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

[nickdino]

Hi, which amd driver works best with the latest sgminer (5.1) on 280x? I have 5 of these cards on a win8.1 system that i want to point at nicehash algo switching pool. Could you please link me to the appropriate file?

[cryptorider]

is there a gui shell or version of sgminer 5+?

I have checked pimp, but it may be that i can't use that because i don't have a usb stick and a forum member said that pimp will overwrite whatever i have on my ssd.

[STWizard]

Hello everyone, I am new to mining and have gotten this devel version of sgminer to start hashing on the x11 algo. I noticed that the A: does not seem to be working or any of the top stats for that matter. I am using Win7 Ultimate and have the 13.2 catalyst drivers. The program crashed and gave me an error saying my buffer was too small in the beginning. Took me 3 days to fix that.  I increased the buffer in my BIOS for the APU-GPU buffer.  Please point me to documentation on this program I have read the Git page.. Looking for info on the second status line (beginning with ST: and ending with RF:) and also the plethora of options that are available for the config file. I have read the command line help page. I am very excited to be part of this vibrant and active community and will look forward to getting some hash power up to Niceash via the WestHash portal. Thanks for the help guys/gals.

[B.T.Coin]

The program crashed and gave me an error saying my buffer was too small in the beginning. Took me 3 days to fix that.

Run this once in your command prompt:
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS

[STWizard]

Ok, thanks guys for the fast reply.

B.T. Coin: I am using those in my batch files and found a really good program (manager) called Awesome Miner that uses them too.
Wolf0: Wow you are one of the developers I see who makes modded kernels. I am honored by your reply. Please elaborate on how the stats work and count.

AwesomeMiner downloads a fresh miner (today it's saying it is version 4.2.2) None of the v5 devel miners worked until I upgraded the buffer to 1G for the GPU portion of my AMD A8 APU. I am giving about 225Khash to waffle pool right now, but they don't accept very many of my shares. Other pools are much more accepting of my work. NiceHash is in close to the same range as Waffle when it comes to work accepted. XPool and Ghash.io accept way more of my shares then these new-to-me pools do, but these new pools are multi-algorithm. Does that make a difference? Should I try NiceHash's non-switching ports? will that make a difference in the acceptance rate?

What factors affect the stale and rejected rates and how do I increase WU, which I suspect is Work Utilization. Is there a glossary for all these terms, a WikiPedia article or something?

[Pansyfaust]

For you guys with Hawaii cards, or guys who just want to try something new, here: https://github.com/wolf9466/neo-sgminer5-hawaii

Should help you get this (270X, 290X, and 290X, in that order; nsfw): https://ottrbutt.com/miner/neoscryptwolf-11212014.png

Any benefit on using the kernel on Tahiti cards (280x) at all?

[platinum4]

For you guys with Hawaii cards, or guys who just want to try something new, here: https://github.com/wolf9466/neo-sgminer5-hawaii

Should help you get this (270X, 290X, and 290X, in that order; nsfw): https://ottrbutt.com/miner/neoscryptwolf-11212014.png

Any benefit on using the kernel on Tahiti cards (280x) at all?

Maybe - I haven't tried all settings - if you want to try something new, try it out. You'll want to change your settings, though; I basically implemented a lookup gap of 2.

Can you build a Windows 64-bit version like you normally do?

[Pansyfaust]

For you guys with Hawaii cards, or guys who just want to try something new, here: https://github.com/wolf9466/neo-sgminer5-hawaii

Should help you get this (270X, 290X, and 290X, in that order; nsfw): https://ottrbutt.com/miner/neoscryptwolf-11212014.png

Any benefit on using the kernel on Tahiti cards (280x) at all?

Maybe - I haven't tried all settings - if you want to try something new, try it out. You'll want to change your settings, though; I basically implemented a lookup gap of 2.

I access my mining rig remotely and try not to test "untested" kernels- if something goes wrong I have to mission to restart the PC.I have it set to restart if their are any failures etc but sometimes the fail-safes fail as well

I'll give it a go. What setting changes do you think would benefit the most? Worksize? 

[lobo13hf]

haven't found a way to mine with my older cards (two 5870 and one 5830) for neoscrypt efficiently...i think it is only a matter of time till someone tweaks the miner for older cards, currently i'm using it to mine cryptonote with claymore miner and these three cards fetch me 754h/s compared to a single 280x h/s of ~600h/s....i remember when claymore later added support for older cards, the same will happen to neoscrypt miners..

Have you tried the kernel modded for older cards yet?

