[XPM] Primecoin Built-in Miner Sieve Performance Issue

[mhps]

Just tested the 3 new windows releases from anonppcoin, shinkicker and zalfrin. Zalfrins is the fastest but shinkickers didn't crash on exit.

 

Heh... that's a new development. It also appears to be broken again, not pulling in new blocks as they come. Last time that was a UPNP problem.

All right, here's a fixed version. Includes all dlls, shouldn't be crashing on exit, and should be following the blockchain properly. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6dwcc5p1koj86vz/release5.zip

Is this optimized especially for i5 as release3 above or generically optimized? Thanks

edit: it crashes on start on my i7 L620 laptop and doesn't start on my i5 650 desktop. Both machines worked with your original release plus shinkickers dlls.

[drummerjdb666]

Just tested the 3 new windows releases from anonppcoin, shinkicker and zalfrin. Zalfrins is the fastest but shinkickers didn't crash on exit.

 

Heh... that's a new development. It also appears to be broken again, not pulling in new blocks as they come. Last time that was a UPNP problem.

All right, here's a fixed version. Includes all dlls, shouldn't be crashing on exit, and should be following the blockchain properly. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6dwcc5p1koj86vz/release5.zip

You sir! Are awesome!  with only 3 current connections on the client.. after two minutes I'm already at 295pps


question if you are willing to answer.. is there a way to put more addnodes into the client without going through the console.. it seems if i put a .conf with only addnodes, the client gives me the "use listen=1" error and then opens but won't connect..  is there come file in the program files i could just add it to? and what would i open that file with to edit it... maybe something more user friendly than ecplipse?  notepad?

[dudeguy]

Just tested the 3 new windows releases from anonppcoin, shinkicker and zalfrin. Zalfrins is the fastest but shinkickers didn't crash on exit.

 

Heh... that's a new development. It also appears to be broken again, not pulling in new blocks as they come. Last time that was a UPNP problem.

All right, here's a fixed version. Includes all dlls, shouldn't be crashing on exit, and should be following the blockchain properly. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6dwcc5p1koj86vz/release5.zip

Thanks for being cool!

Just a quick question. I don't know how fast this is yet but is it a winner for Ivy Bridge i3 i5 i7? I have an i3 3225

[dudeguy]

Just tested the 3 new windows releases from anonppcoin, shinkicker and zalfrin. Zalfrins is the fastest but shinkickers didn't crash on exit.

 

Heh... that's a new development. It also appears to be broken again, not pulling in new blocks as they come. Last time that was a UPNP problem.

All right, here's a fixed version. Includes all dlls, shouldn't be crashing on exit, and should be following the blockchain properly. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6dwcc5p1koj86vz/release5.zip

Is this optimized especially for i5 as release3 above or generically optimized? Thanks

i5 sandy bridge? Mobile? Ivy bridge? Specify. I had a similar question. I have an i3 3225 ivy bridge.

[drummerjdb666]

Just tested the 3 new windows releases from anonppcoin, shinkicker and zalfrin. Zalfrins is the fastest but shinkickers didn't crash on exit.

 

Heh... that's a new development. It also appears to be broken again, not pulling in new blocks as they come. Last time that was a UPNP problem.

All right, here's a fixed version. Includes all dlls, shouldn't be crashing on exit, and should be following the blockchain properly. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6dwcc5p1koj86vz/release5.zip

Thanks for being cool!

Just a quick question. I don't know how fast this is yet but is it a winner for Ivy Bridge i3 i5 i7? I have an i3 3225

I'm on a 3770k and I have seen 531pps so far !

[Zalfrin]

Is this optimized especially for i5 as release3 above or generically optimized? Thanks

edit: it crashes on start on my i7 L620 laptop and doesn't start on my i5 650 desktop. Both machines worked with your original release plus shinkickers dlls.

Yes still optimized for i5. Sorry to hear it's not working for you. I can try a -mtune instead of a -march to make it usable across more processors, but that's basically what anonppcoin's build was doing.

[Zalfrin]

i5 sandy bridge? Mobile? Ivy bridge? Specify. I had a similar question. I have an i3 3225 ivy bridge.

Sandy bridge.

[craslovell]

Just tested the 3 new windows releases from anonppcoin, shinkicker and zalfrin. Zalfrins is the fastest but shinkickers didn't crash on exit.

 

Heh... that's a new development. It also appears to be broken again, not pulling in new blocks as they come. Last time that was a UPNP problem.

All right, here's a fixed version. Includes all dlls, shouldn't be crashing on exit, and should be following the blockchain properly. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6dwcc5p1koj86vz/release5.zip

Seems to launch ok on half my computers, the other half don't like it.

[dudeguy]

Update

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vfyr1tfd3qb2dxn/primecoin0710.zip

This is a fresh pull using -O3 and mtune=corei7-avx compiling options. In other words, it is optimized for AVX instruction processors (Core i3, i5, and i7) but will run on any hardware.

XPM: AR2BpBnitqXudN67Ncuc9FfYVT8u9jNe7a if you feel inclined.

This is on my i5-2400:



I was getting about 120 PPS earlier today, so a huge improvement.

I need a virus check on these files please.

3..2...1...virus check complete 

Honestly, I always recommend sandboxing 3rd-party builds, and that holds true for my own work.

So this build would be probably be best for Ivy Bridge i3? I'm assuming it's the best since my PPS are highest with this build. Thank you for your hard work.

[SALHERO]

i5 sandy bridge? Mobile? Ivy bridge? Specify. I had a similar question. I have an i3 3225 ivy bridge.

