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Board Mining (Altcoins)
What happens ? (2 miner.exe windows on same computer with 2 gpu)
by
AykutCanturk
on 13/05/2018, 21:54:59 UTC
Hi folks,

Imagine a computer with two 1070Ti. it works fine for ZEC (on suprnova) and works fine for ZEN (on suprnova)

What I'm curious about is what happens when I open 2 miner.exe for two different currency (ZEN and ZEC) on same pool (suprnova) - meaning 2 different command windows.

I tried it and looks like working. Both pool panel shows some hashrate. I don't specify any specific cuda device for miner.exe(s) as parameter. both program configured to use all available GPU devices.

Why I'm doing this ? because lately I started to mine BTCP. sometimes I get 2MH sometimes 0.9MH. My intention was filling unused GPU power with secondary currency mining.

I'm pretty sure my logic is somehow wrong but can someone explain to me what happens in this scenario ? is it better to use 2 miner.exe each configured to use single GPU ? (one mining ZEN on GPU0, other mining ZEC on GRU1) or my scenario is better ? (one mines ZEC useing all GPUs, other mines ZEN using all GPUs)

any thoughts ?

best.