The big VTC Vertcoin settings thread

[uartasic]

i tried mining this using Aleks cpu miner but kept on getting booooo!!!!

not sure if its my query time suffering or what but i gave up.

maybe a simple solution?

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[flyare]

which miner and os do u use ?

at the moment i have 4 x 355 kh/s,  moded cgminer 3.7.2
config:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer --scrypt -o server -u user -p pw -v 1 -I 13 -w 256 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-memclock 1500 --thread-concurrency 8193 --no-submit-stale

while experimenting yesterday on a other worker with 3 x 280x i had some problems with devices going off, after a reboot the problem was solved (same config) not sure what it was

Thanks for reply!
I am using Vertminer 0.5.2, everything okie.
My result:
4x311Khz/s Temp about 68'c

"intensity" : "13",
"thread-concurrency" : "8193",
"gpu-engine" : "1100",
"gpu-memclock" : "1500",
"gpu-threads" : "1"

I want to up to 350Khz/s. Can you help me!
Thanks!
 

[depnox]

Not sure if this is the correct place to put this or if any of you are interested, but I was able to get GUIMiner working with the Scrypt-Adaptive-N algorithm for anyone who is interested.  You can download it from here http://www.thesuicidekings.info/GUIMiner-ScryptAdaptiveN.zip.  I used an older version of GUIMiner Scrypt and added Aleks_NR3's CGMiner to it.  Simple yet effective for those of you who like the GUI interface.  It has many good preloaded settings for 5xxx - 7xxx series cards.

Hope this helps some guys out!  
Cheers.

PS: I understand I haven't posted on BTCTalk much at all, so feel free to run a virus-scan. You won't find anything but a helpful tool for a great new coin

[gonzzo]

which miner and os do u use ?

at the moment i have 4 x 355 kh/s,  moded cgminer 3.7.2
config:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer --scrypt -o server -u user -p pw -v 1 -I 13 -w 256 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-memclock 1500 --thread-concurrency 8193 --no-submit-stale

while experimenting yesterday on a other worker with 3 x 280x i had some problems with devices going off, after a reboot the problem was solved (same config) not sure what it was

Thanks for reply!
I am using Vertminer 0.5.2, everything okie.
My result:
4x311Khz/s Temp about 68'c

"intensity" : "13",
"thread-concurrency" : "8193",
"gpu-engine" : "1100",
"gpu-memclock" : "1500",
"gpu-threads" : "1"

I want to up to 350Khz/s. Can you help me!
Thanks!
 

yea i also switched to vertminer 0.5.2 (still at 350kh/s)
the only idea for you is to set gpu-engine lower try 1000 and 1020 and try without the gpu-threads setting

and don't forget the setx commands

good luck!

[gonzzo]

are u using cgwatcher?
had the same problem while using cg, problem was solved after throwing away cg and using standalone .cmd scripts
and don't forget the setx commands!

I am using cgminer. Any experience on this.

try vertminer?

[Freekje]

280x vapor-x's

BAMT 1.3, miner build from src

tc8192 i13 g2 lg2 w256 1000/1500
~345kh/s a card

power consumption 25% lower then on scrypt !

asus 7970 matrix plat

BAMT 1.3, miner build from src
tc8192 i13 g2 lg2 w256 1070/1500

380kh/s

MSI 270 G2G

Windows miner
tc12992 i19 g1 lg2 w256 1100/1500

220kh/s

[VincentDS]

On my Sapphire DUAL-X R9 280X's I get ~360Kh/s per card with these settings:

 -I 13 -w 256 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-memclock 1500

Keep up the mining!

[Freekiiee]

Maybe helpfull for others that don't have 4GB or more memory installed on their mobo's..

3x R9 290x (Sapphire).

-I 13 -v 1 -w 256 -g 2 lookup-gap 2 tcc 10222 clock/memory 1050/1500

Gives:
1 - 282KH/s | WU: 262
2 - 291KH/s | WU: 281
3 - 272KH/s | WU: 261

[b0ss]

Does RAM really influence the hash rates?
Now I think about it my HD7950 in a 12GB system does get better rates on the Vertcoin algo, while on Scrypt this card is the weakest I have.

