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Re: [ANN] [1080 | 1080TI] ETHlargement - The Hashrate Hardener
by
p337miner
on 26/04/2018, 05:28:31 UTC
Can confirm it works for 1080ti FE.

Local hashrate matches pool hashrate. Definitely an immediate increase in shares. Feels like adding a 1060s hashrate for free.

Thank you to the devs for releasing this. Really really appreciate it! To the guy above me ETH can never do you wrong  Tongue
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Re: I'm glad I didn't buy any more video cards, a 1080ti barley makes $1 a day
by
p337miner
on 29/03/2018, 02:38:04 UTC
I stopped mining crypto a week ago no reason to make my rigs work when we are in bullshit age i wait and use my rigs when something profitable comes along.

Wouldn't the difficulty go up when something profitable comes along..
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Re: Mainboard (GB H110-D3A) doesn't find a graphic card... PLEASE HELP!!
by
p337miner
on 26/03/2018, 09:22:11 UTC
just a short update:

the rig is running now, but only with 5 gpus. the 6th one is broken - time for the next RMA.
so far so good...

The main issue were the riser cards... I bought a few other riser cards for testing and ... "oh nice, it is working" Grin

But now I have another problem.
Everything works nice and smoothly, but unfortunately only 10 min...
The ETH (claymore eth only via nanopool) miner just crashes...

Is it because of the undervolting and overclocking? If yes, how can I find the faulty gpu?
Also tried to read and understand the log file, but yes... hm.. GPU 0 and then the other 4  Cry

I would really appreciate if someone can help me again!!

Quote
17:26:48:589   f10   ETH: checking pool connection...
17:26:48:589   f10   send: {"worker": "", "jsonrpc": "2.0", "params": [], "id": 3, "method": "eth_getWork"}

17:26:48:636   f10   got 243 bytes
17:26:48:636   f10   buf: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"result":["0xe572a34723830cdb069eb7dfd78e93099d76773becbf059f639c4db945d11685","0x32a2478e57a4b36e5f5e5420e5443a5a82dac6ff01a0548737fada91d743d7d0","0x000000006df37f675ef6eadf5ab9a2072d44268d97df837e6748956e5c6c2116"]}

17:26:48:636   f10   parse packet: 242
17:26:48:636   f10   ETH: job is the same
17:26:48:636   f10   new buf size: 0
17:26:53:246   f10   got 243 bytes
17:26:53:246   f10   buf: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"result":["0xb9d202d08ab464e3223bf50595d70e269c86bbbe62d11ec6b0775ee2776dd9f9","0x32a2478e57a4b36e5f5e5420e5443a5a82dac6ff01a0548737fada91d743d7d0","0x000000006df37f675ef6eadf5ab9a2072d44268d97df837e6748956e5c6c2116"]}

17:26:53:246   f10   parse packet: 242
17:26:53:246   f10   ETH: job changed
17:26:53:246   f10   new buf size: 0
17:26:53:262   f10   ETH: 03/10/18-17:26:53 - New job from eth-eu1.nanopool.org:9999
17:26:53:262   f10   target: 0x000000006df37f67 (diff: 10000MH), epoch 174(2.36GB)
17:26:53:262   f10   ETH - Total Speed: 162.088 Mh/s, Total Shares: 10, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:11
17:26:53:277   f10   ETH: GPU0 32.552 Mh/s, GPU1 31.685 Mh/s, GPU2 30.567 Mh/s, GPU3 32.677 Mh/s, GPU4 34.608 Mh/s
17:26:57:622   1098   GPU0 t=60C fan=50%, GPU1 t=59C fan=50%, GPU2 t=45C fan=50%, GPU3 t=51C fan=50%, GPU4 t=40C fan=50%
17:26:57:637   1098   em hbt: 0, fm hbt: 46,
17:26:57:637   1098   watchdog - thread 0 (gpu0), hb time 187
17:26:57:637   1098   watchdog - thread 1 (gpu0), hb time 78
17:26:57:653   1098   watchdog - thread 2 (gpu1), hb time 187
17:26:57:653   1098   watchdog - thread 3 (gpu1), hb time 62
17:26:57:653   1098   watchdog - thread 4 (gpu2), hb time 172
17:26:57:653   1098   watchdog - thread 5 (gpu2), hb time 47
17:26:57:653   1098   watchdog - thread 6 (gpu3), hb time 203
17:26:57:668   1098   watchdog - thread 7 (gpu3), hb time 94
17:26:57:668   1098   watchdog - thread 8 (gpu4), hb time 219
17:26:57:668   1098   watchdog - thread 9 (gpu4), hb time 110
17:26:58:028   f10   send: {"id":6,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_submitHashrate","params":["0x9b67f18", "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005ff1b969"]}

