[XPM] Working on a GPU miner for Primecoin, new thread :)

[Bogart]

I only have 1 5870 GPU in my win7 box.

Using 4 or more CPU Threads it runs without crashing, but performance seems real slow (only 3 gandalf/s or less), and also seems to diminish steadily over time, as if there was a resource leak.

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[ivanlabrie]

I only have 1 5870 GPU in my win7 box.

Using 4 or more CPU Threads it runs without crashing, but performance seems real slow (only 3 gandalf/s or less), and also seems to diminish steadily over time, as if there was a resource leak.

win 7 64 or 32?

What does your conf file look like?

[primedigger]

mrlt can u shed some light on the 0 blocks found ?

Can u shed some light on the speed in PPS vs your M rating

easy, multiply PPS with 3600 to get primes per hour = the M rating of the miner.

[YipYip]

So a i7 gets around 800-1000pps

AM i reading this right or does the M denote millions ??

IF M denotes millions then it is still ~ 1100 pps which is about a on par per card as an i7 (why has no one found a block ??)

IF it does not and its 5 pps then this GPU miner is an abortion in a bucket

[reb0rn21]

PPS is not whats is counted for.... 7-8-9 chains are needed per hour

I had ~110M (with seiva procentage of 24) with cpu+2x 7950 and that resulted in just few 7-chains and one 8-chains per hour, and that is bad

My i5 is doing ~2600pps thats like 10M/h (solo hp10)

[2Kool4Skewl]

Is the consensus that the gpu miner is worse than hp10?

[bitwarrior]

PPS is not whats is counted for.... 7-8-9 chains are needed per hour

I had ~110M (with seiva procentage of 24) with cpu+2x 7950 and that resulted in just few 7-chains and one 8-chains per hour, and that is bad

My i5 is doing ~2600pps thats like 10M/h (solo hp10)

WOW.. can you share what configuration you are using?
Seems like we are missing the secret sauce here.

Thanks

[reb0rn21]

Is the consensus that the gpu miner is worse than hp10?

you can not compare, GPU miner is like in rude alpha state
HP10 is like miles more optimized, + prime coin is hard nut to crack even for a CPU coding

[reb0rn21]

I used sieva procentage 23
use_gpu_fermat_test false
CPU 6 treads (i have i5 but this helped) and fermat test is done on CPU

+ 2x 7950

[bitwarrior]

I used sieva procentage 23
use_gpu_fermat_test false  ---any idea on how to run the fermat test on cpu? It gave me fermat assert error and it crashed
CPU 6 treads (i have i5 but this helped) and fermat test is done on CPU

+ 2x 7950

Thanks for sharing, still the same appcrash we are experiencing regarding integer overflow.

[YipYip]

I used sieva procentage 23
use_gpu_fermat_test false
CPU 6 treads (i have i5 but this helped) and fermat test is done on CPU

+ 2x 7950

Thanks for the info i was getting ~ 20m from a 5 card rig

Also long story short has ANYONE found a block ....I am starting to feel that this has been a MASSIVE waste of time !!!!

Considering mrlt walked away with $10,000 is a joke !!!

Oh well that was a nice way to totally screw you reputation ..ANOTHER YIFU !!!

[TheSpiral]

I used sieva procentage 23
use_gpu_fermat_test false
CPU 6 treads (i have i5 but this helped) and fermat test is done on CPU

+ 2x 7950

Thanks for the info i was getting ~ 20m from a 5 card rig

Also long story short has ANYONE found a block ....I am starting to feel that this has been a MASSIVE waste of time !!!!

Considering mrlt walked away with $10,000 is a joke !!!

Oh well that was a nice way to totally screw you reputation ..ANOTHER YIFU !!!

I'm not sure you understand what "beta" or "donation" means.

[jasinlee]

Realsolid and mtrlt are old pals, I am really shocked anyone is surprised at their method of operation.

[vipah]

Realsolid and mtrlt are old pals, I am really shocked anyone is surprised at their method of operation.

and what does that mean?

You have any evidence to back up such claims?

[jasinlee]

Ask him, he doesnt hide it, its all over the forums too. Try google. Its not like a secret or anything.

[2Kool4Skewl]

I used sieva procentage 23
use_gpu_fermat_test false
CPU 6 treads (i have i5 but this helped) and fermat test is done on CPU

+ 2x 7950

Thanks for the info i was getting ~ 20m from a 5 card rig

Also long story short has ANYONE found a block ....I am starting to feel that this has been a MASSIVE waste of time !!!!

Considering mrlt walked away with $10,000 is a joke !!!

Oh well that was a nice way to totally screw you reputation ..ANOTHER YIFU !!!

This software is a joke.  HP10 outperforms it.

This is my conversation with mtrlt on #eligius-prime:

<TwoKoolFourSkewl> mtrlt, no offense, but your program is terrible
<mtrlt> it's a beta, what did you expect?
<TwoKoolFourSkewl> not to mention, that others are giving it away for free
<mtrlt> it has only been tested on my own hardware
<TwoKoolFourSkewl> I want my money back
<mtrlt> you want a donation back?
<TwoKoolFourSkewl> yes
<mtrlt> want all you want

and

<TwoKoolFourSkewl> I also didn't expect others to give it away immediately
<mtrlt> and I knew it was going to happen instantly
<TwoKoolFourSkewl> Yet you still collected money for it?
<mtrlt> it was _the reason_ I wanted donations
<mtrlt> you can't get money after the fact
<mtrlt> i've got some business sense
<TwoKoolFourSkewl> that's not being a businessman that's being a scam artist

We all should have paid mikaelh for hp10 instead.

[mechs]

Hopefully he continues to improve and refine the gpu miner.  Until then, this will remain a cpu only coin it seems

[2Kool4Skewl]

Hopefully he continues to improve and refine the gpu miner.  Until then, this will remain a cpu only coin it seems

Yeah, I bet.  He needs to refund ALL the money that he collected for this garbage.

[vinne81]

Hopefully he continues to improve and refine the gpu miner.  Until then, this will remain a cpu only coin it seems

Yeah I bet he'll give up his daytime job and start working on this piece of shit GPU miner lol

[TheSpiral]

Hopefully he continues to improve and refine the gpu miner.  Until then, this will remain a cpu only coin it seems

Yeah, I bet.  He needs to refund ALL the money that he collected for this garbage.

You seriously don't understand what a beta is, do you?