Hi All
I use Cyclenerds ethminer image (
https://github.com/Cyclenerd/ethereum_nvidia_miner) and its excellent
One question i have is that it uses Nvidia Driver Version: 381.22
Will i notice any performance increase if i upgrade these to the latest one's found on Nvidia's website? ( 384.90 )
Let me know
Thanks!
384 is preferrable, I'll tell you why, on linux there is no GUI like windows to config the over-drive/over-clock stuff,
Only 384 has the nvidia-settings/nvidia-smi cmd-line properly setup to allow you to control fan and memory clock, thus if you want to get the full power out of your CUDA-CARDS I would be running 384
In summary if you care to roll up your sleeves in the cmd-line world of "nvidia-settings" then go for 384, if you don't have any desire to max the over-clock potential then stay with a older release.
If your a newb & don't know what I said above, then google the stuff below and learn what it does ..
#!/bin/bash
sudo nvidia-xconfig -a --cool-bits=28
[ the above is a special flag that enables the following ]
nvidia-settings -a '[gpu:2]/GPUGraphicsMemoryOffset[3]=100'
nvidia-settings -a '[gpu:2]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]=100'
nvidia-settings -a '[gpu:2]/GPUFanControlState=1'
nvidia-settings -a '[fan:2]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=80'
# you need to run the above everytime you boot the machine
#!/usr/bin/env bash
nvidia-smi --format=csv --query-gpu=name,power.draw,fan.speed,temperature.gpu,clocks.video,clocks.mem
# this is just a diagnostic script, so you can see the current settings before you fiddle
# memory transfer rate is the critical on cuda for ethminer or equihash +500 for gtx-160 +1500 for Gtx-1070, and +1800 for Gtx-1080
# graphics is best kept below +150 it doesn't do much for equi or eth mining, same for all cards
# keep you power below 60% of max rating with "nvidia-smi -pl N -i M" where N is watts ( 95 for gtx-1060-6), and M is the i' card in smi
***
nvidia-xconfig -a --allow-empty-initial-configuration --cool-bits=31 --use-display-device="DFP-0" --connected-monitor="DFP-0"
#You need to run line everytime you add or remove cards.