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

[TeamGreen]

EVGA Hybrid GTX 1070 x 6

TDP 100%
Temp Limit 83 (Unlinked)
Core +125
Mem +575
Fan Speed Auto (usually stays around 28%)

NHEQ 0.5a - Equihash (ZEC on Flypool) - 2635 H/s
Excavator 1.1.0a - Equihash (ZEC on Flypool) - 2680 H/s

I'll update this later tonight with EWBF's 0.3.2b. 

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[NiceHashSupport]

http://nicehash.com/tools/excavator_v1.1.2a_Win64.zip

Changes:

v1.1.2a
- added reading of temperatures
- added reading of gpu and memory controller load
- added reading of power usage in W
- slight pascal speed improvement
- bug fixes and improvements

v1.1.1a
- improved sha256t speed
- bug fixes and improvements

[reb0rn21]

pascal speed is now almost same as opencl sgminer implementation ~1% difference

would be nice if it would be possible to have a full range of freq/voltage control as the afterburner freq/volt graph where you can select and lock desired GPU (not the arbitary adjuster from base clock but fixed frequency) freq/voltage but its kinda hard to do it on rig with 5 cards

I guess its kinda impossible to find documentation to access freq/voltage curve and set fixed value as Nvidia wants to make use stupid boost which is not best for mining as its hard to lower voltage while the frequency jump up/down

[NiceHashSupport]

pascal speed is now almost same as opencl sgminer implementation ~1% difference

would be nice if it would be possible to have a full range of freq/voltage control as the afterburner freq/volt graph where you can select and lock desired GPU (not the arbitary adjuster from base clock but fixed frequency) freq/voltage but its kinda hard to do it on rig with 5 cards

I guess its kinda impossible to find documentation to access freq/voltage curve and set fixed value as Nvidia wants to make use stupid boost which is not best for mining as its hard to lower voltage while the frequency jump up/down

It is not possible to set fixed freq, boost is handled by NVIDIA driver/hardware. You can only set delta freq (+/-). Currently, we have fixed this range, but in future versions we will read what each card supports. For now, majority of cards should work OK.

Forgot to mention; for pascal/sha256t, play with params to get better speed. Defaults may not be the best for your card.

[reb0rn21]

pascal speed is now almost same as opencl sgminer implementation ~1% difference

would be nice if it would be possible to have a full range of freq/voltage control as the afterburner freq/volt graph where you can select and lock desired GPU (not the arbitary adjuster from base clock but fixed frequency) freq/voltage but its kinda hard to do it on rig with 5 cards

I guess its kinda impossible to find documentation to access freq/voltage curve and set fixed value as Nvidia wants to make use stupid boost which is not best for mining as its hard to lower voltage while the frequency jump up/down

It is not possible to set fixed freq, boost is handled by NVIDIA driver/hardware. You can only set delta freq (+/-). Currently, we have fixed this range, but in future versions we will read what each card supports. For now, majority of cards should work OK.

Forgot to mention; for pascal/sha256t, play with params to get better speed. Defaults may not be the best for your card.

I know but the how afterburner can edit freq/vol curve and set/force specific frequency (when its set and locked with key "L" frequency stay all the time same, also voltage is locked at desired level you set it)
I know this future is not documented in any NV docs, but afterburner author got it from NV prolly, as he is kinda "their" man that do all OC tools we see

[Amph]

is -ca -ca exactly like running -cd 0 0 1 1 etc...?

[NiceHashSupport]

pascal speed is now almost same as opencl sgminer implementation ~1% difference

would be nice if it would be possible to have a full range of freq/voltage control as the afterburner freq/volt graph where you can select and lock desired GPU (not the arbitary adjuster from base clock but fixed frequency) freq/voltage but its kinda hard to do it on rig with 5 cards

I guess its kinda impossible to find documentation to access freq/voltage curve and set fixed value as Nvidia wants to make use stupid boost which is not best for mining as its hard to lower voltage while the frequency jump up/down

It is not possible to set fixed freq, boost is handled by NVIDIA driver/hardware. You can only set delta freq (+/-). Currently, we have fixed this range, but in future versions we will read what each card supports. For now, majority of cards should work OK.

