Number 9! Ninth altcoin thread. Back to the moon Baby!

[arielbit]

If the 3070 is almost the same on a hash/$ ratings as a 6xxx card then I would go with the nVidia simply because their stream encoder is always worth it for resale value down the line and I assume their DLSS will be a little better than AMD's version. If you're going for maximum hash today without regard for resale then the older AMD cards seem to be best bang. Looks like the new gen is great for gamers and meh for miners - at least until tweaks have matured in a couple months.

I will keep my eyes out for a 3080.

I am also.  I'm at peak power threshold for my place.  I've popped the main circuit breaker 3 times.   I have to retire some older gpu and bring in more efficient gpus.   I've retired all my 4xx/5xx and 1060 cards.   next on the chopping block are some 1070.   I've also been switching to more efficient psu (only buying titanium now)

this is what I'm talking about, if your electrical circuit is maxed out.. you want BOTH efficiency and density. and you can upgrade bit by bit hehe

anyway platinum and titanium both have peak efficiency at around 50% load. check/compute your load and take a look at specification, sometimes platinum and titanium don't have much difference in efficiency at 50% load.

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[philipma1957]

If the 3070 is almost the same on a hash/$ ratings as a 6xxx card then I would go with the nVidia simply because their stream encoder is always worth it for resale value down the line and I assume their DLSS will be a little better than AMD's version. If you're going for maximum hash today without regard for resale then the older AMD cards seem to be best bang. Looks like the new gen is great for gamers and meh for miners - at least until tweaks have matured in a couple months.

I will keep my eyes out for a 3080.

I am also.  I'm at peak power threshold for my place.  I've popped the main circuit breaker 3 times.   I have to retire some older gpu and bring in more efficient gpus.   I've retired all my 4xx/5xx and 1060 cards.   next on the chopping block are some 1070.   I've also been switching to more efficient psu (only buying titanium now)

this is what I'm talking about, if your electrical circuit is maxed out.. you want BOTH efficiency and density. and you can upgrade bit by bit hehe

anyway platinum and titanium both have peak efficiency at around 50% load. check/compute your load and take a look at specification, sometimes platinum and titanium don't have much difference in efficiency at 50% load.

yeah i would not mind that all my cards were 3080s doing 85 mh vs my cards doing 25 to 50 mh.

[bmoscato]

Phil,

Do you suggest waiting for the release/sale of the AMD 6000 series or going with the new NVIDIA cards to anyone looking to purchase new cards?

BM

[philipma1957]

Phil,

Do you suggest waiting for the release/sale of the AMD 6000 series or going with the new NVIDIA cards to anyone looking to purchase new cards?

BM

If you can get  Nvidia 3080 get it.

first choice is this card

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-10gb-gddr6x-pci-express-4-0-graphics-card-titanium-and-black/6429440.p?skuId=6429440&ref=186&loc=nvidia_6429440

the Evga's are good.

https://www.evga.com/products/ProductList.aspx?type=0&family=GeForce+30+Series+Family&chipset=RTX+3080

I think the 3080's may be a hair better.

Myself I got a few more of these 5700xt's

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WNYZJ7Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?

It has dual bios , fast shipping and the return period is Jan 31 2021

[bmoscato]

If you can get  Nvidia 3080 get it.

first choice is this card

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-10gb-gddr6x-pci-express-4-0-graphics-card-titanium-and-black/6429440.p?skuId=6429440&ref=186&loc=nvidia_6429440

the Evga's are good.

https://www.evga.com/products/ProductList.aspx?type=0&family=GeForce+30+Series+Family&chipset=RTX+3080

I think the 3080's may be a hair better.

Myself I got a few more of these 5700xt's

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WNYZJ7Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?

It has dual bios , fast shipping and the return period is Jan 31 2021

Thanks, for the info. Currently, I'm using PowerColor 5700XT's. I just replaced one of my dead PowerColors with a Red Devil yesterday under warranty from Micro Center.

[philipma1957]

A little uptick on eth and nicehash not sure if it stays  but it got better today.

[bmoscato]

A little uptick on eth and nicehash not sure if it stays  but it got better today.

Do you use NHOS or connect from SMOS?

[philipma1957]

A little uptick on eth and nicehash not sure if it stays  but it got better today.

Do you use NHOS or connect from SMOS?

Smos to nhos.

I have not got round to trying nhos.

Have you tried nhos.

[bmoscato]

Smos to nhos.

I have not got round to trying nhos.

Have you tried nhos.

I was running NHOS for a few weeks on an old ASRock H81 Pro R2.0 and Intel 3250 with (4) 5700XT and I ended up burning out 1 GPU and couldn't get the OS to function properly after the fact.

I also couldn't get NHOS to function with an ASUS TUF X570 Gaming PLUS WIFI System Board. The OS loaded and said that the cards were hashing, but just showed "pending" when I looked at the web console on Nice Hash.

I would like to add that I ended up going to Simple Miner OS after reading this thread and like it. Still have to figure out how to hash on Nice Hash... I'm currently running on Ethermine.

[badbart]

Smos to nhos.

I have not got round to trying nhos.

Have you tried nhos.

I was running NHOS for a few weeks on an old ASRock H81 Pro R2.0 and Intel 3250 with (4) 5700XT and I ended up burning out 1 GPU and couldn't get the OS to function properly after the fact.

