PhoenixMiner 6.2c: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Win/Linux)

[ALuckyGuy]

Just wanted to post a little thank you for your continued work and the new turbo core. 

Using 4.1c with the 19.1.1 Adrenalin drivers and my RX580... stable all week and hitting just slightly over 32 MH/s. 

[PhoenixMiner]

Today I launched Phoenix miner 4.1c in dual mode with blake2s on three R9 290. They recently gave about 23 mh/s on Ether in solo. Unlike the RX series, there is no support in AMD drivers for a large DAG size for old cards, so their speed, which was once 30-31 max, has seriously decreased. Got a fantastic speed in the miner window (45 mh/s). Blake2s showed 1300 mh/s, but there were no shares at all.
I was very pleased, but after checking on the pool (Ethermine) it turned out that these are only numbers in the miner's console. The real speed remained 22-23 mh/s as it was earlier.

   We have tested extensively with R9 390, which is virtually the same as 290. Most probably your drivers aren't recognized properly. Please check the logs - you will see a yellow warning message "Unknown OpenCL driver version! Hashrate and stale shares may suffer". Here is the list of supported drivers for Windows: 15.12, 17.7.2, 17.8-BETA (Blockchain drivers), 17.8.x, 17.9.x, 17.10.x, 17.11.x, 17.12.x (avoid these, some bugs), 18.x.x, 19.1.1
   If you are using one of the supported drivers but the problem still persists, please send us the first few pages from the log file to diagnose the problem.

I am using 4.0B without any issues.
Does this only affect if the miner crash and have to restart?

   The DAG issue was already solved in 4.0b (it supports DAGs over 235). So, you don't need to upgrade unless you want some of the other new features.

Just wanted to post a little thank you for your continued work and the new turbo core. 

Using 4.1c with the 19.1.1 Adrenalin drivers and my RX580... stable all week and hitting just slightly over 32 MH/s. 

   Thank you, always nice to hear!

[ledgerdary]

Which driver would you recommend for Vega 56s? And is there perhaps any other parameter that you suggest I vary in particular to increase the hash rate?

Thanks in advance for your reply. Phoenix, keep up the good work. I really like your miner!

[Bigdrago]

Getting errors with clkernel 3

gpu 7: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
Thread(s) not responsding. Restarting
gpu 9: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 8: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 10: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 11: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 13: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 12: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)

I have 3 identical rigs (13x radeon 570 8gb). Rig 1 is working (speed rised from 408 to 411). Rig 2 working after restart. Rig 3 is not working, have to use clkernel 1.

[Xoide]

Hello! I am new here but have been tweaking my hynix cards for about a year now and just got a perfectly stable rx580 hynix bios that is currently running 29,5/MHS - 31/MHS depending on mem clocks, if you set mem to 2100 and core to 1150 you should see about 29 - 30 MHS. Power consumtion is around 90 to 95 for each card but you can tweak this more if you want to, i am happy with those settings though. Just reply to my inbox if you want the bios and i will send it to you. Kindest regards Xoide Smiley

EDIT: The cards is ASUS ROG-STRIX-RX580-O8G-Gaming

[twotwosix]

Getting errors with clkernel 3

gpu 7: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
Thread(s) not responsding. Restarting
gpu 9: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 8: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 10: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 11: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 13: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 12: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)

I have 3 identical rigs (13x radeon 570 8gb). Rig 1 is working (speed rised from 408 to 411). Rig 2 working after restart. Rig 3 is not working, have to use clkernel 1.

What menory brand?

[Bigdrago]

Getting errors with clkernel 3

gpu 7: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
Thread(s) not responsding. Restarting
gpu 9: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 8: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 10: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 11: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 13: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 12: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)

I have 3 identical rigs (13x radeon 570 8gb). Rig 1 is working (speed rised from 408 to 411). Rig 2 working after restart. Rig 3 is not working, have to use clkernel 1.

What menory brand?

I think that rig have samsung micron

[bategojko74]

Getting errors with clkernel 3

gpu 7: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
Thread(s) not responsding. Restarting
gpu 9: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 8: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 10: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 11: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 13: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 12: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)

I have 3 identical rigs (13x radeon 570 8gb). Rig 1 is working (speed rised from 408 to 411). Rig 2 working after restart. Rig 3 is not working, have to use clkernel 1.

Come on guys, read older posts.
Set your virual memory to at least cards number X 6 + 4 GB and everything will be all right with -clkernel 3

[Bigdrago]

Getting errors with clkernel 3

gpu 7: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
Thread(s) not responsding. Restarting
gpu 9: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 8: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 10: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 11: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 13: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 12: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)

I have 3 identical rigs (13x radeon 570 8gb). Rig 1 is working (speed rised from 408 to 411). Rig 2 working after restart. Rig 3 is not working, have to use clkernel 1.

