[MTC] High Performance GPU Miner for Metiscoin (Updated - 19 Feb 2014)

[antonio8]

Platform 00: AMD Accelerated Parrallel Processing
     Device 00: Oland
     Device 01: Tahiti
     Device 02: Intel Xeon CPU   L5520 @ 2.227 GHz



Device information for: Oland
CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_SIZE:  2097152 kb
CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_CACHE_SIZE:  16kb
CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_SIZE:  32 kb
CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_TYPE:  CL_LOCAL
CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_GROUP_SIZE:  256

So far so good.
Add a "-d 2" to the end of your command as a test.  Let it mine long enough to submit 5 shares or so (valid or invalid).  It will be mining with your CPU, so it won't be nearly as fast.
This we help me determine if the issue is hardware or code.

Let me know if it gets any valid shares.

15 shares: valid: 0 invalid: 15

Taking off to work so will try something later if you have an idea.

Also tried running it on the R9280x and the same. Invalids.

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[gigawatt]

So far so good.
Add a "-d 2" to the end of your command as a test.  Let it mine long enough to submit 5 shares or so (valid or invalid).  It will be mining with your CPU, so it won't be nearly as fast.
This we help me determine if the issue is hardware or code.

Let me know if it gets any valid shares.

15 shares: valid: 0 invalid: 15

Taking off to work so will try something later if you have an idea.

Also tried running it on the R9280x and the same. Invalids.

I feel like we might be getting somewhere with this.
I've uploaded a debug build to the dropbox page.  Here's a direct link for convenience: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9bf5efl77vi6t3o/xptMiner-GPU-v1.4-debug.zip
Could you run that and post the information you provided earlier?  It should include a few extra parameters.

At this point my next hunch is that we might be dealing with an big-endian/little-endian issue.
What operating system are you using and what version of OpenCL do you have installed?


Also, I just wanted to say thank you for helping me debug this issue.  I know how frustrating it can be.

[majo]

I can't make the GPU miner work on this computer Every time I open it this happens:


https://i.imgur.com/SXDLi2z.jpg



It doesn't matter if i use -d 0 or -d01 etc. The original CPU miner works fine. I am using a HD6800 series.

PS It's in norwegian, but you get the point 

[gigawatt]

I can't make the GPU miner work on this computer Every time I open it this happens:

It doesn't matter if i use -d 0 or -d01 etc. The original CPU miner works fine. I am using a HD6800 series.

PS It's in norwegian, but you get the point 

Try running the debug version: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9bf5efl77vi6t3o/xptMiner-GPU-v1.4-debug.zip

It displays more information, so it might be more useful.
Also, be sure to update your video card drivers and make sure it supports OpenCL.

[veforever]

I have HD5770 and HD4870

5770 can run it normal,but 4870 get down,I think maybe OPENCL version made this,(4870 is OPENCL 1.1 or 1.0?),can fix it?pleaseeeee.

I have try the debug version,the same.

[gigawatt]

I have HD5770 and HD4870

5770 can run it normal,but 4870 get down,I think maybe OPENCL version made this,(4870 is OPENCL 1.1 or 1.0?),can fix it?pleaseeeee.

I have try the debug version,the same.

The Radeon HD 4 series doesn't fully support modern OpenCL, so it will not work no matter what.   

[causevd]

Hello,

Thanks for your great work and everything else, but I am facing with a few problems. First one is when I downloaded this version I setup, changed the .bat with my information and here is the problem.

Picture 1

And I am using the following info -o ypool.net -u causevd.mtc -p x -d 1

After that I had an older version of the GPU miner called GPU-xptMiner-Win64-Cygwin-build5 and then I typed this into the bat

:BEGIN
start /low /wait xptminer.exe -o ypool.net -u causevd.mtc -p x
timeout /t 30
GOTO BEGIN
pause

and I get the following error

Picture 2

Btw I am using a laptop for mining.

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

[gigawatt]

Hello,

Thanks for your great work and everything else, but I am facing with a few problems. First one is when I downloaded this version I setup, changed the .bat with my information and here is the problem.

Picture 1

And I am using the following info -o ypool.net -u causevd.mtc -p x -d 1

For that one, you'll want to change "-d 1" to "-d 0".  Device 00 corresponds to your video card and Device 01 doesn't exist so you get an error message.

and I get the following error

Picture 2

Btw I am using a laptop for mining.

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

That error means that your laptop video card is taking too long to run the processing loop.  When the video card is working, it stops responding to other things, so Windows thinks your video card crashed/hung.
In the next release I'll be adding a feature to tune the work "intensity".  Once that build is out, I'll send you a PM and help you get it working on your laptop.  In the mean time, consider using the CPU miner for the laptop.

