guiminer maxes out total hash/s with 2 gpu's

[themikest3r]

Got a simple mining rig setup, Asus am3 motherboard, amd phenom x4, Corsair H50 water cooled, 8GB ram, and 2 saphire 5830's for mining. I had a 400wat power supply and guiminer would tend to max out the total Mhash/s to about 250Mhash/s (Like one card would mine at 218Mh/s and the other 20Mh/s) with the 2 cards. I assumed this is because I was drastically underpowering the two cards. So I upgraded to a 700wat power supply, yet I am getting the exact same results as I did with the 400wat power supply. Is there another issue I overlooked? Running windows 7 x64 and using latest guiminer. Thanks in advance

[jh1523]

Are you running anything that uses a video card? Any background programs?

[themikest3r]

Nothing other than utorrent (not downloading or seeding) and ati catalyst

[gooie]

sounds like you might be mining twice on the same GPU. mind posting a pic of your guiminer settings?

[themikest3r]

https://i.imgur.com/c0prx.png

[NothinG]

Shows device 0 and 3, shouldn't it be 0 and 1?

[gooie]

it seems like you don't have any flags. have you tried using phoenix?

how my settings look like:

https://i.imgur.com/ZHGDQ.png

try making a new miner with phoenix and add a couple of flags like:

 -k phatk VECTORS BFI_INT FASTLOOP=false WORKSIZE=128 AGGRESSION=12

should help a bit.

[themikest3r]

Shows device 0 and 3, shouldn't it be 0 and 1?

it lists my CPU as both 1 and 2. IDK why it has one gpu at 0 and the other at 3

[themikest3r]

it seems like you don't have any flags. have you tried using phoenix?

how my settings look like:

https://i.imgur.com/ZHGDQ.png

try making a new miner with phoenix and add a couple of flags like:

 -k phatk VECTORS BFI_INT FASTLOOP=false WORKSIZE=128 AGGRESSION=12

should help a bit.

Did that, now both are stable around 120Mh/s each, givinge me a total of around 240Mh/s

[gooie]

what are the clocks on the GPUs?

[themikest3r]

sapphire trixx reports 800MHz on each card

[Morebitcoinsplease]

sounds like you might be mining twice on the same GPU. mind posting a pic of your guiminer settings?

I agree it with 2x5830's you should be getting 2xx Mhashs for each card, I would try to make sure that both video cards are being detected and that the ATI catalyst drivers see them.

[Morebitcoinsplease]

sapphire trixx reports 800MHz on each card

800 you should definitely see 2xx Mhashs per card, Which catalyst version you running 11.6? If so are you using dummy plugs?

[themikest3r]

sapphire trixx reports 800MHz on each card

800 you should definitely see 2xx Mhashs per card, Which catalyst version you running 11.6? If so are you using dummy plugs?

Ok, I think you guys are right with the one card, catylst shows one and one disables. Having issues how to figure out to re-enable the second one (not using crossfire btw) and what are dummy plugs?

EDIT: Yes I am using 11.6

[gooie]

it's easier just to add crossfire, works for me.

[jh1523]

sapphire trixx reports 800MHz on each card

800 you should definitely see 2xx Mhashs per card, Which catalyst version you running 11.6? If so are you using dummy plugs?

Ok, I think you guys are right with the one card, catylst shows one and one disables. Having issues how to figure out to re-enable the second one (not using crossfire btw) and what are dummy plugs?

EDIT: Yes I am using 11.6

Dummy plugs:
http://www.overclock.net/folding-home-guides-tutorials/384733-30-second-dummy-plug.html
Without one, the driver disables any cards not attached to a monitor. The dummy plug fools the driver. Only needed in Windows (Linux drivers don't disable cards).

[Morebitcoinsplease]

sapphire trixx reports 800MHz on each card

800 you should definitely see 2xx Mhashs per card, Which catalyst version you running 11.6? If so are you using dummy plugs?

Ok, I think you guys are right with the one card, catylst shows one and one disables. Having issues how to figure out to re-enable the second one (not using crossfire btw) and what are dummy plugs?

EDIT: Yes I am using 11.6

Okay real quick explanation

Nut shell, 11.6 Catalyst cannot access the other cards without having a monitor plugged into them

Mining on Windows, you need to use dummy plugs  (Google Dummy Plugs them or search the forums) or upgrade your catalyst to 11.6b, 11.7
BUT I have read numerous times your CPU will be at 100% constantly if you do upgrade to 11.6b or 11.7

OR

You can switch to Linuxcoin if you are comfortable with running linux

Either of the three suggestions ( dummy plugs / upgrade your catalyst / linxcoin) will solve your problem =)

[jh1523]

Another solution: if your monitor has multiple inputs (most do), run a cable from the second card to another input on the monitor; configure it as a second monitor in display properties, and the driver should enable the second card (I remember doing this at some point in the past).

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[themikest3r]

Thank you all for the help! plugged in a dvi cable to a spare monitor and walla! Now got both cards oc'd to 300Mhash/s each!!!! Thanks again!

[jh1523]

In the long term rather than use a second monitor you should really make a dummy plug. All it takes is a DVI/VGA adapter (which you probably have), $1.19 at Radio Shack http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062314 and 30 seconds of your time - see guide above.