17:26:58:606   f10   ETH: checking pool connection...
17:26:58:606   f10   send: {"worker": "", "jsonrpc": "2.0", "params": [], "id": 3, "method": "eth_getWork"}

17:26:58:700   f10   got 243 bytes
17:26:58:700   f10   buf: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"result":["0xb9d202d08ab464e3223bf50595d70e269c86bbbe62d11ec6b0775ee2776dd9f9","0x32a2478e57a4b36e5f5e5420e5443a5a82dac6ff01a0548737fada91d743d7d0","0x000000006df37f675ef6eadf5ab9a2072d44268d97df837e6748956e5c6c2116"]}

17:26:58:700   f10   parse packet: 242
17:26:58:700   f10   ETH: job is the same
17:26:58:700   f10   new buf size: 0
17:27:00:731   f10   got 243 bytes
17:27:00:731   f10   buf: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"result":["0x525ea23a0b7d2a1efeed1ea4b2141f0d2a6b31cbc52f223ea49edd5ac8551346","0x32a2478e57a4b36e5f5e5420e5443a5a82dac6ff01a0548737fada91d743d7d0","0x000000006df37f675ef6eadf5ab9a2072d44268d97df837e6748956e5c6c2116"]}

17:27:00:731   f10   parse packet: 242
17:27:00:731   f10   ETH: job changed
17:27:00:731   f10   new buf size: 0
17:27:00:747   f10   ETH: 03/10/18-17:27:00 - New job from eth-eu1.nanopool.org:9999
17:27:00:747   f10   target: 0x000000006df37f67 (diff: 10000MH), epoch 174(2.36GB)
17:27:00:747   f10   ETH - Total Speed: 163.766 Mh/s, Total Shares: 10, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:12
17:27:00:763   f10   ETH: GPU0 32.720 Mh/s, GPU1 32.716 Mh/s, GPU2 30.952 Mh/s, GPU3 32.713 Mh/s, GPU4 34.666 Mh/s
17:27:03:450   f10   got 243 bytes
17:27:03:450   f10   buf: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"result":["0xfd7e158e1382ca055c3272426f9a95d950548f99924171d0ec32327b69a26dd6","0x32a2478e57a4b36e5f5e5420e5443a5a82dac6ff01a0548737fada91d743d7d0","0x000000006df37f675ef6eadf5ab9a2072d44268d97df837e6748956e5c6c2116"]}

17:27:03:450   f10   parse packet: 242
17:27:03:450   f10   ETH: job changed
17:27:03:450   f10   new buf size: 0
17:27:03:466   f10   ETH: 03/10/18-17:27:03 - New job from eth-eu1.nanopool.org:9999
17:27:03:466   f10   target: 0x000000006df37f67 (diff: 10000MH), epoch 174(2.36GB)
17:27:03:466   f10   ETH - Total Speed: 163.467 Mh/s, Total Shares: 10, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:12
17:27:03:466   f10   ETH: GPU0 32.694 Mh/s, GPU1 32.722 Mh/s, GPU2 30.713 Mh/s, GPU3 32.679 Mh/s, GPU4 34.659 Mh/s
17:27:08:623   f10   ETH: checking pool connection...
17:27:08:623   f10   send: {"worker": "", "jsonrpc": "2.0", "params": [], "id": 3, "method": "eth_getWork"}

17:27:08:670   f10   got 243 bytes
17:27:08:670   f10   buf: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"result":["0xfd7e158e1382ca055c3272426f9a95d950548f99924171d0ec32327b69a26dd6","0x32a2478e57a4b36e5f5e5420e5443a5a82dac6ff01a0548737fada91d743d7d0","0x000000006df37f675ef6eadf5ab9a2072d44268d97df837e6748956e5c6c2116"]}

