EWBF's CUDA Zcash miner

[zer0k]

So I have one 1070 ming well 437sol/s.  How does everyone power SIX 1070 that require both a 6pin and 8pin power.  My EVGA 1200w only comes with two of those cables.  I tried to only plug in the 8pin and it wouldn't boot. Said plug in 6pin power on the screen.

Thanks,

You could try the Rosewill HERCULES-1600S with 16 x 6+2-Pin
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0723W13844

[miner417]

So I have one 1070 ming well 437sol/s.  How does everyone power SIX 1070 that require both a 6pin and 8pin power.  My EVGA 1200w only comes with two of those cables.  I tried to only plug in the 8pin and it wouldn't boot. Said plug in 6pin power on the screen.

Thanks,

Most people either use a server PSU, or use 2 PSU's with an Add2PSU to start them both.

[fatdracula]

Hi, I tried to run EWBF's miner in my Linux box which is running a modified version of Slackware 14.2. I'm a total Linux noob but I managed to compile and install Nvidia kernel and drivers 375.39. Nvidia-smi was showing my card (GTX 1070) and correct driver version. I launched EWBF's miner and my power supply blew up right after the line (http://imgur.com/a/yeopU):

Code:

CUDA: Device: 0 Selected solver: 0

PSU was a Seasonic G-450. 450W should be enough for a single 1070 and a few idle HDD. I replaced the PSU with another 450W unit, removed the GTX 1070 and the computer booted normally.

Now before I try again with the new PSU, my question is: is it just bad luck I blew my PSU the moment I launched the miner, or did I miss something important?

[vince212]

hi i just bought a 1060 3gb i just wrote this at my config

miner --server zec.suprnova.cc --user vince232.1 --pass 1234 --port 2142

right now im getting 270 sol/s per card @120w per card

is there like a bios mod or can i undervolt it just like the rx cards to get lower power and better hashrate?

[fatdracula]

hi i just bought a 1060 3gb i just wrote this at my config

miner --server zec.suprnova.cc --user vince232.1 --pass 1234 --port 2142

right now im getting 270 sol/s per card @120w per card

is there like a bios mod or can i undervolt it just like the rx cards to get lower power and better hashrate?

I don't know about bios mods but you can reduce power draw and overclock easily with MSI Afterburner.

[Kejvu]

hi i just bought a 1060 3gb i just wrote this at my config

miner --server zec.suprnova.cc --user vince232.1 --pass 1234 --port 2142

right now im getting 270 sol/s per card @120w per card

is there like a bios mod or can i undervolt it just like the rx cards to get lower power and better hashrate?

Nope. I don't get it. On CMD ~320Sol/s and on pool its say average hashrate is ~220 on flypool and from moment to moment on suprnova i have 400-500, wtf? How long do you guys wait for 0.01zec to mine with 1 card?

[xenomorph113]

Hello All,

Just thought I'd Share some of my hashrates using EWBF's miner (I have some older hardware as well as some newer)[also as a side note I dont currently pay for electricity {included in rent} so that's partially why I run old cards]

Ran to test:
Galaxy Geforce 570 1280mb - 15-20sol/s (stock settings) 

Currently Running:

PNY Geforce 680 2Gb - 60-70 sol/s (about 95% power) {1228mhz core, 6008mhz ram}
2x Zotac Geforce 970 4Gb - 260-285 sol/s each (165w-170w each, ~1.6-1.7 sol/w [@110% power]) {1404mhz core, 7000mhz ram}
Zotac Geforce 1060 Mini 6Gb - 300-335 sol/s (110w-125w, ~2.5-2.6 sol/w [@101% power] {2012mhz core, 9000mhz ram} 

[xenomorph113]

hi i just bought a 1060 3gb i just wrote this at my config

miner --server zec.suprnova.cc --user vince232.1 --pass 1234 --port 2142

right now im getting 270 sol/s per card @120w per card

is there like a bios mod or can i undervolt it just like the rx cards to get lower power and better hashrate?