Forgot to mention; for pascal/sha256t, play with params to get better speed. Defaults may not be the best for your card.

I know but the how afterburner can edit freq/vol curve and set/force specific frequency (when its set and locked with key "L" frequency stay all the time same, also voltage is locked at desired level you set it)
I know this future is not documented in any NV docs, but afterburner author got it from NV prolly, as he is kinda "their" man that do all OC tools we see

I use Afterburner regulary and haven't found this feature. Mind explaining how to do it?

Regarding overclocking; there is one more feature that's going to be added and that is setting fan speed. Combined with existing features of overclocking core, memory and setting TDP, there is all that 95% of miners need. We will not give option to set voltage (we could, but modifying voltage is one step closer to voiding warranties, or damaging components).

is -ca -ca exactly like running -cd 0 0 1 1 etc...?

Yes, at start of miner, you can detect which threads - devices have been initialized. -ca -ca will not order them nicely though.

[Amph]

ok, i'm experience a strange bug or something, don't know how to call it, when at launch of the miner, some gpu don't run, it happen randomly, other time it go right and all gpu begin to hash

btw can you add solo mining? only stratum is supported currently

[NiceHashSupport]

ok, i'm experience a strange bug or something, don't know how to call it, when at launch of the mienr, some gpu don't run, it happen randomly, other time it go right and all gpu begin to hash

btw can you add solo mining? only stratum is supported currently

Run with -f 0 and paste log file here.

Solo mining will never be supported.

[Kompik]

Thanks for the new version, this is the best news since there is again a new competition between zCash nvidia miners . Althought i still find it a little bit slower than ewbf on the same settings. 2450 sols vs 2221 sols (5x 1070 + 1x 1060) using twice -ca -ca, settings. Anyone with similar results or is it just me?

[Amph]

apparently excavator is sending duplicate share can you check this?

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

Thanks for the new version, power reading doesn't seems to work on my nvidia's 1070 (reading @ -1w) i like the idea of the power efficiency tool. i do about 2570 sols/s @60% tdp (about 112w for me) still a bit slower than ewbf (~2700), but you're catching up !

[reb0rn21]

@NiceHashSupport

In afterburner ctrl+F

move the desired dot to clock you wish, or better just move the core clock slider (which will move the whole graph up by freq) so desired frequency match voltage you wish, select the freq/volt dot and click "L" which lock like say 2000Mhz to 0.95v (I use that setting for LBC)

problem is you must do same for each GFX on the rig as it can be saved for all cards at once

[NiceHashSupport]

apparently excavator is sending duplicate share can you check this?

Algorithm, pool? Run with -f 0 and paste log here.

@NiceHashSupport

In afterburner ctrl+F

move the desired dot to clock you wish, or better just move the core clock slider (which will move the whole graph up by freq) so desired frequency match voltage you wish, select the freq/volt dot and click "L" which lock like say 2000Mhz to 0.95v (I use that setting for LBC)

problem is you must do same for each GFX on the rig as it can be saved for all cards at once

I see now, didn't even realize this feature existed, thanks

But again, I doubt we will be going that deep, perhaps it would be possible to do (since Afterburner is doing it), but it is too much effort for too little result. Most of the things we need are already achieved with standard overclocking and TDP. Whoever needs more, can use Afterburner.

Thanks for the new version, power reading doesn't seems to work on my nvidia's 1070 (reading @ -1w) i like the idea of the power efficiency tool. i do about 2570 sols/s @60% tdp (about 112w for me) still a bit slower than ewbf (~2700), but you're catching up !

Does nvidia-smi works for reading your power usage?

equihash is just public kernel, but we have one small optimisation ready (more speed with same TDP) for next version.

[Amph]

apparently excavator is sending duplicate share can you check this?

Algorithm, pool? Run with -f 0 and paste log here.

