CCminer(SP-MOD) Modded GPU kernels.

[zTheWolfz]

Edit:x11 r61 better than r57 Seeing mixed results depending on algo mined.  

Can you please test r62?
Is it bether than r57 on quark?

Looking pretty much on par now, much better. Thanks.




Going to see if I can get some beers to you guys later. Had my best 2 days I've had in a long time the past 2 days. 0.01xxx lol
Now if only I could keep everything running, main server all of a sudden keeps rebooting. Working on fresh install of the OS now.
Think HDD is going, hope that's all I can deal with that.

[Cryptozillah]

No boost with 62 release with 750Ti@x11 slightly lower

[ryen123]

@SP_

Think there is something wrong with lyra2v2 in Release 62. I compiled it on my ubuntu box running 2x 750Ti and get a whole load of errors. Adjusting intensity doesn't make a difference.

[2015-08-30 06:28:14] GPU #0: result does not validate on CPU!
[2015-08-30 06:28:15] GPU #1: result does not validate on CPU!

However running quark is completely fine. I then compiled Release 61 from source and lyra2v2 runs fine.

[sp_]

lyra2v2 is working here..

(Release 62)

[sp_]

No boost with 62 release with 750Ti@x11 slightly lower

Compute 5.2 tuning is breaking the 750ti hashrate. I need to split the kernals.

[sp_]

Looking pretty much on par now, much better. Thanks.

But still slower than release 57.. My gtx 960 only get a hashrate of 9.7 on the default clocks..

[joblo]

@SP_

Think there is something wrong with lyra2v2 in Release 62. I compiled it on my ubuntu box running 2x 750Ti and get a whole load of errors. Adjusting intensity doesn't make a difference.

[2015-08-30 06:28:14] GPU #0: result does not validate on CPU!
[2015-08-30 06:28:15] GPU #1: result does not validate on CPU!

However running quark is completely fine. I then compiled Release 61 from source and lyra2v2 runs fine.

I got hose errors when I pointed the miner at the old lyra2 port.

[scryptr]

RELEASE dot 62--

I am getting better performance on both my 750ti cards and my 970 cards when mining Quark.  The 750ti cards get hash rates between 6.5Mh/s and low 6.7Mh/s.  My 6-card 750ti rig is getting about 39.6Mh/s.  My 970 cards get 14-15Mh/s.  My 960 cards are back up to 10.6Mh/s.

Running in Linux, I get stats on fan speed and temperature readings.  I don't miss the "thread ID" info much, but the temp readings are higher than expected and have lead me to research nvidia-smi controls.  I think I need to switch to a newer driver in order to set the fan speed with nvidia-smi.  I'd like to set it at 85-95% for all the cards, just one set high speed for all.  My 970 cards are running near 80 deg C.       --scryptr

[zTheWolfz]

Looking pretty much on par now, much better. Thanks.

But still slower than release 57.. My gtx 960 only get a hashrate of 9.7 on the default clocks..

I'll send you my command line PM a little later when I go back out to the shop, give it a try and see what you come up with.
Mine is on stock clocks as well, but its a EVGA SSC card.

@--scryptr I have fan speed manual change enabled in Linux Mint 17 for my 660Ti, I'll also look at how I got it working and post that for you as well.

[lawrencelyl]

VTC price shoot up to 0.00031511 btc/vtc

[lawrencelyl]

Looking pretty much on par now, much better. Thanks.

But still slower than release 57.. My gtx 960 only get a hashrate of 9.7 on the default clocks..

I'll send you my command line PM a little later when I go back out to the shop, give it a try and see what you come up with.
Mine is on stock clocks as well, but its a EVGA SSC card.

@--scryptr I have fan speed manual change enabled in Linux Mint 17 for my 660Ti, I'll also look at how I got it working and post that for you as well.

I have replied your earlier PM...

[zTheWolfz]

Not much but I guess every little bit help. Wow it charges a fee every time you send now?
I don't recall it doing that before on BTC, just every now and then if I recall right..

