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April 08, 2011, 04:49:16 PM |
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generally, you might want to use SDK 2.1 instead of 2.2. i use 5850s also, and there's a marked difference between the two SDKs: i'm getting a rock-solid 249 Mh/s/card with no overclocking. also, try messing around with the -f and -w settings. note that i'm using DiabloMiner on Linux (Debian testing)... so, more specifically - what's your OS, your ATI Catalyst version, and your start-up parameters? someone with an identical system to yours will have better info...
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grndzero
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April 08, 2011, 04:59:00 PM |
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I get 318 Mh/s fully overclocked to 900/1300 Core/Mem on Ubuntu Linux with SDK 2.1.
I was also getting right around 250Mh/s stock.
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nster
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April 08, 2011, 05:07:32 PM |
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I get 318 Mh/s fully overclocked to 900/1300 Core/Mem on Ubuntu Linux with SDK 2.1.
I was also getting right around 250Mh/s stock.
I suggest downclocking your mem to idle value http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4292.0
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sanchaz (OP)
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April 08, 2011, 05:15:23 PM |
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Windows 7 64bit Catalsyt was 10.8 when i wrote the first post, just updated it to 11.3. Still no result, when i turn on the miner GPU clock was 400 and Memory clock was 1000. and it wouldn't go up to the default values of 725/1000. So i tried turning off firefox and firing up the miner, values went to 725/1000 and i got 240 MHash/s. Seems firefox with flash f**ks this up. :/ if anyone knows how to fix it...
as for lowering the mem clock i get better temps and lose very little MHash/s correct?
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nster
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April 08, 2011, 05:19:37 PM |
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Windows 7 64bit Catalsyt was 10.8 when i wrote the first post, just updated it to 11.3. Still no result, when i turn on the miner GPU clock was 400 and Memory clock was 1000. and it wouldn't go up to the default values of 725/1000. So i tried turning off firefox and firing up the miner, values went to 725/1000 and i got 240 MHash/s. Seems firefox with flash f**ks this up. :/ if anyone knows how to fix it...
as for lowering the mem clock i get better temps and lose very little MHash/s correct?
You shouldn't even be losing Mh/s. I for example GAINED quite a few Mh/s! and power consumption and heat go way down. In firefox, go in options and untick the "enable hardware acceleration when available"
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April 08, 2011, 05:20:49 PM |
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Do you have anything else running in the background? Flash video particularly, I've noticed kills my hash rate.
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sanchaz (OP)
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April 08, 2011, 05:21:15 PM |
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Windows 7 64bit Catalsyt was 10.8 when i wrote the first post, just updated it to 11.3. Still no result, when i turn on the miner GPU clock was 400 and Memory clock was 1000. and it wouldn't go up to the default values of 725/1000. So i tried turning off firefox and firing up the miner, values went to 725/1000 and i got 240 MHash/s. Seems firefox with flash f**ks this up. :/ if anyone knows how to fix it...
as for lowering the mem clock i get better temps and lose very little MHash/s correct?
You shouldn't even be losing Mh/s. I for example GAINED quite a few Mh/s! and power consumption and heat go way down. In firefox, go in options and untick the "enable hardware acceleration when available" a ok thx, i also solved it by closing any tabs that had flash running like youtube.
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sanchaz (OP)
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April 08, 2011, 05:22:02 PM |
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Do you have anything else running in the background? Flash video particularly, I've noticed kills my hash rate.
no i now have firefox open as i used to but closed youtube tabs and other that were running flash.
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dbitcoin
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April 08, 2011, 05:26:52 PM |
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Do you have anything else running in the background? Flash video particularly, I've noticed kills my hash rate.
no i now have firefox open as i used to but closed youtube tabs and other that were running flash. maybe running compiz with effects?
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grndzero
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April 08, 2011, 05:29:39 PM |
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I've read posts about both flash and new versions of browsers (Firefox 4, IE9, and I think new versions of Chrome) interfacing with OpenCL to access the graphics cards directly to speed up rendering. Anything using OpenCL is going to eat into your hash rate.
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nster
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April 08, 2011, 05:33:31 PM |
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also on youtube etc, right click -->> setting --> untick enable hardware acc.
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April 08, 2011, 07:26:00 PM |
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I think watching a hardware-accelerated video triggers the UVD profile in the BIOS of the video card. This profile is almost always at 400MHz core. After you close the video, the clock goes back to whatever it should be; idle or full-load.
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2x5850 @ 600[M|K]H/s
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April 08, 2011, 08:03:22 PM |
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is it a mining rig or not ?? If you play game's it will effect anything you do I'm not sure if the true miners will want to help "gamers" My 2 cents is mine or play games make the choice Don't expect others to figure it out for you
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nster
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April 08, 2011, 09:32:32 PM |
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is it a mining rig or not ?? If you play game's it will effect anything you do I'm not sure if the true miners will want to help "gamers" My 2 cents is mine or play games make the choice Don't expect others to figure it out for you
Don't listen to this troll.... He can't read obviously. But if you ever decide to mine while gaming, put the -f 120 flag. While I play Shogun 2, my hashraye is around 100Mh/s for each of my 6870
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Garrett Burgwardt
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April 08, 2011, 11:17:47 PM |
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is it a mining rig or not ?? If you play game's it will effect anything you do I'm not sure if the true miners will want to help "gamers" My 2 cents is mine or play games make the choice Don't expect others to figure it out for you
Don't listen to this troll.... He can't read obviously. But if you ever decide to mine while gaming, put the -f 120 flag. While I play Shogun 2, my hashraye is around 100Mh/s for each of my 6870 Second, -f 120 works fine for me as well. Miners never stop
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April 09, 2011, 11:21:24 AM |
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k thx. -f FRAMES, --frames=FRAMES will try to bring single kernel execution to 1/frame seconds, default=30, increase this for less desktop lag What does the -f flag really do? what does this mean?
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dbitcoin
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April 09, 2011, 04:57:21 PM |
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k thx. -f FRAMES, --frames=FRAMES will try to bring single kernel execution to 1/frame seconds, default=30, increase this for less desktop lag What does the -f flag really do? what does this mean? Skip work cycles, and free gpu power for desktop system. Mining slow down a bit, but your OS desktop/windows do not lag.
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nster
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April 09, 2011, 06:34:05 PM |
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k thx. -f FRAMES, --frames=FRAMES will try to bring single kernel execution to 1/frame seconds, default=30, increase this for less desktop lag What does the -f flag really do? what does this mean? Skip work cycles, and free gpu power for desktop system. Mining slow down a bit, but your OS desktop/windows do not lag. It also prevents crashes etc if your OC is not 100% stable (and most are not)
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April 09, 2011, 08:48:25 PM |
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is it a mining rig or not ?? If you play game's it will effect anything you do I'm not sure if the true miners will want to help "gamers" My 2 cents is mine or play games make the choice Don't expect others to figure it out for you
Don't listen to this troll.... He can't read obviously. But if you ever decide to mine while gaming, put the -f 120 flag. While I play Shogun 2, my hashraye is around 100Mh/s for each of my 6870 Thanks for the snipe you TROLL nster the troll hits every post made on this board with his TROLL turds
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