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

[LackyHash]

How to add a backup pool?

[Oakey22]

When using the miner do i need to alter any settings in afterburner or will the miner alter these for me?

this is on Nvidia

[dropky]

When using the miner do i need to alter any settings in afterburner or will the miner alter these for me?

this is on Nvidia

You should alter GPU settings on your own, miner will not change them automatically.

You can either set GPU settings in afterburner or using Excavator's api (see device related get and set methods). It's up to you.
https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/tree/master/api#methods

[dropky]

How to add a backup pool?

You can't. Excavator doesn't support backup pools.

[Kayfolom]

Thanks for the new version Version 1.3.5 alpha NVIDIA !
On 1.3.4 - frost the screen at five 1070? on 1.3.5 - fixed!

CryptoNight GTX 1070  - 660.0 !!!
CryptoNight GTX 1080Ti  - 800.0 !

CryptoNight GTX 1080  - 530.0 :-( Still low speed. Apparently the video memory is to blame?

[MarcusDe]

Thanks for the new version Version 1.3.5 alpha NVIDIA !
On 1.3.4 - frost the screen at five 1070? on 1.3.5 - fixed!

CryptoNight GTX 1070  - 660.0 !!!
CryptoNight GTX 1080Ti  - 800.0 !

CryptoNight GTX 1080  - 530.0 :-( Still low speed. Apparently the video memory is to blame?

What is expected with CryptoNight  GTX 1060 3GB?
Also what settings?
1 worker per card with default settings (no paremeters) don't give good performance in exevator...

Thanks in advance!

[zawawa]

Thanks for the new version Version 1.3.5 alpha NVIDIA !
On 1.3.4 - frost the screen at five 1070? on 1.3.5 - fixed!

CryptoNight GTX 1070  - 660.0 !!!
CryptoNight GTX 1080Ti  - 800.0 !

CryptoNight GTX 1080  - 530.0 :-( Still low speed. Apparently the video memory is to blame?

Yeah, I was working all day yesterday to fix these bugs. You really have to jump through hoops sometimes.
The unexpectedly low performance on 1080 is still pretty mysterious to me.
I must have messed up global memory access somewhere. I will try to fix it as soon as possible.

[zawawa]

Thanks for the new version Version 1.3.5 alpha NVIDIA !
On 1.3.4 - frost the screen at five 1070? on 1.3.5 - fixed!

CryptoNight GTX 1070  - 660.0 !!!
CryptoNight GTX 1080Ti  - 800.0 !

CryptoNight GTX 1080  - 530.0 :-( Still low speed. Apparently the video memory is to blame?

What is expected with CryptoNight  GTX 1060 3GB?
Also what settings?
1 worker per card with default settings (no paremeters) don't give good performance in exevator...

Thanks in advance!

I might have not tuned cryptonight for 1060 3GB. I will get to it.

[Kayfolom]

Thanks for the new version Version 1.3.5 alpha NVIDIA !
On 1.3.4 - frost the screen at five 1070? on 1.3.5 - fixed!

CryptoNight GTX 1070  - 660.0 !!!
CryptoNight GTX 1080Ti  - 800.0 !

CryptoNight GTX 1080  - 530.0 :-( Still low speed. Apparently the video memory is to blame?

What is expected with CryptoNight  GTX 1060 3GB?
Also what settings?
1 worker per card with default settings (no paremeters) don't give good performance in exevator...

Thanks in advance!

{"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","0","30","32"]}
It is not difficult to adjust, the second parameter is always 32, select the first parameter within 10-30

[Kayfolom]

Version 1.3.6 alpha NVIDIA - API is broken?

In web interface:
"equihash | FAIL | undefined | 607.460 H/s | 0.000 H/J"

[Kayfolom]

Version 1.3.5 alpha NVIDIA GTX 1080Ti  Equihash - 720H/s
Version 1.3.6 alpha NVIDIA GTX 1080Ti  Equihash - 600H/s

There is no file cudart64_80.dll in the archive In https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/download/v1.3.6a/excavator_v1.3.6a_NVIDIA_Win64.7z

[dropky]

Version 1.3.6 alpha NVIDIA - API is broken?

In web interface:
"equihash | FAIL | undefined | 607.460 H/s | 0.000 H/J"

This is fixed. Wrong web file was attached. Please re-download the archive.

[Kayfolom]

Version 1.3.6 alpha NVIDIA - API is broken?

In web interface:
"equihash | FAIL | undefined | 607.460 H/s | 0.000 H/J"

This is fixed. Wrong web file was attached. Please re-download the archive.

Yes, web is fine, thank you!

[MarcusDe]

Thanks for the new version Version 1.3.5 alpha NVIDIA !
On 1.3.4 - frost the screen at five 1070? on 1.3.5 - fixed!

CryptoNight GTX 1070  - 660.0 !!!
CryptoNight GTX 1080Ti  - 800.0 !

CryptoNight GTX 1080  - 530.0 :-( Still low speed. Apparently the video memory is to blame?

What is expected with CryptoNight  GTX 1060 3GB?
Also what settings?
1 worker per card with default settings (no paremeters) don't give good performance in exevator...

Thanks in advance!

{"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","0","30","32"]}
It is not difficult to adjust, the second parameter is always 32, select the first parameter within 10-30

Oh well, with good params  6x 1060 3GB rig 1.7 kHash -> 2.7 kHash.

[bones261]

Just wondering, is it possible to mine Cryptonight with my EVGA gtx 1070 and lessen the lag? I cranked this up and my computer became unusable. So far, my google searches have come up with "Mine Equihash algo" if you still want to enjoy your computer.   Sorry for the newb question, but I just got this computer the other day. My last computer only had an AMD 7570, so I didn't GPU mine much at all. This is going to be quite the leaning curve.

Edit:Ok, I figured out how to set the intensity, down to B=10. Still lags, but more tolerable.  I tried to lower the tpb to 16, but was getting errors of share difficulty too low. However, not sure this is even worth mining at  B=10.  Any suggestions?

[Ventureum]

1080 Ti is powerful enough to do this test.

[akuci]

Until 1.3.3 everything was fine. Now the miner crashes everytime I log onto my rig via TeamViewer. How you excpect me to monitor them without Teamviewer?

[Kayfolom]

Until 1.3.3 everything was fine. Now the miner crashes everytime I log onto my rig via TeamViewer. How you excpect me to monitor them without Teamviewer?

use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.flintnet.ExcavatorMonitor

[akuci]

It's only happening on cryptonight algo...
Can a dev take a look at that?

Also I'm CPU mining at the same time, but I keep getting errors on my CPU miner while mining cryptonight.

[Kayfolom]

Updated Excavator Monitor android application

1.0.9
Fixed artifacts when changing the algorithm
Fixed bug not showing offline minners

Google Play Link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.flintnet.ExcavatorMonitor