The big VTC Vertcoin settings thread

[sammart57]

Anyone got any ideas on why my reject rate is so high (about 30%)
no hw errors, and barely hashing 300 kh/s on one rig (3 r9 280x asus)
the 2nd one has the exact same cards, mobo, and memory as the first, but the best it can do is about 250 kh/s per card.. the only diff is the first pc has a phenom x3 and the 2nd one has a semperon 145..

I'm using i13, tc8250 g1 lookup gap 0 or 2 (doesn't matter to hash rate) and g1 (using 2 makes my 3rd vid card crash)

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[eleazar]

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4x ASUS R9 280x DC2 TOP

What are your settings?

[LucD88]

I'm a bit surprised by the 7950 results I have been seeing in this thread. I modified almost nothing from my config from when i was mining scrypt, and I fired up vertminer in a modified bamt 1.1 setting (using this mod https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=404364.msg4668635#msg4668635) and here is what I get:

Powercolor 7950 PCS+ - 314.5 kh/s
core/mem 1070/1500,
stock vddc,
thread-concurrency of 21712,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 20,
worksize 256
temperature is 74C at 59% fan (set to auto)

XFX 7950 DD (TDKC) - 307.7 kh/s
core/mem 1040/1495,
stock vddc,
thread-concurrency of 21712
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 20,
worksize 256
temperature is 73C at 86% fan (set to auto)

No HW errors and a 0.4% reject rate.


I also have a 5770 in the same system running at 83.1 kh/s
core/mem 910/1250,
vddc 1.100,
thread-concurrency of 3100,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 18,
worksize 256
temperature is 67C (fan not registering a speed apparently. might be too low)


This is all running on a very old system that consists of a DFI NF4 Ultra-D with a single core Opteron 146 CPU and 1GB DDR. I see no correlation between amount of system memory and thread-concurrency settings. My other system runs with 4GB of DDR2 and the results i get for my 7950's in scrypt are the same.

I was starting to wonder if I could go higher by changing my TC, but from what I see, i'm probably pushing the limit already.

I have another rig running 2 more 7950's and a 270x on bamt 1.3. If I have time, I will modify my bamt 1.3 for vertminer and see how it performs.

EDIT: ASUS DirectCU II TOP R9 270X in BAMT 1.3 - 191 kh/s
core/mem 1100/1250,
vddc stock,
thread-concurrency of 12288,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 19,
worksize 256

Those are some great speeds with your 7950 cards. On the exact same settings (except for lookup-gap 1) I'm getting a maximum of ~280KH/s per card, using 4 cards. Are you using optimized binary files by any chance?

[cava]

Hi,

this is the config for my AMD Sapphire r9 290 (Hawaii, firmware updated)  under debian jessie and catalyst 14.1


export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=200
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1



{
"pools" : [
  ....
],
"intensity": "20",
"worksize": "256",
"vectors" : "1",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"gpu-fan" : "100",
"thread-concurrency": "33280",
"gpu-engine": "1000",
"gpu-memclock": "1500",
"gpu-powertune" : "20",
"temp-cutoff" : "120",
"temp-overheat" : "80",
"temp-target" : "70",
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "120",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"log" : "5",
"queue" : "0",
"scan-time" : "60"
}


The result is 391 kh/s with ZERO HW

[Kennar]

This is getting me an average of 344kh/s with an ASUS R9 280X.

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://vtc.coinvention.net:4333 -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -v 1 -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --temp-target 65 --temp-overheat 75 --temp-cutoff 80 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1000 --thread-concurrency 8191

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[sammart57]

This is getting me an average of 344kh/s with an ASUS R9 280X.

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://vtc.coinvention.net:4333 -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -v 1 -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --temp-target 65 --temp-overheat 75 --temp-cutoff 80 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1000 --thread-concurrency 8191

Vm1L8ygvYke8XjzXYMeSPZSRSpPhSzKxRZ

which model do you have? the 3 slot version or the 2 slot? (the 3 slot is v2, the non v2 version is the 2 slot one)

I have the 3 slot one and can get nowhere near that, lucky with 280/300

[Sinyk7]

Those are some great speeds with your 7950 cards. On the exact same settings (except for lookup-gap 1) I'm getting a maximum of ~280KH/s per card, using 4 cards. Are you using optimized binary files by any chance?