If not, try this: http://phoenixcoin.org/downloads/neoscrypt_vliw.cl

I'm using it for 5870's....42 kh/s each card...hopefully soon someone get's a kernel for us.

will try it.thanks.

that is very inefficient..my 7750 is at 70kh/s..5870 could double that of 7750 to about 140kh/s more..seen it double in other algo like scrpyt and cryptonote.

EDIT: it works thanks damm315er....hey lsss you should try other settings, mine is -i 11 -w 64 -g 1 (overclocked)


the ~100 kh/s is my 5830 and the 140 - 170 kh/s are my 5870's..don't know much about "WU" it is too high compared to my 280x but 0 HW which is good.

there is still the <hash above target>..i'm still tweaking

do you mine sharing the whole config line i cant pass 32-36khs on my 58's? and the source of you miner as well?...

[tccd]

Nice improvement. Thanks, Wolf0.

4 x 290X@1000/1250
http://store.picbg.net/pubpic/6F/2F/d39e87c32ce86f2f.png

For you guys with Hawaii cards, or guys who just want to try something new, here: https://github.com/wolf9466/neo-sgminer5-hawaii

Should help you get this (270X, 290X, and 290X, in that order; nsfw): https://ottrbutt.com/miner/neoscryptwolf-11212014.png

Any benefit on using the kernel on Tahiti cards (280x) at all?

Maybe - I haven't tried all settings - if you want to try something new, try it out. You'll want to change your settings, though; I basically implemented a lookup gap of 2.

Can you build a Windows 64-bit version like you normally do?

Here is my windows build:

http://www.filedropper.com/sgminer-5-dev-neoscrypt-windows-wolf0

[semajjames]

For you guys with Hawaii cards, or guys who just want to try something new, here: https://github.com/wolf9466/neo-sgminer5-hawaii

Should help you get this (270X, 290X, and 290X, in that order; nsfw): https://ottrbutt.com/miner/neoscryptwolf-11212014.png

Any benefit on using the kernel on Tahiti cards (280x) at all?

Maybe - I haven't tried all settings - if you want to try something new, try it out. You'll want to change your settings, though; I basically implemented a lookup gap of 2.

Can you build a Windows 64-bit version like you normally do?

Ugh, don't make me do stuff!

Maybe you could hand the compile job over to someone you know so we would all know it was safe :-)

[spoonuk]

Nice improvement. Thanks, Wolf0.

4 x 290X@1000/1250
http://store.picbg.net/pubpic/6F/2F/d39e87c32ce86f2f.png

What's rest of your config like?

[damm315er]

Nice improvement. Thanks, Wolf0.

4 x 290X@1000/1250

What's rest of your config like?

He posted his config in this package.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=632503.msg9611400#msg9611400

[kenshirothefist]

For you guys with Hawaii cards, or guys who just want to try something new, here: https://github.com/wolf9466/neo-sgminer5-hawaii

Should help you get this (270X, 290X, and 290X, in that order; nsfw): https://ottrbutt.com/miner/neoscryptwolf-11212014.png

Could this be merged with sgminer-dev/devel branch or did you hardcode some Hawaii stuff in this version?

[semajjames]

would it now be fair to say that this new Hawaii miner is going to work better with 14.9 drivers ?

[tccd]

4 x 290X (Hynix) overclocked @ 1200/1500

http://store.picbg.net/pubpic/0E/A7/80c68e6dbdb20ea7.png

For configuration check: https://github.com/wolf9466/neo-sgminer5-hawaii/blob/master/neoscrypt.conf

[semajjames]

4 x 290X (Hynix) overclocked @ 1200/1500



For configuration check: https://github.com/wolf9466/neo-sgminer5-hawaii/blob/master/neoscrypt.conf

thats good hash tccd

what drivers you using ?

[semajjames]

4 x 290X (Hynix) overclocked @ 1200/1500



For configuration check: https://github.com/wolf9466/neo-sgminer5-hawaii/blob/master/neoscrypt.conf

thats good hash tccd

what drivers you using ?

You guys like the code?

i like the potential but cant get anything like the speed's i see,,, my 290's were those unlocked ones from new then flashed with stilts 290x bios (which does increase clock speeds ect)   I  have to go to work size 128 to run this miner cant get off i13 but still running on 14.6 drivers 

[MysteryX]

I'm using 14.6 drivers and only getting HW errors using a ton of different configs, any ideas? (290x, hashrate is only showing around 100k, usually about 300k)

[damm315er]

I'm using 14.6 drivers and only getting HW errors using a ton of different configs, any ideas? (290x, hashrate is only showing around 100k, usually about 300k)

Have you tried my config?

LOL, your config gives me bluescreens and driver crashes.

Anything else gives me ~100k and nothing but HW.

Back to the old and ~330k way till the dust settles a bit..