Claymore's CryptoNote AMD GPU Miner v11.3

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Iam more curious as to when we shall see some form of update with some speed boost's as that cant be all this algo can produce.... 280x with hynix does 550h/s overclocked.
7950 with hynix can do 520 h/s clocked.....

not much of a difference between cards.

Speed boosts are useless. Everyone will get the same boost, so you'll end up earning the same amount of XPM when difficulty rises but using more electricity and with hotter GPUs.

Well, it would give us an advantage against CPU miners, of which there are still many.

[Prelude]

Iam more curious as to when we shall see some form of update with some speed boost's as that cant be all this algo can produce.... 280x with hynix does 550h/s overclocked.
7950 with hynix can do 520 h/s clocked.....

not much of a difference between cards.

Speed boosts are useless. Everyone will get the same boost, so you'll end up earning the same amount of XPM when difficulty rises but using more electricity and with hotter GPUs.

Well, it would give us an advantage against CPU miners, of which there are still many.

Can't say I'm familiar with CPU mining Monero. How far ahead are GPUs compared to CPUs?

[ans34]

Can't say I'm familiar with CPU mining Monero. How far ahead are GPUs compared to CPUs?

GPUs are about 3 times faster than CPU

[dunchy]

My stats:

3 x R9 290 (sapphire, powercolor and gigabyte). That's without "x".
14.7 driver
12GB RAM
claymore 6.1

Surprising 1960 H/s

I run with -a 1 switch nothing else changed..

I'm using Corsair AX1200i PSU with corsair link dongle so I can report power usage as well: it's between 250 - 270 W per card. Powercolor being the most greedy one...

Temps: ~78C on all of them. They are working at room temperature with no additional fans just their own.

[daeminium]

10:37:34:473   848   WATCHDOG: Thread 0 hangs in OpenCL call, you need to restart miner
10:37:34:473   848   watchdog - thread 1, hb time 0
10:37:34:473   848   watchdog - thread 2, hb time 27690
10:37:34:473   848   watchdog - thread 3, hb time 0
10:37:34:478   848   WATCHDOG: GPU memory error, you need to restart miner
10:37:34:478   c38   08/29/14-10:37:34 - New job received from xmr.extremehash.com:9999
10:37:34:478   c38   Speed: 1520 h/s, TotalHashes: 2366K, DevHashes: 117K Mining time:
10:37:34:483   c38   00:26
10:37:34:508   c30   Round
10:37:34:730   c2c   Job changed, drop current round
10:37:34:730   c2c   Dev round
10:37:34:740   c34   Job changed, drop current round
10:37:34:740   c34   Round
10:37:34:832   c28   Job changed, drop current round
10:37:34:832   c28   Round
10:37:35:162   848   Restarting OK, exit...

what's up?

[trimac]

10:37:34:473   848   WATCHDOG: Thread 0 hangs in OpenCL call, you need to restart miner
10:37:34:473   848   watchdog - thread 1, hb time 0
10:37:34:473   848   watchdog - thread 2, hb time 27690
10:37:34:473   848   watchdog - thread 3, hb time 0
10:37:34:478   848   WATCHDOG: GPU memory error, you need to restart miner
10:37:34:478   c38   08/29/14-10:37:34 - New job received from xmr.extremehash.com:9999
10:37:34:478   c38   Speed: 1520 h/s, TotalHashes: 2366K, DevHashes: 117K Mining time:
10:37:34:483   c38   00:26
10:37:34:508   c30   Round
10:37:34:730   c2c   Job changed, drop current round
10:37:34:730   c2c   Dev round
10:37:34:740   c34   Job changed, drop current round
10:37:34:740   c34   Round
10:37:34:832   c28   Job changed, drop current round
10:37:34:832   c28   Round
10:37:35:162   848   Restarting OK, exit...

what's up?

Lol, I have same thing happening to me too. Since I know that at least one of 4 GPU's in that rig isn't in 100% good condition, I presumed that thread number equals GPU number. Does anyone know is my assumption correct? Is thread number = GPU number?

[Claymore]

Yes, thread index = GPU index. On some systems miner is not stable, it requires a lot of GPU memory and AMD video drivers fail, especially on multi-GPU systems. Sometimes it may fail immediately, sometimes it may work for an hour and then fail. It was already discussed a few times, sometimes setting more virtual memory helps, sometimes increasing of RAM size helps, but sometimes there is no way to fix it at all, for such cases use "-wd" and/or "-r" miner options.

