Tweaking config file xmr-stak-amd

[Coin_Joiner]

Hi,

i'm using xmr-stak-amd to mine electroneum with my gpu. Everything is running smoothly and now i'm looking for ways to tweak my performance. One is of course modding the bios of my gpu card. But i'd also like to look at de config file. Most of it is pretty straightforward, but i'm looking for more information on two variables: intensity and worksize. This is what the config file says:

*  intensity    - Number of parallel GPU threads (nothing to do with CPU threads)
*  worksize    - Number of local GPU threads (nothing to do with CPU threads)

How do I interpret these variables? How do they relate to each other and the hardware specs of my gpu (RX580)? I currently run these on default values (1000 and .

Thanks!

[CoinComputer]

Try some different combinations of those 2 variables keeping 1 static and varying the other.  Check your hash rate by pressing 'h' in the command line noting performance for each variable increment or decrement.

[Mattthev]

Hi,

i'm using xmr-stak-amd to mine electroneum with my gpu. Everything is running smoothly and now i'm looking for ways to tweak my performance. One is of course modding the bios of my gpu card. But i'd also like to look at de config file. Most of it is pretty straightforward, but i'm looking for more information on two variables: intensity and worksize. This is what the config file says:

*  intensity    - Number of parallel GPU threads (nothing to do with CPU threads)
*  worksize    - Number of local GPU threads (nothing to do with CPU threads)

How do I interpret these variables? How do they relate to each other and the hardware specs of my gpu (RX580)? I currently run these on default values (1000 and .

Thanks!

Check my Monero guide https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2126975.0
Guys posted there their best configs.

[Coin_Joiner]

I have modded my gpu bios, adjusted the mem clock and now i'm running just a hair under 800H/s. Sadly I don't see any option in the Gigabyte Aorus software to adjust the voltages to decrease wattage. Currently the gpu is drawing about 100 watts. I also played around with the intensity and worksize setting but all resulted in lower hash rates. All in all these results aren't that bad I think.

[kostepanych2]

Hello, using xmr-stak-amd-notls with Radeon 7950 and it periodically stops to mine and freezes.
My GPU is NOT overclocked.
Is there possibility to fix that?

[Coin_Joiner]

Hello, using xmr-stak-amd-notls with Radeon 7950 and it periodically stops to mine and freezes.
My GPU is NOT overclocked.
Is there possibility to fix that?

I haven't got any experience with the notls version. Have you tried the tls version? You might want to post your config settings. Maybe some sees something in there that might help. One of the problems I had was the "platform_index" setting. With AMD cards this has to be set to "1".

[marty.ninja]

I have modded my gpu bios, adjusted the mem clock and now i'm running just a hair under 800H/s. Sadly I don't see any option in the Gigabyte Aorus software to adjust the voltages to decrease wattage. Currently the gpu is drawing about 100 watts. I also played around with the intensity and worksize setting but all resulted in lower hash rates. All in all these results aren't that bad I think.

Did you manage to reduce your wattage? im running Aorus 570s and 580 about 750h/s for the 580 and 775h/s on the 570s. Im still tweaking the 580 as its new. What did you mod the bios to? according to GPU-Z mine run around 70W.