Catalyst 13.6

[zhuravno]

I wonder if anyone already compared the new beta version to previous releases.

If I have time (this weekend), i will check my 7850s and the 7970 and post the differences in Mhash/s with factory settings and stable overdrive as well. (i use both CG and guiminer)

So if someone has time for benchmarking (and does not mind the lost mBTCs while switching drivers), or even if already concluded something with the new beta driver, feel free to post it, thanks in advance!

[moreati]

Thanks for the heads up, hopefully this release will fix oclvanitygen with a 7950/Linux. Currently the choices are failure to run using 12.8, or incorrect output using 13.4.

[Izlude]

I'm on Windows 8x64.  I've only had success mining with  13.1; 13.2; 13.3.  Otherwise, 13.4 and 13.6 cause me to get  "check hardware" errors with guiminer, and cgminer simply crashes.

Here's what I do. I use driver fusion to scrap "everything" and start fresh.  I install SDK 2.6 (a stand alone package).  Next I install my catalyst 13.3, and I'm successful. Did the same thing with 13.4 an 6 this time, no success.. Something has changed and it's a bad thing for bitcoin miners.

Here's what I noticed, if I install cat 13.3 as is, it fails to mine.  I MUST install the SDK 2.6 package first before the cat drivers.  Did cat 13.4 and 6 alone as well, then tried it with SDK 2.6 with no results.  It looks very bad for us.

[GreenAxis]

?best hash rate

[TomH]

I'm on Windows 8x64.  I've only had success mining with  13.1; 13.2; 13.3.  Otherwise, 13.4 and 13.6 cause me to get  "check hardware" errors with guiminer, and cgminer simply crashes.

Here's what I do. I use driver fusion to scrap "everything" and start fresh.  I install SDK 2.6 (a stand alone package).  Next I install my catalyst 13.3, and I'm successful. Did the same thing with 13.4 an 6 this time, no success.. Something has changed and it's a bad thing for bitcoin miners.

Here's what I noticed, if I install cat 13.3 as is, it fails to mine.  I MUST install the SDK 2.6 package first before the cat drivers.  Did cat 13.4 and 6 alone as well, then tried it with SDK 2.6 with no results.  It looks very bad for us.

I'm using guiminer on Windows8 x64 too
I installed the 13.6 drivers with SDK 2.8 - works ok with my 7950, but can't connect at all with my GTS 450

[ScopeXL]

I use 13.4 on Windows 8 x64 and it works well with cgminer for me. Though I did try to mine LTC once with the same setup and that crashed. Still never figured it out entirely but I got closer when using Catalyst 12.8 (though it still ended up crashing with different errors).

[joulesbeef]

I'm on Windows 8x64.  I've only had success mining with  13.1; 13.2; 13.3.  Otherwise, 13.4 and 13.6 cause me to get  "check hardware" errors with guiminer, and cgminer simply crashes.

try bfgminer it is a fork of cgminer. My hardware errors went away with it.

[TheWalrusCometh]

I'd love to use BFGMiner if it wouldn't crash on me every time I try to start it up. As soon as I get the long-polling response the command prompt crashes.