The big VTC Vertcoin settings thread

[Wolffish]

That core 1060 and mem 1250 setting saves about 8 W but WU dropped... why, don't know...
1000/1400 is so far optimal for my Gigabites...

I pushed for fun my cards to 1100/1500

but 400W and more noise is probably not worth it  

Undervolting seems promising, but how to do that in BAMT without any HDD, sounds like a lot of headache... or not??

[Arlic]

That core 1060 and mem 1250 setting saves about 8 W but WU dropped... why, don't know...
1000/1400 is so far optimal for my Gigabites...

I pushed for fun my cards to 1100/1500
http://imageshack.com/a/img809/7329/ra5m.jpg
but 400W and more noise is probably not worth it  

Undervolting seems promising, but how to do that in BAMT without any HDD, sounds like a lot of headache... or not??

You have to measure WU with pierods higher than 24h.

[Wolffish]

BAMT makes coldreboots erery 3 hours and I have no idea where to look data of longer period...

[dotnetmin]

BAMT makes coldreboots erery 3 hours and I have no idea where to look data of longer period...

Is there a BMAT version supporting VERT

Edit: ok, if found out it is.

http://www.reddit.com/r/vertcoin/comments/1x9fd1/vertcoin_bamt_v150_aka_someone_had_to_do_it/

Download link is no longer working.

Can somebody please post a downlod Link ?

Thanks

[Wolffish]

New version from same guy:
http://www.reddit.com/r/BAMT/comments/207rdz/release_bamt_v160_scrypt_scryptn_darkcoin/

Download:

http://mgnet.me/.bamtv160

It has several miners and looks good, I downloaded it but have no time to test it, yet...

[dotnetmin]

New version from same guy:
http://www.reddit.com/r/BAMT/comments/207rdz/release_bamt_v160_scrypt_scryptn_darkcoin/

Download:

http://mgnet.me/.bamtv160

It has several miners and looks good, I downloaded it but have no time to test it, yet...

thanks, testet for cgminer and vertminer - all fine

[captjrc]

Anyone running vertminer 0.5.3 on BAMT?

I got the latest version from GitHub and installed it with these instructions:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=404364.msg4668635#msg4668635

It works, but seems I can't change GPU settings. Not from thecgminer.conf, not from the command line, not from the vertminer. Also, I can't see the card temps at all. The web monitor shows the temps just fine though on http://myip/cgi-bin/status.pl

Even the ./vertminer --help shows only these gpu options, so I suppose the rest are actually missing?
--disable-gpu|-G    Disable GPU mining even if suitable devices exist
--gpu-dyninterval <arg> Set the refresh interval in ms for GPUs using dynamic intensity (default: 7)
--gpu-platform <arg> Select OpenCL platform ID to use for GPU mining (default: -1)
--gpu-threads|-g <arg> Number of threads per GPU (1 - 10) (default: -1)
--lookup-gap <arg>  Set GPU lookup gap for scrypt mining, comma separated
--intensity|-I <arg> Intensity of GPU scanning (d or -10 -> 21,default: d to maintain desktop interactivity)

The only way to change core/mem is to set new defaults in gpu bios and flash the card with that. Which is a bit annoying when searching for the best values..

Had this same problem two different times (two weeks apart so I forgot the solution) - be sure to run ./buildit.sh and NOT sudo ./buildit.sh. running as superuser seems to break the Open-GL / ADL stuff from what I can tell (assuming you copied the ADL_SDK .h files into the appropriate folder?)

I managed to make it myself. If you want to build it on BAMT it's quite easy:

1 - Open Root Terminal (or Run LXTERMINAL)
2 - Type: cd ~/Downloads/ *(if this folder does not exist, "type: mkdir ~/Downloads/" then type cd ~/Downloads/)
3 - Type: git clone https://github.com/Bufius/vertminer-gpu
4 - Wait for it to clone the GIT for vertminer
5 - Type: cp /opt/miners/cgminer/ADL_SDK/* ~/Downloads/vertminer-gpu/ADL_SDK/
6 - Type: cd vertminer-gpu
7 - Type: ./buildit.sh

You've succesfully built/compiled vertminer-gpu and now you need to set up a .sh (shell) that starts vertminer with your config of choice.

