8 card limit on Windows is Removed!

[kursattekin]

i have 2 rigs and both with 12cards nvidia and no problem, maainboard biostar tb250 pro and win10, i am using nicehash.

[Permonik]

yes, I success to use more than 9 GPU's Nvidia on Windows 1709.

Really? Can you show us screenshot of all 9 cards mining at same time? As far as we know, Windows 10 does NOT support more than 8 nvidia cards.

That is not even true...
Win10 64bit can support almost unlimited number of gpus.
It was always drivers or hardware limitation, nothing more.
Guys, please do not repeating this myth again, again and again!!!

[Bimmber]

Lot of people say they run more than 8 nvidia cards, but nobody wants to show screenshot with 8 cards mining in action

[nitrobg]

yes, I success to use more than 9 GPU's Nvidia on Windows 1709.

Really? Can you show us screenshot of all 9 cards mining at same time? As far as we know, Windows 10 does NOT support more than 8 nvidia cards.

Works well for more than a month already.

[Bimmber]

Still no screenshots, just talk I can get 15 cards in device manager, but show me them actually mining all at the same time.

[nitrobg]

Still no screenshots, just talk I can get 15 cards in device manager, but show me them actually mining all at the same time.

Believe me now?

[greatauror28]

Still no screenshots, just talk I can get 15 cards in device manager, but show me them actually mining all at the same time.

Believe me now?

What miner is this?

[Bimmber]

Now I do! How did you achieve more than 8 nvidia cards under Windows 10 ?

[nitrobg]

What miner is this?

Assuming that you're talking about the ETH miner - it is Phoenix Miner.

Now I do! How did you achieve more than 8 nvidia cards under Windows 10 ?

Use the latest driver and 1709 update. That's all you need, assuming that you have setup the motherboard properly.

I've also made a guide on how to get 13 cards but it was ignored.
[Guide] How to run up to 13 GPUs on most motherboards

[ljepic]

Successfully running 10 AMD gpus on latest win10. MSI afterburner cant recognize cards, but sapphire trixx can.
All of cards must be in compute mode in amd control panel settings.

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[X299]

Now I do! How did you achieve more than 8 nvidia cards under Windows 10 ?

Update your windows to the latest version.

[ElMinator]

Guys, i can't start any miner with more than 8 GPU
I tested an 11 GPU (4 1060+7 1070) rig and every miner i tried crarshes. All the GPU are in the device manager without any error.
If i switch to mi HIVEOS (Linux distro) i can mine with all the cards flawlessy
What have you done to make it work on windows?

[BennyT]

Still no screenshots, just talk I can get 15 cards in device manager, but show me them actually mining all at the same time.

Believe me now?

lol you had to post pics for the guy to believe you

yes.. the 8 card limit is removed. Very easy to run a ton of GPU's on Windows now

[Django69]

i have rigs with 12 nvidia gaming cards not mining edition since 3-4 month...

[Didi CC]

10 GPU running on a Gigabyte Fintech,

4 x 1060 6GB  Powerlimit 60 %  between 325 and 335 Sols/ s
2 x 1070  Powerlimit 70 %  between 435 and 445
2 x 1080  Powerlimit 70 %  between 485 and 505
2 x 1080 Ti Powerlimit 70 % between 650 and 680

Total draw of the wall is between 1440 en 1475 watt

All Cards are Gigabyte Aorus, cpu i3 and 8GB Ramm

Problem was that AB only sees 8 GPU, now I use Nvidia Inspector and all problems are gone.
Since EWBF gave problems with the OC, all cards were put back to factory, after reset all cards were put down in power and all core clocks got a 50 +
Mem I didn't play with yet, since it is stabil this way.

And now a question, is it wise to put the mem on the 1080 Ti cards negativ ? This should give a lower temp if I am right ?

[miner.31]

Guys pls help me . I have Asus mining expert motherboard (19 gpu slots). Works fine with 4 1080ti but when I attach the 5th 1080ti , my Ethminer crash with error : error cuda mining an illegal memory access was encountered .
Pls help , and thanks !

[Rune_Coin]

Just wanted to Verify!

Ive heard some rumors that its now possible to use more than 8 cards on Windows 10 systems, so shutdown my rigs and mixed up one with 10 Nvidia cards, thats now doing rock solid on all 10!  The 1709 Update fixes this limit.

Can anyone confirm what the limit is now?
Can anyone confirm that its the same for AMD cards? I Don`t have enough cards to verify this at the moment.

Awesome news, thank you very much for this kind of information.
On Gigabyte official website they say "Windows 10 version 1703 64-bit or higher is recommended"

https://www.gigabyte.com/MicroSite/462/mining.html

[ljepic]

Guys pls help me . I have Asus mining expert motherboard (19 gpu slots). Works fine with 4 1080ti but when I attach the 5th 1080ti , my Ethminer crash with error : error cuda mining an illegal memory access was encountered .
Pls help , and thanks !

Must rise virtual memory, i suggest minimum 40gb in your case.

[miner.31]

Min 40gb and max ? How much ram do I need ? Wat do I need if I want to add more gpus ? Thanks

[miner.31]

Min 40gb and max ? How much ram do I need ? Wat do I need if I want to add more gpus ? Thanks

use fucking search function or google
you´re welcome

Chill kid . Anyway does not work ... I have 16gb ram my virtual memory “says” that the pc use 2938mb  and I have 29547mb free space . I can’t put max memory to 40000mb... . I put it to max 29547mb but Ethminer crash.
Other solutions ?