Ethereum GPU mining?

[codyray10]

If your miner is freezing then it's a good indicator that one of your GPUs is not stable. Best bet is to run them individually to see which one crashes first.

Yeah I need to remove the APU graphics from my config to see if that changes the behavior. I'm not too hopeful though. I tried running my 290 at stock settings, stock with undervolts, stock +50% power, you name it. Computer still freezes about 10minutes in. I have a hard time believing it's the 290 because I just had it in my primary rig less than a week ago and it worked fine mining almost 24/7.

 

[ElFenix]

Too late to hop aboard this train?

 

[Madpacket]

Well the broad claim is that anything ETH can do, ETC can do. It remains to be seen if ETC bothers to hard fork to Casper. BTW what's the ETA on the transition to Casper anyway?

No casper would require a hardfork. Something that destroys immutability or the credibility of this ETC. They could fork but it goes against their religion.

 

[Madpacket]

Yeah I need to remove the APU graphics from my config to see if that changes the behavior. I'm not too hopeful though. I tried running my 290 at stock settings, stock with undervolts, stock +50% power, you name it. Computer still freezes about 10minutes in. I have a hard time believing it's the 290 because I just had it in my primary rig less than a week ago and it worked fine mining almost 24/7.

What mining software are you using? How much RAM do you have? If claymore have you created a batch file with the proper setx variables? Have you dedicated 16GB to a page file? What OS are you running? What drivers?

 

[codyray10]

What mining software are you using? How much RAM do you have? If claymore have you created a batch file with the proper setx variables? Have you dedicated 16GB to a page file? What OS are you running? What drivers?

Windows 10, Claymore miner, 8GB DDR3 1600, I've tried both 16.7.2 and 16.7.3 drivers (16.7.2 worked fine with my 290 when in my other rig a week ago). My batch file settings are exactly the same as my other rig. Settings you actually provided me with a month or so ago.

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool us1.ethermine.org:4444 -ewal <address>.worker -epsw x

 

[Madpacket]

Windows 10, Claymore miner, 8GB DDR3 1600, I've tried both 16.7.2 and 16.7.3 drivers (16.7.2 worked fine with my 290 when in my other rig a week ago). My batch file settings are exactly the same as my other rig. Settings you actually provided me with a month or so ago.

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool us1.ethermine.org:4444 -ewal <address>.worker -epsw x

Thanks. So how is it crashing exactly? Can you check the local folder for log files?

 

[Madpacket]

Too late to hop aboard this train?

I really don't know. In Cryptoland today it's been like an episode of the Twilight Zone.

ETC has messed up a bunch of things, and a big exchange (Bitfenix) got hacked where some amount of Bitcoin stolen has been stolen. This is shaking the confidence of the weaker hands so big fast price swings all around.

It's probably not a good a time to invest TBH. Maybe wait a few days and we'll see if this ETC train dies off.

 

[codyray10]

Thanks. So how is it crashing exactly? Can you check the local folder for log files?

The entire system literally just freezes. Sometimes it will sit stuck for a minute or two and reboot itself. Other times it needs a hard reset. I did peak at the logs, I dont recall what was in there off the top of my head. I'll check it out when I get home from work and let you know my findings.

 

[Madpacket]

The entire system literally just freezes. Sometimes it will sit stuck for a minute or two and reboot itself. Other times it needs a hard reset.

Sounds like a faulty board or RAM...

Do you have another stick you can try? Have you tried updating the BIOS of the board? Have you tried disabling the onboard GPU? Maybe try increasing the NB and DRAM voltages a little? You may want to check the Windows event viewer log files as well. I would also remove the 290 and stress test the board and chip by itself with P95 Large FFT (with checksums etc) for a few hours.

Edit: Also try changing the PCIe speed from the default to Gen 1 or 2...

 

[codyray10]

Sounds like a faulty board or RAM...

Do you have another stick you can try? Have you tried updating the BIOS of the board? Have you tried disabling the onboard GPU? Maybe try increasing the NB and DRAM voltages a little? You may want to check the Windows event viewer log files as well. I would also remove the 290 and stress test the board and chip by itself with P95 Large FFT (with checksums etc) for a few hours.

These are all things I still need to try. I havent tinkered any with mobo bios settings just yet. I just through the rig together and fired up claymore miner and thats about it.

 

[Madpacket]

These are all things I still need to try. I havent tinkered any with mobo bios settings just yet. I just through the rig together and fired up claymore miner and thats about it.

Yeah sorry I just threw a bunch of things at you. For my mining rigs I usually burn them in for a 24 hours or so before adding in my cards.

 

[EightySix Four]

It is really getting to be time for a dedicated mining forum. This thread is huge, the views are high, and a lot of info has to be repeated to not dig through 74 pages.

 

[RussianSensation]

http://cryptomining-blog . com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/amd-radeon-rx-470-8gb-eth-hashrate.jpg

^ Connect the spacing to go to the link.