Nope. I don't get it. On CMD ~320Sol/s and on pool its say average hashrate is ~220 on flypool and from moment to moment on suprnova i have 400-500, wtf? How long do you guys wait for 0.01zec to mine with 1 card?
https://image.prntscr.com/image/39be44d3db0846fdb9df24d5cbb56cf4.png

Hello Kejvu,

if you're mining at 320sol/s you should make about 0.018 - 0.02 zec a day, at least according to this calculator:

https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/zec?HashingPower=320&HashingUnit=H%2Fs&PowerConsumption=120&CostPerkWh=.13

[Aexcu]

Dear EWBF_,

I've been trying to get your lovable Zec miner 0.3.3b Windows 64-bit version to work with the Radix42 (https://github.com/radix42) Windows port of Zcashd version 1.0.8-1 (running it as zcashd -daemon).

My zcash.conf (in %appdata%\Zcash)

Code:

addnode=mainnet.z.cash
rpcuser=aaxa
rpcpassword=axaa
rpcport=8232

I'm running miner as:

Code:

miner --server localhost --port 8232 --user aaxa --pass axaa --pec

Result:

Code:

+-------------------------------------------------+
|         EWBF's Zcash CUDA miner. 0.3.3b         |
+-------------------------------------------------+
INFO: Server: localhost:8232
INFO: Solver Auto.
INFO: Devices: All.
INFO: Temperature limit: 90
INFO: Api: Disabled
---------------------------------------------------
ERROR: Cannot connect to the server. 7

Debugging:

• I have a 100% synched blockchain and can connect to Zcashd with the Zcash Desktop GUI wallet 0.69 Beta from https://github.com/vaklinov/zcash-swing-wallet-ui/blob/master/docs/Readme-Windows.md
  
• I can telnet to port 8232 on localhost (from a Linux VM), so I know something is responding there
  
• I can mine on pools such as Luckpool with "miner --server luckpool.org --port 3357 --user t<address>.m1  --pass x --pec
  
• I can mine with the local Zcashd and CPUs, but as you can figure this is not the method I want to use
  

Unless I'm doing something wrong here, please enable solo mining for your miner. I'm more than happy to e.g. have it connect to a pool for the devfees.

[Gurion]

Looks like EWBF_ left us....

Wait 10 minutes?

Code:

====================== MINER STARTED =========================
ERROR: Cannot connect to the server. 9
INFO: Target: 00083126e978d4fd...
CUDA: Device: 0 GeForce GTX 1080 Not selected.
CUDA: Device: 1 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Not selected.
CUDA: Device: 2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Not selected.
CUDA: Device: 3 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Not selected.
CUDA: Device: 4 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Not selected.
CUDA: Device: 5 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, 3072 MB PCI: 0000:08:00.0
CUDA: Device: 6 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Not selected.
CUDA: Device: 5 Selected solver: 0
Temp: GPU5 52C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 50C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 49C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 48C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 48C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 48C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 48C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 48C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 48C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
ERROR: Lost connection with the server. Attempt reconnect...
ERROR: Cannot start work 7
Temp: GPU5 48C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 48C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 48C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 48C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 49C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 49C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 49C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 49C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 49C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 49C 
GPU5: 0 Sol/s 
Total speed: 0 Sol/s
ERROR: Lost connection with the server. Attempt reconnect...
INFO: Target: 00083126e978d4fd...
INFO: Detected new work: 4379c8f2e2dfac3f14c3
INFO 00:53:28: GPU5 Accepted share 1333ms [A:1, R:0]
Temp: GPU5 61C 
GPU5: 287 Sol/s 
Total speed: 287 Sol/s
Temp: GPU5 66C 
GPU5: 292 Sol/s 
Total speed: 292 Sol/s
INFO 00:54:11: GPU5 Accepted share 13800ms [A:2, R:0]
Temp: GPU5 68C 
GPU5: 298 Sol/s 
Total speed: 298 Sol/s
============================== ......

[Kejvu]

hi i just bought a 1060 3gb i just wrote this at my config

miner --server zec.suprnova.cc --user vince232.1 --pass 1234 --port 2142

right now im getting 270 sol/s per card @120w per card

is there like a bios mod or can i undervolt it just like the rx cards to get lower power and better hashrate?

