Wouldn't this be a golden opportunity after the hard fork to make it ASIC resistant and more GPU compatible? I mean, games are played on GPUs right? Isn't that an irony?  Many things wrong with this coin, it should be a coin for gamers first of all.

That being said, the Windows GC client is okay but it doesnt handle more than a single GPU.

Are window wallets expected today?

Yes they are directly related.

For yield, no. Not in awhile.

For performance, I can tell you out of Nicehash, Winminer, & Minergate that Winminer is currently the least stable. Let me be clear that Winminer is my favorite of the 3, but it is unfortunately very buggy.

I use Minergate on some of my low end systems with AMD GPU's since it is the most productive with those setups. Many people say that Minergate "steals" hashrate from you. I don't know if they are, but it is more productive than Nicehash or Winminer on those particular machines because it uses the GPU that they won't. I can say that Minergate by far is the most stable software though. I have machines that have run Minergate for weeks without a single reboot or crash. Actually I don't think I've seen Minergate crash EVER, and remember I only use it on my most crappy hardware.

I use Nicehash on my more powerful machines that I can't babysit daily. It seems to produce about the same as Winminer after all is said and done, but I have not done a thorough test. But anecdotally I can say they are very close. Like I said I only use it on machines that I can't get to everyday, and it does crash now and then. But it picks up where it left off after a reboot, so I can "set it and forget it" and generally not lose more than 12 hours, even after a crash.

As for Winminer, it is my favorite and I am behind them 100%, but man oh man the bugs are frustrating. Across about 30 machines that are about as diverse as they can be Winminer crashes ALLOT. On many of my machines it crashes multiple times daily. And something in the last 4 or 5 updates (that all came out in the last two days) is really messing up my 1070 and 1080 machines. 2 or 3 now won't GPU mine at all since they get an "ethminer has stopped working" crash over and over again. Much worse is that after after a crash, Winminer often "forgets" all its settings, so even if I have it set to autorun after a reboot, it won't start mining until I re-enter all the setup details. I lost *days* of mining on some of my machines due to this, which is why I had to go back to Nicehash with them. I've seen several other people complain about this same issue on various forums so I am sure their support is aware of it.

Again, Winminer is my favorite, even with the bugs, and I expect they will all get sorted sooner or later.

thanks for that pic. How do you manage to get more than 8 GPUs working on Windows at the same time? Would it work if you had 8 RX 580 and 8 GTX 1060? I wonder... Also, which remote management program do you use?

On a different note, I wonder if there is a bug with WinMiner when it comes to the wattage metrics. I love that feature, but there is something wrong with it when I test it on a Vega 64 rig. It shows 0W power consumption when you are not mining, and when you start mining everything seems fine at first, when the cards begin to work the wattage meter slowly and steadily increases, but... I am pretty sure there is a bug with it, because the metrics never go above 100W.

It stays at 100W for extended periods of time, sometimes it drops to 99W and the like, but it never ever goes above 100W. I am pretty sure that can't be the case 'cos I measured the power consumption off the wall, and each card is on the 140-150W range.

Happy Thursday everyone!

We have a new WinMiner version - v1.104a with some great news and features you have asked for:

(1)   GPU mixup is history! – GPUs are now correctly identified and the correct performance is shown next to the correct GPU

        While this is great, the real importance is that it now paves the way to additional per GPU features that many of you have requested.

(2)   GPU metrics now at your fingertips:

       - GPU fan speed
       - GPU temp
       - GPU power consumption (in Watts)
       - More coming...

(3)   Updated Dashboard to reflect all those goodies  

(4)   We have also added social media links for easy access.

Enjoy! And may the mining force be with you!