The big VTC Vertcoin settings thread

[quarkkid]

Ok managed to get 1 rig working, however my other (pretty much identical) rig will no work without a really low TC and gets loads of HW , if i increase the TC the GPU's will disable and i get a Error -5 cl and nothing happens..... like i said everything the same , cards, drivers....

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[buttonmc]

Ok managed to get 1 rig working, however my other (pretty much identical) rig will no work without a really low TC and gets loads of HW , if i increase the TC the GPU's will disable and i get a Error -5 cl and nothing happens..... like i said everything the same , cards, drivers....

I ran into a similar problem. I think there was a problem with the version of the modified cgminer software I downloaded. Delete and reinstall with the following steps for gpu mining with windows:

1) Download modified cgminer scrypt:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/ksgtrltpah1eqes/Vertcoin-CGMinerAleksNR3.zip
     
2) Use notepad++ to create a .txt file, then convert extension to .bat file.

This is the code I've been using for dual x280's:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
cgminer.exe --scrypt  -o stratum+tcp://us.bitcrush.info:3444 -u Weblogin.Worker -p Worker password -I 12 -v 1 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 8191

This is the code I've been using for dual 6950's:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
cgminer.exe --scrypt  -o stratum+tcp://us.bitcrush.info:3444 -u Weblogin.Worker -p Worker password -I 12 -v 1 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 4096

*these are the TC's I found to work the best. Anything higher than 4096 will result in error. Any intensity >12, and your mining shares won't be accepted.

3) Run created .bat file

x280 = 275-350 kH/s
6950 = 125-175 kH/s

Goodluck 

[flyare]

R9 280x from Nonny12:

cgminer.exe --scrypt -o POOL-ADDRESS -u username -p password -v 1 -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20,-20 --gpu-fan 59,50 --temp-overheat 85,85 --temp-cutoff 90,90 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500 --gpu-engine 1000,1000 --thread-concurrency 8193

I have 4 card R9 280x, only 3 card run and 1 fail.

If I down --thread-concurrency 6000, them run but with big number HW.

Some one help!

Thanks.

[mik_druid]

For r9 270 Any ideas? I got only 170 KH

[gonzzo]

R9 280x from Nonny12:

cgminer.exe --scrypt -o POOL-ADDRESS -u username -p password -v 1 -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20,-20 --gpu-fan 59,50 --temp-overheat 85,85 --temp-cutoff 90,90 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500 --gpu-engine 1000,1000 --thread-concurrency 8193

I have 4 card R9 280x, only 3 card run and 1 fail.

If I down --thread-concurrency 6000, them run but with big number HW.

Some one help!

Thanks.

my miner with 4 x 280x is running with moded 3.7.2 cgminer an the following config

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
--scrypt -o server -u user -p pw -v 1 -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --gpu-engine 1020 --gpu-memclock 1600 --thread-concurrency 8191

3 x 350 kh/s
1 x 230 kh/s (monitor conect on this device)

no rejects
hw errors 0.01% no problem i think

i'm using 4gb of mem if you have more u maybe need to tweak my settings

good luck

[flyare]

R9 280x from Nonny12:

cgminer.exe --scrypt -o POOL-ADDRESS -u username -p password -v 1 -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20,-20 --gpu-fan 59,50 --temp-overheat 85,85 --temp-cutoff 90,90 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500 --gpu-engine 1000,1000 --thread-concurrency 8193

I have 4 card R9 280x, only 3 card run and 1 fail.

If I down --thread-concurrency 6000, them run but with big number HW.

Some one help!

Thanks.

my miner with 4 x 280x is running with moded 3.7.2 cgminer an the following config

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
--scrypt -o server -u user -p pw -v 1 -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --gpu-engine 1020 --gpu-memclock 1600 --thread-concurrency 8191

3 x 350 kh/s
1 x 230 kh/s (monitor conect on this device)

no rejects
hw errors 0.01% no problem i think

i'm using 4gb of mem if you have more u maybe need to tweak my settings

good luck

Oh!
Thanks! I'll check now!

