Feathercoin 0.8.7.0 Released - The NeoScrypt Update - Hardfork block 432,000

[anatolikostis]

an arhive with +4 new *.dll-files
nice try to compomize...

I compile statically. I know Windows users, I used to be one. Having to bring DLLs with if you want to move the executable, as well as have them in the same folder, is a pain in the ass. And then people don't even strip the debugging info, so the binaries are fucking huge...

I `ve noticed an archive with unstripped *.exe  from unsigned author in the last two days (from ru-net I think). lol.

[Hippie Tech]

New cgminer 3.7.7b settings 4 U.

280x @stock 1020/1500 Hynix - 138-143 khash - catalyst 14.9 w/ 14.7-rc3 openCL files copied to cgminer's folder

-g 3, -w 64, -i 14  ..  HW and artifact free for 20 minutes now !


update

1 HW 


update ii

cgminer will randomly set the thread concurrency on almost every startup. eg. it chooses 4096 or 8192 or 16384.

I will soon know if the HW error was caused by the 4096 bin in use at the time. Currently running a 16384 bin..

36 hours later I'm averaging 139 khash with only 4 HW errors.

[Hippie Tech]

It was my fault and misclick - HD 7970
cgminer 3.7.7-updated, you can download it from here h t  t p s : / / c loud.mail.ru/public/7544666eeb01/bin.zip

AegisLab  W32.Virut
ByteHero  Trojan.Malware.KillAV.Gen.001

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/d788278716b482d57fc7452a12fe625ef841a3e600f7a15c50dfc48991c47c33/analysis/1415124032/

[TheTommyD]

It was my fault and misclick - HD 7970
cgminer 3.7.7-updated, you can download it from here h t  t p s : / / c loud.mail.ru/public/7544666eeb01/bin.zip

AegisLab  W32.Virut
ByteHero  Trojan.Malware.KillAV.Gen.001

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/d788278716b482d57fc7452a12fe625ef841a3e600f7a15c50dfc48991c47c33/analysis/1415124032/

Thanks! It's nice to know there's more knowledgeable Than I, watching out for us!

[Number6]

New cgminer 3.7.7b settings 4 U.

280x @stock 1020/1500 Hynix - 138-143 khash - catalyst 14.9 w/ 14.7-rc3 openCL files copied to cgminer's folder

-g 3, -w 64, -i 14  ..  HW and artifact free for 20 minutes now !


update

1 HW 

update ii

cgminer will randomly set the thread concurrency on almost every startup. eg. it chooses 4096 or 8192 or 16384.

I will soon know if the HW error was caused by the 4096 bin in use at the time. Currently running a 16384 bin..

36 hours later I'm averaging 139 khash with only 4 HW errors.

This is pretty much what I am getting as well, except my settings are slightly different. Also no matter how many times I try to regenerate a new bin file, my install will always pick 8192 for thread concurrency.

Code:

280x -i 13  -w 48  -g 2   GPU clocks 1025/1500 

I also have another box, basically identical build to the above (3x 280x cards) that prefers -g 1 instead of the -g 2 shown above, with all the other settings and clocks set the same.

[JuanHungLo]

this is what I'm getting

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB, TheStilt BIOS, 1000/1500 -I 13 -w 48 -g 2

This is using Wolf0's build: https://ottrbutt.com/sgminer/neoscrypt/sgminer5-neoscrypt-11-02-2014.zip

[nrg_wolf]

this is what I'm getting

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB, TheStilt BIOS, 1000/1500 -I 13 -w 48 -g 2

This is using Wolf0's build: https://ottrbutt.com/sgminer/neoscrypt/sgminer5-neoscrypt-11-02-2014.zip

i dont get how you guys are getting such high speeds. i have tried all the settings on my 280x's and they barley do 120khs. tried with both new sgminer and latest cgminer.

[JuanHungLo]

this is what I'm getting

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB, TheStilt BIOS, 1000/1500 -I 13 -w 48 -g 2

This is using Wolf0's build: https://ottrbutt.com/sgminer/neoscrypt/sgminer5-neoscrypt-11-02-2014.zip

i dont get how you guys are getting such high speeds. i have tried all the settings on my 280x's and they barley do 120khs. tried with both new sgminer and latest cgminer.

I think the secret is to not have AMD 14.9 installed.  I am using 14.6.  This isn't the first algorithm I've seen to perform poorly with 14.9.

p.s. see my comments here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=632503.msg9412232#msg9412232

[nrg_wolf]

this is what I'm getting

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB, TheStilt BIOS, 1000/1500 -I 13 -w 48 -g 2

This is using Wolf0's build: https://ottrbutt.com/sgminer/neoscrypt/sgminer5-neoscrypt-11-02-2014.zip

i dont get how you guys are getting such high speeds. i have tried all the settings on my 280x's and they barley do 120khs. tried with both new sgminer and latest cgminer.