Nope. I don't get it. On CMD ~320Sol/s and on pool its say average hashrate is ~220 on flypool and from moment to moment on suprnova i have 400-500, wtf? How long do you guys wait for 0.01zec to mine with 1 card?

Hello Kejvu,

if you're mining at 320sol/s you should make about 0.018 - 0.02 zec a day, at least according to this calculator:

https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/zec?HashingPower=320&HashingUnit=H%2Fs&PowerConsumption=120&CostPerkWh=.13

Hello xenomorph113,

thanks for your reply. I wan't to ask you what pool you use for mining zcash?

[xenomorph113]

hi i just bought a 1060 3gb i just wrote this at my config

miner --server zec.suprnova.cc --user vince232.1 --pass 1234 --port 2142

right now im getting 270 sol/s per card @120w per card

is there like a bios mod or can i undervolt it just like the rx cards to get lower power and better hashrate?

Nope. I don't get it. On CMD ~320Sol/s and on pool its say average hashrate is ~220 on flypool and from moment to moment on suprnova i have 400-500, wtf? How long do you guys wait for 0.01zec to mine with 1 card?
https://image.prntscr.com/image/39be44d3db0846fdb9df24d5cbb56cf4.png

Hello Kejvu,

if you're mining at 320sol/s you should make about 0.018 - 0.02 zec a day, at least according to this calculator:

https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/zec?HashingPower=320&HashingUnit=H%2Fs&PowerConsumption=120&CostPerkWh=.13

Hello xenomorph113,

thanks for your reply. I wan't to ask you what pool you use for mining zcash?

Hello Kejvu,

Currently I am mining to Slushpool.com, at present time the pool is only a couple hundred kh/s (250kh/s-400kh/s average, historically a BTC pool, they only started mining zec this year and only started to see decent {+100Kh/s} speeds in late April 2017)

[Sequoia93]

I just recently fired up a rig of 1070s using this program, and the miner is great. I am just having trouble getting my cards to hash over 400sol/s. Changing the memory clock has very little/no effect on speed. The best I can do right now is ~390 with TDP set at 80%, but I've read others here achieving over 450 

Does anyone have any insight? My nvidia mining experience is pretty much nil.

[mr.hump]

I just recently fired up a rig of 1070s using this program, and the miner is great. I am just having trouble getting my cards to hash over 400sol/s. Changing the memory clock has very little/no effect on speed. The best I can do right now is ~390 with TDP set at 80%, but I've read others here achieving over 450  

Does anyone have any insight? My nvidia mining experience is pretty much nil.

I can't imagine some1 get less then 430 even on stock 1070.
What cards do u using?
I have Gigabyte windforce OC and msi armor, 5 with micron and 1 with Samsung memory. Cores +80, mem + 550 and that is results

http://imgur.com/a/4aIZZ

[sublimus]

hi i just bought a 1060 3gb i just wrote this at my config

miner --server zec.suprnova.cc --user vince232.1 --pass 1234 --port 2142

From Suprnova: You can define your own diff through password field, for example: d=8192 as password gives you 8192 as diff

Try --pass x
and --user should be your wallet address

[QuintLeo]

I just recently fired up a rig of 1070s using this program, and the miner is great. I am just having trouble getting my cards to hash over 400sol/s. Changing the memory clock has very little/no effect on speed. The best I can do right now is ~390 with TDP set at 80%, but I've read others here achieving over 450 

Does anyone have any insight? My nvidia mining experience is pretty much nil.

 ZEC is not particularly impressed with memory speed - it wants raw CPU quite a bit more, so bump core clocks up and memory clocks flat or DOWN a little for best results IME.

 It also depends a LOT on the specific card model, especially when you look at cards like my Gigabytes that have a FACTORY TDP of 180 watts (vs 154 or 155 for "1070 standard") and a high factory overclock.

 TDP as a percentage is MEANINGLESS unless you specify the actual card.

