CryptoGen NVidia GPU Miner

[the_gen_miner]

I tested this miner for 24 hours and I actually got better results with coolminer and ccminer 2.3 . The cryptogen displayed hashrate is higher but the real pool rate is lower. On the other side coolminer and tpruvot ccminer show a little lower on comp but the real on the hash on pool is higher.

Which algo / coin / pool did you test ?

Some combinations are better than others.

[funnel]

I tried on 3 different yiimp based pools. I have 2 small rigs and it's also possible that the dev fee starts to mine not in sync at different times and makes it look like a lower average hashrate on the pool side.

[the_gen_miner]

I tried on 3 different yiimp based pools. I have 2 small rigs and it's also possible that the dev fee starts to mine not in sync at different times and makes it look like a lower average hashrate on the pool side.

That's probable : dev fee starts randomly during first hour of mining.

[overclockerblg]

I'm testing this miner, but I have a problem. When it starts mining the dev fee and connects to the dev pool it cannot restore to mine pool after that is the connection always goes to timeout.

[the_gen_miner]

I'm testing this miner, but I have a problem. When it starts mining the dev fee and connects to the dev pool it cannot restore to mine pool after that is the connection always goes to timeout.

Hmm. First time I see this.
What is the pool ?

[overclockerblg]

I'm testing this miner, but I have a problem. When it starts mining the dev fee and connects to the dev pool it cannot restore to mine pool after that is the connection always goes to timeout.

Hmm. First time I see this.
What is the pool ?

pickaxe

[the_gen_miner]

I'm testing this miner, but I have a problem. When it starts mining the dev fee and connects to the dev pool it cannot restore to mine pool after that is the connection always goes to timeout.

Hmm. First time I see this.
What is the pool ?

pickaxe

I will do some tests on pickaxe.

[the_gen_miner]

Hi guys

A new version v3.0.5 is available here :

https://github.com/genminer/cryptogen/releases/tag/v3.0.5

• Improvement on stratum disconnect management
• Reinforcement of pool switching processing
• Some optimizations for best hashrates

Happy mining !

[ironkid]

Thank you for the release.

I think this miner performs well and on par with Cryptodredge if you setup the stratum difficulty manually.

[the_gen_miner]

Thank you for the release.

I think this miner performs well and on par with Cryptodredge if you setup the stratum difficulty manually.

Two things to focus on :

• Fine tuning of intensity : for example, an intensity of 19 or 19.5 if fine for 1080 Ti
• Difficulty : best way is to run with automatic diff from pool, then after stabilization, examine choosen diff from pool and force it in pool parameters

To force manually difficulty, change the "pass" parameter by adding a "d=" item :
- in config file : "pass": "c=COIN,d=XX"
- in command line : -p c=COIN,d=XX

replace COIN by coin code (ex: LUX) and XX by the wanted difficulty (ex: 48)

By the way, don't forget to define several pools in the coin config file : if a pool fails or can't be reached, CryptoGen automatically switches to the next pool in the list. 
This way, you never lose money !

[ironkid]

The automatic difficulty is not reliable for my tests on bsod atleast.  It was too low and was getting horrible hashrate poolside.

[the_gen_miner]

I think pickaxe is better with auto diff (and not only with auto diff, imo)

You should try and compare.

[ironkid]

Agreed, still having stratum connection interruptions occasionally it is noticable on the hashrate.

[the_gen_miner]

Generally, a stratum connection interruption comes from the pool, or from your Internet connection.

But the miner reconnects (except if the pool is down, in this case after 5 attempts it switches to the next pool in the list)

[Artemso]

Hey.

After a couple of hours mining Phi2, when switching back from devfee mining I receive an error all CUDA-capable devices are busy or unavailable. Randomly, but occasionally on several machines. Any suggestions? thanks

[the_gen_miner]

Hey.

After a couple of hours mining Phi2, when switching back from devfee mining I receive an error all CUDA-capable devices are busy or unavailable. Randomly, but occasionally on several machines. Any suggestions? thanks

Hi

What is your configuration ? Cards, OC settings and intensity, virtual memory sizing ?
And obv, do you use last 3.0.5 version ?

[ioglnx]

Doesn't work with the latest nvidia driver for me 398.58 while alexis miner with Cuda 7.5 32bit does..
Any ideas?

[the_gen_miner]

Doesn't work with the latest nvidia driver for me 398.58 while alexis miner with Cuda 7.5 32bit does..
Any ideas?

Hi

I didn't test last driver, it seems quite unstable.

What is your configuration ? Cards, OC settings and intensity, virtual memory sizing, algo, pool ?

[ioglnx]

It simply just report no cards found.
and then instantly crashes...

I have 1080Ti's in various rigs..

[the_gen_miner]

It simply just report no cards found.
and then instantly crashes...

I have 1080Ti's in various rigs..

Well, it's obviously a problem with the last driver.
As I said before, I didn't start testing with this driver, but I've heard of problems with it.

I can just recommend to keep driver up to 397.x

In all cases, when a rig is full operational and in production, I recommend to keep its configuration as is, unless you're sure you get a big advantage in upgrading.