[feelgood2]

Great work, mate!

Is this for metiscoin only or can it be used for any other coin?

[causevd]

Thanks my friend. I am happy to wait to PM me soon after you fix it. Anyway I am using it the CPU miner. Thanks once again.

[jk_14]

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It would be very nice to have a i686 (32bit) compability for all old good BAMT users...

[tygarbyte]

Just another observation FYI

mining with 2 x R9 290 - current draw from wall is only 460kw with xpt miner, gpu temp is 70
getting 31940kh/s

when I use these cards for scrypt-jane, they pull 600kw from wall and run at 80 degree

[thiec]

Platform 00: AMD Accelerated Parrallel Processing
     Device 00: Oland
     Device 01: Tahiti
     Device 02: Intel Xeon CPU   L5520 @ 2.227 GHz



Device information for: Oland
CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_SIZE:  2097152 kb
CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_CACHE_SIZE:  16kb
CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_SIZE:  32 kb
CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_TYPE:  CL_LOCAL
CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_GROUP_SIZE:  256

So far so good.
Add a "-d 2" to the end of your command as a test.  Let it mine long enough to submit 5 shares or so (valid or invalid).  It will be mining with your CPU, so it won't be nearly as fast.
This we help me determine if the issue is hardware or code.

Let me know if it gets any valid shares.

15 shares: valid: 0 invalid: 15

Taking off to work so will try something later if you have an idea.

Also tried running it on the R9280x and the same. Invalids.

Same Here. I have all invalid share.

I use x86 version and running with GT 630M (Avg on 1200 kHash/s)

Here the loading screen

[gigawatt]

Same Here. I have all invalid share.

I use x86 version and running with GT 630M (Avg on 1200 kHash/s)

Here the loading screen

Could you please download the "debug" version from the dropbox folder and post the info from that?  It includes additional information that will make troubleshooting easier.

[gigawatt]

mining with 2 x R9 290 - current draw from wall is only 460kw with xpt miner, gpu temp is 70
getting 31940kh/s

when I use these cards for scrypt-jane, they pull 600kw from wall and run at 80 degree

scrypt-jane is brutal.  It's about as GPU hard as you can get while still actually being able to run it on a GPU.
Right now the biggest bottleneck with Metiscoin GPU mining is the memory bandwidth.  It uses 8 semi-large lookup tables and calls them a few hundred times per hash, slowing the whole thing down.  So for the time being, it's probably more fair to compare MTC mining wattage to BTC mining wattage.

I'm still working on optimizations though, so stay tuned.  I'll make some more progress eventually.

It would be very nice to have a i686 (32bit) compability for all old good BAMT users...

There's already a 32-bit version released.  It's the one labeled xptMiner-GPU-x86-v1.X.zip

Is this for metiscoin only or can it be used for any other coin?

This miner works only for Metiscoin.  Metiscoin requires chaining three hash algorithms: keccak -> shavite -> fugue.
If you modify the miner to simply be keccak, then it can be used to mine Maxcoin, but there's already a GPU miner for that, so I didn't bother.  

[thiec]

Same Here. I have all invalid share.

I use x86 version and running with GT 630M (Avg on 1200 kHash/s)

Here the loading screen

Could you please download the "debug" version from the dropbox folder and post the info from that?  It includes additional information that will make troubleshooting easier.

Debug version didnt work for me, i think its x64 and my windows is 32bit (x86)

Thanks for fast respond

[laevaer]

A10-5600K APU video
2600~2900
BUT use hd 4890 getting a compile error!

[gigawatt]

Same Here. I have all invalid share.

I use x86 version and running with GT 630M (Avg on 1200 kHash/s)

Here the loading screen

Could you please download the "debug" version from the dropbox folder and post the info from that?  It includes additional information that will make troubleshooting easier.

Debug version didnt work for me, i think its x64 and my windows is 32bit (x86)

Thanks for fast respond

I don't expect it to.  I need you to run it and post the information from it. 
(It displays more information before failure, so it will make fixing things easier for me)

[gigawatt]

A10-5600K APU video
2600~2900
BUT use hd 4890 getting a compile error!

The Radeon HD 4000 series doesn't fully support OpenCL, so the miner will not work on it no matter what.  Sorry mate. 

[gitrix]

hi all
i just test for 24h my Sapphire R9 280x Dualx default gpu 1020 Memory 1500
windows 8.1 64bit catalyst 13.12
i get near 14200 kh/s wth ypool 1.7 % invalid

http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p688/hmidabox/R9280x_zps4917de52.jpg
http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p688/hmidabox/prtminer_zps90ce20dd.jpg


thanks Dev & gigawatt