17:27:08:670   f10   parse packet: 242
17:27:08:670   f10   ETH: job is the same
17:27:08:670   f10   new buf size: 0
17:27:13:920   22f0   GPU 1, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 4, unspecified launch failure
17:27:13:936   2378   GPU 3, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 4, unspecified launch failure
17:27:13:951   22f0   GPU 1, GpuMiner kx failed 1
17:27:13:998   2378   GPU 3, GpuMiner kx failed 1
17:27:14:014   22c0   GPU 0, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 4, unspecified launch failure
17:27:14:030   22c0   GPU 0, GpuMiner kx failed 1
17:27:13:998   22f0   Set global fail flag, failed GPU1
17:27:14:045   22f0   GPU 1 failed
17:27:14:014   2378   Set global fail flag, failed GPU3
17:27:14:076   2378   GPU 3 failed
17:27:14:123   2368   GPU 2, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 4, unspecified launch failure
17:27:14:155   22ec   GPU 1, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 4, unspecified launch failure
17:27:14:030   22c0   Set global fail flag, failed GPU0
17:27:14:186   22c0   GPU 0 failed
17:27:14:201   2370   GPU 3, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 4, unspecified launch failure
17:27:14:217   2368   GPU 2, GpuMiner kx failed 1
17:27:14:248   22ec   GPU 1, GpuMiner kx failed 1
17:27:14:311   1c3c   GPU 4, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 4, unspecified launch failure
17:27:14:326   1ef8   GPU 0, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 4, unspecified launch failure
17:27:14:326   1ef8   GPU 0, GpuMiner kx failed 1
17:27:14:342   1ef8   Set global fail flag, failed GPU0
17:27:14:342   1ef8   GPU 0 failed
17:27:14:373   2370   GPU 3, GpuMiner kx failed 1
17:27:14:498   1c3c   GPU 4, GpuMiner kx failed 1
17:27:14:498   1c3c   Set global fail flag, failed GPU4
17:27:14:498   1c3c   GPU 4 failed
17:27:14:248   2368   Set global fail flag, failed GPU2
17:27:14:514   2368   GPU 2 failed
17:27:14:514   236c   GPU 2, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 4, unspecified launch failure
17:27:14:498   2370   Set global fail flag, failed GPU3
17:27:14:530   2370   GPU 3 failed
17:27:14:311   22ec   Set global fail flag, failed GPU1
17:27:14:561   22ec   GPU 1 failed
17:27:14:608   1350   GPU 4, GpuMiner cu_k1 failed 4, unspecified launch failure
17:27:14:623   1350   GPU 4, GpuMiner kx failed 1
17:27:14:639   236c   GPU 2, GpuMiner kx failed 1
17:27:14:639   1350   Set global fail flag, failed GPU4
17:27:14:639   1350   GPU 4 failed
17:27:14:639   236c   Set global fail flag, failed GPU2
17:27:14:655   236c   GPU 2 failed
17:27:18:046   f10   send: {"id":6,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_submitHashrate","params":["0x0", "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005ff1b969"]}

17:27:18:639   f10   ETH: checking pool connection...
17:27:18:639   f10   send: {"worker": "", "jsonrpc": "2.0", "params": [], "id": 3, "method": "eth_getWork"}

17:27:18:733   f10   got 243 bytes
17:27:18:733   f10   buf: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"result":["0xfd7e158e1382ca055c3272426f9a95d950548f99924171d0ec32327b69a26dd6","0x32a2478e57a4b36e5f5e5420e5443a5a82dac6ff01a0548737fada91d743d7d0","0x000000006df37f675ef6eadf5ab9a2072d44268d97df837e6748956e5c6c2116"]}

17:27:18:733   f10   parse packet: 242
17:27:18:733   f10   ETH: job is the same
17:27:18:733   f10   new buf size: 0
17:27:28:656   f10   ETH: checking pool connection...
17:27:28:656   f10   send: {"worker": "", "jsonrpc": "2.0", "params": [], "id": 3, "method": "eth_getWork"}

17:27:28:703   f10   got 243 bytes
17:27:28:703   f10   buf: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"result":["0xfd7e158e1382ca055c3272426f9a95d950548f99924171d0ec32327b69a26dd6","0x32a2478e57a4b36e5f5e5420e5443a5a82dac6ff01a0548737fada91d743d7d0","0x000000006df37f675ef6eadf5ab9a2072d44268d97df837e6748956e5c6c2116"]}

