The big VTC Vertcoin settings thread

[Troj]

I've been changing my settings to try to get rid of the hw errors. But for some reason what kind of setting I try it steel seems to get HW errors.

I have 4 280x toxics, tried 8191/8182/8193 and tried 1100/1500 1070/1500 1040/1500etc etc

anyone could help me here or has the same cards?


setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 200 (tried 100 also)
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
vertminer.exe -o stratum+tcp[Suspicious link removed].poolz.net:3333 -u troj.1 -p 2 -I 13 -g 2 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 8192

My afterburner settings atm:
core voltage 1131
core clock 1100
memory clock 1500

could anyone help me out here, I keep getting HW errors

[pwpwpw]

I have gigabyte rev2 280x and asus 280x DC2T, no matter what options I use, still get like 1hw / 1-2hours, sometimes less. tried lower TC, lower gpu, but it never gets resolved. Did anyone have few hw's and then completely no hw ? Using -g 1 the hashrate dropped about 20-25%. Normal scrypt gigabyte does about 735-740kh, asus 780kh, vert 350 for giga, 380-390 asus

[DarkAGeS]

I will give 5 darkcoins(its what I have) to whoever helps me get vertminer working. I've tried several settings but nothing I do works. Vertminer just crashes, refuses to start, tells me there's no pools, or gives me some sort error no matter what I try. I've deleted almost every settings combo I've tried so I can't replicate the variety of errors I've received. All I want is for the damn thing to just work, while I would greatly appreciate settings advice functionality is much more important to me.

GPU 0: Gigabyte R9 270
GPU 1: Gigabyte R9 270
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K Trinity 3.4GHz quad core
RAM: 8 Gb(4Gb x2) 2133 Mhz Gskill Sniper
Motherboard: Gigabyte AMD FM2+/FM2 A88X (GA-F2A88X-UP4)
Operating system: Windows 7 64 bit
Catalsk Driver version: 13.12
Vert miner version: 0.5.2

These are my settings for the Kalroth Version of Cgminer(I deleted all the failed vertminer settings except for the pools). How exactly would I change these settings to get them to work on vertminer?


Bat File:
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
timeout /t 4
cgminer.exe --scrypt --thread-concurrency 21568 --no-submit-stale --gpu-engine 1145 --gpu-memclock 1500 --lookup-gap 2 --temp-target 72 --auto-fan


Conf File:
{
"pools" : [
        {
                "url" : "stratum+tcp://p2pool.get-vert.com:9171",
                "user" : "wallet receive address",
                "pass" : "password"
        },
        {
                "url" : "stratum+tcp://us-east.pool.vertcoin.io:9171",
                "user" : "wallet receive address",
                "pass" : "password"
        }
]
,
"intensity" : "17",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"thread-concurrency" : "8193",
"temp-cutoff" : "90",
"expiry" : "1",
"failover-only" : true,
"log" : "5",
"queue" : "0",
"scan-time" : "1",
"device" : "0, 1",
"gpu-threads" : "2"
}

I have same cards. My settings (after pools):

Code:

"failover-only" : true,
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-fan" : "25-100",
"temp-target" : "70",
"intensity" : "12",
"gpu-threads" : "2",
"thread-concurrency" : "4096",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"gpu-engine" : "1070",
"gpu-memclock" : "1500",
"queue" : "0",
"expiry" : "1",
"scan-time" : "1",
"scrypt" : true

speed is 180-190kh
same result on 1070/1440 memlock. Also try 950/1250 for test to exclude overclock problems.
Also I've tried:

Code:

"intensity" : "16",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"thread-concurrency" : "14144",

but it works only on rig with 4gb ram (on 2gb it didn't start) and give alittle more speed but more stale shares, so my choise is the first settings

you also should use in your bat-file:

Code:

cgminer -c cgminer.conf

don't add any settings to command line - all settings should be in conf-file

my DRK wallet if my info helped: XfXGXPFEKXY6uXDkCoEQJj3EfFAY6F7N6J

[wintersondante]

The new location for modified cgminer:

https://mega.co.nz/#!eRFijaZS!VAOdKNeNvsqUdhqbDt3FMMR5bBUHAiJjE6F7MYX1ZNY

the OP will be modified soon to reflect this.

[chip99]

https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/2b08ba21a708e70f49f01538ee64f9dc4320de2db9b3609e1a27b4d1da88afa0/analysis/

im not sure about this one. anyone can confirm ?

