Ok I can test pow8 now. But note that I does not guarantee that I will release new version or that I will do it before upcoming fork, this is free miner now and I'm not going to add any fees again, so check other miners, there are many of them.
Yes take your time. I'll probably power-off my old AMD gpus (7970/280x/290) and wait until then.
I tried the other softwares and couldn't get them to work property. All my GPUs are undervolted, memory straps modified and when running a new miner it almost always causes stability issues. And since we are only talking about a few cents a day of profits, not worth the headache, unless there is another Crypto boom in the near future.
I think its finally the end for the Tahiti based GPUs.
I hear you on the 280/290 I can never get the same hashrates I get with claymore I wish he would put the fee back on and add the other forks