I think the secret is to not have AMD 14.9 installed.  I am using 14.6.  This isn't the first algorithm I've seen to perform poorly with 14.9.

p.s. see my comments here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=632503.msg9412232#msg9412232

intresting, i will give it a go and see what results i gain, as its the same across my 2 rigs, 4 280x's do about 122khs and my 7950's do around 117khs. so i will change drivers and post the results.

*Edit just noticed you cant download 14.6 drivers anymore :-/
only 14.4 and lower.

also do you use a TC setting?

[JuanHungLo]

this is what I'm getting

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB, TheStilt BIOS, 1000/1500 -I 13 -w 48 -g 2

This is using Wolf0's build: https://ottrbutt.com/sgminer/neoscrypt/sgminer5-neoscrypt-11-02-2014.zip

i dont get how you guys are getting such high speeds. i have tried all the settings on my 280x's and they barley do 120khs. tried with both new sgminer and latest cgminer.

I think the secret is to not have AMD 14.9 installed.  I am using 14.6.  This isn't the first algorithm I've seen to perform poorly with 14.9.

p.s. see my comments here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=632503.msg9412232#msg9412232

intresting, i will give it a go and see what results i gain, as its the same across my 2 rigs, 4 280x's do about 122khs and my 7950's do around 117khs. so i will change drivers and post the results.

*Edit just noticed you cant download 14.6 drivers anymore :-/
only 14.4 and lower.

also do you use a TC setting?

No TC setting.  But of course the .bin file shows that it is using 8192.  I keep all my old AMD bundles, so going to 14.6 was easy.  Big file though 300+MB.

[nrg_wolf]

this is what I'm getting

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB, TheStilt BIOS, 1000/1500 -I 13 -w 48 -g 2

This is using Wolf0's build: https://ottrbutt.com/sgminer/neoscrypt/sgminer5-neoscrypt-11-02-2014.zip

i dont get how you guys are getting such high speeds. i have tried all the settings on my 280x's and they barley do 120khs. tried with both new sgminer and latest cgminer.

I think the secret is to not have AMD 14.9 installed.  I am using 14.6.  This isn't the first algorithm I've seen to perform poorly with 14.9.

p.s. see my comments here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=632503.msg9412232#msg9412232

intresting, i will give it a go and see what results i gain, as its the same across my 2 rigs, 4 280x's do about 122khs and my 7950's do around 117khs. so i will change drivers and post the results.

*Edit just noticed you cant download 14.6 drivers anymore :-/
only 14.4 and lower.

also do you use a TC setting?

No TC setting.  But of course the .bin file shows that it is using 8192.  I keep all my old AMD bundles, so going to 14.6 was easy.  Big file though 300+MB.

i ended up useing 14.7 rc3. 280x with hynix does 170khs and elpidha 280x does 150khs..... thats with alittle tuneing to the bat file and speeds of the card. and it appears iam able to pull between 147-162khs off 7950's useing my own settings.

[Hippie Tech]

New cgminer 3.7.7b settings 4 U.

280x @stock 1020/1500 Hynix - 138-143 khash - catalyst 14.9 w/ 14.7-rc3 openCL files copied to cgminer's folder

-g 3, -w 64, -i 14  ..  HW and artifact free for 20 minutes now !
http://img.techpowerup.org/141103/NEO142khash280x.jpg

update

1 HW 

update ii

cgminer will randomly set the thread concurrency on almost every startup. eg. it chooses 4096 or 8192 or 16384.

I will soon know if the HW error was caused by the 4096 bin in use at the time. Currently running a 16384 bin..

36 hours later I'm averaging 139 khash with only 4 HW errors.

This is pretty much what I am getting as well, except my settings are slightly different. Also no matter how many times I try to regenerate a new bin file, my install will always pick 8192 for thread concurrency.

Code:

280x -i 13  -w 48  -g 2   GPU clocks 1025/1500 

http://img.techpowerup.org/141104/neoscript.jpg

I also have another box, basically identical build to the above (3x 280x cards) that prefers -g 1 instead of the -g 2 shown above, with all the other settings and clocks set the same.

What make/model cpu, mobo and ram are you running ?

My rig: Phenom II x6, Asus SB 990fx, GSkill 9-9-9-24 2T

I just bumped it up to 4 threads and gained 2 kash. WOOT !

[nrg_wolf]

New cgminer 3.7.7b settings 4 U.

280x @stock 1020/1500 Hynix - 138-143 khash - catalyst 14.9 w/ 14.7-rc3 openCL files copied to cgminer's folder

-g 3, -w 64, -i 14  ..  HW and artifact free for 20 minutes now !
http://img.techpowerup.org/141103/NEO142khash280x.jpg

update

1 HW 

update ii

cgminer will randomly set the thread concurrency on almost every startup. eg. it chooses 4096 or 8192 or 16384.

I will soon know if the HW error was caused by the 4096 bin in use at the time. Currently running a 16384 bin..

36 hours later I'm averaging 139 khash with only 4 HW errors.

