DiabloMiner GPU Miner

[DiabloD3]

Update: Added 1onevvolf's idea for shuffle() + vstore() instead of branchy array output. Use -vs to use it.

Benchmarks using it on SDK 2.6, with my 5850 at 765/1000 stock, without on the left, with on the right, uint3 does not work with shuffle+vstore.

Code:

-w 64      
-v 1       245 245
-v 2       280 280
-v 3       214 xxx
-v 4       245 275
-v 8       222 163
-v 1,1     255 255
-v 2,2     233 233
-v 3,3     180 xxx
-v 4,4     221 163
-v 1,1,1   219 219
-v 2,2,2   260 230
-v 3,3,3   136 xxx
-v 4,4,4   163 109
-v 1,1,1,1 211 211
-v 2,2,2,2 211 261

-w 128
-v 1       245 245
-v 2       285 283
-v 3       222 xxx
-v 4       251 233
-v 1,1     258 258
-v 2,2     239 241
-v 3,3     180 xxx
-v 4,4     221 120
-v 1,1,1   247 247
-v 2,2,2   221 228
-v 3,3,3    99 xxx
-v 4,4,4   120 107
-v 1,1,1,1 221 221
-v 2,2,2,2 210 221

-w 192
-v 1       244 244
-v 2       281 279
-v 3       234 xxx
-v 4       263 184
-v 1,1     255 255
-v 2,2     252 252
-v 3,3     142 xxx
-v 4,4     174 161
-v 1,1,1   245 245
-v 2,2,2   175 236

-w 256
-v 1       245 245
-v 2       278 276
-v 3       206 xxx
-v 4       238 229
-v 1,1     255 255
-v 2,2     225 226
-v 3,3     180 xxx
-v 4,4     219 211
-v 1,1,1   241 241
-v 2,2,2   218 205

-v 2 -w 128 without -a and -vs is still the fastest on SDK 2.6 at 285 mhash. In comparison, the same on SDK 2.1 does 314, and the same on SDK 2.5 does 305.

Goddamnit 2.6.

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[DiabloD3]

Update: Switch back to 3 threads, helps double DMA chips like 69xx and 79xx

[DiabloD3]

Apparently, the Chinese love DiabloMiner

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=14062839037

Scroll down for screenshot

[DiabloD3]

Update: Add -dt argument for debug timer, quits after 1 min

[ssateneth]

Apparently, the Chinese love DiabloMiner

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=14062839037

Scroll down for screenshot

Never mind the miner screenshot, i'm more interested in the PCI-E splitter they used! What IS that abomination? ... I want one!

[DiabloD3]

Apparently, the Chinese love DiabloMiner

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=14062839037

Scroll down for screenshot

Never mind the miner screenshot, i'm more interested in the PCI-E splitter they used! What IS that abomination? ... I want one!

Thats the product page for that thing. It even seems to have two pci-e 6 pin plugs for powering the extra slots for larger cards.

[relm9]

HD7970, 2.6SDK, latest drivers... doesn't work:






I'm at a loss here.

[DiabloD3]

HD7970, 2.6SDK, latest drivers... doesn't work:

I'm at a loss here.

I don't use Windows, but try to make it spit out a Java stack trace. I suspect its a driver bug. It is especially weird it crashes before it actually does anything.

[despoiler]

HD7970, 2.6SDK, latest drivers... doesn't work:






I'm at a loss here.

The module that is crashing is the a D3DGear DLL.  Shut that program off before you start the miner.

Also, try specifying your device.   

Also, are you using the drivers from the below link.  They are a lot better than the ones that came in the box. 

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/radeon-7900-series.aspx

Is Java up to date?

[99Percent]

Pardon my newbie question (I did search).

How do I enable my second Radeon HD6950? I am running DiabloMiner fine with Cayman (#1) running at 312 MHash, but I can clearly tell the second card is not running at all as it is cold.

Linux x64.

[DiabloD3]

Pardon my newbie question (I did search).

How do I enable my second Radeon HD6950? I am running DiabloMiner fine with Cayman (#1) running at 312 MHash, but I can clearly tell the second card is not running at all as it is cold.

Linux x64.

Thats not strictly a DiabloMiner question. To mine with multiple cards under any miner under Linux, you must turn off Crossfire. Merely unplugging the bridge does not disable it, you must, as root, run aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all and then restart X.This will disable Crossfire and make every card individually addressable by all applications.

[99Percent]

Pardon my newbie question (I did search).

How do I enable my second Radeon HD6950? I am running DiabloMiner fine with Cayman (#1) running at 312 MHash, but I can clearly tell the second card is not running at all as it is cold.

Linux x64.