17:27:28:703   f10   parse packet: 242
17:27:28:703   f10   ETH: job is the same
17:27:28:703   f10   new buf size: 0
17:27:30:563   1098   GPU0 t=55C fan=50%, GPU1 t=54C fan=50%, GPU2 t=41C fan=50%, GPU3 t=46C fan=50%, GPU4 t=36C fan=50%
17:27:30:578   1098   em hbt: 16, fm hbt: 16,
17:27:30:578   1098   watchdog - thread 0 (gpu0), hb time 16734
17:27:30:578   1098   watchdog - thread 1 (gpu0), hb time 16859
17:27:30:578   1098   watchdog - thread 2 (gpu1), hb time 16688
17:27:30:578   1098   watchdog - thread 3 (gpu1), hb time 16828
17:27:30:594   1098   watchdog - thread 4 (gpu2), hb time 16813
17:27:30:594   1098   watchdog - thread 5 (gpu2), hb time 16688
17:27:30:594   1098   watchdog - thread 6 (gpu3), hb time 16704
17:27:30:594   1098   watchdog - thread 7 (gpu3), hb time 16829
17:27:30:609   1098   watchdog - thread 8 (gpu4), hb time 16750
17:27:30:609   1098   watchdog - thread 9 (gpu4), hb time 16875
17:27:30:609   1098   WATCHDOG: GPU error, you need to restart miner Sad
17:27:31:766   1098   Restarting OK, exit...


Lower your memory overclock by increments of 50 until it's stable. Start off with the GPU that failed first. GPU 1 would be the second recognised GPU in your system.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Should I buy a new gaming PC to also mine?
by
p337miner
on 21/03/2018, 21:16:12 UTC
The prices of graphic cards are starting to drop. I'm starting to see GTX 1080's under $600.

I'm completely new at mining. I've only mined a couple of alt coins on my laptop. My question is, should I buy a new gaming PC with a motherboard that allows multiple graphic cards? When I'm not using the machine, it could be used for mining? Would buying multiple graphic cards over time be worth it? And would I be able to get a 100% return on investment before the end of 2018?

Any answers would be great. The other option would be to get an AntMiner instead of multiple graphic cards. So, what are your thoughts?

If you were gonna build a dual gpu PC for gaming - the SLI combo would only be necessary for 4k res or games that can utilise it. Otherwise - I wouldn't fry a really good CPU corei5 or i7 for mining. Not necessarily frying it, but you might as well buy an extra Celeron CPU, but swapping them out would be a slight hassle.

Games don't support triple SLI combos anymore.

IMO make seperate systems and move the graphics cards around. At the moment you're looking at around 1-1.50usd per day per gpu. So maybe just make a nice gaming PC with 1 GPU with 3-4 PCIE slots so if you want to add more later on you can!

Good luck and let us know what you decide!
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Re: FLUCTUATING Hash Rate
by
p337miner
on 17/03/2018, 07:41:51 UTC
I have 4 GPU NVIDIA GTX 1060 6 GB working. VRAM Hynix.

Yesterday I change the OC setting to:

60-70 power
-200 core
+800 memory
40% fan (+ domestic fan straight to the GPU’s)

Before this I was performing 15-17 mhz/s
After this I was performing 18.5-19.5 mhz/s.

This was last night today mid day I checkd from work by teamviewer and I saw that 2 of the GPUS where fluctuating between 0 and 18, but there where never 4 GPUS working at the same time.

My hash rate drop from 73-76 mhz/s to 36-39 mhz/s.


Any one can help me pls!!?


I've observed this after a few days of it running stable. I think it's either the 60%tdp, shit memory or temp. It might also be Claymore after a few days of mining. I would go with tdp first try increasing it and see if it improves. If not lower the memory clock.
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Re: There is such a thing as Asic miner for Ethereum?
by
p337miner
on 14/03/2018, 01:51:52 UTC
Hello all,
I received a message in the whatsapp group that shows a new asic miner for ethereum that outputs 1.6GB and take 1200W..
So I went to the website and I started to suspect that there was no demonstration of the machine at work and that the image
looked like another product on the market and last they only get a crypto...  Undecided

The website is: ethmine dot ws

I'd love to hear the opinion of others on the subject before I might be stung.

