Any word on amd vega hash rates?

[Smashingmanson]

Hi all,

Out of curiosity... are you guys just focused in mining, or are gamers here as well? And if you're a gamer, do you mine with that rig too or only with dedicated mining rigs?

I used to mine ETH when my Fury Nitro on the gaming PC was in idle, but with the difficulty increase I stopped doing it...

All in all, I'm curious if there's people here not using the blockchain driver only to be able to game as well

I have a vega 56 on my gaming rig that i use to mine on downtime.

Gaming still works pretty well using the blockchain driver, i just make sure to restart the pc before and after a gaming session.

[ntshb]

any idea what is the power draw of a vega 64 hashing monero? vega 56 hashes at about 160w?

[Permonik]

What do you use for watchdog ?

I have a programmable on-off switch that I can control from my phone but it's not automated.
[/quote]

I am using this one
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Watchdog-Timer-USB-DOG-Terminator-NEW-2017-Ethereum-Mining-automatic-Reboot-Boar/152735927628?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D48740%26meid%3Dadffe35ccdf440f38d8bc00c571861a8%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D132231222514&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

It is cheap and delivery was within 2 weeks.
Small program controls if it's windows still alive and not freezing. If the watchdog loose connection with program, after few seconds hard reset is enabled.  

[Permonik]

any idea what is the power draw of a vega 64 hashing monero? vega 56 hashes at about 160w?

Mines are about 168W...

[ntshb]

any idea what is the power draw of a vega 64 hashing monero? vega 56 hashes at about 160w?

Mines are about 168W...

i take it as you optimised it and hashing at 1950~ ?

[Permonik]

any idea what is the power draw of a vega 64 hashing monero? vega 56 hashes at about 160w?

Mines are about 168W...

i take it as you optimised it and hashing at 1950~ ?

Just 1400core at 905mV and 1090mem with 900mV. 

[ntshb]

any idea what is the power draw of a vega 64 hashing monero? vega 56 hashes at about 160w?

Mines are about 168W...

i take it as you optimised it and hashing at 1950~ ?

Just 1400core at 905mV and 1090mem with 900mV. 

what;s your hashrate?

[Permonik]

any idea what is the power draw of a vega 64 hashing monero? vega 56 hashes at about 160w?

Mines are about 168W...

i take it as you optimised it and hashing at 1950~ ?

Just 1400core at 905mV and 1090mem with 900mV. 

what;s your hashrate?

1920-2000 it's different from card to card.

[ntshb]

are there differences between the brands ?
like one brand hashes higher than another?

[fr4nkthetank]

are there differences between the brands ?
like one brand hashes higher than another?

All reference models are pretty much the same.  You should verify what the warranty is , some companies have 1 year warranty, others have 2-3 years.

[bytiges]

@Permonik: thanks.

[agrippa4]

Same. Anyone have any insight?

Make sure your running the batch file/devcon as an administrator. If that doesn't work, make sure you have the 64 bit version of devcon if you're running 64 bit windows, and the 32 bit version of devcon if you're running 32 bit windows.

Side note for people who might search this in the future:

The Asus Z270-A WILL NOT RUN 7 Vega. At least not without additional hardware. Its impossible to install the drivers, they'll crash every time no matter how you do it. 6 cards is doable, as long as they're placed in every slot EXCEPT PCIeX16_1. If a card is placed in the first x16 slot, then the drivers will crash while installing if you try to use more than 5 cards. Just a heads up for anyone who might be having this problem.

Thanks Mythic. I'm stumped.

I used this method to get devocon.exe:
]https[Suspicious link removed]

Then followed your instructions. Still get the same error:

C:\Users\monero\Desktop>devcon.exe disable "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F"
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_0B361002&REV_C3\6&2AF6ADFE&0&000000E6: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_0B361002&REV_C3\6&2C451A81&0&000000E0: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_0B361002&REV_C3\6&21DB5B6B&0&00000008: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_0B361002&REV_C3\6&9C9E801&0&000000EB: Disable failed
No matching devices found.

I have to disable, then enable each GPU, which still works great. Still a pain though.

Just put this at the begining of your bat file. And it will start as admin...

@echo off

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    set params = %*:"=""
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c %~s0 %params%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"

Thanks for the input. I gave it a try and still no go. It's clearly running so there is no admin issues. Still get this error:

Waiting for 0 seconds, press a key to continue ...
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\6&31E589B4&0&000000E8: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\8&3750E3E&0&0000002800E9: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\8&2339511D&0&0000003000E9: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\8&16A7BF3&0&0000001800E9: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\8&84C5B0D&0&0000001000E9: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\8&25709384&0&0000003800E9: Disable failed
No matching devices found.