[qaz6767]

Yes, thread index = GPU index. On some systems miner is not stable, it requires a lot of GPU memory and AMD video drivers fail, especially on multi-GPU systems. Sometimes it may fail immediately, sometimes it may work for an hour and then fail. It was already discussed a few times, sometimes setting more virtual memory helps, sometimes increasing of RAM size helps, but sometimes there is no way to fix it at all, for such cases use "-wd" and/or "-r" miner options.

How to use these keys?

[Namsbreh]

I will release Linux version in a few days. Also I'm working on implementing fans/temp control in the miner.

Hows the Linux version coming on?  It ready yet?

[RiseOfTH]

I will release Linux version in a few days. Also I'm working on implementing fans/temp control in the miner.

Thanks Claymore!

Eagerly waiting for Linux version

[zaqco]

Rig: W8.1 x64 AMD 14.7
5 x Gigabyte R9 270's
Claymore 6.1

I barely get a boost at all on one rig and I'm doing a little better on the other.

I've been using this as my config:
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
NsGpuCNMiner.exe -o stratum+tcp://127.0.0.1:5555 -u 41t2Zk5SNBc... -p x -a 3 -wd 1 -li 1

Is there a better one for 270ss?  No x.
Thanks.

[Claymore]

I will release Linux version in a few days. Also I'm working on implementing fans/temp control in the miner.

Hows the Linux version coming on?  It ready yet?

Right now I have compiled the miner for Linux, but it still does not work properly for now there. Anyway, most of job is completed, I will fix bugs, check the miner under different Linux versions and release it then.

[Yanakitu Tenatako]

Will it be only 64bit or maybe and 32bit version?

[Claymore]

Will it be only 64bit or maybe and 32bit version?

x64 only, I think x86 version is impossible due to a very large size of GPU RAM that is required.

[omnik]

Which are the best drivers for 280x? Currently using 14.4...should I upgrade ti 14.6 or 14.7?

Thanks.

[OrientA]

Which are the best drivers for 280x? Currently using 14.4...should I upgrade ti 14.6 or 14.7?

Thanks.

You can use 14.4. But you need to copy the 14.6 opencl dll files to the program folder. You can search the forum to find the specific dll to copy to.

[omnik]

Which are the best drivers for 280x? Currently using 14.4...should I upgrade ti 14.6 or 14.7?

Thanks.

You can use 14.4. But you need to copy the 14.6 opencl dll files to the program folder. You can search the forum to find the specific dll to copy to.

Thanks for your response.
I'm using now 14.4 and it's working without additonal dll's from other drivers (14.6).
Is there any performance gain with newer drivers or I should just leave as is... these are my current results in Claymore 6.1:

2x MSI 280x (Elpida) 1020/1250 - 800h/s
2x Asus 280x (Hynix) 1000/1250 - 893h/s
2x GBT 280x (Elpida) 1020/1250 - 767h/s
2x GBT 270 (Elpida) 1020/1250 - 623h/s

Only using -a 3 command...

Thanks.

[OrientA]

Which are the best drivers for 280x? Currently using 14.4...should I upgrade ti 14.6 or 14.7?

Thanks.

You can use 14.4. But you need to copy the 14.6 opencl dll files to the program folder. You can search the forum to find the specific dll to copy to.

Thanks for your response.
I'm using now 14.4 and it's working without additonal dll's from other drivers (14.6).
Is there any performance gain with newer drivers or I should just leave as is... these are my current results in Claymore 6.1:

2x MSI 280x (Elpida) 1020/1250 - 800h/s
2x Asus 280x (Hynix) 1000/1250 - 893h/s
2x GBT 280x (Elpida) 1020/1250 - 767h/s
2x GBT 270 (Elpida) 1020/1250 - 623h/s

Only using -a 3 command...

Thanks.

It can be faster. For your Hynix 1000 MHz, it should be about 1000h/s for 2 if you use 14.6. For me, my 1000/1500MHz, is about 500H/s for 1 7970. I use 14.4+14.6.

[sleepdog]

EDIT : nvm

[Hitti]

Which are the best drivers for 280x? Currently using 14.4...should I upgrade ti 14.6 or 14.7?

Thanks.

You can use 14.4. But you need to copy the 14.6 opencl dll files to the program folder. You can search the forum to find the specific dll to copy to.

OpenCL Files:
amd_opencl32.dll or amd_opencl64.dll (if the miner is compiled in x64)
amdocl.dll or amdocl64.dll (if the miner is compiled in x64)

You just extract the 14.6 or 14.7 beta drivers but don't install them. Just locate where you extracted the files. "amd14.6.......\Packages\Drivers\Display\WB6A_INF\B165829\thenthefilesabove" . Just add them to the miner directory. 

I'm using 13.12. drivers with my 270x (14.4. is crashing in games), but 14.7. for mining without problems.