Thanks

1.6GB/w
1.6GB DAG file
Send 1.6 ETH to this address...
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Re: xps 15 as minor
by
p337miner
on 14/03/2018, 01:49:45 UTC
Monero XMR that is all - XMR STK, but don't do that to you laptop. Search "Laptop tear down" or "cleaning" video and see just how badly you could damage it ramping up the thermals. The closed and small casing of laptops aren't meant for mining. Not many people will reply to this because if you have a rig you know deep down that you're only wasting the potential use of a laptop by using it for mining. I'd suggest selling the laptop or just keep it in case you need it in the future!

DYOR though and let us know what you find and what you decide.
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Re: Gigabyte H110-D3A: PCI-e 16x slot doesn't work
by
p337miner
on 13/03/2018, 23:25:02 UTC
thx for your support p337miner!

unfortunately one of my new graphic cards is broken. Therefore I cannot test it atm, because the other 5 cards are finding a lot of shares and I don't want to quit the miner xD

do you know how many cards are usable atm? is the limit still 8 or is it now possible to connect more? I was reading that windows has a limit of 8 at all and especially a maximum of 8 cards of the same model.
if I would like to connect more I have to use linux. is this correct so far?
Why I am asking:
I bought today a pic-e 1x to 4x riser card... xD it would be nice to get it up and running. the m.2 slot is unfortunately only for another ssd and cannot be used as a pci-e slot.


I've read a lot of posts about a hard limit of 5 gpus no matter what with a variety of mobos that are 6+ pcie. Apparently, the new Windows update gets rid of that? You may have to try linux. Most posts I've read said they had to use Linux to get 6 recognised if you have a spare rig or time I'd try it out, but you're right leave the 5 hashing imo.

Uninstalling and installing drivers really takes a long time. Are you RMA-ing the GPU and if you don't mind me asking what model and brand is the GPU?
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Keep mining or buying?
by
p337miner
on 12/03/2018, 09:33:19 UTC
Hi everyone,

Do you believe it would be better to buy ETH directly instead of mining?
Is there any chance that the difficulty/reward changes for better in the future?
What would you advice?


Keep mining profit per day is always better long term!
I don't think another difficulty adjustment will happen, but PoS won't be implemented for a long time AND if it is it will be hybrid model. Imagine them trying to move from PoW... there's way too much criticism
Mine as much ETH as you can whilst you can even with increasing difficulty. It's still solid!
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Re: Gigabyte H110-D3A: PCI-e 16x slot doesn't work
by
p337miner
on 12/03/2018, 09:24:50 UTC
Try the following:
1. Disable any unused SATA ports in BIOS. Only one that should be enabled is the one that boots OS.
2. Plug the GPU directly into the board with all the pcie cards off the rig and see if it comes up under "other devices". Once it's recognised and the driver is installed add all the other cards on either all in one go or in 2 etc..
3. Contrary to the mining guide by Gigabyte, enable gpu display to the 16x pcie and disable internal graphics. Essentially, try disabling anything that could potentially using the pcie lanes or bus lanes.
4. Try rotating between the Gen speeds. I started with auto and had to work through each with risers. None of them worked though and ended up just leaving it on Gen 2 trying step 2.

I also have a Gigabyte mobo, not your model, but I spent the same amount of time trying to get pcie slots to recognise a MSI 1060 or recognising the gpu. The only way I've gotten it to work was option 2. I talked to a tech friend who has lots of mining experience about why the board is picky in that way and he said it must have something internally about the way the mobo chipset assigns the pcie lanes. The only thing I can think of in your case is that it won't assign lanes to the 16x if the others are filled first. This explanations makes no sense to me - because I literally tried everything to get mine set up, but there must be some logic behind why it will only recognise them in a particular order/assigns them. What order is anyone guess.

In my experience, I always fill the 16x first, then fill the others. The first GPU plugged straight into the mobo - then if you're lucky swap it out for a riser and it should still be ok. If not - my only other guess is that the riser cards have some compatibility or recognition issue on the mobo.

Hope this helps - also let us know if you've fixed it I want to know how you got it to recognise because I want that board.