Sandy bridge.

i have a i5 2500k and wallet crashed before ends of open  

[Zalfrin]

I've got one more build spinning using -mtune=i686, should be more compatible. I don't know how it will compare with anonppcoin's build, but will probably be slower than the i5 sandy bridge optimized version.

Very strange that someone with a i5-2500k has issues as well, that's the same processor I have. Wonder why it works for some people but not others.

[hiddenvalleyranch]

Was getting less than 50 on my i5-4670k but no I'm getting 600+ using only 2 cores while I mine LTC. Very nice.

[mhps]

Is this optimized especially for i5 as release3 above or generically optimized? Thanks

edit: it crashes on start on my i7 L620 laptop and doesn't start on my i5 650 desktop. Both machines worked with your original release plus shinkickers dlls.

Yes still optimized for i5. Sorry to hear it's not working for you. I can try a -mtune instead of a -march to make it usable across more processors, but that's basically what anonppcoin's build was doing.

To remove any ambiguity, I am supposed to open the zip in an empty dir and click the exe file (with the config in appdata), right?

You original release plus shinkicker's dlls let my i5 desktop and a xeon server find blocks. tips will be sent when upgrade frenzy dies down a bit

[craslovell]

My AMD FX-6100 six core is getting 700PPS 

[Zalfrin]

Is this optimized especially for i5 as release3 above or generically optimized? Thanks

edit: it crashes on start on my i7 L620 laptop and doesn't start on my i5 650 desktop. Both machines worked with your original release plus shinkickers dlls.

Yes still optimized for i5. Sorry to hear it's not working for you. I can try a -mtune instead of a -march to make it usable across more processors, but that's basically what anonppcoin's build was doing.

To remove any ambiguity, I am supposed to open the zip in an empty dir and click the exe file (with the config in appdata), right?

You original release plus shinkicker's dlls let my i5 desktop and a xeon server find blocks. tips will be sent when upgrade frenzy dies down a bit

Yes that should be all there is to it, unzip everything into a folder, then run the qt .exe file. Just like any other qt file. It will use the primecoin.conf in the usual roaming folder area.

[Zalfrin]

Here's one more to try, uses -O3 -mtune=i686, so optimized for a 686 architecture but should work in other architectures as well. As I said, I expect the -march=native version I released at first to be faster, IF it works for you.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhafd9cdfts6090/release6_tuned_for_i686.zip

[mhps]

Updated

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vfyr1tfd3qb2dxn/primecoin0710.zip

Latest Windows build. Tuned for Intel AVX processors.

XPM: AR2BpBnitqXudN67Ncuc9FfYVT8u9jNe7a

Are i5 650 and xeon E5620   "AVX processors"  ?

[anonppcoin]

Heh... that's a new development. It also appears to be broken again, not pulling in new blocks as they come. Last time that was a UPNP problem.

All right, here's a fixed version. Includes all dlls, shouldn't be crashing on exit, and should be following the blockchain properly. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6dwcc5p1koj86vz/release5.zip

Zalfrin, may I ask what was broken? I am working on some optimizations right now and would like to avoid the same (I'm assuming uPnP) problem. I'm about to hang it up for the night but if I find anything that looks promising tomorrow, I'll let you know. I prefer to keep changes public on the board rather than on IRC like we have been doing.

[drummerjdb666]

Here's one more to try, uses -O3 -mtune=i686, so optimized for a 686 architecture but should work in other architectures as well. As I said, I expect the -march=native version I released at first to be faster, IF it works for you.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhafd9cdfts6090/release6_tuned_for_i686.zip

Hey bro!  and to you other guys.. somebody on cryptsy was questioning my use of your binaries..  out of curiosity and paranoia lol how many other people are using this..?  anybody want to examine it.. i'm willing to take the gamble lol..  anybody found a block yet?

here's my addnodes..  why are only three there?  i was able to connect to 12 on the other client before using this....5-600+ for pps is awesome though

[
{
"addr" : "178.33.22.32:9911",
"services" : "00000001",
"lastsend" : 1373516814,
"lastrecv" : 1373516814,
"bytessent" : 63863,
"bytesrecv" : 105898,
"conntime" : 1373514166,
"version" : 70001,
"subver" : "/Satoshi:0.8.3/",
"inbound" : false,
"startingheight" : 10621,
"banscore" : 0,
"syncnode" : true
},
{
"addr" : "50.116.22.43:9911",
"services" : "00000001",
"lastsend" : 1373516814,
"lastrecv" : 1373516814,
"bytessent" : 33676,
"bytesrecv" : 93232,
"conntime" : 1373514167,
"version" : 70001,
"subver" : "/Satoshi:0.8.3/",
"inbound" : false,
"startingheight" : 10621,
"banscore" : 0
},
{
"addr" : "23.21.2.143:9911",
"services" : "00000001",
"lastsend" : 1373516814,
"lastrecv" : 1373516814,
"bytessent" : 75241,
"bytesrecv" : 100792,
"conntime" : 1373514265,
"version" : 70001,
"subver" : "/Satoshi:0.8.3/",
"inbound" : false,
"startingheight" : 10627,
"banscore" : 0
}
]
adding more nodes seems a good idea.. but to one of the src files? not through console..   why is syncnode true only used for one node?

i feel like that little kid going Hey mr,    Hey mr,   Hey mr
haha

[UNOE]

Is primepersec same as what you guys are saying is PPS ?

If yes then I'm doing 1700 to 2000 on my PC.