[Spoetnik]

i dunno i looked at that guys post history and he's a noob.
he has no track record or post history for posting cgminer mods and has not demonstrated any tech knowledge about it either..

i looked at what the guy uploaded and the dll's are not the same as vertminer-0.5.2 and vertminer-0.5.3
some are missing and some are added extra.. so far i am not sure with some quick checking and i would advise people to avoid it !
the main .exe is 200kbs larger than vertminer 053 but i think that is just because it has debug info compiled into it..
one thing i noticed is that this guys new build he is posting was last modified on January 11th 2014
and vertminer-0.5.3 was last modified February 25th 2014.

the guy has no changelog either or source code.. i see no benefit and a large risk..
why is Opencl.dll in there ?
and hey i have compiled using Zlib more than a decade ago and i never felt the need to have two zlib dll's either.. whats up with that ? lol

avoid..

edit:
also the folder inside the zip file is called "Vertcoin-CGMinerAleks_NR3"

edit2:
i meant i first compiled (not coded Zlib) more than 10 years ago so am familiar with it.
i also have made major contributions to code project open zip project yrs ago used all over in things like HL1 and HL2 etc.
i also detected and had removed another virus from a torrent site yesterday too.. i find them non stop.
I use a variety of methods to look for malware.. first stop is looking at the header with a hex editor..
then i go from there using peid, ollydbg hex compare tools.. all kinds of crap including sandbox software with custom anti-malware plugins.
and of course it never hurts to stop by virus total either.

also i quit checking up on that guys new miner.. it seemed suspicious and or slapped together by a noob with no source code or explanation in any way, so no thanks.
it may be clean it may not is my call.. i don;t know for sure.. i would say avoid it unless he can post more info and source code etc

[ArkaniusXII]

I have same cards. My settings (after pools):

Code:

"failover-only" : true,
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-fan" : "25-100",
"temp-target" : "70",
"intensity" : "12",
"gpu-threads" : "2",
"thread-concurrency" : "4096",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"gpu-engine" : "1070",
"gpu-memclock" : "1500",
"queue" : "0",
"expiry" : "1",
"scan-time" : "1",
"scrypt" : true

speed is 180-190kh
same result on 1070/1440 memlock. Also try 950/1250 for test to exclude overclock problems.
Also I've tried:

Code:

"intensity" : "16",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"thread-concurrency" : "14144",

but it works only on rig with 4gb ram (on 2gb it didn't start) and give alittle more speed but more stale shares, so my choise is the first settings

you also should use in your bat-file:

Code:

cgminer -c cgminer.conf

don't add any settings to command line - all settings should be in conf-file

my DRK wallet if my info helped: XfXGXPFEKXY6uXDkCoEQJj3EfFAY6F7N6J

Tried running the settings, keeps giving me this. http://s18.postimg.org/e1w15r2ax/error.png

This is the way I have my miner setup, did I screw any settings up such as a misplaced comma or something?
http://s30.postimg.org/t3hu1485d/settings.png

[mahoni]

hi all,

any optimised settings for a 5970 dualgpu card availeble???

[Nauril]

My best, discovered settings for MSI R9 270 OC Gaming 2GB on Win 7 64bit Ultimate, 8GB DDR3.


"intensity" : "20",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"gpu-engine" : "1000",
"gpu-memclock" : "1500",
"shaders" : "800",
"thread-concurrency" : "12300",
"expiry" : "30",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"scan-time" : "1"

No HW, avg speed 208 KH/s.

[Spoetnik]

i have experimented with vertminer-0.5.2 and vertminer-0.5.2
although i don't have that much experience or knowledge with cgminer i got 1 ATI card a couple months back lol
i have read the readme's though

so what i have settled on is max intensity for 0.5.2 (which is 18) or 13 or 14 (has lower max setting) on newer ver. i think for the newer build but i am pretty much using the older one.