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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Help with Low Hashrates on Z270 system please!
by
p337miner
on 07/03/2018, 23:51:35 UTC
I think it is because your GPU needs a powered riser rather than plugging it directly into the motherboard.

It needs to be powered at the top of the GPU and the bottom in the riser.

See photo: https://www.parallelminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/VER3KADA122400W-A-300x300.jpg



I've got 1 GPU plugged directly into the MOBO and it doesn't have this issue. Mobo is a GA H270-HD3. Ironically, when I try to use a riser it doesn't identify the GPU. Hash rate is very stable in this config.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Mining , still worth it?
by
p337miner
on 07/03/2018, 23:19:57 UTC
Definitely worth it - as long as you're in it for the long game afterwards assuming you're a gamer you have a solid 6 GPUs to play with or do double SLI combos, sell or donate to family. The computer knowledge and setup you gain from getting into it is worth more than the money IMO.

As long as you under-clock the TDP% power on your GPUs the electricity cost is well worth the profit you make per day. GPU prices rising has more to do with the memory shortage, but some retailers really do overcharge.

Some of the mineable coins - if you're not mining you'll really regret not getting into it. Might want to provide more details about 10 CPUs tho - are they mining Cryptonight or alt coins with GPUs? From all the info I've read and researched about overclocking CPUs that is def not profitable electricity/hash wise. Once you provide more details about your friends 10 rigs/comps or cpus a more detailed answer can be given.

ROI is def a few months to a year atm, but at the minimum with good buys I'd say its 1 year.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: High electricity cost -> What to mine / options?
by
p337miner
on 26/02/2018, 01:19:08 UTC
If it's winter yes, but the sound of 6-12 gpus is noisy so you would need to have it in a room where the airflow can warm up the rest of the house. Everything is still profitable at 25c/kwh you just need to lower the TDP of the gpus and hold what you're mining for a good sale price. You also need to mine something you think will go up.

As I tell most people though, it's probably better to put the 4-7K straight into investing in a coin/chain than it is to mine it. The freedom mining allows is that you can mine whatever you want if you want to.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Weighing my choices for GPU's to mine Ethereum or ZCash
by
p337miner
on 19/02/2018, 02:38:59 UTC
When you underclock TDP power for a 1070 it's much more efficient than a 1080ti. You can only get the same type of pull from a 1080 underclocking it to about 65% or overclocking the power to 100%+

1070's will pull much less power for more watts. I haven't tested all algorithms, but for the 3 most profitable - 1070 def worth it. Buy your gpus one at a time so you can dca them as you go. Remember if you buy them all in one go you have to set it all up asap. I'd say buy one at a time and find the sweet spot for overclocks as you go!
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Re: Is mining still worth it for the average person?
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p337miner
on 16/02/2018, 03:38:10 UTC
A budget of $1000 is about 1 GPU probably a 1070 or 1070ti - with an old mobo/system or 1 GPU 1060 with a mobo, cpu etc. It would take you a while to mine a profit with 1 GPU. You'd want your own rig so that you can swap between algo/coins. You can def make a profit, but with that budget it would be a bit low.
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Re: best miner for neoscrypt on gtx 1070 (and gtx 1070 ti)?
by
p337miner
on 28/01/2018, 01:43:52 UTC
hsrminer def gets more hash, but I've found it unstable on one of my rigs. See what works for you the hash difference between klausT and hsr is about 200-300 if you have -i set properly with ccminer. I've done power tests - hsrminer cuts back about 2-3w per card over klausT - that's the difference for me. The 1% dev fee is much less than the extra few w/hr ccminer is using. I lowered TDP 100/90/80 and the watt difference between the Miners is important. Keep in mind TDP increases hash too about 10 hash per 10%TDP.

Do your own tests but I hope that helps. Gonna spend the next week continuing to fine tune in spare time.
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Neoscrypt Benchmarks - collated info :3
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p337miner
on 24/01/2018, 04:15:15 UTC
I’m finding it hard to find this info as it seems to be spread around different posts and sites. Would like to start a thread - if you want to contribute please use the following as a guide for your posts.

GPU Model and Series:
VRAM:
Core Clock: eg. +75
Memory Clock: eg. +300
KH/s average (max): eg. 1117 (1129)
Intensity (if not set put “default”):
Mining Software:
OS:
TDP % and (w) if you know it: eg. 70% (125w)
Temp:
Driver Ver.