"The hashrate at stock settings for the GPU shows 24.5-24.6 MHS mining with Claymore&#8217;s Dual Miner (only for ETH) and this is pretty much what the Radeon RX 480 does with the default settings. So it seems that the slightly lower number of Stream Processors in the RX 470 did not result is drop of hashrate at least for mining Ethereum (ETH) as it is a more memory intensive algorithm, do note however that it should affect performance in other more GPU-intensive algorithms. Unfortunately we don&#8217;t yet have any information regarding the performance of the RX 470 in other algorithms, but we should in a couple of days when we manage to get our hands on the new AMD video cards.

Do note however that there is a catch in this result being the same as on Radeon RX 480, the reason for the same Ethereum mining hashrate hides in the video memory. As we mentioned the results shown on the screenshot are from an 8 GB model of RX 480 [sic: Did they mean RX 470 8GB?] that apparently has the video memory running at 8 GHz (the same as on RX 480 8GB models), so the same performance is to be expected. There will however be AMD Radeon RX 470 GPUs with 4GB of video memory where the operating frequency could vary between 6.6 GHz and 7 GHz and these should have lower performance for Ethereum. The expected hashrate in mining Ethereum is more like around 20 MHS for the 6.6 GHz video memory and about 21 MHS for the 7 GHz models."

If RX 470 8GB with memory overclocked to 8Ghz can do 24.5Mh/sec and costs $179 USD, this will be a great choice and should alleviate some of the demand for RX 480 cards.

 

[thilanliyan]

What's with the Eth price decline today?

 

[VeryCharBroiled]

No casper would require a hardfork. Something that destroys immutability or the credibility of this ETC. They could fork but it goes against their religion.

etc has the difficulty bomb to deal with. it will need to fork anyway to avoid that. so it will fork at some point if it wants to continue.

 

[SK10H]

What's with the Eth price decline today?

Whatever the cause, ETH finally manage to retest the $7 dollar range set in mid Apr as Kraken has a low print at exactly $7, took it long enough. If this break, there will be blood on the street until $4, and gamers may finally get some RX470/480 love. :twisted:

 

[ozzy702]

What's with the Eth price decline today?

ETC pump n dump action in full swing. :whiste:

 

[Elfear]

Whatever the cause, ETH finally manage to retest the $7 dollar range set in mid Apr as Kraken has a low print at exactly $7, took it long enough. If this break, there will be blood on the street until $4, and gamers may finally get some RX470/480 love. :twisted:

Glad I just bought 7 RX480's. :\

 

[IEC]

Looks pretty thin back to $10+ on Coinbase/GDAX. I wouldn't be surprised to see it back above $10 before the day is over.

 

[thilanliyan]

http://cryptomining-*********/8189-another-ethereum-fork-in-the-making-classic-ethereum-ceth/

WTH is this about? CETH?

Tell me this is not ANOTHER fork? And ANOTHER version of eth?

 

[IEC]

When there's money involved, there will always be someone trying to grab a piece of the pie. I'm still mining ETH.

 

[IEC]

Glad I just bought 7 RX480's. :\

Hey brother, great minds think alike... I hope

 

[Shmee]

Looks like the big windows 10 update hit. Any news on improvements for ETH hashrate on pascal?

 

[IntelUser2000]

http://cryptomining-blog . com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/amd-radeon-rx-470-8gb-eth-hashrate.jpg

What the heck? The 8GB version has same 8GHz speed as the RX 480 8GB versions?

So its a complete waste to get 4GB, 7GHz version of the RX 480 on Ethereum, when the 8GB RX 470 would do better.

 

[DrMrLordX]

I really don't know. In Cryptoland today it's been like an episode of the Twilight Zone.

ETC has messed up a bunch of things, and a big exchange (Bitfenix) got hacked where some amount of Bitcoin stolen has been stolen. This is shaking the confidence of the weaker hands so big fast price swings all around.

It's probably not a good a time to invest TBH. Maybe wait a few days and we'll see if this ETC train dies off.

There's money to be made, and I think anyone who was able to buy some ETH as it dipped below $9 got a hell of a deal today. The big loser wasn't ETH or ETC, it was BTC. That value will not be recovered easily.

It is really getting to be time for a dedicated mining forum. This thread is huge, the views are high, and a lot of info has to be repeated to not dig through 74 pages.

Maybe, but bear in mind that if you have a whole crypto forum, you're going to attract more and more trolls/speculators/investors/etc. who do nothing but try to manipulate markets with forum posts. The trollbox on Poloniex is bad enough, and they have moderators actively trying to tamp down the worst of the trolling. Do you really want an AT forum drowning in pro-ETC zealotry, for example? It could get really bad unless the mods do a wonderful job drafting and enforcing rules of conduct.

When there's money involved, there will always be someone trying to grab a piece of the pie. I'm still mining ETH.

ETH is smart for a long play. It'll be a bumpy ride, but look at the bright side: there are deals to be had.