excavator by NiceHash - multi-algorithm NVIDIA GPU miner [1.5.6a]

[Chewyy]

How do I configure this for nanopool? I've tried for an hour and still can't get it to work..

[giagge]

How do I configure this for nanopool? I've tried for an hour and still can't get it to work..

Use this .bat :

excavator.exe -a pascal -s pasc-eu1.nanopool.org:15555 -u 86646.c81ba4ead93784e8 -p x -ca -d 2

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[Chewyy]

Thanks for the quick reply! Is that a btc address?

[jk_14]

Is there a way to change the intensity ?

Change -cb to some value, experiment.

How much hashrate with your nvidia card ? .

Check here: https://www.nicehash.com/?p=calc

And what about linux version?

In near future.

how near?

[NiceHashSupport]

In near future, we will be releasing excavator with a few more popular algorithms. Equihash is one of them; it is already integrated in and reaches same speeds as EQM. We are planning to add in Cryptonight and Daggerhashimoto. It is taking a bit more time for everything as we are recoding most of algorithms (so there is no violation of GPL).

Additionally to more algorithms, miner is built with completely different approach as currently known miners. It will be capable of switching algorithms on fly with almost 0 switching overhead and it will be capable of running x algorithms at the same time. It will also support overclocking without the need for 3rd party tools. And the biggest feature will be commanding API interface; the miner itself will work like a server - accepting users orders and reporting status on demand, like:

Code:

...
algorithm.add, name=equihash, devices=1, server=equihash.eu.nicehash.com:3357, user=yourbtc
tdp.set, device=1, value=50
clock.core.set, device=1, value=+100
clock.memory.set, device=1, value=+500
...

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

In near future, we will be releasing excavator with a few more popular algorithms. Equihash is one of them; it is already integrated in and reaches same speeds as EQM. We are planning to add in Cryptonight and Daggerhashimoto. It is taking a bit more time for everything as we are recoding most of algorithms (so there is no violation of GPL).

Additionally to more algorithms, miner is built with completely different approach as currently known miners. It will be capable of switching algorithms on fly with almost 0 switching overhead and it will be capable of running x algorithms at the same time. It will also support overclocking without the need for 3rd party tools. And the biggest feature will be commanding API interface; the miner itself will work like a server - accepting users orders and reporting status on demand, like:

Code:

...
algorithm.add, name=equihash, devices=1, server=equihash.eu.nicehash.com:3357, user=yourbtc
tdp.set, device=1, value=50
clock.core.set, device=1, value=+100
clock.memory.set, device=1, value=+500
...

Very nice, interesting stuff you have there ! Will it be closed to nicehash with this multiswitch feature ?

[Amph]

In near future, we will be releasing excavator with a few more popular algorithms. Equihash is one of them; it is already integrated in and reaches same speeds as EQM. We are planning to add in Cryptonight and Daggerhashimoto. It is taking a bit more time for everything as we are recoding most of algorithms (so there is no violation of GPL).

Additionally to more algorithms, miner is built with completely different approach as currently known miners. It will be capable of switching algorithms on fly with almost 0 switching overhead and it will be capable of running x algorithms at the same time. It will also support overclocking without the need for 3rd party tools. And the biggest feature will be commanding API interface; the miner itself will work like a server - accepting users orders and reporting status on demand, like:

Code:

...
algorithm.add, name=equihash, devices=1, server=equihash.eu.nicehash.com:3357, user=yourbtc
tdp.set, device=1, value=50
clock.core.set, device=1, value=+100
clock.memory.set, device=1, value=+500
...

interesting, finally we kill some private miner, that are becoming a plague here, i'm curious about the speed on cryptonight for a 1070, now it's very low, and apparently it can be 1khs

[NiceHashSupport]

http://nicehash.com/tools/excavator_v1.1.0a_Win64.zip

v1.1.0a
- added equihash algorithm
- added sha256t algorithm (experiment)
- added support for overclocking and setting TDP
- bug fixes and improvements

Equihash speed is same as EQM. However, on some high end cards, you might need 3 threads to feed GPU for 100% utilization. Try it on your own. Use 1 thread only if you plan to do other stuff, use your PC, watch movies etc, should work without problems but still mining with 90% of max speed.

djeZo added sha256t algorithm as an experiment (it worked fine on suprnova).

Big feature is overclocking. Currently, you can only set core, memory and TDP. In future we plan to add support for setting own thermal curve for automatic fan control. So, for now, monitor fan and temperatures on your own. However, it is possible to set per algo overclocking (some algos like high mem, some low, some you may run with low tdp, some with high tdp).

Next step is addition of commanding queue which will link all these features nicely together and will allow you to make own very reliable multialgo switching with some 3rd party scripting.

Oh and this miner is only for NVIDIA Maxwell and Pascal cards (for now).