No sir! Just stock bamt 1.1 and 1.3 instances (well stock until i messed them up for vertminer). Figure i should mention my 2 other Powercolor 7950's in my bamt 1m3 system are getting 312.9 and  313.3 respectively.

[Lauraportuguesa]

Those are some great speeds with your 7950 cards. On the exact same settings (except for lookup-gap 1) I'm getting a maximum of ~280KH/s per card, using 4 cards. Are you using optimized binary files by any chance?

No sir! Just stock bamt 1.1 and 1.3 instances (well stock until i messed them up for vertminer). Figure i should mention my 2 other Powercolor 7950's in my bamt 1m3 system are getting 312.9 and  313.3 respectively.

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[Kennar]

This is getting me an average of 344kh/s with an ASUS R9 280X.

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://vtc.coinvention.net:4333 -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -v 1 -w 256 -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-powertune -20 --temp-target 65 --temp-overheat 75 --temp-cutoff 80 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1000 --thread-concurrency 8191

Vm1L8ygvYke8XjzXYMeSPZSRSpPhSzKxRZ

which model do you have? the 3 slot version or the 2 slot? (the 3 slot is v2, the non v2 version is the 2 slot one)

I have the 3 slot one and can get nowhere near that, lucky with 280/300

The 2 slot. This one - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121803

[anyone4u]

I'm a bit surprised by the 7950 results I have been seeing in this thread. I modified almost nothing from my config from when i was mining scrypt, and I fired up vertminer in a modified bamt 1.1 setting (using this mod https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=404364.msg4668635#msg4668635) and here is what I get:

Powercolor 7950 PCS+ - 314.5 kh/s
core/mem 1070/1500,
stock vddc,
thread-concurrency of 21712,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 20,
worksize 256
temperature is 74C at 59% fan (set to auto)

XFX 7950 DD (TDKC) - 307.7 kh/s
core/mem 1040/1495,
stock vddc,
thread-concurrency of 21712
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 20,
worksize 256
temperature is 73C at 86% fan (set to auto)

No HW errors and a 0.4% reject rate.


I also have a 5770 in the same system running at 83.1 kh/s
core/mem 910/1250,
vddc 1.100,
thread-concurrency of 3100,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 18,
worksize 256
temperature is 67C (fan not registering a speed apparently. might be too low)


This is all running on a very old system that consists of a DFI NF4 Ultra-D with a single core Opteron 146 CPU and 1GB DDR. I see no correlation between amount of system memory and thread-concurrency settings. My other system runs with 4GB of DDR2 and the results i get for my 7950's in scrypt are the same.

I was starting to wonder if I could go higher by changing my TC, but from what I see, i'm probably pushing the limit already.

I have another rig running 2 more 7950's and a 270x on bamt 1.3. If I have time, I will modify my bamt 1.3 for vertminer and see how it performs.

EDIT: ASUS DirectCU II TOP R9 270X in BAMT 1.3 - 191 kh/s
core/mem 1100/1250,
vddc stock,
thread-concurrency of 12288,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 19,
worksize 256

Those are some great speeds with your 7950 cards. On the exact same settings (except for lookup-gap 1) I'm getting a maximum of ~280KH/s per card, using 4 cards. Are you using optimized binary files by any chance?

C:\currencyMiner\Vertcoin-CGMinerAleks_NR3\cgminer.ex   --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pickaxe.pool.pm:3305 -u dfsd.fddfdfd -p fffffdfsfs.sdfsdfs --gpu-platform 0 -I 19-w 256 --thread-concurrency 16384  --gpu-engine 1070 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-fan 30-90 --auto-fan --auto-gpu --scan-time 30 --temp-cutoff 90 --temp-overheat 85 --temp-target 80


any suggestions or ideas?

[Ed4252]

I'm on a pool right now and it's taking forever to update the confirmed/unconfirmed balance - like for the past 1-2 hours

anyone else experiencing this?