Notes: about temp, how long till it crashed, spikes in watts if you have a reader, preferred software

The more info the better. Please only post STABLE overclock settings not your unstable max. Or add more info in the notes section. These are rough estimates as a way to start your own GPU overclocking.

Credit to herrdrone as his zcash benchmarks thread is clean AF: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1733240

With permission from people people in Slack-

GPU Model and Series: 1070ti Strix A8G
VRAM: DDR5
Core Clock: +200mhz
Memory Clock: eg. +1000mhz
KH/s average (max): 1600
Intensity (if not set put “default”): default
Mining Software: ccminer-819prerelease
OS: Win7 64x
TDP % and (w) if you know it: na
Temp: 75
Driver Ver:

GPU Model and Series: 1080ti OC Gaming
VRAM: DDR5
Core Clock: 0
Memory Clock: 0
KH/s average (max): 1600(1750)
Intensity (if not set put “default”): default
Mining Software: hsrminer-neoscrypt
OS: na
TDP % and (w) if you know it: 100%
Temp: 63
Fan: 60%
Driver Ver:

GPU Model and Series: Zotac GTX 1070 Ti
VRAM: DDR4
Core Clock: +170
Memory Clock: +550
KH/s average (max): 1203.71
Intensity (if not set put “default”): default
Mining Software: ccminer
OS: Win 10
TDP % and (w) if you know it: 80%
Temp: 55
Fan: 41%
Driver Ver: 390.65

GPU Model and Series: Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Super JetStream 6GB
VRAM: DDR4
Core Clock: stock
Memory Clock: stock
KH/s average (max): 782
Intensity (if not set put “default”): default
Mining Software: ccminer-klausT
OS: Win 10
TDP % and (w) if you know it: stock
Temp: na
Fan: stock
Driver Ver: na
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Re: hsrminer - Nvidia mining software for various algos by palgin&alexkap
by
p337miner
on 23/01/2018, 09:29:52 UTC
I was having the same problems with the 1080ti, I was getting 1850kh/s with one card but after some time it would drop down to 1550 and stay there. Sometimes it was a few hours and then drop and sometimes it was longer. It was suggested to me that my video card driver was crashing in the background and although it wasn't crashing the system, the overclock software was not able to reconnect to the card and so the card was running at base stats and not being overclocked even though the software showed it as overclocked.

I was running at maximum overclock and although it was stable with CCminer, it was not stable with HSRminer. I've resolved this issue by lowering the overclock just a bit to the point where the drops no longer occurred. I've also vastly increased the virtual memory and now I no longer have this drop in hashrate. I do not mess with -i or -c and so I can't confirm if any of that works, I can only tell you I was seeing the drops daily, and now I do not.

You can check your windows logs to see if the drivers are crashing, I've never checked the logs because once I made the changes it stopped happening. Hope this helps you guys..

May I ask what your cc/cm/tdp is for ccminer? Trying to find some good oc settings for 1080ti
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Re: Need Advice: Mining vs Directly Investing
by
p337miner
on 21/01/2018, 09:34:09 UTC
In the way that you described it above - I don't think it would be worth it. Think about the time you would be investing into continually researching what is most profitable - that on top of building and maintaining the setup that is a lot of time you would need to invest. I would recommend starting off small first before you rent out a place.

I think if you start mining you learn more about PoW and appreciate it more. Giving back to the community is a different thing. I think it will be problematic sharing the profits between your friends because if one of your friends finds something they want to mine and you disagree what would you do then?

Also you can't check hardware once or twice a week - you'd have to check it at least once every two days to ensure that it is working. I've had this conversation with a friend recently, I advised him to just invest it because a 3x flip is much easier than the time and effort you'll put into mining. Good hardware and good rigs are hard to find for cheap.  Just my opinion - maybe since there are more of you the labour would be less intense and you'll have better communication and info sharing!
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Re: asic vs gpu
by
p337miner
on 17/01/2018, 23:26:24 UTC
Im holding my antminer and selling it to a museum or enthusiast in the future.  Trust me these will be collector items.



That sounds like a great idea! Even just to keep them to show your kids one day.