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In the title to this thread, it says this coin is low energy.. so why is my 290 running hot (82C - normally I keep it under 75C) with the fan maxed out (Normally at around 70% with other coins)??

I am getting approx 440KH/s on a single card - is this about right?

CAI is more energy eficient than most scrypt coins, but compared to x11 algo coins it's not. This is not the best summer mining coin but that also mens noting in coin success.

Lol.. seems to be worked much harder than any other coin I have mined so far! Can't imagine that it is that energy efficient.. Not worried about my electric as I get it free, but I am worried that the fan on my GPU will burn out in a few weeks!

You probably have wrong settings in your .conf.

Scrypt-vert is cooler and less power hungry than scrypt so certainly your statement about it "seems to be worked much harder than any other coin I have mined so far" is outright wrong.

Maybe, if you're not just a x11 groupie, post your .conf/.bat and we can try to help you out.

Sure...

Code:

"failover-only" : true,
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin",
"log" : "5",
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"scan-time" : "10",
"scrypt-vert" : true,
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"gpu-engine" : "1045",
"gpu-fan" : "20-100",
"gpu-memclock" : "1450",
"gpu-powertune" : "20",
"intensity" : "19",
"temp-target" : "75",
"temp-overheat" : "85",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"vectors" : "2",
"worksize" : "256",
"thread-concurrency" : "28200",
"lookup-gap" : "2"

These are the same settings (engine, mem, powertune, intensity and fan)I have used for Doge, Litecoin and Ultracoin.. never had it maxing the fan out trying to keep under 75C

Nevermind.. had some help on IRC and now running at same KH/s with only 72% fan

You're settings are about right for a 290. Getting similar speed and temps, my config varies on slightly:

"intensity" : "19",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"thread-concurrency" : "24550",
"gpu-engine" : "1000",
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-memclock" : "1500",
"gpu-powertune" : "50",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-overheat" : "90",
"temp-target" : "70",
"gpu-fan" : "20-100",
"expiry" : "30",
"log" : "5",
"queue" : "0",
"scan-time" : "1",
"scrypt-vert" : true
}

Amazingly, lowering TC, engine and memclock gives the same speeds now!

New config:

Code:

"failover-only" : true,
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin",
"log" : "5",
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"scan-time" : "10",
"scrypt-vert" : true,
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"gpu-engine" : "993",
"gpu-fan" : "20-100",
"gpu-memclock" : "1250",
"gpu-powertune" : "25",
"intensity" : "19",
"temp-target" : "75",
"temp-overheat" : "85",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"vectors" : "2",
"worksize" : "256",
"thread-concurrency" : "22500",
"lookup-gap" : "2"

Is giving me 440KH/s for much less stress on the GPU!

Now I need help for a 280X which I cannot get over 310KH/s due to having to run low intensity. Anything over 13 gives HW errors Sad

Also - see the post above - come join us at binaryfund and get this new exchange kicking!

Hi there,

Spent a few hours yesterday trying to figure out a config for 290x, alas to no avail.
So far I can't mine anything, even a bare 280x or a 290 config does not work (GPUs reset all over the place, nothing works).
And my GPUs work very well with LTC, UTC, YAC etc. So it's not a question of whether they are broken or not. They're fine.

Many thanks to whomever helps me out & take care.
az.