I was not able to update the driver.

http://rumorscity.com/2013/12/08/amd-display-driver-update-for-r9-290x-on-bamt-litecoin-miner/

The 1st step (uninstall the driver) fails for me. After I do coldreboot, the BAMT is unoperational. Cannot even start terminal. Says something about permissions.

Has anyone been able to update BAMT to 14.6?

PS: I also tried without uninstalling the previous driver. In such case, the installer just says not enough disk space to install. :-(

Thanks

Quote from: bbbbbb2014 on June 03, 2014, 06:00:36 PM

Quote from: FiR3 on June 03, 2014, 06:59:37 AM

^ now THAT would, indeed, be great news! Can any other miners confirm this?

Listen guys, I have checked this and new drivers ARE A TRUE POISON. At least when Groestlcoin is in question THE SPEED OF HASHING IS ALMOST DUPLICATED!

On R9 280x my previous hash rate was 6.8 MH/s. Now it's 11.43 MH/s.

Fans on the card are not cranking - but rather wheezing with a very high pitch and started to radiate a serious heat. Who says Groestl is friendly to the cards...

How to achieve this result:

1. Get yourself BAMT 1.6.0 (or any other 32-bit Linux distro will do):

http://www.reddit.com/r/BAMT/comments/207rdz/release_bamt_v160_scrypt_scryptn_darkcoin/

2. Get yourself a decent sgminer-sph, I am using this one:

https://github.com/badman74/sph-sgminer

3. Get yourself the latest AMD 14.6 drivers, files are the follows:
linux-amd-catalyst-14.6-beta-v1.0-may23.zip
AMD-APP-SDK-v2.9-lnx32.tgz
ADL_SDK.zip

4. Now, uninstall old drivers, reinstall new drivers, RECOMPILE THE SGMINER:

The EXACT procedure is noted here:
http://rumorscity.com/2013/12/08/amd-display-driver-update-for-r9-290x-on-bamt-litecoin-miner/

NOTE: Please follow the procedure EXACTLY.

5. DELETE the old compiled CL file, which is usually hidden here:
/opt/miners/sgminer-4.1.0-sph

NOTE: The key to enhanced performance is hidden in NEW on-the-fly re-compilation of .cl files.

6. Everything else is as usual. Mine cards speeds up to 11.43 MH/s:

http://www.kapion.si/Mining-gro.jpg

7. Parameters I am using:
core_speed_0: 300
core_speed_1: 1140
core_speed_2: 1140
mem_speed_0: 300
mem_speed_1: 1000
mem_speed_2: 1000
core_voltage_0: 1.131
core_voltage_1: 1.131
core_voltage_2: 1.131

8. Config file I am using (partial print):
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-fan": "30-99",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-overheat" : "85",
"temp-target" : "79",
"worksize": "256",
"intensity" : "20",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"thread-concurrency" : "8192",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"vectors" : "1",
"shaders" : "2048",
"api-port": "4028",
"api-listen": true,
"api-allow": "W:127.0.0.1",
"failover-only" : true,
"no-pool-disable": true,
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"queue": "0",
"log" : "5",
"gpu-powertune" : "20",
"algorithm" : "groestlcoin",
"kernel-path": "/usr/local/bin"