Waiting for 5 seconds, press a key to continue ...

I'm very much a noob, but what I gather is that devcon.exe can't find the GPU's? I'll just have to disable/enable from device manager i suppose. Thanks again, hopefully new drivers at some point will address this.

[Permonik]

Same. Anyone have any insight?

Make sure your running the batch file/devcon as an administrator. If that doesn't work, make sure you have the 64 bit version of devcon if you're running 64 bit windows, and the 32 bit version of devcon if you're running 32 bit windows.

Side note for people who might search this in the future:

The Asus Z270-A WILL NOT RUN 7 Vega. At least not without additional hardware. Its impossible to install the drivers, they'll crash every time no matter how you do it. 6 cards is doable, as long as they're placed in every slot EXCEPT PCIeX16_1. If a card is placed in the first x16 slot, then the drivers will crash while installing if you try to use more than 5 cards. Just a heads up for anyone who might be having this problem.

Thanks Mythic. I'm stumped.

I used this method to get devocon.exe:
]https[Suspicious link removed]

Then followed your instructions. Still get the same error:

C:\Users\monero\Desktop>devcon.exe disable "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F"
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_0B361002&REV_C3\6&2AF6ADFE&0&000000E6: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_0B361002&REV_C3\6&2C451A81&0&000000E0: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_0B361002&REV_C3\6&21DB5B6B&0&00000008: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_0B361002&REV_C3\6&9C9E801&0&000000EB: Disable failed
No matching devices found.

I have to disable, then enable each GPU, which still works great. Still a pain though.

Just put this at the begining of your bat file. And it will start as admin...

@echo off

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    set params = %*:"=""
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c %~s0 %params%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"

Thanks for the input. I gave it a try and still no go. It's clearly running so there is no admin issues. Still get this error:

Waiting for 0 seconds, press a key to continue ...
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\6&31E589B4&0&000000E8: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\8&3750E3E&0&0000002800E9: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\8&2339511D&0&0000003000E9: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\8&16A7BF3&0&0000001800E9: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\8&84C5B0D&0&0000001000E9: Disable failed
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F&SUBSYS_6B761002&REV_C1\8&25709384&0&0000003800E9: Disable failed
No matching devices found.

Waiting for 5 seconds, press a key to continue ...

I'm very much a noob, but what I gather is that devcon.exe can't find the GPU's? I'll just have to disable/enable from device manager i suppose. Thanks again, hopefully new drivers at some point will address this.

Thats my batch:

@echo off

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    set params = %*:"=""
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c %~s0 %params%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"
:--------------------------------------
@echo on
cd C:\Users\Leprikon\Desktop\Xmr
timeout /t 5
devcon.exe disable "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F"
timeout /t 5
devcon.exe enable "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_687F"
OverdriveNTool.exe -p1Vega1 -p2Vega2 -p3Vega3 -p4Vega4 -p5Vega5 -p6Vega6 -p7Vega7 -p8Vega8
timeout /t 10
cd C:\Users\Leprikon\Desktop\Xmr\cast_xmr-vega-win64_040
run.bat

It's working very well.

[kyogi14]

I use the following lines for enabling/disabling if this helps...  Just be sure to pause between each.

devcon.exe disable *6B761002

devcon.exe enable *6B761002

[agrippa4]

I use the following lines for enabling/disabling if this helps...  Just be sure to pause between each.

devcon.exe disable *6B761002

devcon.exe enable *6B761002

Again, sorry I'm very much a novice. So would the .bat file be:

cd %~dp0
timeout /t 5
devcon.exe disable *6B761002
timeout /t 5
devcon.exe enable *6B761002


Thanks!

[tf2addict]

The Corsair HX1200 can power 4 Vegas but it is rather expensive.

[MingMining]

The Corsair HX1200 can power 4 Vegas but it is rather expensive.

1000w is more than enough to power 4 Vega 56. It is about 690w for my 4x Vega 56 rig on the wall. The vega 64 would use a little bit more but not much.

[kyogi14]

You just need the timeout after the disable and after the enable.  Not before the disable. 

[jyakulis]

Oh boy. pulled the trigger on 3 56's. couldn't stop myself. 

[bytiges]

I have an issue flashing one 56 to 64.

I flashed several other cards but this one gives

ROM Not Erased
Error 0fl01

When using the windows ati flash tool, the error is the same.

Any ideas what to try next ?