1 - Still in the Terminal window, Type: cd /home/user/Desktop
2 - Now type: nano start.sh and enter the following code:

Code:

export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1
export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100 #if you mine with 280x or 7970, set this to 200
export CGMINER_BIN=/root/Downloads/vertminer-gpu/vertminer
$CGMINER_BIN --scrypt-vert \
--config "/home/user/Desktop/config.conf \

3 - press CTRL + O (Write Out to file) - Save it as start.sh - then press CTRL + X
4 - Type: chmod +x start.sh
5 - Now type: nano config.conf and enter the following code:

Code:

{
"pools" : [
    {
        "url" : "stratum+tcp://yourpool.org:3333",
        "user" : "yourusername",
        "pass" : "yourpassword"
    },
],
"auto-fan" : true,
"auto-gpu" : false,
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-overheat" : "85",
"temp-target" : "80",
"gpu-fan" : "0-100",
"intensity" : "SET PREFERRED INTENSITY",
"vectors" : "1",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"thread-concurrency" : "SET YOUR TC HERE",
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "60",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-platform" : "0",
"gpu-threads" : "SET YOUR THREADS HERE",
"gpu-engine" : "SET YOUR CLOCK HERE",
"gpu-memclock" : "SET YOUR CLOCK HERE",
"gpu-powertune" : "20",
"log" : "5",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"queue" : "9",
"scan-time" : "30",
"scrypt" : true,
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"

6 - CTRL + O and save it as config.conf - then press CTRL + X
7 - Type: screen and hit space
8 - Type: ./start.sh and this will launch vertminer-gpu with your config, and voila!

If you ever need to edit your config, open it with leafpad or edit with nano (i.e: nano /home/user/Desktop/config.conf)

Need help? Ask me. Want to throw some VTC to me? Vga61x3oxTV5CQDtqSW1KVdWjZnFeh3zJ9

I have tried to use your nano settings, but each time I start.sh, I get an error message stating:

 root@das-miner:/home/user# cd /home/user/Desktop/
root@das-miner:/home/user/Desktop# sh start.sh
 [2014-03-19 15:09:58] /home/user/Downloads/vertminer-gpu/vertminer: --scrypt-vert: unrecognized option                   
root@das-miner:/home/user/Desktop#

What do I need to do to corrrect this so I can start mining? 
Thanks!

[irpilot]

Does anyone have any reliable settings for an r9 270? I have two HIS r9 270 IceQx2 2GB cards that I'm trying to get configured and I'm at a loss. I usually get 470 - 480 kh/s with normal scrypt mining. http://imgur.com/fyvQUjm

[blockheadi13]

I'm using asus r9 290. This far these are only good settings I've managed to figure out.  Still little bit of work.
Giving steady 410khash with 0 hw errors and rejects.

{
"pools" : [
   {
      "url" : "",
      "user" : "",
      "pass" : ""
   }
   
]
,
"intensity" : "18",
"vectors" : "1",
"worksize" : "512",
"thread-concurrency" : "24000",
"shaders" : "2048",
"gpu-powertune" : "20",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"scrypt-vert" : true,
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
}

[ozzy1926]

I'm using sgminer with nfactor support.
http://www.sgminerwindows.com/sgminer-nfactor.php
Sapphire Tri-X R9-290 (not X). There is another card in my system (HD6450) just to render my desktop, disabled in sgminer by using -d.

Config (use your own settings for pools):
---
{
"pools" : [
    {
        "url" : <url>,
        "user" : <user>,
        "pass" : <pass>
    }
],

"nfactor" : "11",

"expiry" : "10",
"log" : "5",
"queue" : "0",
"scan-time" : "1",
"api-listen" : true,
"api-allow" : "W:127.0.0.1",

"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
}
---

sgminer launch (the first figures in TC, gpu-engine, and so on, are for the disabled HD6450):
---
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
sgminer.exe -X 1,256 --gpu-engine 650,947-1010 --gpu-memclock 600,1475 --thread-concurrency 640,20479 --gpu-powertune 0,40 -d 1 --lookup-gap 2 --worksize 512 -g 1,1 --gpu-vddc 0,1.175 --auto-gpu --auto-fan --gpu-fan 35-80,40-60 --temp-target 75,85 --temp-overheat 80,90 --temp-cutoff 85,95 --failover-only -k zuikkis
---

Stable 455 kH/s.

can you post that sg miner with nfactor link again?Its dead thx

[embicoin]

I'm using sgminer with nfactor support.
http://www.sgminerwindows.com/sgminer-nfactor.php
Sapphire Tri-X R9-290 (not X). There is another card in my system (HD6450) just to render my desktop, disabled in sgminer by using -d.

Config (use your own settings for pools):
---
{
"pools" : [
    {
        "url" : <url>,
        "user" : <user>,
        "pass" : <pass>
    }
],

"nfactor" : "11",

"expiry" : "10",
"log" : "5",
"queue" : "0",
"scan-time" : "1",
"api-listen" : true,
"api-allow" : "W:127.0.0.1",

"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
}
---

sgminer launch (the first figures in TC, gpu-engine, and so on, are for the disabled HD6450):
---
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
sgminer.exe -X 1,256 --gpu-engine 650,947-1010 --gpu-memclock 600,1475 --thread-concurrency 640,20479 --gpu-powertune 0,40 -d 1 --lookup-gap 2 --worksize 512 -g 1,1 --gpu-vddc 0,1.175 --auto-gpu --auto-fan --gpu-fan 35-80,40-60 --temp-target 75,85 --temp-overheat 80,90 --temp-cutoff 85,95 --failover-only -k zuikkis
---

Stable 455 kH/s.