Thats not strictly a DiabloMiner question. To mine with multiple cards under any miner under Linux, you must turn off Crossfire. Merely unplugging the bridge does not disable it, you must, as root, run aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all and then restart X.This will disable Crossfire and make every card individually addressable by all applications.

Thanks, both cards running now.

[relm9]

HD7970, 2.6SDK, latest drivers... doesn't work:






I'm at a loss here.

The module that is crashing is the a D3DGear DLL.  Shut that program off before you start the miner.

Also, try specifying your device.    

Also, are you using the drivers from the below link.  They are a lot better than the ones that came in the box.  

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/radeon-7900-series.aspx

Is Java up to date?

Thanks, fixed it... was a capturing software I installed that conflicted with the miner. What are the best settings for an HD7970 right now?

[despoiler]

HD7970, 2.6SDK, latest drivers... doesn't work:






I'm at a loss here.

The module that is crashing is the a D3DGear DLL.  Shut that program off before you start the miner.

Also, try specifying your device.    

Also, are you using the drivers from the below link.  They are a lot better than the ones that came in the box.  

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/radeon-7900-series.aspx

Is Java up to date?

Thanks, fixed it... was a capturing software I installed that conflicted with the miner. What are the best settings for an HD7970 right now?

-v 1 is what I am using witht he rest stock parameters.  You should get ~550mh/s at stock speeds, ~650mh/s overclocked to 1125.  You can undervolt these cards quite a bit if you are looking to draw less power.  I have mine set to 899mV @ 925/500.  I think I can shave off another 10-20mV with further testing.  @1125mhz you can go down to around 1050mV. 

[relm9]

-v 1 is what I am using witht he rest stock parameters.  You should get ~550mh/s at stock speeds, ~650mh/s overclocked to 1125.  You can undervolt these cards quite a bit if you are looking to draw less power.  I have mine set to 899mV @ 925/500.  I think I can shave off another 10-20mV with further testing.  @1125mhz you can go down to around 1050mV.  

Thanks, will try that... btw, I have been running the miner at 1125MHz clocks and so far, I've gotten 1 "hw error" over the course of a couple hours. Not too sure how concerned I should be about this, would it mean my overclock is possibly unstable?

EDIT: seems it is due to the OC, had to back down to 1060 MHz to get fully stable at stock clocks.

[DiabloD3]

-v 1 is what I am using witht he rest stock parameters.  You should get ~550mh/s at stock speeds, ~650mh/s overclocked to 1125.  You can undervolt these cards quite a bit if you are looking to draw less power.  I have mine set to 899mV @ 925/500.  I think I can shave off another 10-20mV with further testing.  @1125mhz you can go down to around 1050mV.  

Thanks, will try that... btw, I have been running the miner at 1125MHz clocks and so far, I've gotten 1 "hw error" over the course of a couple hours. Not too sure how concerned I should be about this, would it mean my overclock is possibly unstable?

EDIT: seems it is due to the OC, had to back down to 1060 MHz to get fully stable at stock clocks.

1 hw error is basically meaningless. All cards, even at stock clocks, will generate them now and then.

[Starlightbreaker]

Apparently, the Chinese love DiabloMiner

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=14062839037

Scroll down for screenshot

Never mind the miner screenshot, i'm more interested in the PCI-E splitter they used! What IS that abomination? ... I want one!

wtf, homemade splitter.

1 pci-e to 7 pci-e.

imagine if all pci-e slots are being utilized. 1 board with 5 slots = 35 cards max.

hahahaha, crazy.

[rjk]

imagine if all pci-e slots are being utilized. 1 board with 5 slots = 35 cards max.

hahahaha, crazy.

Driver limit of 8 GPUs.....
I don't know whether anyone has been successful at getting VT-d to work with more than 8 GPUs in a virtualized environment. I really wish it were easy to do.

[DiabloD3]

imagine if all pci-e slots are being utilized. 1 board with 5 slots = 35 cards max.

hahahaha, crazy.

Driver limit of 8 GPUs.....
I don't know whether anyone has been successful at getting VT-d to work with more than 8 GPUs in a virtualized environment. I really wish it were easy to do.

LukeJr has, uses KVM on a known-to-work VT-d board. Host gets a few, guest VM gets a few. The limitation is purely of the driver, AMD could fix it to do 16 or whatever.

[rjk]

imagine if all pci-e slots are being utilized. 1 board with 5 slots = 35 cards max.

hahahaha, crazy.

Driver limit of 8 GPUs.....
I don't know whether anyone has been successful at getting VT-d to work with more than 8 GPUs in a virtualized environment. I really wish it were easy to do.

LukeJr has, uses KVM on a known-to-work VT-d board. Host gets a few, guest VM gets a few. The limitation is purely of the driver, AMD could fix it to do 16 or whatever.

Yes but he has only tested it with one video card, and it keeps crashing.