i noticed people comment that work size does not get changed in the bin file.. seems like 256 is hard coded regardless of your conf setting
which is weird because the guy in the first post says use 512 lol

anyway i thought i'd try and max out as much dedicated memory usage i could for mining on my 7950
on my Powercolor PCS+ 7950 i have reached as close to the limit as i can get with 2,806mb used dedicated memory (according to GPU-Z)
and what i did to do that was i started watching for hardware errors.. if i got even 1 error then my config is not good and i kept checking..
then i grabbed the Windows x64 Calculator (what i am mining on) and i multiplied my stream processor count to get the highest number thread concurrency i could (without errors or crashing)
what i noticed is lower settings tended to cause hardware errors, even if running fast..
there seems to be straps so to speak where the speed has a sweet spot and if you go above or below it produces more and more errors.
the lower strap is useless for me and gives me errors and the higher one gives same speeds but no errors.. no idea what it's like from card to card / model / brand
270 kh/s seems to be my max hash speed i think for 0.5.2 using thread concurrency 22400
to get that i calculated my stream processor count 1792 x 13 (14 uses to much ram and miner will not run) so what i did then to squeeze a bit more out of it was
i divided the 1792 by 2 to get 896 and added that to (1792x13) 23296 + 896 = 22400 (2,806mb out of 3gb dedicated gpu dram used at that setting) hashing at 270kh/s

So this setup and method i used and my config works great on any scrypt coin too.. i can't seem to find any way to make it go faster with no errors.
Lastly i have experimented with or with out using a DVI plug into my screen.. i use my Intel 4770k integrated Graphics to run my primary desktop
and have tested disabling the 2nd desktop used by the dedicated miner.. the gpu map command will not do anything if no dummy plug or monitor plug is inserted.

uhh also i recently got my hands on cgwatcher and it's bad ass ! ..it's a great program and i heard about it before but it was way better than i had expected, check it out guys

so i don't know what people will think of my setup or methodology here for config testing ..i am not expert on AMD/ATI mining lol
but i think i read something before in the readme files about trying to multiply the SP count for thread concurrency with the goal of using up the GPU ram.

my conf file i use (i reserve the right to tinker with it more and change it later lol) ..again

Code:

{
"pools" : [
	{
		"url" : "stratum+tcp://somevtcpool:0666",
		"user" : "SatanLovesYou.6",
		"pass" : "x"
	}
]
,
"intensity" : "18",
"vectors" : "1",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"thread-concurrency" : "22400",
"shaders" : "1792",
"gpu-engine" : "1000",
"gpu-fan" : "60",
"gpu-memclock" : "1400",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0",
"gpu-powertune" : "0",
"gpu-vddc" : "0.000",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-overheat" : "85",
"temp-target" : "75",
"api-mcast-port" : "4028",
"api-port" : "4028",
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"expiry" : "120",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-platform" : "0",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"hotplug" : "5",
"log" : "5",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"scan-time" : "30",
"scrypt" : true,
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"shares" : "0",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
}

[anonuser777]

Arkanius, you have two different settings for thread concurrency in your bat file and conf. I don't think that will help things. Also, on some versions of vertminer gpu-threads can have a big impact on HW errors. A tc of 21568 seems quite high for a R9 270, especially with 2 gpu-threads. 12000-15000 would be ok with 1 thread, ~6000-7000? for 2 threads.

Have a look at other settings for the R9 270 here: http://www.verters.com/vertcoin-hardware-list

Personally, I installed the thekev vertminer and used the example settings from the OP. Worked straight away for 230 kh/s, no messing required.

If that helped I can PM you my darkcoin address.

I will give 5 darkcoins(its what I have) to whoever helps me get vertminer working. I've tried several settings but nothing I do works. Vertminer just crashes, refuses to start, tells me there's no pools, or gives me some sort error no matter what I try. I've deleted almost every settings combo I've tried so I can't replicate the variety of errors I've received. All I want is for the damn thing to just work, while I would greatly appreciate settings advice functionality is much more important to me.

GPU 0: Gigabyte R9 270
GPU 1: Gigabyte R9 270
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K Trinity 3.4GHz quad core
RAM: 8 Gb(4Gb x2) 2133 Mhz Gskill Sniper
Motherboard: Gigabyte AMD FM2+/FM2 A88X (GA-F2A88X-UP4)
Operating system: Windows 7 64 bit
Catalsk Driver version: 13.12
Vert miner version: 0.5.2

These are my settings for the Kalroth Version of Cgminer(I deleted all the failed vertminer settings except for the pools). How exactly would I change these settings to get them to work on vertminer?


