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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: SRBMiner Cryptonight AMD GPU Miner V1.7.2 - native algo switching
by
Uaciuganadu
on 05/12/2018, 14:16:09 UTC
Hello Dok,

I am having strange issues with Vega 64 and the Heavy algos.

I have discovered the issue during testing and it seems like the Vega cards only hash at full potential immediately after they have been reset. If i run the benchmark again after running another algo, it drops down in hash.

First run after device reset:

Code:
Thread[0]: 0.0 H/s           <- RX580 8GB
Thread[1]: 0.0 H/s           <- RX580 8GB
Thread[2]: 1033.0 H/s      <- Vega 64
Thread[3]: 1046.0 H/s      <- Vega 64
Thread[4]: 973.0 H/s        <- Vega 64 low clock
Thread[5]: 980.0 H/s        <- Vega 64 low clock
Total:  4032.0 H/S
Thread[0]: 555.0 H/s       <- RX580 8GB
Thread[1]: 555.0 H/s       <- RX580 8GB
Thread[2]: 1041.0 H/s     <- Vega 64
Thread[3]: 1042.0 H/s     <- Vega 64
Thread[4]: 980.0 H/s       <- Vega 64 low clock
Thread[5]: 979.0 H/s       <- Vega 64 low clock
Total:  5152.0 H/S

Second run with no reset after running a Bittube bench:

Code:
Thread[0]: 0.0 H/s          <- RX580 8GB
Thread[1]: 0.0 H/s          <- RX580 8GB
Thread[2]: 1035.0 H/s     <- Vega 64
Thread[3]: 1027.0 H/s     <- Vega 64
Thread[4]: 973.0 H/s       <- Vega 64 low clock
Thread[5]: 970.0 H/s       <- Vega 64 low clock
Total:  4005.0 H/S
Thread[0]: 555.0 H/s      <- RX580 8GB
Thread[1]: 555.0 H/s      <- RX580 8GB
Thread[2]: 1032.0 H/s    <- Vega 64
Thread[3]: 1030.0 H/s    <- Vega 64
Thread[4]: 971.0 H/s      <- Vega 64 low clock
Thread[5]: 970.0 H/s      <- Vega 64 low clock
Total:  5113.0 H/S

Config:

Code:
{
"cryptonight_type" : "heavy",
"intensity" : 0,
"heavy_mode" : 3,
"gpu_conf" :
[
   { "id" : 0, "intensity" : 58, "worksize" : 8, "threads" : 2, "fragments" : 9999},
   { "id" : 1, "intensity" : 62, "worksize" : 8, "threads" : 2, "fragments" : 9999},
   { "id" : 2, "intensity" : 62, "worksize" : 8, "threads" : 2, "fragments" : 9999}
]
}

It seems like no mater what algo change happens after the first run, the Heavy algos ca not reach maximum potential again till the Vega`s are reset. I have also tested "heavy_mode" : 1 and 2 but has no effect on the issue.

Any ideas why Vega`s behave so bad after the first run? Also it seems silly that we can get above V8 hashrates from an 580 on Heavy and can not match them on vega.