Come on guys, read older posts.
Set your virual memory to at least cards number X 6 + 4 GB and everything will be all right with -clkernel 3

Ah. Trying the same settings as on rig1 now. initial size virtual memory 65000, maximum size 90000 mb.

[RadzyAus]

Hi guys, first post.

I've done a couple extensive test using Pheonix 4 and claymore 11.8.  I've noticed claymore is finding alot more blocks solo mining in a "pool".

I've also noticed in task manager that claymore shows one gpu use plus gpu 3d -0 on the right side of the task manager.  It's the same gpu coming up everytime.

Now Phoenix will show different gpus popping up in there randomly, the question id like to know is,  would this affect solo mining in any way? Because honestly, I'm getting  twice the amount of blocks on claymore at a slightly lower speed ( yes I've underclocked all cards alot lower than recommended to see if the load on cards was too much to solve problems successfully.. but it didn't make much difference, pushing them too hard on the other hand, did.( and wasn't getting memory errors))

So, can pheonix miner actually solo mine, or is it just for pool mining?(even though I'm soloing on a pool)

I'm just not sure how the miner works, how a pool miner would be diff from a solo one, is it telling the cards to go about solving a block any differently?  Because this seems too consistent for claymore to be finding more blocks..

P.s has anyone made a gui program to monitor the efficiency of each card, just to see if it could be doing better, I know some cards like slightly slower speeds to be more efficient..... talk about f"ing pedantic..

I'd love a reply from a miner developer!

Thanks fellow miners.

[Taja]

do anybody have connection error on eth ethermine pool on eu1?

[WhiteCoconut]

Taja, I just updated PhoenixMiner from 4.0b to 4.0c on a rig that mines at eu1. I don't see connection problems on both versions, but my address is like this: eu1.ethermine.org:5555.

I tried eu1.ethpool.org now and I have this error: Unable to establish secure connection to ssl://eu1.ethpool.org:3333: wrong version number

[Taja]

I am on 4.1c Phoenix and constantly from yesterday night have this problem with eu server.
I can mine on us1.

2019.01.25:11:26:06.992: main Eth: the pool list contains 1 pool (1 from command-line)
2019.01.25:11:26:06.992: main Eth: primary pool: ssl://eu1.ethermine.org:5555
2019.01.25:11:26:06.992: main Starting GPU mining
2019.01.25:11:26:06.993: wdog Starting watchdog thread
2019.01.25:11:26:07.432: main Eth: Connecting to ethash pool ssl://eu1.ethermine.org:5555 (proto: QtMiner)
2019.01.25:11:26:07.455: eths Eth: Connected to SSL ethash pool eu1.ethermine.org:5555 (172.65.207.106)
2019.01.25:11:26:07.481: eths Eth: Send: {"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_login","params":["xxx.rig1"]}

2019.01.25:11:26:07.556: eths Eth: Connection closed by the pool
2019.01.25:11:26:07.556: eths Eth: Reconnecting in 20 seconds...
2019.01.25:11:26:07.633: main Listening for CDM remote manager at port 3333 in read-only mode
2019.01.25:11:26:07.633: main GPU1: 38C 0%, GPU2: 41C 0%, GPU3: 35C 0%, GPU4: 35C 0%, GPU5: 40C 0%, GPU6: 39C 0%
2019.01.25:11:26:27.562: unkn Eth: Connecting to ethash pool ssl://eu1.ethermine.org:5555 (proto: QtMiner)
2019.01.25:11:26:27.572: eths Eth: Connected to SSL ethash pool eu1.ethermine.org:5555 (172.65.207.106)
2019.01.25:11:26:27.597: eths Eth: Send: {"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_login","params":["xxx.rig1"]}

2019.01.25:11:26:27.659: eths Eth: Connection closed by the pool
2019.01.25:11:26:27.659: eths Eth: Reconnecting in 20 seconds...
2019.01.25:11:26:35.560: main GPU1: 37C 0%, GPU2: 40C 0%, GPU3: 32C 0%, GPU4: 33C 0%, GPU5: 38C 0%, GPU6: 38C 0%
2019.01.25:11:26:47.663: unkn Eth: Connecting to ethash pool ssl://eu1.ethermine.org:5555 (proto: QtMiner)
2019.01.25:11:26:47.672: eths Eth: Connected to SSL ethash pool eu1.ethermine.org:5555 (172.65.207.106)
2019.01.25:11:26:47.696: eths Eth: Send: {"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_login","params":["xxx.rig1"]}

[WhiteCoconut]

This happened to me before, maybe few times. When eu1 didn't worked, us1 worked. If there is a technical problem, eventually they will fix it. But you should just add two servers in the config file anyway, one for -pool and one for -pool2:

-pool ssl://eu1.ethermine.org:5555 -pool2 ssl://us1.ethermine.org:5555

[Taja]

I also had a sporadic, but this lasts for more than 12 hours.
I have both servers.
I just wanted to see if anyone else has problems with eu server.

