[ANN] dstm's ZCash / Equihash Nvidia Miner v0.6.2 (Linux / Windows)

[BansheeHero]

You've got something WIERD going on if you have to run Chrome to get max hashrate - perhaps you don't have Afterburner set to run at startup, or something else is interfering?

There is nothing weird about it, afterburner it self does not render anything using GPU. Perhaps you are just using a aftermarket card that does include OC in the BIOS from the manufacturer.

Found the probable reason this has lower scores than the EWBF miner. Turns out it does not trigger 3D mode on your card, which disables OC and Boost.
You can replicate that by running Media Player Classic in Enhanced Video Renderer mode and even minimizing the paused video.
I got between 30 and 50 extra Sol/s

IDK what your on about, just did a performance test with a 3d app, (put everything on lowest settings) and i dropped 80 sols. To me it looks like it is already using 3d capabilities.

GTX Cards have profiles and switching between them changes the way boost and OC works. Simply put, the computation does not trigger a profile used when playing games or using hardware acceleration.
Once I trigger the change (for example media player with HW acceleration) the driver does increase clock of the card and enables boost to increase it even more.

I suppose most users use aftermarket cards and those are OC by default in BIOS. I am using reference GTX 980 and the difference is over 200MHz in Core Clock of the card

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[Atronoss]

There is nothing weird about it, afterburner it self does not render anything using GPU. Perhaps you are just using a aftermarket card that does include OC in the BIOS from the manufacturer.

GTX Cards have profiles and switching between them changes the way boost and OC works. Simply put, the computation does not trigger a profile used when playing games or using hardware acceleration.
Once I trigger the change (for example media player with HW acceleration) the driver does increase clock of the card and enables boost to increase it even more.

I suppose most users use aftermarket cards and those are OC by default in BIOS. I am using reference GTX 980 and the difference is over 200MHz in Core Clock of the card

Well, both my cards are aftermarket one I believe:

GTX 1070Ti: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-5671-KR
GTX 1060 6GB: http://www.gainward.com/main/vgapro.php?id=990&lang=en

Both needs something else then DSTM miner to trigger Boost or additional OC of the core.

I really wonder if I had this problem with EWBF. If not, than it is possible for miner to trigger the correct mode to get full speed. Would be nice if DSTM could look into this.

[jarheadius]

I'm running a 6GPU rig GTX1070's hashing good 2,655 Sol/s. Running PSU 100%.
Do I really need to change the clock settings?

[captaindiptoad]

There is nothing weird about it, afterburner it self does not render anything using GPU. Perhaps you are just using a aftermarket card that does include OC in the BIOS from the manufacturer.

GTX Cards have profiles and switching between them changes the way boost and OC works. Simply put, the computation does not trigger a profile used when playing games or using hardware acceleration.
Once I trigger the change (for example media player with HW acceleration) the driver does increase clock of the card and enables boost to increase it even more.

I suppose most users use aftermarket cards and those are OC by default in BIOS. I am using reference GTX 980 and the difference is over 200MHz in Core Clock of the card

Well, both my cards are aftermarket one I believe:

GTX 1070Ti: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-5671-KR
GTX 1060 6GB: http://www.gainward.com/main/vgapro.php?id=990&lang=en

Both needs something else then DSTM miner to trigger Boost or additional OC of the core.

I really wonder if I had this problem with EWBF. If not, than it is possible for miner to trigger the correct mode to get full speed. Would be nice if DSTM could look into this.

One of my rigs has reference 1080s in it. went and checked, their all running with 3d capabilities right now, i did nothing to the cards. are you running 5.7 or 5.6?

[Atronoss]

One of my rigs has reference 1080s in it. went and checked, their all running with 3d capabilities right now, i did nothing to the cards. are you running 5.7 or 5.6?

I'm running 0.5.7, but with 0.5.6 it was the same I believe.

[BansheeHero]

I am also running 5.7, the issue is easy to replicate on my system. If I turn off anything that access 3D acceleration it drops the core clock to default in the BIOS.
https://ctrlv.cz/cXuU
If your clockrate profile is the same for both intervals, then this is not a problem for you.

[nekidtruth]

I'm running a 6GPU rig GTX1070's hashing good 2,655 Sol/s. Running PSU 100%.
Do I really need to change the clock settings?

Overlock GTX 1070 can increase hashrate to 510~520+ Sol/s, each card.

But it's may be unstable(crash, black screen etc.), you need to do some test, find the right settings of your card.

