I bought a 7990 the temps are slightly higher than the reviews I've read. It's idling at 50c. In games under full load it seems to run normal temps around 83c. When I run CGMiner it shoots through the roof to +100c before I shut it down. I've tried lowering -I to 4 and even down clocked the gpu to 550mhz from 1000mhz and ram down to 200mhz still shoots up really high. Is there a configuration in CGMiner that might help or any other suggestions?
I have a gaming case, I'm going to beef up the fans but my 7970 never had a heat issue.
Hi Arucs,
You can try running a low intensive script miner Coin like FastCoin, you can download it here...
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-lUxAN4BdWcYnpuYlo2RmFrd2s/edit?usp=sharingDownload the wallet and see if you get the same results.
Currently it is less resource intensive then mining for BitCoin and Litecoin at the moment. You might want to turn up the fans to 100% before you start mining as well.
The other possibility is that the fan's aren't running fast enough, you might have a defective card, I would return it and swap it out for a new one.
If you want to learn more about FastCoin click here...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=237703.0 Good luck with the card, hope this helps you out...
wow, really? your going to plug your shit coin into this thread?
he's hashing scrypt, it doesn't matter if he was mining litecoin or your shitcoin.
OP if you got problems with temperatures, either open your case for better ventilation, install extra fans, or flash your bios and undervolt.
lazydna,
Please tell me why you talk badly about FastCoin? If you have an alternative coin to suggest I would love to hear about it? It's not my intention to talk negatively about any coin and I would appreciate it if you could substantiate your position with some facts if you have any? Or perhaps you might be able to talk more positively about other coin's before slamming the FastCoin. Did you have a bad experience with this coin? Please do tell...
Peace.
no because it's quite obvious you're a shill for the copy-pasta-get-rich-quick-clone-coins and your trying to get as many uninformed newbies into mining your coin so you can eventually dump it at an exchange. this isn't even the place to discuss this, stick to the thread topic.
Wow that's quite an accusation! Your right, this is not the place for this discussion, but I can assure you I am not a pump and dump shill. True I am currently passionate about the FastCoin, but I think it is premature to make this type of accusation. What Script base coin would you suggest to mine, do you believe that BitCoin and LiteCoin are the only viable options at this point?
btc, ltc, ppc, frc, nmc all viable. why? because they all do something different. They are innovative. Fast coin? it's just litecoin with orphans and you know what? if fast coins faster block times are really good, Litecoin can easily adapt and take it from fastcoin rendering it worthless.
people are only interested in fastcoin because the difficulty starts low and rewards early adopters, so everyone's trying to push their copy pasta coins to the newbs in hopes that one day their 'early adopters' bonus kicks in and they can reap a profit. I got no problems with alt coins that are innovative but Fastcoin is just the 'I missed the early BTC and LTC boat so i'll try and make my own' attitude.
Thanks for your reply lazydna,
I respect your comments, its interesting that you selected FRC as part of the mentioned list. BTC, LTC I am familiar with and have mined extensively, I have also mined FRC but I was turned off with the amount of time it took to confirm newly mined coins. I like the concept with respects to demurrage idea with FRC, it certainly made the coin interesting and unique.
Do you know why it takes so long for the mined coins to be confirmed? Again I apologize in advance as this may not be the best thread to discuss this. But I would be open to open a new thread on this subject as I can see you have some depth and substance in this subject.
Sincerely
/C