Bat File:
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
timeout /t 4
cgminer.exe --scrypt --thread-concurrency 21568 --no-submit-stale --gpu-engine 1145 --gpu-memclock 1500 --lookup-gap 2 --temp-target 72 --auto-fan


Conf File:
{
"pools" : [
        {
                "url" : "stratum+tcp://p2pool.get-vert.com:9171",
                "user" : "wallet receive address",
                "pass" : "password"
        },
        {
                "url" : "stratum+tcp://us-east.pool.vertcoin.io:9171",
                "user" : "wallet receive address",
                "pass" : "password"
        }
]
,
"intensity" : "17",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"thread-concurrency" : "8193",
"temp-cutoff" : "90",
"expiry" : "1",
"failover-only" : true,
"log" : "5",
"queue" : "0",
"scan-time" : "1",
"device" : "0, 1",
"gpu-threads" : "2"
}

[mahoni]

hi all,

any optimised settings for a 5970 dualgpu card availeble???

I'm running 12 5970's on it, four to a machine. Played with the setting for hours, this is the best you going to get.


--thread concurrency 6144 -I 16 -g 1 -w 256 --gpu-engine 750 --gpu-memclock 1000

*Each core 168 khs - best you're going to get and not spew garbage hashes to the pool
* You need a minimum of 4GB system ram
* If using Win 7 or 8 64bit you will more than likely have to use the -T flag


~BCX~

big THX for this Informations. i have updated my configfile but the hashpower is only 130k per GPU
can u post a copy of your configfile (im using vertminer and edit the configfile)

[archtme]

So I got myself a Radeon R9 280x Asus DCII Top and was expecting
1. Hashrates along the lines up to 400 kh/s (seen other people reach 400 with either DCII or Sapphire toxic)
2. That the card would be voltage unlocked

The card did 250 kh/s out of the box and voltage seems to be locked. Not the greatest start.

When I clock it down to 1000/1500 from default 1070/1600 it reaches 358 kh/s... which is also my record kh/s for the card.
Tried tc 8191,8192,8193 and 11200. Tried a few intensity settings with no luck.

Tried gpuspeeds down to 950 and up to 1200 and shitloads of settings inbetween. No significant increases whatsoever, just decreases. Tried memclock up to 1850 and down to 1250 only to settle at 1470.

OH, did I mention the card has hynix H5GQ2H24AFR memory modules, which means "the stilts" optimized bios is not going to help it either?

Voltage? I flashed a custom bios which would allow me to lower the voltage. Did nothing but freeze the card for me so I had to revert it. My gigabyte cards were also locked but I just flashed a custom bios and set the voltage to 1.1 in the config. Same thing did NOT work with the asus card.

Quite disappointed to say the least. Many people mention this card and the sapphire toxic as  the great 280 cards. My two other cards are Gigabytes, rev1 and they are fifty bucks cheaper and outperform it.

I realize different cards peak at different settings but I find it astonishing that a factory OC'ed card gains almost 50% more kh/s from getting downclocked to 1000/1500 from stock 1070/1600.

[ArkaniusXII]

Arkanius, you have two different settings for thread concurrency in your bat file and conf. I don't think that will help things. Also, on some versions of vertminer gpu-threads can have a big impact on HW errors. A tc of 21568 seems quite high for a R9 270, especially with 2 gpu-threads. 12000-15000 would be ok with 1 thread, ~6000-7000? for 2 threads.

Have a look at other settings for the R9 270 here: http://www.verters.com/vertcoin-hardware-list

Persenally, I installed the thekev vertminer and used the example settings from the OP. Worked straight away for 230 kh/s, no messing required.

If that helped I can PM you my darkcoin address.

I didn't even know there was a vertcoin hardware comparison chart. I'm toying around with bamt trying to see how it works so my main rig is down at the moment. While I can't test the settings(yet) this will help me colossally with my current and future builds.  Send me your darkcoin address and I'll send you 10 instead of the 5 promised darkcoins.

[miaviator]

Code:

 GPU 1:  77.0C 2368RPM | 209.5K/199.0Kh/s | A:1766 R:0 HW:0 WU:199.4/m I:13

Code:

Temp: 77.0 C
Fan Speed: 55% (2365 RPM)
Engine Clock: 1050 MHz
Memory Clock: 1500 Mhz
Vddc: 1.225 V
Activity: 64%
Powertune: 0%
Fan autotune is enabled (35-85)
GPU engine clock autotune is disabled (900-1138)
Change [A]utomatic [E]ngine [F]an [M]emory [V]oltage [P]owertune

Sapphire R270x Dual-X 4GB

[IronEagle]

Hi Guys,

I´m using a stock 7990 XT2 and need the best settings (best performance without overheating my card).

Could someone help me?

