[ANN] sgminer v5 - optimized X11/X13/NeoScrypt/Lyra2RE/etc. kernel-switch miner

[go6ooo1212]

Wolf0, you could set your kernels mining with some constant percent for you. This would guarantee you profit from those who are using your work. Just an idea...

I've said it before, they get reverse engineered. Not to mention - it'd actually harm the community. If I increase hashrate 30%, diff goes up 30% in under a day. You make the same amount, except you're now paying me a fee - so you're making less.

This makes sence , you have a point...

[I_AM_AT_WORK_NOW_]

Can someone explain why sgminer automatically forces a terminal window to be open?

I really hate having the terminal open while I'm using the pc, so I was using the following vbs script to hide cgminer:

Code:

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "F:\miner.bat", 0, True

It works perfectly fine with cgminer and runs the .bat file without issue, and without a CMD window, but whenever I try using it with sgminer it will force open a CMD window. The above vbs script will open the sgminer bat file without issue, and sgminer will run without issue, but it will sit there in a CMD window.

Any way to get this to work similar to cgminer, without a CMD window?

[MaxDZ8]

Any way to get this to work similar to cgminer, without a CMD window?

There's no way. When Windows starts the application it looks into it and sees it's a console application. It pops up a console. This is the correct behavior.

Yes, it would be possible to modify it so there would be a sgminer-noconsole and yes, it's also possible to modify it so it spawns a console only on request but most people isn't interested in moving the miner that way.

[bullus]

Wolf0, you could set your kernels mining with some constant percent for you. This would guarantee you profit from those who are using your work. Just an idea...

I've said it before, they get reverse engineered. Not to mention - it'd actually harm the community. If I increase hashrate 30%, diff goes up 30% in under a day. You make the same amount, except you're now paying me a fee - so you're making less.

Not if u rent out the rig (30% - fee)

[MaxDZ8]

Not impossible - if you know C, call CreateProcess() with CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag.

Just call WinMain.

[lbr]

Can someone explain why sgminer automatically forces a terminal window to be open?

I really hate having the terminal open while I'm using the pc, so I was using the following vbs script to hide cgminer:

Code:

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "F:\miner.bat", 0, True

It works perfectly fine with cgminer and runs the .bat file without issue, and without a CMD window, but whenever I try using it with sgminer it will force open a CMD window. The above vbs script will open the sgminer bat file without issue, and sgminer will run without issue, but it will sit there in a CMD window.

Any way to get this to work similar to cgminer, without a CMD window?

Scheduled Tasks: start on logon -> inv.cmd:

wscript.exe "C:\Coins\invisible.vbs" "C:\Coins\start_miner_bg.cmd"
exit

-> invisible.vbs:

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0, False

+ start_miner_bg.cmd:

@echo off
cd "C:\Coins\sgminer-5.0-daily-20140712-15-win32\"
6950_7950_Powercolor_Stock-p8h6v_BG.cmd

+ 6950_7950_Powercolor_Stock-p8h6v_BG.cmd:

@echo off
....date crap...
sgminer -c 6950_7950_Powercolor_Stock-p8h6v_multi_BG.conf 2>c:\log\sgminer_%ldt%_bg.log
exit

Works for me on Win7.

[bullus]

Wolf0, you could set your kernels mining with some constant percent for you. This would guarantee you profit from those who are using your work. Just an idea...

I've said it before, they get reverse engineered. Not to mention - it'd actually harm the community. If I increase hashrate 30%, diff goes up 30% in under a day. You make the same amount, except you're now paying me a fee - so you're making less.

Not if u rent out the rig (30% - fee)

Wouldn't rig renting be just as impacted? When you make hashrate effectively cheaper, then people sell it for less.

I think u see it to big, just check some renting rigs and check the hashrates of 7950/280x/290x..a lot don't even get high hashrates. It doesn't mean that every miner will know ur +30% minersoftware if u spread it. Not all miners are reading this topic/site. I am not saying u should just spread ur software.

[nsimmons]

Wolf0, you could set your kernels mining with some constant percent for you. This would guarantee you profit from those who are using your work. Just an idea...

I've said it before, they get reverse engineered. Not to mention - it'd actually harm the community. If I increase hashrate 30%, diff goes up 30% in under a day. You make the same amount, except you're now paying me a fee - so you're making less.

Not if u rent out the rig (30% - fee)

Wouldn't rig renting be just as impacted? When you make hashrate effectively cheaper, then people sell it for less.

I think u see it to big, just check some renting rigs and check the hashrates of 7950/280x/290x..a lot don't even get high hashrates. It doesn't mean that every miner will know ur +30% minersoftware if u spread it. Not all miners are reading this topic/site. I am not saying u should just spread ur software.

The last time there was a major speed increase for x11 it took miners 2 days to notice and rental prices to increased accordingly.

