[ANN] sgminer with X11/X13/Nist5/Quark/Anime kernels compatible 14.6 amd drivers

[djm34]

Hi,

I have released a version of sgminer which allows to mine X11 and X13 coins using 14.6 amd drivers.

As it has been noticed some times ago, with 14.6 drivers almost double the hashrate of groestl algorithm and substantially increases the hashrate of any algo using groestl such as X11, X13, Nist5 (talkcoin).

However with 14.6 drivers some algos (in particular X11 and X13) stopped working completely.
This release fix the problem. This release is based on lasybear sgminer release.

You can find the source at:  https://github.com/djm34/sph-sgminer_x11mod
windows binaries at:  https://mega.co.nz/#!0d9xjagT!H-K3q-XcyHIGEPcPQOKPcW7sdvh8cAaAmHqNRP09zBg


This version supports these kernels (and some others... but need to be checked though)

* X11mod  (-k x11mod)
* X13mod   (-k x13mod)
* Nist5      (-k nist5)   (talkcoin)
* Quark coins (-k quarkcoin)
* Animecoin (-k animecoin )

I didn't modify the original marucoin and darkcoin kernel are they are slower and some improvement on the quark/anime kernel should be expected soon)

In terms of speed, it was tested so far only on my R9 290x:
With X11mod, I get 5.4MHash/s
With X13mod, I get 3.75MHash/s  (which is not terrible compared to nvidia cards)
With Nist5, I get 15.8MHash/s (more details can be found on talkcoin thread)

If you find this work useful please donate at these addresses:  

BTC: 1NENYmxwZGHsKFmyjTc5WferTn5VTFb7Ze
TAC: TuqNvPoQxghHfzwnPpAxSTiYoN6FM8LM5p
DRK: XpeLYbqdqdC6FM51EPT1XsfXRG8TLqXEbe

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[djm34]

sorry wrong thread... 

[kqpahv]

Great work man   Even though I am not fan of x11 or x13 it's still great to see improvements made to AMD miners  


A R9 280x gets the following numbers:

x11 - 4.05Mhash @ 1080Mhz
x13 - 2.9Mhash  @ 1080Mhz


Energy consumption seems to be the same as before: ~90W per card @ 1020Mhz/ 0.9Mv.

[minerpools]

Awesome! I'm updating drivers on my rigs. Thanks man!

[captainbluff]

Has anyone checked for any hidden hash redirect?

[vindyne8]

Hrmm. Constant spam of cards going idle, waiting for work from pools, work resuming. i am sure I am doing something wrong, I usually am, anyone else having this issue?

[captainbluff]

Hrmm. Constant spam of cards going idle, waiting for work from pools, work resuming. i am sure I am doing something wrong, I usually am, anyone else having this issue?

Yep I get the same messages.

[minerpools]

I can confirm they're working (compiled on a modified version of linux), I'm getting 3.8mh for each 280x. It rose from 2.1mh...
Amazing work man!

[vindyne8]

I can confirm they're working (compiled on a modified version of linux), I'm getting 3.8mh for each 280x. It rose from 2.1mh...
Amazing work man!

Absolutely big hash rate increase. I just need to figure out the work stop/start thing and should be good to go. If I do figure it out, will post it.

[captainbluff]

Has anyone checked for any hidden hash redirect?

Anyone???

[sling00]

Could you post settings for 280x/290 or 290x? Trying my settings that worked well on the original mod miner, not working well on this one.

[ShaDou]

run perfect on my rig.thanks for ur great work.

[charmees]

is this suppose to have any increase in mining speed also?

r9 270 still getting ~1600kh on x13
                         ~2070kh on x11
same as with previous sgminers

[marklin]

6xxxand5xxx?

[kozmos]

@djm34

Thank you a lot for this great sgminer 

I fixed the idle/work resuming problem.

This is the download link for the fixed miner: https://mega.co.nz/#!ZsJTALQI!qDh9jCWULjabTDPYq0K4fZamdZrPwot7m7AAfTEOJPQ


I also opened a new thread (just in case) some will not notice this comment and the fixed version of the miner: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=658975.msg7412560#msg7412560

[Kablam]

@kozmos

sounds great that you fixed it can you let us know what you did or just add the fix it to the github repository so linux users like me can get it running?

thx

Kablam

[Kablam]

@djm34

nice work man.

can you please share your 290x settings? i have a 290x tri-x and a 290 tri-x and im not getting the same performance as you im getting 5k on the 290x.

first card is a 290 second 290x

[ShXnot]

hey guys,
anyone care to share setting for 7950 and 280x please
thanks in advance

[kozmos]

@kozmos

sounds great that you fixed it can you let us know what you did or just add the fix it to the github repository so linux users like me can get it running?

thx

Kablam

you are welcome

I did nothing more than adding the latest AMD_APP_SDK 2.9, used the exact github source djm34 mentioned in his first post, recompiled the miner and made sure it supports AMD OpenCL.

[kozmos]

hey guys,
anyone care to share setting for 7950 and 280x please
thanks in advance

Try this: http://pastebin.com/4vS1gw8e