GUI mining - updated Dec 3 with 7970 bugfix, also supports Stratum!

[PwrLeveld]

You have to use cuda mining with NVidia, and it won't be worth it because nvidia cards don't mine at a rate that makes up for the enrgy consumption, and besides on a laptop.

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[lemoncoolers]

You have to use cuda mining with NVidia, and it won't be worth it because nvidia cards don't mine at a rate that makes up for the enrgy consumption, and besides on a laptop.

ah, i see, well thank you for the advice. Im curious though, how does one learn which cards are good for mining and what rate they mine and their energy cost?

and also, if i were to use my nvidia card for cuda mining anyway, where would i acquire the necessary software?

[DrKennethNoisewater]

Just wanted to say hats off to Kiv, this really does make it easier.

I was running and older rig prob 2.5 years old or more with dual nvidia 9800 GT's and could only get 25 mhash/sec per card.

I just installed a Diamond ATI HD 6950 and after some driver wiping and installing was able to get the thing online and operating at a healthy 300Mhash/sec.

Man, these new gen cards are freaking huge.................

Now that I know I can get the hashrate, time to take it up a notch and go for a 1.5 rig........

Peace out 

DKN

[Kiv]

A list of many popular cards is here.

The CUDA mining software is also conveniently built in to GUIMiner. You'll need to do:

File -> New Other Miner -> puddinpop -> rpcminer-cuda

I don't have a CUDA card handy to give you any more steps, but if you have any trouble with it post back and someone will help you

You have to use cuda mining with NVidia, and it won't be worth it because nvidia cards don't mine at a rate that makes up for the enrgy consumption, and besides on a laptop.

ah, i see, well thank you for the advice. Im curious though, how does one learn which cards are good for mining and what rate they mine and their energy cost?

and also, if i were to use my nvidia card for cuda mining anyway, where would i acquire the necessary software?

[Kiv]

Glad I could make your life easier ^_^  Remember to donate even a little bit if you're enjoying the program (it's good karma!)

Just wanted to say hats off to Kiv, this really does make it easier.

I was running and older rig prob 2.5 years old or more with dual nvidia 9800 GT's and could only get 25 mhash/sec per card.

I just installed a Diamond ATI HD 6950 and after some driver wiping and installing was able to get the thing online and operating at a healthy 300Mhash/sec.

Man, these new gen cards are freaking huge.................

Now that I know I can get the hashrate, time to take it up a notch and go for a 1.5 rig........

Peace out 

DKN

[lemoncoolers]

A list of many popular cards is here.

The CUDA mining software is also conveniently built in to GUIMiner. You'll need to do:

File -> New Other Miner -> puddinpop -> rpcminer-cuda

I don't have a CUDA card handy to give you any more steps, but if you have any trouble with it post back and someone will help you

You have to use cuda mining with NVidia, and it won't be worth it because nvidia cards don't mine at a rate that makes up for the enrgy consumption, and besides on a laptop.

ah, i see, well thank you for the advice. Im curious though, how does one learn which cards are good for mining and what rate they mine and their energy cost?

and also, if i were to use my nvidia card for cuda mining anyway, where would i acquire the necessary software?

much appreciated. thanks for basically holding my noob hand through this ive got ann account on the correct pool so once it says "starting..." is there anything more i need to do?

[Kiv]

much appreciated. thanks for basically holding my noob hand through this ive got ann account on the correct pool so once it says "starting..." is there anything more i need to do?

If it's working correctly you'll see something like "150 MHash/sec" on the status bar of the tab. If it just hangs forever on "starting" then there might be an issue with your drivers or your setup. If you could open up the Console tab and then start the miner up, it might show a helpful error message.