The Nfactor for rotocoin is:
minNfactor = 10
maxNfactor = 30
Which value is better to put taking your config as basis? 11, 10, 30?

[blue_bit]

can someone give me a invite code on pool  https://vertco.in

thanks !!!!

[anonuser777]

Does anyone have any reliable settings for an r9 270? I have two HIS r9 270 IceQx2 2GB cards that I'm trying to get configured and I'm at a loss. I usually get 470 - 480 kh/s with normal scrypt mining. http://imgur.com/fyvQUjm

See mine and tedys posts on this thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=523496.msg5823395#msg5823395

[JohnnyDaMitch]

can you post that sg miner with nfactor link again?Its dead thx

It has now been merged into the mainline sgminer. If you get a build that's recent enough it will have the N-factor support. Not sure if that corresponds to a particular version number.

[AcidSplash]

The settings for vertcoin mining has got to be the screwiest thing I've ever had to set.

My normal settings that worked for scrypt mining was:
-g 1 --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 --lookup-gap 2 -I 19 --gpu-powertune 20

But nothing I changed using -g 1 worked. Lowering the thread concurrency didn't work along with lowering the intensity.

Finally I just played around with it a lot and this worked using -g 2 instead of -g 1.

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
vertminer --scrypt-vert -Q 0 -o x -u x -p x --failover-only -o x -u x -p x --failover-only -o x -u x -p x -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --thread-concurrency 8192,8000,8000 -w 256 --temp-target 79 --temp-cutoff 90 --gpu-fan 75,70,55 --gpu-powertune 20 --gpu-engine 980,1025,1025 --gpu-memclock 1250,1250,1250

The first card is an MSI 7950.
I had to lower the thread concurrency for the last two XFX 7950's to 8000.

MSI solid 276 kh/s that only fluctuates a few kh/s.
XFX solid 279 kh/s that only fluctuates a few kh/s.

[johnsyszlak]

Just a small info. Tried to compile vertminer today (0.5.4pre2) , no succes at minig. After a while I re-compiled with:
CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall -march=native" ./configure --enable-scrypt --enable-nscrypt

--enable-nscrypt is not described enywhere, but with this one it works nice. Hope it helps somebody.

[AcidSplash]

The settings for vertcoin mining has got to be the screwiest thing I've ever had to set.

My normal settings that worked for scrypt mining was:
-g 1 --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 --lookup-gap 2 -I 19 --gpu-powertune 20

But nothing I changed using -g 1 worked. Lowering the thread concurrency didn't work along with lowering the intensity.

Finally I just played around with it a lot and this worked using -g 2 instead of -g 1.

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
vertminer --scrypt-vert -Q 0 -o x -u x -p x --failover-only -o x -u x -p x --failover-only -o x -u x -p x -I 13 -g 2 --lookup-gap 2 --thread-concurrency 8192,8000,8000 -w 256 --temp-target 79 --temp-cutoff 90 --gpu-fan 75,70,55 --gpu-powertune 20 --gpu-engine 980,1025,1025 --gpu-memclock 1250,1250,1250

The first card is an MSI 7950.
I had to lower the thread concurrency for the last two XFX 7950's to 8000.

MSI solid 276 kh/s that only fluctuates a few kh/s.
XFX solid 279 kh/s that only fluctuates a few kh/s.

NVM I seem to be getting 3 HW errors per hour now per card. Any ideas?

If I set the TC to 8192 it pushes the hashrate down too low.

[bdiddle]

I am getting an error when I start vertminer.

"1 error detected in the compilation of C:\users\xxx\appdata\local\temp\xxxxx.tmp.cl"

Any suggestions?

[csa1234]

Sapphire TOXIC R9 280x: 360 Kh/s (Temp: 69°C on air-conditioned room + big fan on rig)

-I 13 -w 256 -g 2 -v 1 --shaders 2048 --thread-concurrency 8192 --lookup-gap 2 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-powertune 20 --gpu-vddc 1.100 --auto-fan --temp-target 72

[ozzy1926]

can anybody able to get stable at least 24 hours 450kh/s from 290 trix oc can share his setting?I can run 6-7 hours straight with this:

Code:

"intensity" : "19",
"vectors" : "1,1,1",
"worksize" : "256,256,256",
"lookup-gap" : "2,2,2",
"thread-concurrency" : "24550",
"shaders" : "0,0",
"gpu-engine" : "1020",
"gpu-fan" : "50-50,50-50,50-50",
"gpu-memclock" : "1250",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0",
"gpu-powertune" : "25,25,25",
"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

but after 6-7 hours either pc freezes or 1 of the card driver stops responding using catalyst 13.12