I also couldn't get NHOS to function with an ASUS TUF X570 Gaming PLUS WIFI System Board. The OS loaded and said that the cards were hashing, but just showed "pending" when I looked at the web console on Nice Hash.

I would like to add that I ended up going to Simple Miner OS after reading this thread and like it. Still have to figure out how to hash on Nice Hash... I'm currently running on Ethermine.

If you using SMOS Phoenix works with this command: 
-pool stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.usa-new.nicehash.com:3353 -wal 12345.$rigName -rmode 2 -esm 3 -allpools 1 -estale 0

[bmoscato]

If you using SMOS Phoenix works with this command: 
-pool stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.usa-new.nicehash.com:3353 -wal 12345.$rigName -rmode 2 -esm 3 -allpools 1 -estale 0

Thanks, I will try this later tonight. I'm currently using TeamRedMiner.

[BogdanCo]

If you using SMOS Phoenix works with this command: 
-pool stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.usa-new.nicehash.com:3353 -wal 12345.$rigName -rmode 2 -esm 3 -allpools 1 -estale 0

Thanks, I will try this later tonight. I'm currently using TeamRedMiner.

For TRM with Nicehash you can use:

-a ethash -o stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.eu.nicehash.com:3353 -u wallet.$rigName -p x --eth_stratum_mode=nicehash --api_listen --watchdog_script=/root/utils/force_reboot.sh

[P00P135]

Isn't it possible the Infinity Cache will improve ETH performance?  Perhaps once tweaks are done in the mining software?

Infinity Cache only makes the claimed performance improvements when you pair it with a AMD 5000-series CPU and the software/game is designed to utilize Smart Memory Access

This is incorrect those are two separate things.  Infinity Cache has driver level functionality for all games, but will only improve once game developers start to utilize it.  You con't need an AMD 5000 CPU to use it.

[bmoscato]

If you using SMOS Phoenix works with this command:  
-pool stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.usa-new.nicehash.com:3353 -wal 12345.$rigName -rmode 2 -esm 3 -allpools 1 -estale 0

Do you get a lot of these errors? My server has like 11 restarts from when I started this a few hours ago.

Eth speed: 0.000 MH/s, shares: 79/0/0, time: 0:23
GPUs: 1: 0.000 MH/s (29) 2: 0.000 MH/s (23) 3: 0.000 MH/s (27)
GPU1: 36C 55% 35W, GPU2: 34C 52% 36W, GPU3: 34C 30% 50W
GPUs power: 121.0 W
GPU1: Allocating buffers failed with: clCreateBuffer (-4).
Fatal error detected. Restarting.
GPU2: Allocating DAG (4.02) GB; good for epoch up to #386
GPU2: Allocating buffers failed with: clCreateBuffer (-4).
Eth speed: 0.000 MH/s, shares: 79/0/0, time: 0:23
GPUs: 1: 0.000 MH/s (29) 2: 0.000 MH/s (23) 3: 0.000 MH/s (27)

[bmoscato]

For TRM with Nicehash you can use:

-a ethash -o stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.eu.nicehash.com:3353 -u wallet.$rigName -p x --eth_stratum_mode=nicehash --api_listen --watchdog_script=/root/utils/force_reboot.sh

This keeps freezing my my server:

-a ethash -o stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.usa-new.nicehash.com:3353 -u 0xdd484cddd2ad58d2f562db2973ce1f87b59826e4.$rigName -p x --eth_stratum_mode=nicehash --api_listen --watchdog_script=/root/utils/force_reboot.sh

[philipma1957]

For TRM with Nicehash you can use:

-a ethash -o stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.eu.nicehash.com:3353 -u wallet.$rigName -p x --eth_stratum_mode=nicehash --api_listen --watchdog_script=/root/utils/force_reboot.sh

This keeps freezing my my server:

-a ethash -o stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.usa-new.nicehash.com:3353 -u 0xdd484cddd2ad58d2f562db2973ce1f87b59826e4.$rigName -p x --eth_stratum_mode=nicehash --api_listen --watchdog_script=/root/utils/force_reboot.sh

your need a btc addy. as nice hash converts all coin to btc.

[bmoscato]

For TRM with Nicehash you can use:

-a ethash -o stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.eu.nicehash.com:3353 -u wallet.$rigName -p x --eth_stratum_mode=nicehash --api_listen --watchdog_script=/root/utils/force_reboot.sh

This keeps freezing my my server:

-a ethash -o stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.usa-new.nicehash.com:3353 -u 0xdd484cddd2ad58d2f562db2973ce1f87b59826e4.$rigName -p x --eth_stratum_mode=nicehash --api_listen --watchdog_script=/root/utils/force_reboot.sh

your need a btc addy. as nice hash converts all coin to btc.

Doh... I literally knew that! lol

[badbart]

Do you guys get a lot of rejects on NiceHash?  Are your rigs as stable as mining straight eth?

[philipma1957]

Do you guys get a lot of rejects on NiceHash?  Are your rigs as stable as mining straight eth?

Sometimes they get really stable.

My 2 card hp omen  rigs are very good.  1080ti's about 2 2/3 years old. they run perfectly 50 days in a row no issues

the amd are flakey

A) my service may have an issue
B) smos servers may have an issue
C) nicehash may have an issue

But they are easy peasy to run and I like the direct conversions of eth to btc.

[bmoscato]

Do you guys get a lot of rejects on NiceHash?  Are your rigs as stable as mining straight eth?

Yes, I only get errors on Nice Hash, I can run against Ethermine for days with no issues.