[flyare]

R9 280x from Nonny12:

cgminer.exe --scrypt -o POOL-ADDRESS -u username -p password -v 1 -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20,-20 --gpu-fan 59,50 --temp-overheat 85,85 --temp-cutoff 90,90 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500 --gpu-engine 1000,1000 --thread-concurrency 8193

I have 4 card R9 280x, only 3 card run and 1 fail.

If I down --thread-concurrency 6000, them run but with big number HW.

Some one help!

Thanks.

my miner with 4 x 280x is running with moded 3.7.2 cgminer an the following config

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
--scrypt -o server -u user -p pw -v 1 -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --gpu-engine 1020 --gpu-memclock 1600 --thread-concurrency 8191

3 x 350 kh/s
1 x 230 kh/s (monitor conect on this device)

no rejects
hw errors 0.01% no problem i think

i'm using 4gb of mem if you have more u maybe need to tweak my settings

good luck

I just check follow your config.
Result:
3 x 350Khz/s
1 x Off

I'll come back with VTC someday.
So, I want to say thanks to you.
Good luck!

[Iter]

The only thing I've needed to change for Vertcoin is thread concurrency. These seem to be the optimal ones for the cards I've tried so far:
R9 290: 24550
7950: 19712
5850: 5120

Thanks for the 5850 TC. 5120 seems to be the only one that works.

[mik_druid]

I'm using

--scrypt -I 13 -g 2 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 2000 --gpu-powertune 0 for my r9 270 ( Gigabyte) I've got 200 KH on my computer but in pool is wrtitten 50 KH  

How many coins shoul I mine per hour with 200 KH and with 50KH ? Should I change my settings or should I change the pool

[gonzzo]

I'm using

--scrypt -I 13 -g 2 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 2000 --gpu-powertune 0 for my r9 270 ( Gigabyte) I've got 200 KH on my computer but in pool is wrtitten 50 KH  

How many coins shoul I mine per hour with 200 KH and with 50KH ? Should I change my settings or should I change the pool

with the current diff i think around 60-70 coins a day with 200 kh/s

how long do u monitor pool stats ? if you only have 50 for hours the stat is maybe wrong or u have a lot of hw errors or rejects
if not and you don't get enough coins i would change the pool to test things out

Note: Round Earnings are not credited until 120 confirms.

[sammy007]

R290 (XFX black edition):
-I 20 -core 1000 -mem 1500 (Used Msi Afterburner to set clocks and aux voltage +100; Fan at 100%) Gets 400kh/s. Crashes after any cgminer restart, lol

To avoid crashing  (R9 290) on cgminer restart:

In the adl.c file around line 472, just before the ADL_Overdrive5_FanSpeed_Get call, add a line above:
ga->DefFanSpeedValue.iSpeedType=ADL_DL_FANCTRL_SPEED_TYPE_PERCENT;

and run make again.


Tips appreciated: VTC: VxyRQWAzxWPWhvqYhEUCTSBVJQ2GtDJza8

[Distortion1919]

289Kh/s out a 280x dunno if this is any thing new but it was to me LOL
for details https://i.imgur.com/bKGSMYq.png

[atamaan]

289Kh/s out a 280x dunno if this is any thing new but it was to me LOL
for details https://i.imgur.com/bKGSMYq.png

You are lucky)
I have 99% hw on my giga 280x, if set i 13. I try it with any parameters... Normal work only with i 12...

[mik_druid]

How about modyfied cudaminer for this?

[badbonez]

sooo, I´m running a Gigabyte r9 280x rev. 2 Catalyst 13.12

My Settings:

Code:

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setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
"D:\Program Files (x86)\Vertcoin-CGMinerAleks_NR3\cgminer.exe" --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://us.bitcrush.info:3444 -u -p -w 256 -I 13 -g 1 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --gpu-fan 59 --temp-overheat 85 --temp-cutoff 90 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1100 --thread-concurrency 8212 (marginal difference in range between 8190 to 8250)

I am getting exactly 304.7 kh/s
with the normal cgminer I am getting about 730 kh/s

My problem:

• It spits to many rejects out with an ratio of 12% (!!!). I tried playing with:
  
  thread concurrency, no effect - 70% of 8192 = HW´s on mass
  
  trying with -g 2 or higher was unsuccessful
  
  lowering core clock resulted in lower hash speed (memclock the same)
  
  lowering intensity induced lower hash speed

I really don´t know where the problem could be. Please help me The rejection rate is a catastrophe!

