questions are:

What excactly 750ti cards do you recommend? There are few different types of those. What's better to make, 5 or 6 GPU per rig(drivers ok? for AMD at Windows there are drivers for 6 GPU, but there was a time when over 5 GPUs was problematic)?
What OS do you advise? Windows, Linux?

And, if yon don't mind, can you please share your rig configuration? Like, what CPU do you use, power supply, mobo, how much RAM, etc.
Powered risers, not powered?

Thanks

Linux vs Windows is probably more along with what you are comfortable with using.  People are having great results with both.
I have not built a rig specifically for mining as I've just added a couple of GPUs to each of the "servers" I have running around the house.

Those who have done this can give you specifics but here are some of the things I'd suggest making sure to get extra clarification on:
Power Supply with 1 rail vs multiple rails
Quality Motherboad with qty 6 PCI v3 slots
Don't slouch on CPU for nVidia mining. You don't need the latest/greatest but you don't want a low end CPU either for 5/6 cards.
Choice of USB Risers (powered or not) <-- can't help as I'm not currently using them but I'd pay special attention to these to make sure you get the best ones.

I'm looking forward to the feedback you get on this too.

[Hodor_keeper_of_the_light]

Hello guys
I'm whilling to buy an Nvidia rig. Would you be so kind to give some tips?
Questions are:

What excactly 750ti cards do you recommend? There are few different types of those. What's better to make, 5 or 6 GPU per rig(drivers ok? for AMD at Windows there are drivers for 6 GPU, but there was a time when over 5 GPUs was problematic)?
What OS do you advise? Windows, Linux?

And, if yon don't mind, can you please share your rig configuration? Like, what CPU do you use, power supply, mobo, how much RAM, etc.
Powered risers, not powered?

Thanks

Linux vs Windows is probably more along with what you are comfortable with using.  People are having great results with both.
I have not built a rig specifically for mining as I've just added a couple of GPUs to each of the "servers" I have running around the house.

Those who have done this can give you specifics but here are some of the things I'd suggest making sure to get extra clarification on:
Power Supply with 1 rail vs multiple rails
Quality Motherboad with qty 6 PCI v3 slots
Don't slouch on CPU for nVidia mining. You don't need the latest/greatest but you don't want a low end CPU either for 5/6 cards.
Choice of USB Risers (powered or not) <-- can't help as I'm not currently using them but I'd pay special attention to these to make sure you get the best ones.

I'm looking forward to the feedback you get on this too.

Thanks for the advice.

Do you use harddrive or flash memory? How HDD, RAM do you have?

[cayars]

Like I previously mentioned my rigs are not miner only and serve other purposes.  IE SQL server, dev machine, File Server, Plex server (movie server), IIS web servers, etc...

All of my machines have either 16GB or 32GB in them. Even my notebook has 16GB.  So I really can't comment on minimum memory needed. 

However, I can comment that more and more CPU miners need more and more memory and this tends to be the trend.

My suggestion if building a windows machine would be to use at least 8GB of memory as it's hardly any more expensive then 4GB.

But this is best answered by those with purpose built rigs who KNOW the minimum or best amount of memory to use.

[bathrobehero]

Thanks for the advice.

Do you use harddrive or flash memory? How HDD, RAM do you have?

I use cheap 60 gig SSDs as I love SSDs and pretty much despise HDDs but if I were to use linux I'd probably go for usb sticks with kopiemtu or PIMP (if they already have ccminer support, not sure). The rigs don't have any wallets running on them so you really don't need much storage space.

If you're comfortable with customizing windows (7) you'll be fine with 4 GB ram per rig and it's probably more than enough for linux, but otherwise you might want to use 8 gigs.

For motherboards I use Asrock Z77 H81 Pro BTC boards with Pentium G3420 CPUs and single rail 650W power supplies, however I decided not to buy sub 850W PSUs ever again. They are loud, have shorter warranty and look like they have weaker build qulity. Besides 650W PSUs won't be much of a help when/if I replace the 750 Ti's with bigger cards.

Hope it helps.

Edit: to add to the previous post, if it's cheap, go for 8GB memory and better CPU, but here 8 gigs cost exactly twice as much as 4.
And it comes down to preference, really. 4GB is plenty for me, it never gets above 50% even with teamviewer, besides you can have a nice swapfile on your SSD. On the other hand I prefer using really good PSUs.