Thx

[SleezyPet]

So I'm trying to get my 290 and 290x setup. I've been tinkering with the settings and trying to be conservative with it still with no luck.

I'm using this following config...

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
./vertminer --nscrypt -o stratum+tcp://east1.us.stratum.dedicatedpool.com:3367 -u 0ut1awed.1 -p x -d 1 --no-adl -I 15 -w 256 --lookup-gap 2 --thread-concurrency 24500 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-powertune 10

It will run on my 290 giving me a supposed mere 325Kh/s but the pool only reports 20Kh/s. It's probably because of all the HW errors I'm getting (I believe that's what the numbers tallying up next to HW are). When I run that same config on the 290x it reports back 900Kh/s to 1Mh/s but no accepts and doesn't even show it being up from the pool site.

I realize you have to fine tune but I feel like I'm already really modest in what I have setup.

[JohnnyDaMitch]

So I'm trying to get my 290 and 290x setup. I've been tinkering with the settings and trying to be conservative with it still with no luck.

I'm using this following config...

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
./vertminer --nscrypt -o stratum+tcp://east1.us.stratum.dedicatedpool.com:3367 -u 0ut1awed.1 -p x -d 1 --no-adl -I 15 -w 256 --lookup-gap 2 --thread-concurrency 24500 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-powertune 10

It will run on my 290 giving me a supposed mere 325Kh/s but the pool only reports 20Kh/s. It's probably because of all the HW errors I'm getting (I believe that's what the numbers tallying up next to HW are). When I run that same config on the 290x it reports back 900Kh/s to 1Mh/s but no accepts and doesn't even show it being up from the pool site.

I realize you have to fine tune but I feel like I'm already really modest in what I have setup.

What is the TC that it runs if you leave the --thread-concurrency part out (delete all .bin files and then pull the number out of the new file that it creates when you run vertminer again)? It should probably be greater than 24500 and it should run without any hardware errors at -I 15. It's hard to believe a 290 would get hardware errors at 24500 though - that's pretty moderate. There may be something else wrong.

If you get the new sgminer with nfactor support, (and maybe some other cgminer versions?), you can try a 290 at -g 2 --xintensity 4. I do that at --thread-concurrency 10240 and the performance is very close to that of -g 1 at high intensity, high TC. Once the clocks are optimized.

[SleezyPet]

So I'm trying to get my 290 and 290x setup. I've been tinkering with the settings and trying to be conservative with it still with no luck.

I'm using this following config...

Code:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
./vertminer --nscrypt -o stratum+tcp://east1.us.stratum.dedicatedpool.com:3367 -u 0ut1awed.1 -p x -d 1 --no-adl -I 15 -w 256 --lookup-gap 2 --thread-concurrency 24500 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-powertune 10

It will run on my 290 giving me a supposed mere 325Kh/s but the pool only reports 20Kh/s. It's probably because of all the HW errors I'm getting (I believe that's what the numbers tallying up next to HW are). When I run that same config on the 290x it reports back 900Kh/s to 1Mh/s but no accepts and doesn't even show it being up from the pool site.

I realize you have to fine tune but I feel like I'm already really modest in what I have setup.

What is the TC that it runs if you leave the --thread-concurrency part out (delete all .bin files and then pull the number out of the new file that it creates when you run vertminer again)? It should probably be greater than 24500 and it should run without any hardware errors at -I 15. It's hard to believe a 290 would get hardware errors at 24500 though - that's pretty moderate. There may be something else wrong.

If you get the new sgminer with nfactor support, (and maybe some other cgminer versions?), you can try a 290 at -g 2 --xintensity 4. I do that at --thread-concurrency 10240 and the performance is very close to that of -g 1 at high intensity, high TC. Once the clocks are optimized.

I'm on ubuntu so no bin files here. Not sure what the TC is on default but taking it out defiantly does not make a difference.

I figured out my issue with the 290x, it was missing the --nscrypt flag.

Still I can get neither to stop outputting massive hardware errors. I even tried backing down the core/mem clocks to no avail.

[JohnnyDaMitch]

I'm on ubuntu so no bin files here. Not sure what the TC is on default but taking it out defiantly does not make a difference.

I figured out my issue with the 290x, it was missing the --nscrypt flag.

Still I can get neither to stop outputting massive hardware errors.

Yeah I'm on ubuntu. It compiles the CL and spits out a bin file in the current directory. Looking at that was how I got my starting point.

No options other than output and -I 13, and still hardware errors?