[Kiv]

Hey everyone! A new version of the miner is available; I've updated the download link on the first
post, or you can get it here:

    guiminer-20110608.exe (self-extracting archive)


Changes:

- Support Phoenix miner backend and phatk kernel, which is slightly faster than poclbm on some graphics cards. Thanks to all who donated for this.
- Support ufasoft CPU miner backend. Thanks to thebaba for contributing code for this.
- Add Chinese language translation. Thanks to Dean Lee for contributing this.
- Add German language translation. Thanks to Liikaa for contributing this.
- Add French language translation. Thanks to Cramoisan Florian for contributing this.
- Add Hungarian language translation. Thanks to Underyx for contributing this.
- Support multiple OpenCL platforms in the device dropdown (previously you had to use the --platform flag).
- Deepbit server location updated to pit.deepbit.net.

I really want to give a big thanks to everyone who helped out with this release I even had multiple people volunteering to do the same language translation, so thanks to everyone who offered even if it wasn't accepted; I'll keep you in mind if the translation ever needs an update.

[lemoncoolers]

If it's working correctly you'll see something like "150 MHash/sec" on the status bar of the tab. If it just hangs forever on "starting" then there might be an issue with your drivers or your setup. If you could open up the Console tab and then start the miner up, it might show a helpful error message.

its stuck at "connecting..." what is the command to start the miner once in the console tab?

[Kiv]

Just make sure the console tab is open, then you can start the miner from the miner's tab (or the summary tab). As long as the console tab has been opened it'll log everything that happens.

[lemoncoolers]

not getting any errors yet. just the listener for the miner has started

[PabloW]

Thanks a lot for adding phoenix!!!
With the real phoenix i was getting crashes so i was mining with the guiminer normally, but now I have both of the two worlds!!!

[kosovito]

Is ALL included to works with phoenix/phatk??

How can i add a phoenix/phatk miner??? i cant see options

THANKS

Edit: Ok, i think works

Whats the best "Extra Flags" to use with an ATI 5850 Extreme??? (first time i use phoenix)

[herbertfilby]

Does anyone have any quick setups for dual 8530's?

I tried Sapphire Trixx to overclock, but kept giving me Blue Screen of Death... So using Catalyst overclocking, I have mem. and gpu both set at 900 mhz.

I'm averaging 260 mh/s per card, but I know I should be able to squeeze more out of them.

For the default miner, my switch is:
-v -w128

I tried using Phoenix with the new version of GUIMiner, but it actually gave me a lower rate of 250mh/s using this switch:
VECTORS AGGRESSION=12 BFI_INT


What's the optimal setup for closer to 300 mh/s?

Thanks!

[PwrLeveld]

reduce your mem clocks as mining doesn't use them and download msi afterburner.

I have my xfx 5830 at 1050 core while gaming with a simple pencil mod(well i did until I erased too much) so, just to say they can overclock way high, I go 1000 on stock voltage.

U average 300mh/s, I just use the settings on the wiki,

[DrKennethNoisewater]

I will gladly donate once the coins start flowing  

Got some buds with some higher end systems joining me so we're already at 1ghash/sec.

Forgive my newbness, but running 24/7 at current difficulty level, processing at 1ghash/sec, what would output be approximately?

Gratzi,

DKN

[herbertfilby]

reduce your mem clocks as mining doesn't use them and download msi afterburner.

I have my xfx 5830 at 1050 core while gaming with a simple pencil mod(well i did until I erased too much) so, just to say they can overclock way high, I go 1000 on stock voltage.

U average 300mh/s, I just use the settings on the wiki,

MSI afterburner isn't letting me past the 900 mhz mark in either direction 

[compro01]

the url for BTCguild needs updating.  the www. is required or the site pitches an error page at you, rather than the expected JSON data, breaking the balance fetching.

[RoadStress]

Mine is stuck at connecting too. I get this message in console:

" Listener for "phoenix": [09/06/2011 11:31:54] Phoenix 1.48 starting..."

[SlaveInDebt]

Thank you for adding Phoenix and Phatk support Kiv. I appreciate your time and efforts. Another donation sent, keep up the good work.