[Sinyk7]

I'm a bit surprised by the 7950 results I have been seeing in this thread. I modified almost nothing from my config from when i was mining scrypt, and I fired up vertminer in a modified bamt 1.1 setting (using this mod https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=404364.msg4668635#msg4668635) and here is what I get:

Powercolor 7950 PCS+ - 314.5 kh/s
core/mem 1070/1500,
stock vddc,
thread-concurrency of 21712,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 20,
worksize 256
temperature is 74C at 59% fan (set to auto)

XFX 7950 DD (TDKC) - 307.7 kh/s
core/mem 1040/1495,
stock vddc,
thread-concurrency of 21712
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 20,
worksize 256
temperature is 73C at 86% fan (set to auto)

No HW errors and a 0.4% reject rate.


I also have a 5770 in the same system running at 83.1 kh/s
core/mem 910/1250,
vddc 1.100,
thread-concurrency of 3100,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 18,
worksize 256
temperature is 67C (fan not registering a speed apparently. might be too low)


This is all running on a very old system that consists of a DFI NF4 Ultra-D with a single core Opteron 146 CPU and 1GB DDR. I see no correlation between amount of system memory and thread-concurrency settings. My other system runs with 4GB of DDR2 and the results i get for my 7950's in scrypt are the same.

I was starting to wonder if I could go higher by changing my TC, but from what I see, i'm probably pushing the limit already.

I have another rig running 2 more 7950's and a 270x on bamt 1.3. If I have time, I will modify my bamt 1.3 for vertminer and see how it performs.

EDIT: ASUS DirectCU II TOP R9 270X in BAMT 1.3 - 191 kh/s
core/mem 1100/1250,
vddc stock,
thread-concurrency of 12288,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 19,
worksize 256

Those are some great speeds with your 7950 cards. On the exact same settings (except for lookup-gap 1) I'm getting a maximum of ~280KH/s per card, using 4 cards. Are you using optimized binary files by any chance?

C:\currencyMiner\Vertcoin-CGMinerAleks_NR3\cgminer.ex   --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pickaxe.pool.pm:3305 -u dfsd.fddfdfd -p fffffdfsfs.sdfsdfs --gpu-platform 0 -I 19-w 256 --thread-concurrency 16384  --gpu-engine 1070 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-fan 30-90 --auto-fan --auto-gpu --scan-time 30 --temp-cutoff 90 --temp-overheat 85 --temp-target 80


any suggestions or ideas?

If that was a copy and paste of your script, you have a typo here. "-I 19-w 256" you need a space after 19. It caused your Intensity to go to 8 instead.

[anyone4u]

I'm a bit surprised by the 7950 results I have been seeing in this thread. I modified almost nothing from my config from when i was mining scrypt, and I fired up vertminer in a modified bamt 1.1 setting (using this mod https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=404364.msg4668635#msg4668635) and here is what I get:

Powercolor 7950 PCS+ - 314.5 kh/s
core/mem 1070/1500,
stock vddc,
thread-concurrency of 21712,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 20,
worksize 256
temperature is 74C at 59% fan (set to auto)

XFX 7950 DD (TDKC) - 307.7 kh/s
core/mem 1040/1495,
stock vddc,
thread-concurrency of 21712
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 20,
worksize 256
temperature is 73C at 86% fan (set to auto)

No HW errors and a 0.4% reject rate.


I also have a 5770 in the same system running at 83.1 kh/s
core/mem 910/1250,
vddc 1.100,
thread-concurrency of 3100,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 18,
worksize 256
temperature is 67C (fan not registering a speed apparently. might be too low)


This is all running on a very old system that consists of a DFI NF4 Ultra-D with a single core Opteron 146 CPU and 1GB DDR. I see no correlation between amount of system memory and thread-concurrency settings. My other system runs with 4GB of DDR2 and the results i get for my 7950's in scrypt are the same.

I was starting to wonder if I could go higher by changing my TC, but from what I see, i'm probably pushing the limit already.

I have another rig running 2 more 7950's and a 270x on bamt 1.3. If I have time, I will modify my bamt 1.3 for vertminer and see how it performs.

