Gateless Gate Sharp 1.3.8: 30Mh/s (Ethash) on RX 480!

[dragonmike]

Quick Questions: is GGS working on driver version 18.6.1?... And what type of speeds are you achieving on x16R with RX570/580/Vega?

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[zawawa]

I am looking for some documentation on the API in order to adapt GGS to my scripts.  I found "SUMMARY", "CONFIG", and "DEVS".  I need a command that returns the currently mining URL.  Hopefully in for format "pool:port".  Thanks in advance for any help.

I have to check the source code myself for that. I will get back to you today.

[zawawa]

I am currently developing a C++ version of Gateless Gate Sharp.
 (It will be called "Gateless Gate Qt.")
Most likely I will focus on my admittedly limited resources on the Qt version in the future.
I am planning to eliminate the DEVFEE entirely and charge for support and customization instead.
Both for Windows and Linux, with the GUI and command-line versions.
Open-sourced with a reusable Qt plugin for mining.
I will keep you guys updated.

[dragonmike]

FYI, tried to use the "boost" function on my 6x Vega56 @ 64 rig (for x16r) but it crashed almost instantaneously.

Not going to try to "optimise" it for now either. It hashes fairly well (albeit at clocks that are lower than they should be, imo) so I'm not jeopardising the rig at the moment (until I'm certain the functionality works - afaik it's not officially supported on these Vega cards, especially on driver 18.6.1).

[zawawa]

Hi, @zawawa, any update on vega timings modding?

@zawawa, could you please answer?

I cannot give you details right now, but it seems like timing mods on Vega seem a whole lot harder than those on pre-Vega ASIC's.

Somewhat. There's perks, too.

That's at least an insider told me.
On a related note, I meant to ask you if you figured out how to modify microcodes for memory controllers.
That would be an ultimate hack...

Heh, hilarious tidbit. I *think* I can. But since I've no fucking clue what it wants to read...

Those microcodes were what I was trying to figure out before I started working on the C++ version of Gateless Gate Sharp.
If you haven't figured them out yet, I think it is safe to assume nobody else did...

Actually, the microcode to this, I'm beginning to believe is irrelevant. Unless it's designed how I think, and the SOCCLK is referring to the same thing being used to control the memory, or at least affecting it. Unexplained hashrate drops with low SOCCLK are what I'm hearing from others, on algos which are mostly memory-based. (Yes, I know exactly what this component is; no, not saying. It does bug me, though, why they would do it like this. Just odd.)

The C++ version is coming along nicely, so I should be able to run some experiments with it pretty soon.
I might rewrite the kernel driver if I have time. Alternatively, I could poke atikmdag.sys.
It seems to have pretty interesting stuff in there...

[zawawa]

FYI, tried to use the "boost" function on my 6x Vega56 @ 64 rig (for x16r) but it crashed almost instantaneously.

Not going to try to "optimise" it for now either. It hashes fairly well (albeit at clocks that are lower than they should be, imo) so I'm not jeopardising the rig at the moment (until I'm certain the functionality works - afaik it's not officially supported on these Vega cards, especially on driver 18.6.1).

I know, I know... The plan with the C++ version is to outsource testing and optimizing default settings.
My sponsor set up a pretty interesting arrangement for the project. We will see.

[dragonmike]

FYI, tried to use the "boost" function on my 6x Vega56 @ 64 rig (for x16r) but it crashed almost instantaneously.

Not going to try to "optimise" it for now either. It hashes fairly well (albeit at clocks that are lower than they should be, imo) so I'm not jeopardising the rig at the moment (until I'm certain the functionality works - afaik it's not officially supported on these Vega cards, especially on driver 18.6.1).

I know, I know... The plan with the C++ version is to outsource testing and optimizing default settings.
My sponsor set up a pretty interesting arrangement for the project. We will see.

Fingers crossed!
x16r is an algo I am sure you can still optimise greatly. The nVidia miners have gained about 50% speed over the last months, purely through software optimisation. [subtle hint]Currently my 6x Vega rig hashes slower than my 5x GTX1080 rig.[/subtle hint]

[zawawa]

FYI, tried to use the "boost" function on my 6x Vega56 @ 64 rig (for x16r) but it crashed almost instantaneously.

Not going to try to "optimise" it for now either. It hashes fairly well (albeit at clocks that are lower than they should be, imo) so I'm not jeopardising the rig at the moment (until I'm certain the functionality works - afaik it's not officially supported on these Vega cards, especially on driver 18.6.1).

I know, I know... The plan with the C++ version is to outsource testing and optimizing default settings.
My sponsor set up a pretty interesting arrangement for the project. We will see.

Fingers crossed!
x16r is an algo I am sure you can still optimise greatly. The nVidia miners have gained about 50% speed over the last months, purely through software optimisation. [subtle hint]Currently my 6x Vega rig hashes slower than my 5x GTX1080 rig.[/subtle hint]

I haven't done any optimizations for X16R, so I don't think it is difficult to catch up with CUDA miners.
I have to take care of other algorithms first, though: CryptoNightHeavy, Lyra2REv2, NeoScrypt, and CryptoNightV7.

[MadKernel]

FYI, tried to use the "boost" function on my 6x Vega56 @ 64 rig (for x16r) but it crashed almost instantaneously.