This is pretty much what I am getting as well, except my settings are slightly different. Also no matter how many times I try to regenerate a new bin file, my install will always pick 8192 for thread concurrency.

Code:

280x -i 13  -w 48  -g 2   GPU clocks 1025/1500 

http://img.techpowerup.org/141104/neoscript.jpg

I also have another box, basically identical build to the above (3x 280x cards) that prefers -g 1 instead of the -g 2 shown above, with all the other settings and clocks set the same.

What make/model cpu, mobo and ram are you running ?

My rig: Phenom II x6, Asus SB 990fx, GSkill 9-9-9-24 2T

I just bumped it up to 4 threads and gained 2 kash. WOOT !

iam pretty sure he is talking about gpu's not cpu's.

[Hippie Tech]

I know.

I'm wondering if the hardware configs, namely the system ram and its timings, could be affecting performance.

[nrg_wolf]

I know.

I'm wondering if the hardware configs, namely the system ram and its timings, could be affecting performance.

i highly doubt memory timeing could affect cpu preformance. best way to find out thou is to make changes and run the miner and see if it has any affect on hash rates.

[nrg_wolf]

7950's tuned nicely.

[Oscilson]

7950's tuned nicely.

What is your power consumption? Is it profitable to mine?

[Hippie Tech]

I know.

I'm wondering if the hardware configs, namely the system ram and its timings, could be affecting the gpu's performance.

i highly doubt memory timeing could affect cpu preformance. best way to find out thou is to make changes and run the miner and see if it has any affect on hash rates.

Ohh.. I see..  I must change the settings AND run the miner. And here I thought that the bubble screensaver meant that it was working.

Seriously now, I have made no mention regarding the cpu's performance. Are we reading the same posts ? lolz

[Number6]

New cgminer 3.7.7b settings 4 U.

280x @stock 1020/1500 Hynix - 138-143 khash - catalyst 14.9 w/ 14.7-rc3 openCL files copied to cgminer's folder

-g 3, -w 64, -i 14  ..  HW and artifact free for 20 minutes now !
http://img.techpowerup.org/141103/NEO142khash280x.jpg

update

1 HW  

update ii

cgminer will randomly set the thread concurrency on almost every startup. eg. it chooses 4096 or 8192 or 16384.

I will soon know if the HW error was caused by the 4096 bin in use at the time. Currently running a 16384 bin..

36 hours later I'm averaging 139 khash with only 4 HW errors.

This is pretty much what I am getting as well, except my settings are slightly different. Also no matter how many times I try to regenerate a new bin file, my install will always pick 8192 for thread concurrency.

Code:

280x -i 13  -w 48  -g 2   GPU clocks 1025/1500 

http://img.techpowerup.org/141104/neoscript.jpg

I also have another box, basically identical build to the above (3x 280x cards) that prefers -g 1 instead of the -g 2 shown above, with all the other settings and clocks set the same.

What make/model cpu, mobo and ram are you running ?

My rig: Phenom II x6, Asus SB 990fx, GSkill 9-9-9-24 2T

I just bumped it up to 4 threads and gained 2 kash. WOOT !

It's a Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H with a Intel Celeron G1630 (2.8 GHz), ADATA 4 GB RAM, not sure timings, on Win 7 Pro 64 bit, 80 GB SDD (Intel).

Most of my rigs are a similar build as they were put together more with cost in mind for BTC, and eventually scrypt, mining last year. I pretty much stuck with Intel boards, so seeing you have AMD based rig might make the difference. When I mined scrypt the few AMD boards I did own seemed to not do as well, so I sold them off early this year when the prices started to drop off. Anyway, presently I have no way to compare between AMD/Intel based MB/CPU setups to see if that make a big difference.

Seeing the FTC profitability falling fast, I would like to get another 20 kHash or more per card out if possible, but seems to be hitting a brick wall with getting much past 140 kh right now.

I calculate my 3 X rig puts out a consistent 138 kh x 3 = 414 kh total. Power draw at the wall is around 540 watts, bringing me to roughly 0.76 kh/watt efficiency. I pay $0.11 per killawatt hour for power, so using today's calculations, I get the following:

Code:

Per 	Est. Rewards 	Pool fee 	Rev. BTC 	Rev. $ 	Costs 	Profit
Hour 	2.42729 	0.00000 	0.00020 	$0.09 	$0.06 	$0.03
Day 	58.25485 	0.00000 	0.00472 	$2.12 	$1.45 	$0.67
Week 	407.78395 	0.00000 	0.03303 	$14.86 	$10.16 	$4.70
Month 	1,747.64550 	0.00000 	0.14156 	$63.70 	$43.56 	$20.14
Year 	21,263.02025 	0.00000 	1.72230 	$775.04 	$529.98 	$245.06 

So while still slightly profitable, it would be nice to crank up the hashrate a bit more and stay in the black awhile longer.

[Number6]

Update:

Tried using the sgminer version posted earlier, same results as with cgminer.

    

Looks like I am stuck in the land of 140 Khash for now.