EDIT: ASUS DirectCU II TOP R9 270X in BAMT 1.3 - 191 kh/s
core/mem 1100/1250,
vddc stock,
thread-concurrency of 12288,
gpu-threads 1,
lookup-gap 1
intensity 19,
worksize 256

Those are some great speeds with your 7950 cards. On the exact same settings (except for lookup-gap 1) I'm getting a maximum of ~280KH/s per card, using 4 cards. Are you using optimized binary files by any chance?

C:\currencyMiner\Vertcoin-CGMinerAleks_NR3\cgminer.ex   --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pickaxe.pool.pm:3305 -u dfsd.fddfdfd -p fffffdfsfs.sdfsdfs --gpu-platform 0 -I 19-w 256 --thread-concurrency 16384  --gpu-engine 1070 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-fan 30-90 --auto-fan --auto-gpu --scan-time 30 --temp-cutoff 90 --temp-overheat 85 --temp-target 80


any suggestions or ideas?

If that was a copy and paste of your script, you have a typo here. "-I 19-w 256" you need a space after 19. It caused your Intensity to go to 8 instead.

thanks, space, same problem I have no idea whats going on with this, can get 630Khash on any other script coin

[CrystalCoin]

I'm getting this error.

Code:

 [2014-02-06 08:27:44] Started cgminer 3.7.2

 [2014-02-06 08:27:47] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 16
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Maximum buffer memory device 0 supports says 536870912
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Your scrypt settings come to 1073741824
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Error -61: clCreateBuffer (padbuffer8), decrease TC or in
crease LG
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Failed to init GPU thread 0, disabling device 0
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Restarting the GPU from the menu will not fix this.
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Try restarting cgminer.
Press enter to continue:

Here's my batch

Code:

del *.bin
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
COLOR 0B
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://vtc.poolz.net:3333 -u xxx.xxx -p xxxx --expiry 1 --scan-time 1 --queue 0 --gpu-powertune 20 --lookup-gap 2 --thread-concurrency 8192 -I 18 -g 2 -w 256 --gpu-engine 1115,1115,1115,1115,1115 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500,1500,1500,1500 --auto-fan --gpu-fan 85 --temp-target 70 --temp-overheat 85 --temp-cutoff 90

[iarsenaux]

I'm getting this error.

Code:

 [2014-02-06 08:27:44] Started cgminer 3.7.2

 [2014-02-06 08:27:47] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 16
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Maximum buffer memory device 0 supports says 536870912
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Your scrypt settings come to 1073741824
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Error -61: clCreateBuffer (padbuffer8), decrease TC or in
crease LG
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Failed to init GPU thread 0, disabling device 0
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Restarting the GPU from the menu will not fix this.
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Try restarting cgminer.
Press enter to continue:

Here's my batch

Code:

del *.bin
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
COLOR 0B
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://vtc.poolz.net:3333 -u xxx.xxx -p xxxx --expiry 1 --scan-time 1 --queue 0 --gpu-powertune 20 --lookup-gap 2 --thread-concurrency 8192 -I 18 -g 2 -w 256 --gpu-engine 1115,1115,1115,1115,1115 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500,1500,1500,1500 --auto-fan --gpu-fan 85 --temp-target 70 --temp-overheat 85 --temp-cutoff 90

Have you tried 100 percent for gpu max alloc? I had that problem before. Go to cmd first and do the setx commands. Close it. Then start your miner. I think you need to separate the setx commands because it will not take effect if you include it in your arguments. Base on what i have read before, setx command will work on the .bat file that you will run next to it.

[CrystalCoin]

I'm getting this error.

