Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards? No longer possible? DAG/OS issues

[Ashequr]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4978579.0 has a miner that is not limited by the DAG size. It uses paging to the system memory from the GPU RAM to get around the issues. I've run it without issues. Performance is slightly degraded due to the hit to get to system memory but it is only 5% slower than what it used to be.

1. This mining tool is a scam/virus.
2. Now the DAG file for Ethereum is 2.66 GB you have another 6 months for mining with those cards if you install Windows 7 or ethos or any other linux based mining software. After that period you can move to Ubiq or other coin

It is going to take a while to convince people that TerraCotta is not a virus. If people have gone through the pain of reverting to Windows 7 from Win 10, just try mining on a fresh Win 10 install on a with new wallet and new everything else. You will see that there this is not a virus. And you can continue mining ether for a long as it makes sense without worrying about DAG size.

Dude, you registered 1 day ago and have 2 posts - both of which are promoting TerraCotta. You also have the same local time zone as TerraCotta poster. Do I really need to call in the mods to ban your ass with this shill account.


IT'S A VIRUS!

Yes, I am in the same timezone and work for the same company as the TerraCotta poster.

From your perspective it makes sense to assume I'm promoting a virus. All I'm asking is you take necessary precautions and try the program out in an safe controlled environment where you have no risk of data loss. Try it in a DMZ, firewall the GPU server, physical isolation from the rest of your infrastucture, etc. whatever you need to feel safe. The TerraCotta miner was designed to support DAG sizes exceeding GPU RAM. The 1060GPU is best platform to show this on. It will take time to change perspectives and I don't expect everyone to trust an unknown software overnight.

[wesk1212]

try to use hive OS

i use it and there is no problem .. it very stable and very easy .. only burn it on 16gb flash memory

[FFI2013]

try to use hive OS

i use it and there is no problem .. it very stable and very easy .. only burn it on 16gb flash memory

I love hiveos and I tried every mining os out there pimp,smos,ethos,miningstat and I can't remember the rest I got sick of windows no matter what I did somehow windows would sneak a update in somehow its crazy that they stripped the users of not wanting updates or the bullshit bloatware

[kostepanych2]

I mined ethereum on 3GB GPUs last week in HiveOS without problems...
But since Monday there is an error:  "Allocating buffers failed with: clCreateBuffer (-61)."
I suppose epoch changed on Monday?
Is there possibility to solve this problem now?

[VasilyS]

GTX1060 3 Gb cards don't work now while Ether mining. But there are a lot of coins even more profitable at the moment. GPU Core of GTX1060 is good and strong enough now. There are problems with R9 280 3 GB - they are useful  only as heaters last time.

[hashestohashes]

Hey guys,

win10(win8)+1063+latest drivers
epoch 177-178: work if use claymore with key -eres 0
epoch 179 (~8 apr): work if use ethminer 0.12.0+
epoch 180 (~12 apr): work if use driver 372.54 + claymore with key -eres 0
epoch 181 (~18 apr):  work if use Windows 7 or linux

conclusion: u can use win10(win8) + 1063 + driver 372.54 + claymore with key -eres 0 up to ~18.04.2018 after that only win7 or linux

or u can use win7 or linux now and forget about dag issue.
win7 up to ~ 11.2018
linux up to ~ 12.2018

Just so you know, your date was spot on, my 1060 3gb died a glorious unprofitable death in early December on Linux. Others had different dates, but for me and another person yours was correct.

[Xazax310]

According to the dag size Calculator, https://investoon.com/tools/dag_size, ETH 3GB dag wont be reached till April. Windows 10 was earlier this year due to a change by Windows in how it handles Vram to use to windows. I'm still mining and not having DAG issues with my 1060 3GBs.

[shield132]

According to the dag size Calculator, https://investoon.com/tools/dag_size, ETH 3GB dag wont be reached till April. Windows 10 was earlier this year due to a change by Windows in how it handles Vram to use to windows. I'm still mining and not having DAG issues with my 1060 3GBs.

Yeah but I think people have to consider that they don't have to spread their mining plan on last seconds when DAG size will reach 3gb or gpu's limit. If anyone bought them last year for profit, that's a big fault. I would buy 4gb and higher, my personal favourite is gtx 1070/ti, gtx1080/ti. They will be very useful for long term and you won't worry on DAG file size nor on ethereum's price because there are wide choices on this GPU unlike of AMD.

[HaloGenius]

I wrote this article for HiveOS users but you can find it useful too I'm think

GTX 1060 3G - The Last Song of Ethereum

[sefirotius]

So, no chance to mine ETH or ETC anymore ? I am out with Windows 7...

claymore - 2998 MB;
claymore with -res option 0 - 2982 MB;
ethminer - 2980 MB;
phoenixminer - 2998 MB;
phoenixminer with the -res 0 - 2982 MB option;
bminer - 2980 MB;
finminer - 2937 MB.