[fullzero]

I just recently fired up a rig of 1070s using this program, and the miner is great. I am just having trouble getting my cards to hash over 400sol/s. Changing the memory clock has very little/no effect on speed. The best I can do right now is ~390 with TDP set at 80%, but I've read others here achieving over 450 

Does anyone have any insight? My nvidia mining experience is pretty much nil.

 ZEC is not particularly impressed with memory speed - it wants raw CPU quite a bit more, so bump core clocks up and memory clocks flat or DOWN a little for best results IME.

 It also depends a LOT on the specific card model, especially when you look at cards like my Gigabytes that have a FACTORY TDP of 180 watts (vs 154 or 155 for "1070 standard") and a high factory overclock.

 TDP as a percentage is MEANINGLESS unless you specify the actual card.

This why MSI uses percent in afterburner instead of actual wattage.

I agree that:

TDP as a percentage is MEANINGLESS unless you specify the actual card.

[Sequoia93]

I just recently fired up a rig of 1070s using this program, and the miner is great. I am just having trouble getting my cards to hash over 400sol/s. Changing the memory clock has very little/no effect on speed. The best I can do right now is ~390 with TDP set at 80%, but I've read others here achieving over 450  

Does anyone have any insight? My nvidia mining experience is pretty much nil.

I can't imagine some1 get less then 430 even on stock 1070.
What cards do u using?
I have Gigabyte windforce OC and msi armor, 5 with micron and 1 with Samsung memory. Cores +80, mem + 550 and that is results

http://imgur.com/a/4aIZZ

The cards are all Zotac Minis with Micron Memory. Right now I'm running them at +75% voltage, 80% TDP, +200 core, -250 mem and getting about 385. If I push the mem a lot, I can squeeze out ~395, With TDP set to 100%, The highest I can get is ~415.

I'm running win10, and using afterburner to clock, and GPU-Z to verify the clocks.

[fullzero]

I just recently fired up a rig of 1070s using this program, and the miner is great. I am just having trouble getting my cards to hash over 400sol/s. Changing the memory clock has very little/no effect on speed. The best I can do right now is ~390 with TDP set at 80%, but I've read others here achieving over 450  

Does anyone have any insight? My nvidia mining experience is pretty much nil.

I can't imagine some1 get less then 430 even on stock 1070.
What cards do u using?
I have Gigabyte windforce OC and msi armor, 5 with micron and 1 with Samsung memory. Cores +80, mem + 550 and that is results

http://imgur.com/a/4aIZZ

The cards are all Zotac Minis with Micron Memory. Right now I'm running them at +75% voltage, 80% TDP, +200 core, -250 mem and getting about 385. If I push the mem a lot, I can squeeze out ~395, With TDP set to 100%, The highest I can get is ~415.

I'm running win10, and using afterburner to clock, and GPU-Z to verify the clocks.

Default clocks on Zotac 1070s are lower than most; so you want to use a positive memory clock OC.  Start with +450 then walk up to +900 if they can handle it.

[Sequoia93]

I just recently fired up a rig of 1070s using this program, and the miner is great. I am just having trouble getting my cards to hash over 400sol/s. Changing the memory clock has very little/no effect on speed. The best I can do right now is ~390 with TDP set at 80%, but I've read others here achieving over 450  

Does anyone have any insight? My nvidia mining experience is pretty much nil.

I can't imagine some1 get less then 430 even on stock 1070.
What cards do u using?
I have Gigabyte windforce OC and msi armor, 5 with micron and 1 with Samsung memory. Cores +80, mem + 550 and that is results

http://imgur.com/a/4aIZZ

The cards are all Zotac Minis with Micron Memory. Right now I'm running them at +75% voltage, 80% TDP, +200 core, -250 mem and getting about 385. If I push the mem a lot, I can squeeze out ~395, With TDP set to 100%, The highest I can get is ~415.

I'm running win10, and using afterburner to clock, and GPU-Z to verify the clocks.

Default clocks on Zotac 1070s are lower than most; so you want to use a positive memory clock OC.  Start with +450 then walk up to +900 if they can handle it.

I got the memory clock as high as +700 before I started to have issues. The difference between -200 and +700 was only about 10sol/s at best, so I just left it low to lower power draw.