Code:

 [2014-02-06 08:27:44] Started cgminer 3.7.2

 [2014-02-06 08:27:47] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 16
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Maximum buffer memory device 0 supports says 536870912
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Your scrypt settings come to 1073741824
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Error -61: clCreateBuffer (padbuffer8), decrease TC or in
crease LG
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Failed to init GPU thread 0, disabling device 0
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Restarting the GPU from the menu will not fix this.
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Try restarting cgminer.
Press enter to continue:

Here's my batch

Code:

del *.bin
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
COLOR 0B
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://vtc.poolz.net:3333 -u xxx.xxx -p xxxx --expiry 1 --scan-time 1 --queue 0 --gpu-powertune 20 --lookup-gap 2 --thread-concurrency 8192 -I 18 -g 2 -w 256 --gpu-engine 1115,1115,1115,1115,1115 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500,1500,1500,1500 --auto-fan --gpu-fan 85 --temp-target 70 --temp-overheat 85 --temp-cutoff 90

Have you tried 100 percent for gpu max alloc? I had that problem before. Go to cmd first and do the setx commands. Close it. Then start your miner.

Yea I have, I just tried it again to be sure, and the same error happened.

[iarsenaux]

I'm getting this error.

Code:

 [2014-02-06 08:27:44] Started cgminer 3.7.2

 [2014-02-06 08:27:47] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 16
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Maximum buffer memory device 0 supports says 536870912
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Your scrypt settings come to 1073741824
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Error -61: clCreateBuffer (padbuffer8), decrease TC or in
crease LG
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Failed to init GPU thread 0, disabling device 0
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Restarting the GPU from the menu will not fix this.
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Try restarting cgminer.
Press enter to continue:

Here's my batch

Code:

del *.bin
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
COLOR 0B
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://vtc.poolz.net:3333 -u xxx.xxx -p xxxx --expiry 1 --scan-time 1 --queue 0 --gpu-powertune 20 --lookup-gap 2 --thread-concurrency 8192 -I 18 -g 2 -w 256 --gpu-engine 1115,1115,1115,1115,1115 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500,1500,1500,1500 --auto-fan --gpu-fan 85 --temp-target 70 --temp-overheat 85 --temp-cutoff 90

Have you tried 100 percent for gpu max alloc? I had that problem before. Go to cmd first and do the setx commands. Close it. Then start your miner.

Yea I have, I just tried it again to be sure, and the same error happened.

What driver are you using? I did a clean install of 13.12 when i had that.


Edit: what cards are you using btw?

[CrystalCoin]

I'm getting this error.

Code:

 [2014-02-06 08:27:44] Started cgminer 3.7.2

 [2014-02-06 08:27:47] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 16
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Maximum buffer memory device 0 supports says 536870912
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Your scrypt settings come to 1073741824
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Error -61: clCreateBuffer (padbuffer8), decrease TC or in
crease LG
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Failed to init GPU thread 0, disabling device 0
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Restarting the GPU from the menu will not fix this.
 [2014-02-06 08:28:04] Try restarting cgminer.
Press enter to continue:

Here's my batch

Code:

del *.bin
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
COLOR 0B
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://vtc.poolz.net:3333 -u xxx.xxx -p xxxx --expiry 1 --scan-time 1 --queue 0 --gpu-powertune 20 --lookup-gap 2 --thread-concurrency 8192 -I 18 -g 2 -w 256 --gpu-engine 1115,1115,1115,1115,1115 --gpu-memclock 1500,1500,1500,1500,1500 --auto-fan --gpu-fan 85 --temp-target 70 --temp-overheat 85 --temp-cutoff 90

Have you tried 100 percent for gpu max alloc? I had that problem before. Go to cmd first and do the setx commands. Close it. Then start your miner.

Yea I have, I just tried it again to be sure, and the same error happened.

What driver are you using? I did a clean install of 13.12 when i had that.


Edit: what cards are you using btw?

I've done a clean install a few times now.
5x 270's.

[iarsenaux]

Im not really good with TC configuration but have you tried to lower it down? Perhaps 8192 is too high.

[J3TW4V3]

If it helps anyone out there:

xfx DD R7950 = 375k/h-380k/h Hits 380k/h-383k/h with primary monitor off... Temp= 73C fan sits at 47% 0 REJECTS 0 H/W after 2hrs

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
vertminer --scrypt-vert -o pool:port -u user -p pass --lookup-gap 2 -g 2 -I 13 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 6912 --auto-fan --gpu-fan 30-75 --temp-cutoff 90 --temp-overheat 85 --temp-target 72 gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1070


Hope this helps
-J3TW4V3