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[ANN] New AMD X17 miner VERGE/SHIELD/MLM
by
aerisminer
on 14/04/2018, 21:40:29 UTC
Hello everyone,

This is the first version of the Aeris sgminer for the X17 algorithm.

Specs:
  • RX 570/580 Hashrate: 5.9~6.9Mh/s depending on model/memory/oc settings (stock ~5.9MH/s, Stock with memory Mods ~6.9MH/s).
  • RX Vega Hasrate: 11~12MH/s.
  • 2% devfee.

This miner is based on sgminer-gm-5.5.5, but the source code is not available for now (let the war against me begin).
For the time being, I want to keep the ASM kernels I'm making (they are not great yet, but they'll improve), but I will eventually release the source code.

The devfee is 15 seconds of every 750 seconds, starting 60 seconds after the miner starts.
Unfortunately for now, if multiple pools are specified, only the first one is used.

Set the following enviroment variables (windows code example)

Code:
setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

Recommended settings for RX 570/580 cards:
Code:
sgminer -k x17 -o pool -u user -p password --gpu-threads 2 --worksize 256 --intensity 21

Recommended settings for RX Vega cards:
Code:
sgminer -k x17 -o pool -u user -p password --gpu-threads 2 --worksize 256 --intensity 22

Use less intensity for slower cards (i.e. 19-20 for cards that mines at 2~4MH/s).
Some systems can't run 2 threads per GPU. If the miner exists, try with --gpu-threads 1.
Reducing intensity may improve rejection due to stale shares.

Windows version only. You may need to install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2013/2015 (x86) if it is not in your system already.
Linux version will come too if enough interest is showed.

v0.1
initial version

v0.2
+4% performance

Download
https://mega.nz/#F!v6JSXBqK!2jQLwNjgaIV3IoN8OHgfzw