Not going to try to "optimise" it for now either. It hashes fairly well (albeit at clocks that are lower than they should be, imo) so I'm not jeopardising the rig at the moment (until I'm certain the functionality works - afaik it's not officially supported on these Vega cards, especially on driver 18.6.1).

I know, I know... The plan with the C++ version is to outsource testing and optimizing default settings.
My sponsor set up a pretty interesting arrangement for the project. We will see.

Fingers crossed!
x16r is an algo I am sure you can still optimise greatly. The nVidia miners have gained about 50% speed over the last months, purely through software optimisation. [subtle hint]Currently my 6x Vega rig hashes slower than my 5x GTX1080 rig.[/subtle hint]

I suggest you to test the version 06x of my miner...20% improvement than other implementations.

[zawawa]

See, advertising your miner in my thread is the surest way to invite a really stiff competition, you know...

[Iamtutut]

The C++ version is coming along nicely, so I should be able to run some experiments with it pretty soon.
I might rewrite the kernel driver if I have time. Alternatively, I could poke atikmdag.sys.
It seems to have pretty interesting stuff in there...

I'll be so happy if you could release a separate fix for the atikmdag.sys, I can't use the GPU cores of my Ryzen 2400G because if I patch the driver to use my discrete GPUs for computing, the driver (18.6.1 with W10 X64 pro 1803) gives me a code 43 for the Ryzen Vega cores. Only solution is to use the Ryzen as a "microsoft basic video card" and it s**ks.

[MadKernel]

See, advertising your miner in my thread is the surest way to invite a really stiff competition, you know...

I Will opt, if possibile to start a cooperation 😁

[zawawa]

See, advertising your miner in my thread is the surest way to invite a really stiff competition, you know...

I Will opt, if possibile to start a cooperation 😁

This is how I perceive the Cryptoland. It's all about Darwinian natural selection...

[MadKernel]

See, advertising your miner in my thread is the surest way to invite a really stiff competition, you know...

I Will opt, if possibile to start a cooperation 😁

This is how I perceive the Cryptoland. It's ll about Darwinian natural selection...

  I don't see the Hokuto Man here   , so you are really from Nippon.

[zawawa]

I was able to upload a PowerPlay table to Vega 56/64 on the fly.
No more messy registry hacks. This is getting interesting...

The new miner also has a (somewhat clumsy) way to disable some of
the compute units for reduced power consumption.
I need to run more experiments with that, though.

By the way, my new Ethash kernel made it into ethminer.
(I had no idea for weeks.
It seems that my kernel is possibly the fastest Ethash kernel out there.
I tweaked it a bit, but I don't think it would get any faster than as it is now.

[dragonmike]

I was able to upload a PowerPlay table to Vega 56/64 on the fly.
No more messy registry hacks. This is getting interesting...

The new miner also has a (somewhat clumsy) way to disable some of
the compute units for reduced power consumption.
I need to run more experiments with that, though.

By the way, my new Ethash kernel made it into ethminer.
(I had no idea for weeks.
It seems that my kernel is possibly the fastest Ethash kernel out there.
I tweaked it a bit, but I don't think it would get any faster than as it is now.

Double high-five!

[laik2]

I was able to upload a PowerPlay table to Vega 56/64 on the fly.
No more messy registry hacks. This is getting interesting...

The new miner also has a (somewhat clumsy) way to disable some of
the compute units for reduced power consumption.
I need to run more experiments with that, though.

By the way, my new Ethash kernel made it into ethminer.
(I had no idea for weeks.
It seems that my kernel is possibly the fastest Ethash kernel out there.
I tweaked it a bit, but I don't think it would get any faster than as it is now.

Yeah, thank you for opensourcing it!
Getting faster now its not that important, getting to consume less power is.

[Iamtutut]

I was able to upload a PowerPlay table to Vega 56/64 on the fly.
No more messy registry hacks. This is getting interesting...

The new miner also has a (somewhat clumsy) way to disable some of
the compute units for reduced power consumption.
I need to run more experiments with that, though.

By the way, my new Ethash kernel made it into ethminer.
(I had no idea for weeks.
It seems that my kernel is possibly the fastest Ethash kernel out there.
I tweaked it a bit, but I don't think it would get any faster than as it is now.

Double high-five!

Count me in, high 20.

[scryptr]

I was able to upload a PowerPlay table to Vega 56/64 on the fly.
No more messy registry hacks. This is getting interesting...

The new miner also has a (somewhat clumsy) way to disable some of
the compute units for reduced power consumption.
I need to run more experiments with that, though.

By the way, my new Ethash kernel made it into ethminer.
(I had no idea for weeks.
It seems that my kernel is possibly the fastest Ethash kernel out there.
I tweaked it a bit, but I don't think it would get any faster than as it is now.

Double high-five!

Count me in, high 20.

YOUR FEET SMELL--

But your heart is in the right place.  Thanks, Zawawa!       --scryptr

[joaocha]

I was able to upload a PowerPlay table to Vega 56/64 on the fly.
No more messy registry hacks. This is getting interesting...

The new miner also has a (somewhat clumsy) way to disable some of
the compute units for reduced power consumption.
I need to run more experiments with that, though.

By the way, my new Ethash kernel made it into ethminer.
(I had no idea for weeks.
It seems that my kernel is possibly the fastest Ethash kernel out there.
I tweaked it a bit, but I don't think it would get any faster than as it is now.

Which ethminer have your kernel?