[jpl]

In AB I have "synchronize setting for similar graphics processors" checked.  Helps keep all settings closer.

[QuintLeo]

I'm running a 6GPU rig GTX1070's hashing good 2,655 Sol/s. Running PSU 100%.
Do I really need to change the clock settings?

Overlock GTX 1070 can increase hashrate to 510~520+ Sol/s, each card.

But it's may be unstable(crash, black screen etc.), you need to do some test, find the right settings of your card.

 Overclocking memory on a GTX 1070 doesn't seem to help noticeably IF at all on equihash mining - overclock CORE does help some usually.

 Might depend on the specific card though.

[poby]

I'm running a 6GPU rig GTX1070's hashing good 2,655 Sol/s. Running PSU 100%.
Do I really need to change the clock settings?

Overlock GTX 1070 can increase hashrate to 510~520+ Sol/s, each card.

But it's may be unstable(crash, black screen etc.), you need to do some test, find the right settings of your card.

 Overclocking memory on a GTX 1070 doesn't seem to help noticeably IF at all on equihash mining - overclock CORE does help some usually.

 Might depend on the specific card though.

My Gigabyte 1070's and 1070ti's definitely benefit from both core and memory overclock.  I have done extensive testing and both seem to increase hashrates independently, around 5 to 15%  I only mine equihash.

[Atronoss]

Overclocking memory on a GTX 1070 doesn't seem to help noticeably IF at all on equihash mining - overclock CORE does help some usually.

 Might depend on the specific card though.

Also for me it is neccessary to overclock not just core, but also memory. The best results giving me to overclock memory with the x3 added frequency to the core, for example if core is +200 MHz, than memory must be around +600 MHz. Overclocking one without the other does not provide good results. It applies on both my cards in my case, the 1060 6GB and 1070 Ti. And for both it provides added 10 to 15% speed compared to basic nVidia Boost frequencies. For 1070 Ti it is 50 Sols extra (530 total). For 1060 it is 45 Sols (345 total).

[digibum]

Hi,

Since yesterday I have an issue : sinit timeout after GPU connection

I though it was a driver error so uninstalled/reinsitalled drivers, but nothing changes.

I then tried on a second RIG I have with NVidia cards : same issue.

In the sametime, Claymore Ethereum is working fine on those cards...

Any suggestion ?

Christophe

Works with zcash.flypool.org but not with zclmine.pro.
Version 0.5.7.

[QuintLeo]

Overlock GTX 1070 can increase hashrate to 510~520+ Sol/s, each card.

But it's may be unstable(crash, black screen etc.), you need to do some test, find the right settings of your card.

 Overclocking memory on a GTX 1070 doesn't seem to help noticeably IF at all on equihash mining - overclock CORE does help some usually.

 Might depend on the specific card though.

My Gigabyte 1070's and 1070ti's definitely benefit from both core and memory overclock.  I have done extensive testing and both seem to increase hashrates independently, around 5 to 15%  I only mine equihash.

 I didn't say anything about 1070 ti cards here - and do keep in mind I'm the one Voskcoin credits with the "+200 +700" settings he used in that first 1070 ti equihash rig video of his. 9-)

 Many of my 1070 cards ARE Gigabyte, and dropping memory from +500 (as high as they go and stay stable) to -500 had ZERO effect on hashrate.
 Might be power level related, since I'm running them around 105 watts for EFFICIENT mining, not pushing them for max hashrate.
 Might also be a difference between LINUX and Windows or the specific drivers, but I doubt that.

[poby]

Overlock GTX 1070 can increase hashrate to 510~520+ Sol/s, each card.

But it's may be unstable(crash, black screen etc.), you need to do some test, find the right settings of your card.

 Overclocking memory on a GTX 1070 doesn't seem to help noticeably IF at all on equihash mining - overclock CORE does help some usually.

 Might depend on the specific card though.

My Gigabyte 1070's and 1070ti's definitely benefit from both core and memory overclock.  I have done extensive testing and both seem to increase hashrates independently, around 5 to 15%  I only mine equihash.

 I didn't say anything about 1070 ti cards here - and do keep in mind I'm the one Voskcoin credits with the "+200 +700" settings he used in that first 1070 ti equihash rig video of his. 9-)

 Many of my 1070 cards ARE Gigabyte, and dropping memory from +500 (as high as they go and stay stable) to -500 had ZERO effect on hashrate.
 Might be power level related, since I'm running them around 105 watts for EFFICIENT mining, not pushing them for max hashrate.
 Might also be a difference between LINUX and Windows or the specific drivers, but I doubt that.