[flyare]

which miner and os do u use ?

at the moment i have 4 x 355 kh/s,  moded cgminer 3.7.2
config:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer --scrypt -o server -u user -p pw -v 1 -I 13 -w 256 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-memclock 1500 --thread-concurrency 8193 --no-submit-stale

while experimenting yesterday on a other worker with 3 x 280x i had some problems with devices going off, after a reboot the problem was solved (same config) not sure what it was

Thanks for reply!
I am using Vertminer 0.5.2, everything okie.
My result:
4x311Khz/s Temp about 68'c

"intensity" : "13",
"thread-concurrency" : "8193",
"gpu-engine" : "1100",
"gpu-memclock" : "1500",
"gpu-threads" : "1"

I want to up to 350Khz/s. Can you help me!
Thanks!
 

yea i also switched to vertminer 0.5.2 (still at 350kh/s)
the only idea for you is to set gpu-engine lower try 1000 and 1020 and try without the gpu-threads setting

and don't forget the setx commands

good luck!

Can u show me your config?
My card Asus R9 270 non X DirectCU II Top OC
Thanks!

[blacklig]

Does RAM really influence the hash rates?
Now I think about it my HD7950 in a 12GB system does get better rates on the Vertcoin algo, while on Scrypt this card is the weakest I have.

How much are you getting from 7950 on 12 GB RAM sys? interesting..

[Archer13]

On my Sapphire DUAL-X R9 280X's I get ~360Kh/s per card with these settings:

 -I 13 -w 256 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-memclock 1500

Two same cards, almost the same settings - 360Kh/s

"gpu-threads" : "2",
"gpu-memclock" : "1490",
"gpu-powertune" : "-20",
"intensity" : "13",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"thread-concurrency" : "8193"


Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X - 458Kh/s

"gpu-threads" : "1",
"gpu-engine" : "1000",
"gpu-memclock" : "1490",
"gpu-powertune" : "10",
"intensity" : "20",
"worksize" : "512",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"thread-concurrency" : "27000"

[mik_druid]

I've got two card r290 and r270 And each card needs differend settings. How to do that in Cg miner>?

[b0ss]

Does RAM really influence the hash rates?
Now I think about it my HD7950 in a 12GB system does get better rates on the Vertcoin algo, while on Scrypt this card is the weakest I have.

How much are you getting from 7950 on 12 GB RAM sys? interesting..

Above 300KH/s on the 12GB system and around 275KH/s on the 4GB system.

4GB is an X48 mobo with DDR3 and Sapphire Vapor-X cards
12GB is an X58 mobo with DDR3 too but with a PowerColor card

On Scrypt it's turned around, 4GB sys gets 625KH/s and 12GB sys gets 575KH/s. But that's probably because the PowerColor cards sucks.

[mik_druid]

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Can u show me your config?
My card Asus R9 270 non X DirectCU II Top OC
Thanks!
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I've got 270  oc ( not x )  but Gigabyte using:

 -I 12 -w 256 -g 2 -v 1 --thread-concurrency 4448 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-engine 1050 --gpu-memclock 1500

stable 180KH

[psybase64]

4 x ASUS R9280x DC2T R2 running vertiminer 0.5.2

http://i42.tinypic.com/2cypq3c.jpg


setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1

-w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-engine 1030 --gpu-memclock 1500 --thread-concurrency 8192

Sabertooth 990FX
Win 8.1 x64
Latest AMD Driver (no CCC, Trix etc using modded VBIOS for these, v 1.068)
Open Air Frame with Risers (GPUs 3 and 4 use powered risers)

I hope this helps others with similar setup get good hash rates.

[debido666]

PowerColor PCS+ 270X 2GB , i3 2550, 8GB PC3 16000Mhz

Vertcoin-CGMinerAleksNR3

cgminer version 3.7.2 - Started: [2014-01-26 17:24:12]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 (5s):165.1K (avg):172.7Kh/s | A:1280  R:0  HW:0  WU:158.3/m
 ST: 2  SS: 0  NB: 5  LW: 55  GF: 0  RF: 0
 Connected to s.la.vertcoin.org diff 32 with stratum as user xxxxxx
 Block: 8e727d19...  Diff:13  Started: [17:31:47]  Best share: 6.47K
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [P]ool management [G]PU management Settings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 GPU 0:  76.0C 3210RPM | 164.9K/173.6Kh/s | A:1344 R:0 HW:0 WU:163.1/m I:13
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 [2014-01-26 17:32:40] (5s):170.2K (avg):173.7Kh/s | A:1216  R:0  HW:0  WU:164.2/m
 [2014-01-26 17:32:45] (5s):168.9K (avg):173.6Kh/s | A:1216  R:0  HW:0  WU:162.5/m

Settings.
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer --verbose --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://s.la.vertcoin.org:3333 -u xxxxxx -p x --thread-concurrency 8196 -I 13 -g 1 -w 512 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-engine 1130 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-powertune 20 --no-submit-stale

[flyare]

4 x ASUS R9280x DC2T R2 running vertiminer 0.5.2

http://i42.tinypic.com/2cypq3c.jpg


setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1

-w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-engine 1030 --gpu-memclock 1500 --thread-concurrency 8192

Sabertooth 990FX
Win 8.1 x64
Latest AMD Driver (no CCC, Trix etc using modded VBIOS for these, v 1.068)
Open Air Frame with Risers (GPUs 3 and 4 use powered risers)

I hope this helps others with similar setup get good hash rates.