- @sp_ : Transaction ID: 6f3ef10c412df4da57adf4d9d2c685d4c0dfdee610a2440bd2ff9acbc410f1c5-000
- @djm34 : Transaction ID: 438f780019f9788797a58b982b46575daa47e5b6f5b3db8cfe9e254ed723ba57-000
- @pallas : Transaction ID: 88b404d6b9036c6b123d192f54d8accb52f1da347a5a5f5855dc3c229d648b7c-000

[scryptr]

CPU-BOOST SWITCH--

The only time I have had better hash rates was when there was a CPU-load issue on an earlier version of CCminer.  Currently, Genoil, of the Ethminer dev team, has enabled a CPU boost switch that places a load on the CPU, but results in a higher ether coin hash rate.  This was a result of collaboration with SP_ and Epsylon3, where the CPU load "bug" was corrected.  In retrospect, I wonder if a "--cpu-boost" command line switch could be enabled in CCminer, where a load is paced in the CPU if selected, and a higher hash rate results.

I have 2 headless rigs, and their sole task is mining.  I would load the CPU on these rigs if a higher hash rate resulted.  On my work PC, I would omit the switch so that my GTX 960 could mine and I could browse the web.

A properly bred bug might be a prizewinner.         --scryptr

[zTheWolfz]

CPU-BOOST SWITCH--

The only time I have had better hash rates was when there was a CPU-load issue on an earlier version of CCminer.  Currently, Genoil, of the Ethminer dev team, has enabled a CPU boost switch that places a load on the CPU, but results in a higher ether coin hash rate.  This was a result of collaboration with SP_ and Epsylon3, where the CPU load "bug" was corrected.  In retrospect, I wonder if a "--cpu-boost" command line switch could be enabled in CCminer, where a load is paced in the CPU if selected, and a higher hash rate results.

I have 2 headless rigs, and their sole task is mining.  I would load the CPU on these rigs if a higher hash rate resulted.  On my work PC, I would omit the switch so that my GTX 960 could mine and I could browse the web.

A properly bred bug might be a prizewinner.         --scryptr

Might be able to change the OS power options to high performance so that the CPU is forced to run at a higher clock rate.
Also there are some options in the motherboard bios for Intel that can be changed to enable or disabled to force full clock speed at all times.
Not sure on AMD MB's haven't played with any of those much in quite a few years.


It can actually run at a higher clock or at full speed without any load at all on the CPU.
Of course more power is used because it is running at full speed at all times. That's the only draw back well and extra heat.

[zTheWolfz]

RELEASE dot 62--

I am getting better performance on both my 750ti cards and my 970 cards when mining Quark.  The 750ti cards get hash rates between 6.5Mh/s and low 6.7Mh/s.  My 6-card 750ti rig is getting about 39.6Mh/s.  My 970 cards get 14-15Mh/s.  My 960 cards are back up to 10.6Mh/s.

Running in Linux, I get stats on fan speed and temperature readings.  I don't miss the "thread ID" info much, but the temp readings are higher than expected and have lead me to research nvidia-smi controls.  I think I need to switch to a newer driver in order to set the fan speed with nvidia-smi.  I'd like to set it at 85-95% for all the cards, just one set high speed for all.  My 970 cards are running near 80 deg C.       --scryptr

Hope this helps. You'll need to add a few lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
My .conf looks like so: you'll have to open the ect or x11 folder as admin before you can edit the xorg.conf

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 304.125  (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-14)  Mon Dec  1 21:18:22 PST 2014

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 346.72  (buildd@toyol)  Tue May 19 14:39:51 UTC 2015

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "NOR LM-965WA"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 76.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 660 Ti"
    Option "Coolbits" "5"
    Option "Coolbits" "8"
    Option "Coolbits" "12"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Stereo" "0"
    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Option         "SLI" "Off"
    Option         "MultiGPU" "Off"
    Option         "BaseMosaic" "off"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

you'll need to add these lines:
    Option "Coolbits" "5"
    Option "Coolbits" "8"
    Option "Coolbits" "12"
in this section:

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 660 Ti"
    Option "Coolbits" "5"
    Option "Coolbits" "8"
    Option "Coolbits" "12"
EndSection

just as you see here.
I'm running a pretty old driver 304.125 and it works for adjusting fan speed, but no OC options.
I'd post some pictures but I don't have any programs like in windows for quick upload and links in the Linux setup.