My 1070's run with a +650 mem overclock (totally stable) and reducing that to zero or even only +300 reduces hashrates noticeably.  I run my cards at 65% which equates to around 120 watts.  Running on Windows 10 with the latest drivers.

[marco.ruiz]

SUGGESTION

After several reconnections the api crashes and don't work anymore. Can you add a trigger like a key stroke to reload the api server?

[jpl]

Overlock GTX 1070 can increase hashrate to 510~520+ Sol/s, each card.

But it's may be unstable(crash, black screen etc.), you need to do some test, find the right settings of your card.

 Overclocking memory on a GTX 1070 doesn't seem to help noticeably IF at all on equihash mining - overclock CORE does help some usually.

 Might depend on the specific card though.

My Gigabyte 1070's and 1070ti's definitely benefit from both core and memory overclock.  I have done extensive testing and both seem to increase hashrates independently, around 5 to 15%  I only mine equihash.

 I didn't say anything about 1070 ti cards here - and do keep in mind I'm the one Voskcoin credits with the "+200 +700" settings he used in that first 1070 ti equihash rig video of his. 9-)

 Many of my 1070 cards ARE Gigabyte, and dropping memory from +500 (as high as they go and stay stable) to -500 had ZERO effect on hashrate.
 Might be power level related, since I'm running them around 105 watts for EFFICIENT mining, not pushing them for max hashrate.
 Might also be a difference between LINUX and Windows or the specific drivers, but I doubt that.

My 1070's run with a +650 mem overclock (totally stable) and reducing that to zero or even only +300 reduces hashrates noticeably.  I run my cards at 65% which equates to around 120 watts.  Running on Windows 10 with the latest drivers.

Mine is close.. What do you have the Power limit at?  And core clock/temp limit?

[poby]

Overlock GTX 1070 can increase hashrate to 510~520+ Sol/s, each card.

But it's may be unstable(crash, black screen etc.), you need to do some test, find the right settings of your card.

 Overclocking memory on a GTX 1070 doesn't seem to help noticeably IF at all on equihash mining - overclock CORE does help some usually.

 Might depend on the specific card though.

My Gigabyte 1070's and 1070ti's definitely benefit from both core and memory overclock.  I have done extensive testing and both seem to increase hashrates independently, around 5 to 15%  I only mine equihash.

 I didn't say anything about 1070 ti cards here - and do keep in mind I'm the one Voskcoin credits with the "+200 +700" settings he used in that first 1070 ti equihash rig video of his. 9-)

 Many of my 1070 cards ARE Gigabyte, and dropping memory from +500 (as high as they go and stay stable) to -500 had ZERO effect on hashrate.
 Might be power level related, since I'm running them around 105 watts for EFFICIENT mining, not pushing them for max hashrate.
 Might also be a difference between LINUX and Windows or the specific drivers, but I doubt that.

My 1070's run with a +650 mem overclock (totally stable) and reducing that to zero or even only +300 reduces hashrates noticeably.  I run my cards at 65% which equates to around 120 watts.  Running on Windows 10 with the latest drivers.

Mine is close.. What do you have the Power limit at?  And core clock/temp limit?

Like I said, power limit is set to 65% on all cards.  Temp limit is 70 celsius.  Core/Mem is 200/700 for the 1070ti's and 120/650 for the 1070's.  Took me many days of testing to find the highest clocks that are stable for my cards.

I get around 500 sol/s (4.3 sol/w) on the 1070ti's and 460 sol/s (3.9 sol/w) for the 1070's.

[Protofabtt]

New here. Could not find a reference to last 3 digit # column just before the + marks with version 0.57.
Can anyone identify what it means please?

[heavyarms1912]

New here. Could not find a reference to last 3 digit # column just before the + marks with version 0.57.
Can anyone identify what it means please?

Network latency to the pool.  It's mentioned in OP.
Sh: <shares per minute> <accepted shares ratio> <network latency in ms>

[kps9727]

Has anyone had experience with this miner dropping hash rate significantly over time?

I have 2 rigs each with 13 x 1070s running on SMOS.  The rigs start out at a delicious 6300 sol/s, but over about 8 hours drop steadily to about 3500 sol/s.  

Obviously this is a non starter for me.  My only guess is perhaps the CPU is getting overwhelmed with so many cards in the rig?  I'm no Linux expert so I don't know how I'd even check that.