Problem solved. I changed the pool, now everything is running smooth!

What hashrate are you getting?

I have Gigabyte R9 280x, v3 my settings are:

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://s.la.vertcoin.org:3333 -u -p -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1000 --thread-concurrency 8192

And I am getting around ~300 kh/s - I'm used to seeing 720 kh/s.  I've tried -g 1 and changing thread-concurrency but there's not much change.  There are so many variables with this I'm hoping another Gigabyte user will share their settings.

Oh, I have underclocked the card, voltage set to 1.075.

Thanks!

[deadthings]

2 x Sapphire HD 7970 Dual-X

Getting ~ 335-345 kH/s per card or 670-690 kH/s total using...

Code:

cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool:port -u user.worker -p password --gpu-platform 0 -w 256 -v 1 -I 13 -g 2 -l 1 -T --thread-concurrency 8192

My clocks are set externally at:

1000 MHz core @ 1.15v
1640 MHz mem @ 1.625v

edit - with regular Scrypt, these cards each get about 690 kH/s with the same cgminer settings.

[snogcel]

2 x 290x settings. Wow this miner is really picky about TC, this was the only one that didn't result in HW at 20 intensity. Seeing 415Kh/sec and 460Kh/sec with these, might play around with the GPU Engine later on...

Code:

"intensity" : "20,20",
"vectors" : "1,1",
"worksize" : "256,256",
"lookup-gap" : "2,2",
"thread-concurrency" : "27000,27000",
"shaders" : "0,0",
"gpu-engine" : "939-939,1040-1040",
"gpu-fan" : "20-95,20-79",
"gpu-memclock" : "1500,1500",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0",
"gpu-powertune" : "20,20",
"gpu-vddc" : "0.000",
"temp-overheat" : "100",
"temp-target" : "93",
"api-listen" : true,
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "15",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"hotplug" : "5",
"log" : "5",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"failover-only" : true,
"queue" : "0",
"scan-time" : "1",
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"shares" : "0",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin",
"scrypt-vert" : true

Are you running 4gb RAM? I can't seem to it mining correctly with only 4gb at any thread concurrency. Too high and I get error enqueueing kernel error and too low gives HW errors.

No, running 8GB ram on my miner. I'm using linux, but have this set up in my .sh file:

#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1

Hopefully that helps =)

[Wipeout2097]

For r9 270 Any ideas? I got only 170 KH

-I 20 -g 1 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1100 --thread-concurrency 14208

gives me ~215 Kh/s

[theletterb]

My sapphire 7950 on a computer with 4gb ddr2 cannot go past -i 13 without getting hardware errors, I've tried thread-concurrencies for hours. Currently it's only doing 160kh/s

My XFX 7950 is fine and pulling about 200kh/s   --thread-concurrency 16384 -i 19

I've yet to get a 5870 to run at any -i 11 without errors 

I had some success (250kh/s per card!!) with sapphire 7950 dual-x cards using the linux vertminer client (v0.5.2) built from github and the following config - I've only undervolted gpu and mem to 1.125v (as an FYI)

--scrypt-vert --lookup-gap 2 -I 20 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 16384 --gpu-engine 1100 --gpu-memclock 1500

I also set  --temp-target 77 --auto-fan and my fans run at about 50%

the difference between HW errors and none has been the --lookup-gap switch

[Wipeout2097]

6950 unlocked: 250 Kh/s

"intensity" : "20",
"thread-concurrency" : "7680",
"gpu-engine" : "900",
"gpu-memclock" : "1500",
"gpu-threads" : "1",


Gigabyte R9-270 OC: 215 Kh/s
"intensity" : "20",
"thread-concurrency" : "14208",
"gpu-engine" : "1100",
"gpu-memclock" : "1500",
"gpu-threads" : "1",