[chrysophylax]

http://nicehash.com/tools/excavator_v1.1.0a_Win64.zip

v1.1.0a
- added equihash algorithm
- added sha256t algorithm (experiment)
- added support for overclocking and setting TDP
- bug fixes and improvements

Equihash speed is same as EQM. However, on some high end cards, you might need 3 threads to feed GPU for 100% utilization. Try it on your own. Use 1 thread only if you plan to do other stuff, use your PC, watch movies etc, should work without problems but still mining with 90% of max speed.

djeZo added sha256t algorithm as an experiment (it worked fine on suprnova).

Big feature is overclocking. Currently, you can only set core, memory and TDP. In future we plan to add support for setting own thermal curve for automatic fan control. So, for now, monitor fan and temperatures on your own. However, it is possible to set per algo overclocking (some algos like high mem, some low, some you may run with low tdp, some with high tdp).

Next step is addition of commanding queue which will link all these features nicely together and will allow you to make own very reliable multialgo switching with some 3rd party scripting.

Oh and this miner is only for NVIDIA Maxwell and Pascal cards (for now).

linux? ...

and i dont mean just an ubuntu build - it is NOT the only form of linux around people ...

...

#crysx

[minerx117]

http://nicehash.com/tools/excavator_v1.1.0a_Win64.zip

v1.1.0a
- added equihash algorithm
- added sha256t algorithm (experiment)
- added support for overclocking and setting TDP
- bug fixes and improvements

Equihash speed is same as EQM. However, on some high end cards, you might need 3 threads to feed GPU for 100% utilization. Try it on your own. Use 1 thread only if you plan to do other stuff, use your PC, watch movies etc, should work without problems but still mining with 90% of max speed.

djeZo added sha256t algorithm as an experiment (it worked fine on suprnova).

Big feature is overclocking. Currently, you can only set core, memory and TDP. In future we plan to add support for setting own thermal curve for automatic fan control. So, for now, monitor fan and temperatures on your own. However, it is possible to set per algo overclocking (some algos like high mem, some low, some you may run with low tdp, some with high tdp).

Next step is addition of commanding queue which will link all these features nicely together and will allow you to make own very reliable multialgo switching with some 3rd party scripting.

Oh and this miner is only for NVIDIA Maxwell and Pascal cards (for now).

tested v1.1.0a=155sols 1050ti +195core +85mem 100tdp

tested EWBF's=180sols 1050ti +195core +85mem 100tdp

i like your new features but your speeds need to be increased if you want people to use this....  

[Amph]

i don't remember how to run only one gpu here?

[chrysophylax]

i don't remember how to run only one gpu here?

in ccminer? ...

its usually the -d parameter mate ...

-d 0,1,2,3,4,5 ... for a 6card nvidia system ...

for example ... if you want to run the third card only - you would use -d 2 ... or cards 1 and 3 would be -d 0,2

hope that helps ...

#crysx

[th3.r00t]

Hey NiceHash, how about that linux binary?

[Amph]

i don't remember how to run only one gpu here?

in ccminer? ...

its usually the -d parameter mate ...

-d 0,1,2,3,4,5 ... for a 6card nvidia system ...

for example ... if you want to run the third card only - you would use -d 2 ... or cards 1 and 3 would be -d 0,2

hope that helps ...

#crysx

no here in this version, -d do not work

[avirdoz]

i don't remember how to run only one gpu here?

in ccminer? ...

its usually the -d parameter mate ...

-d 0,1,2,3,4,5 ... for a 6card nvidia system ...

for example ... if you want to run the third card only - you would use -d 2 ... or cards 1 and 3 would be -d 0,2

hope that helps ...

#crysx

no here in this version, -d do not work

Try -cd 0

[k0stas]

To print the help menu.

excavator -h

-cd [devices]   Enable CUDA mining on devices

[chrysophylax]

To print the help menu.

excavator -h

-cd [devices]   Enable CUDA mining on devices

ok - so thats the paramater ...

see - learn something new everyday ...

#crysx

[giagge]

Very good work! really thanks .

[mirny]

Hey NiceHash, how about that linux binary?

+1
Will be linux binary available?
Or, how to run under ubuntu?

I'm trying to run it with wine, but no luck.

Code:

fixme:msvcp:_Mtx_init_in_situ unknown flags ignored: 2
fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo__Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x22f870 1 C) semi-stub

==================== www.nicehash.com ====================
         Excavator v1.1.0a GPU Miner for NiceHash.
    Copyright (C) 2017 NiceHash. All rights reserved.
  Developed by djeZo with help and contributors of code:
    pallas, Vorksholk, bitbandi, ocminer
==================== www.nicehash.com ====================


abnormal program termination

Any help, Nicehash?

[NiceHashSupport]

There will be Linux version at some point, but current version is just alpha and will be only Windows for now.