[PhoenixMiner]

Which driver would you recommend for Vega 56s? And is there perhaps any other parameter that you suggest I vary in particular to increase the hash rate?

Thanks in advance for your reply. Phoenix, keep up the good work. I really like your miner!

  In terms of hashrate there really isn't much difference but in terms of stability 18.5.1 was best for us. However we don't push our test rigs to much in order to be able to clearly determine if a problem or a crash is caused by hardware pushed over the edge or software bug.

Getting errors with clkernel 3

gpu 7: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
Thread(s) not responsding. Restarting
gpu 9: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 8: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 10: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 11: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 13: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)
gpu 12: clenqueueCopyBuffer (-4)

I have 3 identical rigs (13x radeon 570 8gb). Rig 1 is working (speed rised from 408 to 411). Rig 2 working after restart. Rig 3 is not working, have to use clkernel 1.

  -clkernel 3 doubles the size of DAG files, so make sure that you have big enough page file for 13 cards with double DAG buffers (i.e. 13 x 3 + 4 = 82 GB).

Hi guys, first post.

I've done a couple extensive test using Pheonix 4 and claymore 11.8.  I've noticed claymore is finding alot more blocks solo mining in a "pool".

I've also noticed in task manager that claymore shows one gpu use plus gpu 3d -0 on the right side of the task manager.  It's the same gpu coming up everytime.

Now Phoenix will show different gpus popping up in there randomly, the question id like to know is,  would this affect solo mining in any way? Because honestly, I'm getting  twice the amount of blocks on claymore at a slightly lower speed ( yes I've underclocked all cards alot lower than recommended to see if the load on cards was too much to solve problems successfully.. but it didn't make much difference, pushing them too hard on the other hand, did.( and wasn't getting memory errors))

So, can pheonix miner actually solo mine, or is it just for pool mining?(even though I'm soloing on a pool)

I'm just not sure how the miner works, how a pool miner would be diff from a solo one, is it telling the cards to go about solving a block any differently?  Because this seems too consistent for claymore to be finding more blocks..

P.s has anyone made a gui program to monitor the efficiency of each card, just to see if it could be doing better, I know some cards like slightly slower speeds to be more efficient..... talk about f"ing pedantic..

I'd love a reply from a miner developer!

Thanks fellow miners.

   There is no difference between solo mining and pool mining as far as the hashrate goes. If you are testing under the same conditions (i.e. the same pool and difficulty) then this is just bad luck.

Taja, I just updated PhoenixMiner from 4.0b to 4.0c on a rig that mines at eu1. I don't see connection problems on both versions, but my address is like this: eu1.ethermine.org:5555.

I tried eu1.ethpool.org now and I have this error: Unable to establish secure connection to ssl://eu1.ethpool.org:3333: wrong version number

   Ethpool doesn't support SSL, you must use -pool eu1.ethpool.org:3333 with it (note the missing ssl://).

I also had a sporadic, but this lasts for more than 12 hours.
I have both servers.
I just wanted to see if anyone else has problems with eu server.

   One of our test rigs constantly mines to eu1.ethermine.org and we have had similar issues with it as well as large number of stale shares for about an hour and half a few days ago because the shares weren't confirmed by the pool for a few minutes or so. These are probably temporary technical issues but it is always wise to setup fallback pool (or few fallback pools in epools.txt) for such cases.

[Soliqesh]

@Phoenixminer what u think about ETH+BYTOM?

[big_daddy]

are you preparing a dual solution for ETH + ZIL
cause the ZIL mainnet should start on 31st January

[DeDeRa]

Hi guys, i tried to find some data about the boost that -clkernel 3 offer for 8GB cards...really couldnt find any. Can anyone, please, share your results before and after -clkernel 3? At the moment im using RX 580 8GB and have 31.7 mhs. How much can i win with -clkernel 3? Also, does it use more power? Thank you. Have a nice day. Cheers!

[Guigs321]

You can can get 0,2 Mh/s more per cards, and 85 W to 88 W in GPU-Z in my case.