[[2017-03-14 07:51:56.112918] [thread=0x00001684] [info]]

   gpuinfo | GPU#5   TEMP: 58 C   USAGE: 100 %   MEMCTRL: 0 %   POWER: -1 W


[[2017-03-14 07:51:56.119927] [thread=0x00001684] [info]]

   =====> Total power: -6 W   Efficiency: -955531840.000000 H/W


[[2017-03-14 07:51:56.278136] [thread=0x00001774] [debug]]

   device#8 | Found nonce: 0258278f diff=31.9389


[[2017-03-14 07:51:56.278136] [thread=0x00001774] [debug]]

   net | Sending share #7398


[[2017-03-14 07:51:56.278136] [thread=0x00001774] [trace]]

   net | Sending: {"id":7398,"method":"mining.submit","params":["60149-97","6983","2320202020202020","58c792fd","0258278f"]}


[[2017-03-14 07:51:56.317181] [thread=0x0000190c] [trace]]

   net | Received: {"id": 7398, "result": true, "error": null}


[[2017-03-14 07:51:56.317181] [thread=0x0000190c] [info]]

   net | Share #7398 accepted


[[2017-03-14 07:51:59.070607] [thread=0x000012ac] [debug]]

   device#3 | Found nonce: 753260e7 diff=40.3342


[[2017-03-14 07:51:59.071608] [thread=0x000012ac] [debug]]

   net | Sending share #7399


[[2017-03-14 07:51:59.071608] [thread=0x000012ac] [trace]]

   net | Sending: {"id":7399,"method":"mining.submit","params":["60149-97","6983","2120202020202020","58c792fd","753260e7"]}


[[2017-03-14 07:51:59.108663] [thread=0x0000190c] [trace]]

   net | Received: {"id": 7399, "result": true, "error": null}


[[2017-03-14 07:51:59.108663] [thread=0x0000190c] [info]]

   net | Share #7399 accepted


[[2017-03-14 07:51:59.595260] [thread=0x000012ac] [debug]]

   device#3 | Fetched new work, job '6983'


[[2017-03-14 07:51:59.613294] [thread=0x0000111c] [debug]]

[NiceHashSupport]

The log lines you shown are all OK, nothing wrong there.

BTW: can nvidia-smi show you power usage in W ?

[Amph]

The log lines you shown are all OK, nothing wrong there.

BTW: can nvidia-smi show you power usage in W ?

yeah

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

Does nvidia-smi works for reading your power usage?

equihash is just public kernel, but we have one small optimisation ready (more speed with same TDP) for next version.

Yup reading work perfectly with nvidia SMI

[NiceHashSupport]

What cards do you have?

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

What cards do you have?

EVGA FTW 1070 x60 all running 378.49

Code:

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 378.49                 Driver Version: 378.49                    |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name            TCC/WDDM | Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  GeForce GTX 1070   WDDM  | 0000:01:00.0     Off |                  N/A |
| 33%   63C    P2   109W / 111W |    712MiB /  8192MiB |     99%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
|   1  GeForce GTX 1070   WDDM  | 0000:02:00.0     Off |                  N/A |
| 29%   61C    P2   107W / 111W |    666MiB /  8192MiB |     99%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
|   2  GeForce GTX 1070   WDDM  | 0000:03:00.0     Off |                  N/A |
| 33%   63C    P2   109W / 111W |    666MiB /  8192MiB |     99%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
|   3  GeForce GTX 1070   WDDM  | 0000:04:00.0     Off |                  N/A |
| 34%   64C    P2   109W / 111W |    666MiB /  8192MiB |     99%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
|   4  GeForce GTX 1070   WDDM  | 0000:05:00.0     Off |                  N/A |
| 31%   63C    P2   111W / 111W |    666MiB /  8192MiB |     99%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
|   5  GeForce GTX 1070   WDDM  | 0000:06:00.0     Off |                  N/A |
| 31%   62C    P2   113W / 111W |    666MiB /  8192MiB |     99%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

Smi working correctly too.