Thanks!
is win8.1x64 better win7x64 ultimate?
Maybe I'll switch to win8.1

[psybase64]

4 x ASUS R9280x DC2T R2 running vertiminer 0.5.2

4 x ASUS R9280x DC2T R2 running vertiminer 0.5.2

http://i42.tinypic.com/2cypq3c.jpg


setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1

-w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-engine 1030 --gpu-memclock 1500 --thread-concurrency 8192

Sabertooth 990FX
Win 8.1 x64
Latest AMD Driver (no CCC, Trix etc using modded VBIOS for these, v 1.068)
Open Air Frame with Risers (GPUs 3 and 4 use powered risers)

I hope this helps others with similar setup get good hash rates.

Thanks!
is win8.1x64 better win7x64 ultimate?
Maybe I'll switch to win8.1

Thanks!
is win8.1x64 better win7x64 ultimate?
Maybe I'll switch to win8.1

I've only just installed Win8 64 Pro on my two miners and with the latest AMD drivers they appear faster and more stable over the last 24 hours.

Win 7 64 was good for me before so I'm not certain if it is the latest drivers or the ABE7 modded vbios that I did on the video cards before I installed Win8.

Writing my own vbios gpu/mem/vddc with ABE7 means I don't need to install CCC, CCC Manager, Trix, AB etc. I did a custom install with AMD Drivers and only selected Video Drivers. Miners work fine so far even without SDK installed and I get them to compile new .cl files on new install many times to find right settings.

ABE7 - http://www.cryptobadger.com/2013/10/undervolting-in-linux-via-modified-bios/

Once you know your optimum GPU settings you write them to the vbios and can boot straight into windows and start the miner.

You can still tweak your gpu/mem and powertune clocks from within your miner as the vddc settings are now set in ROM so wont change above what you programmed with VBE7

:-)

[psybase64]

4 x ASUS R9280x DC2T R2 running vertiminer 0.5.2

4 x ASUS R9280x DC2T R2 running vertiminer 0.5.2

http://i42.tinypic.com/2cypq3c.jpg


setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1

-w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-engine 1030 --gpu-memclock 1500 --thread-concurrency 8192

Sabertooth 990FX
Win 8.1 x64
Latest AMD Driver (no CCC, Trix etc using modded VBIOS for these, v 1.068)
Open Air Frame with Risers (GPUs 3 and 4 use powered risers)

I hope this helps others with similar setup get good hash rates.

Thanks!
is win8.1x64 better win7x64 ultimate?
Maybe I'll switch to win8.1

Thanks!
is win8.1x64 better win7x64 ultimate?
Maybe I'll switch to win8.1

I've only just installed Win8 64 Pro on my two miners and with the latest AMD drivers they appear faster and more stable over the last 24 hours.

Win 7 64 was good for me before so I'm not certain if it is the latest drivers or the ABE7 modded vbios that I did on the video cards before I installed Win8.

Writing my own vbios gpu/mem/vddc with ABE7 means I don't need to install CCC, CCC Manager, Trix, AB etc. I did a custom install with AMD Drivers and only selected Video Drivers. Miners work fine so far even without SDK installed and I get them to compile new .cl files on new install many times to find right settings.

ABE7 - http://www.cryptobadger.com/2013/10/undervolting-in-linux-via-modified-bios/

Once you know your optimum GPU settings you write them to the vbios and can boot straight into windows and start the miner.

You can still tweak your gpu/mem and powertune clocks from within your miner as the vddc settings are now set in ROM so wont change above what you programmed with VBE7

:-)

Also lots of video cards have bad timings in their vbios from the manufacturer.

Check this forum post to see if your card has a better vbios available first.

https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=12369.0

I'm using ASUS R9280x cards which don't need the love that all the rest of the r9280x cards seem to need from that post.

If you have ASUS Rr280x then just use VBE7 to set the clocks and volts to your liking.

Run your miner without settings to find base TC and adjust from there.

Happy hashing