Quote from: Thirtybird on March 28, 2014, 07:39:42 PM

Quote from: comeonalready on March 28, 2014, 06:23:41 PM

Quote from: Thirtybird on March 28, 2014, 05:41:05 PM

Quote from: phzi on March 28, 2014, 04:02:52 PM

You absolutely do not need more RAM to hash... I never run more then 4GB of ram on a rig, and I average over 900KH/s/card at scrypt(1024,1,1) and 450KH/s at scrypt(2048,1,1) on my R9 290s. The "more RAM is needed" thing is pure unfounded bullshit.

Is that an absolute statement? Will it always apply?

If someone is only interested in mining scrypt or vertcoin (At its current N factor), I will say you are correct. Vertoin's N factor will eventually change (at the same pace as glaciers move - across land)

On other coins, that increment their N factor regularly, some are up to N=14. If you get more than 2 cards that run 4GB each, you'll want to have 8 GB system ram. The miner software has to allocate the scrypt buffer in system memory to start, and allocating a 3.5 GB buffer for 3, 4, or 6 cards just doesn't fit into 4 GB of RAM.

No Thirtybird, clearly phzi is right as phzi is always right. If you don't believe him, then just ask him. And who the heck are you to question him anyway. After all, you only extended cgminer to create yacminer with support for more hashing algorithms, among other various enhancements, and are only intimately familiar with the code, whereas his knowledge knows no boundaries. So please so not question his intellectual superiority, as we will have none of that here. HA!

wow, um... thanks? I appreciate the sentiment, but the tone is really unnecessary. I would rather have decent information out there and teach people how things work - ego aside. I used to be wrong on how it worked and had to learn how it actually works as someone who wasn't originially intimately familiar with it.

There's being right, and then there's being a d$#k about it. I would prefer noone be a d#$k.

Normally I would not resort to such a tone, but there are certain types of people who only respond from their ego when their stated beliefs are questioned, and I thought it was important to let others here know that some of the advice that phzi has been giving is not entirely accurate, but being presented as absolute. (just as in the case with you) Thanks for participating here. Helpful advice which does not steer others down the wrong path is always greatly appreciated by all.