Quote from: jmayniac on May 20, 2018, 05:22:50 PM

Quote from: HashAuger on May 20, 2018, 04:42:18 PM

Thanks for trying the software.

Whether or not different types of cards will run diffrrent algorithms really just depends on the price estimates for certain algorithms. If an estimated value for one algorithm/coin is significantly higher than the others, it will make up for any differences in which algorithms run best on certain types of hardware. When estimates are closer, you should notice that different algorithms will run on different types of cards. Even when the cards are mining the same algorithm, you still benefit from the error isolation and increased efficiency of running each card in its own miner process.

All the algorithms dominated by ASICs should be disabled by default, so you shouldnt have to worry about those. But you can always disable an algorithm on a pool if you notice an issue with server performance or how the algoithm is priced. Similarly, you could disable some algorithms on some cards using the Benchmarks tab to prevent software from assugning certain algorithms to those cards regardless of the price estimates. For example, Skein is a very demanding algorithm that may not be ideal for 1060s, but its price often flucuates a bit which could cause it to temporarily be the most profitable algorithm for those cards. Some people may prefer to disable that algorithm on that type of card to focus on algorithms that run well on that cards memory architecture.

There are some settings you can try adjusting to help maximize your earnings. Since you are using bigger pools like Blaze and MPH, you could increase the Pool Refresh Rate to 15 minutes (or longer if you prefer) to build bigger shares in those pools. Increasing the the Min Profit Switch to 15% or more tends to work well on my rigs. For MPH and NiceHash, you can use the Pricing tab to include these pools additional fees in the price switching calculations. On MPH, I definitely recommend keeping the Include Auto-Switch ports setting off.

If you feel that price estimates for certain pools are too high, you could try enabling the Use Actual Prices setting on that pools Pricing tab. The estimates provided by some pools dont always do a good job reflecting the volatilty of coin prices in their calculations. Im glad to hear that you set a Price Spike Limit - are you using the same value for all cards or different values based on their type? I prefer very conserative limits, so Ill set different values based on the capabilities of each type of card.

One last note, payout speed is obviously a personal preference, but you msy find having that many auto-exchange pools enabled can spread out your work pretty thinly unless you have a lot of GPUs. You may want to try mining a few days on Zpool vs AHashPool and see which one you like more instead of having both enabled in addution to the other three. But if you are patient and going for maximum earnings, there is no harm jn having that many pools enabled.

Keep me posted on your experience and please dont hesitate with any feedback or questions.

Thank you for the advice. I have decided to disable MPH and Zpool and just go with Ahashpool, Blazepool and Blockmasters for now. I also disabled the skein algo on my two 1060 cards. I'll try with this config for a few days and see how it goes. I'm still trying out different settings to see how they affect my profits. I'm only running a 6 card rig, so it may be beneficial to just go with a couple pools, so we'll see.

With six cards, you will definitely see faster payouts by limiting the enabled pools to just a few. However, you might want to reconsider disabling MPH if only to keep Equihash open as an option. ZCash has been rising in value lately and the pools you currently have enabled don't yet offer it; equihash also tends to run well on the type of memory in 1060s/1070s. For BlockMasters, I personally prefer using the MC Parameter over the auto-switch ports because the pricing reflects individual coins rather than averages for all the coins using each algorithm port. If you're interested, you can adjust those settings on the pool's Pricing tab. With that particular pool, I also find the Actual Prices rather than the estimates to be a bit more accurate.

Unfortunately it can take a bit of trial and error to find the optimal settings for the specific collection of GPUs you are using, but the results are often better than trying to apply a one-size fits all strategy. I'd appreciate it if you could keep me updated on your results; that type of feedback can help me optimize the software for various pools.