Multiple gpu-threads in cgminer

[Jonsu]

I have two graphics card, one r9 290 and a 6950, running on one instance of cgminer 3.5.2.

I noticed that the r9 290 runs best with gpu-threads: "2" and the 6950 does best with 1 thread (it fails to run at 2).

So is there a way to configure each individual card its own value without having to run two instances of cgminer??

Thanks in advance!

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[nwoolls]

I have two graphics card, one r9 290 and a 6950, running on one instance of cgminer 3.5.2.

I noticed that the r9 290 runs best with gpu-threads: "2" and the 6950 does best with 1 thread (it fails to run at 2).

So is there a way to configure each individual card its own value without having to run two instances of cgminer??

Thanks in advance!

BFGMiner 4.0 (due Soon Now) has this ability. If you want to give it a shot you can compile from the current Git source code.

[Jonsu]

I have two graphics card, one r9 290 and a 6950, running on one instance of cgminer 3.5.2.

I noticed that the r9 290 runs best with gpu-threads: "2" and the 6950 does best with 1 thread (it fails to run at 2).

So is there a way to configure each individual card its own value without having to run two instances of cgminer??

Thanks in advance!

BFGMiner 4.0 (due Soon Now) has this ability. If you want to give it a shot you can compile from the current Git source code.

I'm not sure if I can do that on my own lol... Do you mind making a tiny tutorial?

[nwoolls]

I'm not sure if I can do that on my own lol... Do you mind making a tiny tutorial?

If it's for Windows you can download it from here:

http://luke.dashjr.org/tmp/code/webisect/webisect.php?dobuild=bfgminer

It lets you pass in comma-delimited values for --gpu-threads.

[crazyates]

Skip BFG, and go straight for SGMiner. It's built and designed for scrypt GPU mining, and already has this feature added. Best part is you don't have to build it, as there are already pre-built versions floating around. Just check the official LTC forum for download links.

[Jonsu]

Skip BFG, and go straight for SGMiner. It's built and designed for scrypt GPU mining, and already has this feature added. Best part is you don't have to build it, as there are already pre-built versions floating around. Just check the official LTC forum for download links.

I probably will skip it (sorry nwoolls) but doesn't mean I won't look more into it later on.

What else should I know about sgminer on windows? I just had cgminer to play with.

[nwoolls]

Skip BFG, and go straight for SGMiner. It's built and designed for scrypt GPU mining, and already has this feature added. Best part is you don't have to build it, as there are already pre-built versions floating around. Just check the official LTC forum for download links.

It is not "built and designed for scrypt GPU mining" any more than cgminer or bfgminer. It's a copy of them with ASIC support removed and a handful of optimizations added. The noteable ones have already been added to bfgminer.

If you want a scrypt-only, GPU-only miner (for some reason) go for it.

Edit: In fact, if you look at the SGMiner commits, they are pulling in code from BFGMiner including Luke's recent OpenCL fixes.

Edit #2: I have nothing against SGMiner btw. I just don't personally see a reason for a GPU-only, Scrypt only miner (SGMiner) just like I don't personally see a reason for a ASIC-only, SHA only miner (CGMiner). Especially if there aren't tangible benefits. I also don't think it's particularly productive to create yet another fork of a miner when there are already several in active development.

[crazyates]

It is not "built and designed for scrypt GPU mining" any more than cgminer or bfgminer. It's a copy of them with ASIC support removed and a handful of optimizations added. The noteable ones have already been added to bfgminer.

If you want a scrypt-only, GPU-only miner (for some reason) go for it.

Edit: In fact, if you look at the SGMiner commits, they are pulling in code from BFGMiner including Luke's recent OpenCL fixes.

Edit #2: I have nothing against SGMiner btw. I just don't personally see a reason for a GPU-only, Scrypt only miner (SGMiner) just like I don't personally see a reason for a ASIC-only, SHA only miner (CGMiner). Especially if there aren't tangible benefits. I also don't think it's particularly productive to create yet another fork of a miner when there are already several in active development.

You contradict yourself, and none of your post make sense. I suppose I should have expected that from a LJR fanboy. How is SGMiner not "built and designed for scrypt GPU mining" when you yourself called it "a scrypt-only, GPU-only miner".

It's more than just CGMiner with the USB/FPGA/ASIC stuff removed. Yes, they stripped down all the SHA256 stuff, but also added much more, before LJR did. They fixed the R9 290 crashing-when-closing issue. They added the comma-separated-threads issue for different cards. They've since added multiple kernels. On my 280x, we use the Zuikkis scrypt kernel, which is different than the kernel we use for our 290. They've also added xIntensity, and rAwIntensity, both of which are awesome for tweaking. In short, it's the cgminer for scrypt that people always wanted.

[Wanesst]

There is nothing else I should know about sgminer on windows. Thanks for good info!