[joblo]

Hope this helps. You'll need to add a few lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
My .conf looks like so: you'll have to open the ect or x11 folder as admin before you can edit the xorg.conf

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 304.125  (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-14)  Mon Dec  1 21:18:22 PST 2014

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 346.72  (buildd@toyol)  Tue May 19 14:39:51 UTC 2015

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "NOR LM-965WA"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 76.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 660 Ti"
    Option "Coolbits" "5"
    Option "Coolbits" "8"
    Option "Coolbits" "12"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Stereo" "0"
    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Option         "SLI" "Off"
    Option         "MultiGPU" "Off"
    Option         "BaseMosaic" "off"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

you'll need to add these lines:
    Option "Coolbits" "5"
    Option "Coolbits" "8"
    Option "Coolbits" "12"
in this section:

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 660 Ti"
    Option "Coolbits" "5"
    Option "Coolbits" "8"
    Option "Coolbits" "12"
EndSection

just as you see here.
I'm running a pretty old driver 304.125 and it works for adjusting fan speed, but no OC options.
I'd post some pictures but I don't have any programs like in windows for quick upload and links in the Linux setup.

You only need to add one line, "12" will get you OC and fan control but only on cards with a monitor attached.
I've seen attempts to fake a monitor on a second card but nothing has worked for me.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?px=MTY1OTM&page=news_item

[zTheWolfz]

You only need to add one line, "12" will get you OC and fan control but only on cards with a monitor attached.
I've seen attempts to fake a monitor on a second card but nothing has worked for me.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?px=MTY1OTM&page=news_item

Not really true so I found out on my setup. 8 & 12 did nothing only after I added "Coolbits" "5" was adjusting the fan speed enabled.
So I think it may depending on the card type and or driver used, some may have to play with different numbers for each type setup or driver used.
I just never removed the others and paste those because they did work for other setups.

Edit: have you tried making a dummy plug for those cards without a monitor?

https://rumorscity.com/2013/12/06/how-to-create-dummy-plugs-for-your-graphics-cards/

We had to use these back in the day before Nvidia got there stuff together in there drivers for folding at home rigs with muti video cards.
I still have some laying around here. lol

[chrysophylax]

You only need to add one line, "12" will get you OC and fan control but only on cards with a monitor attached.
I've seen attempts to fake a monitor on a second card but nothing has worked for me.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?px=MTY1OTM&page=news_item

Not really true so I found out on my setup. 8 & 12 did nothing only after I added "Coolbits" "5" was adjusting the fan speed enabled.
So I think it may depending on the card type and or driver used, some may have to play with different numbers for each type setup or driver used.
I just never removed the others and paste those because they did work for other setups.

Edit: have you tried making a dummy plug for those cards without a monitor?

https://rumorscity.com/2013/12/06/how-to-create-dummy-plugs-for-your-graphics-cards/

We had to use these back in the day before Nvidia got there stuff together in there drivers for folding at home rigs with muti video cards.
I still have some laying around here. lol

ours have dummy plugs on all the machines - but only need it on the FIRST card that a monitor sits on ...

amd cards never needed those ...

tanx for your info as well ... ill have to have a look at how this works in fedora next week ...

#crysx

[joblo]

You only need to add one line, "12" will get you OC and fan control but only on cards with a monitor attached.
I've seen attempts to fake a monitor on a second card but nothing has worked for me.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?px=MTY1OTM&page=news_item

Not really true so I found out on my setup. 8 & 12 did nothing only after I added "Coolbits" "5" was adjusting the fan speed enabled.
So I think it may depending on the card type and or driver used, some may have to play with different numbers for each type setup or driver used.
I just never removed the others and paste those because they did work for other setups.

Edit: have you tried making a dummy plug for those cards without a monitor?

https://rumorscity.com/2013/12/06/how-to-create-dummy-plugs-for-your-graphics-cards/

We had to use these back in the day before Nvidia got there stuff together in there drivers for folding at home rigs with muti video cards.
I still have some laying around here. lol

I had only tried software hacks but this looks interesting.

The coolbits pattern changed, either with the driver version or card generation. I have the latest driver and
maxwell cards and "12" works for me. "5" is an old code, the phoronix article explains it.  Either way you
can set all the necessary bits on one line.

[ryen123]

lyra2v2 is working here..

(Release 62)

Previously mentioned R62 which didn't run on my machine, I found the problem. It seems CUDA 7 was the problem. I removed it and put in CUDA 6.5 and now everything is ok.