[bullus]

If the prices were increase is good tho.  ,but didn't knew it was so fast..

[I_AM_AT_WORK_NOW_]

Can someone explain why sgminer automatically forces a terminal window to be open?

I really hate having the terminal open while I'm using the pc, so I was using the following vbs script to hide cgminer:

Code:

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "F:\miner.bat", 0, True

It works perfectly fine with cgminer and runs the .bat file without issue, and without a CMD window, but whenever I try using it with sgminer it will force open a CMD window. The above vbs script will open the sgminer bat file without issue, and sgminer will run without issue, but it will sit there in a CMD window.

Any way to get this to work similar to cgminer, without a CMD window?

Scheduled Tasks: start on logon -> inv.cmd:

wscript.exe "C:\Coins\invisible.vbs" "C:\Coins\start_miner_bg.cmd"
exit

-> invisible.vbs:

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0, False

+ start_miner_bg.cmd:

@echo off
cd "C:\Coins\sgminer-5.0-daily-20140712-15-win32\"
6950_7950_Powercolor_Stock-p8h6v_BG.cmd

+ 6950_7950_Powercolor_Stock-p8h6v_BG.cmd:

@echo off
....date crap...
sgminer -c 6950_7950_Powercolor_Stock-p8h6v_multi_BG.conf 2>c:\log\sgminer_%ldt%_bg.log
exit

Works for me on Win7.

Thanks, turned out what I needed to do was get rid of the bat file and run sgminer.exe direct through the vbs script, with a config file.

I have no idea why, but it works fine. Thanks

[lbr]

I have no idea why, but it works fine. Thanks

weird..

Maybe cause of "True"?

Code:

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "F:\miner.bat", 0, True

-> invisible.vbs:

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0, False

bWaitOnReturn
Optional. Boolean value indicating whether the script should wait for the program to finish executing before continuing to the next statement in your script. If set to true, script execution halts until the program finishes, and Run returns any error code returned by the program. If set to false (the default), the Run method returns immediately after starting the program, automatically returning 0 (not to be interpreted as an error code).

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d5fk67ky(v=vs.84).aspx

[MaxDZ8]

Not impossible - if you know C, call CreateProcess() with CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag.

Just call WinMain.

No, he wants to launch SG with no window.

WinMain does not spawn a window FYI.

[patlaka2000]

Come on people, please help me with this. How can I achieve 3.6 mh on x11 with 270x and what version of sgminer, driver, card config, etc.

I currently managed to get 2.9 and 4.3 on 270x and 280x

Thank you.

[patlaka2000]

Come on people, please help me with this. How can I achieve 3.6 mh on x11 with 270x and what version of sgminer, driver, card config, etc.

I currently managed to get 2.9 and 4.3 on 270x and 280x

Thank you.

That is about it, even badman74's repo isn't going to get you any higher than those numbers for those cards.

I see. Thanks for the info.

[platinum4]

Your mom is good with my code.

Ha, seriously? Are you 12 years old or something??

It got removed. ;(  All those configs all those speed hacks all are acceptable - one mom joke - nope.

[semajjames]

is there a place to direct questions specifically about nice hash ??

cheers

[semajjames]

Right
         I am using cgwatcher to monitor 3 rigs, so i can see nice hash open and close ports ready for switching to BUT WHY do i not see the same ports open or closed on all the rig's at the same time ?

example ,, at this present time cgwatcher is saying NH has x11 and x13 alive on 2 of my rig's but the third rig only show's x13 as alive

cheers

[Rabinovitch]

I made, and released, miners that were several times faster than the best public one for XMR. I barely got anything in donations. Making the same mistake twice is called stupidity.

If you are so mercantile, why don't you insert a liiiitle donation percent in your optimized miners? Not 5% like Claymore do. 0.5 as maximum. That's all. You have your donations, miners has their hashrates. You better look at ckolivas' behavior. He doesn't whining... But I made a donation to him for S3's cgminer update.  

p.s. oh, I see, you have answered to such ideas already...

[grendel25]

Won't devs just charge what they think is fair and what brings them money?  If they charge too much then folks won't pay.  Who knows how they find a happy medium or that sweet spot where they charge what most people will pay.

[Hippie Tech]

Come on people, please help me with this. How can I achieve 3.6 mh on x11 with 270x and what version of sgminer, driver, card config, etc.

I currently managed to get 2.9 and 4.3 on 270x and 280x

Thank you.

That is about it, even badman74's repo isn't going to get you any higher than those numbers for those cards.

I see. Thanks for the info.

Have you tried this version ?  https://www.westhash.com/software/sgminer-5.0-badman74-mod-win32.zip

280x - 4.45 mhash, 1120/1500, powertune 0%, -w 128, -i 16, -g 2

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7870 - 2.22 mhash, 1150/1200, 0%, -w 128, -i 13/ desktop, -g 2