anyway to gimp my mining when i'm using the computer?
I'm using Claymore miner and there's two lines in the start.bat file named
setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 50
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 50
I changed the last two to "50" from "100" hoping that it'd use just 50% of the GPU so that I can watch movies, browse the web, etc with no stutters. However I'm still mining at my max of 21.5Mh/s. I want to set another shortcut for 100% when I'm done using the computer.
I don't think the setx variables work that way (even though that would seem logical). Read the options available in Claymore. There are intensity switches you can adjust if you want to use your computer while mining. I haven't messed with them personally but they should work fine if they work anything like ethminer did. If you have success please share what worked best for you.
I was trying to mine on my new rx480.
I'll look into the programs you mentioned and see if they make a difference.
No worries. This thread is getting pretty big at 82 pages, and there's a bunch of info scattered here and there that would help you. Ideally we would sticky some of the better posts or even create our own FAQ. I find Googling for information on ether mining not very useful. Most guides I've read are outdated or have incorrect information. A lot of the good stuff is buried in random posts. Reddit also has an ethereum mining forum which may be a good spot to ask for help.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EtherMining/
You don't necessarily need a Samsung, but a memory that's default clocked at 8GHz.
The companies(AMD/Intel/Nvidia) are being smart nowadays. They are likely completely aware of Ethereum miners getting the RX 480 8GHz memory versions. Other than the one flub with Reference 4GB being an 8GHz memory part(which is basically non existent), they are priced based on how they perform..
That's the thing, there are 470 cards with different types of memory for the same or very similar pricing. Some cards do better than others so having a list would be useful. I'm still buying 480's myself as the price difference is negligible in most cases but that's because of geography more than the set MSRP.
I wouldn't count on Vega being that much better for mining, unless it comes with a huge increase in memory interface bandwidth.
PoS (Casper).
Unless Vega does something vastly different I agree. However I doubt extra memory bandwidth will help. Look at Fury X's as an example, no changes in hashing speeds between 333 - 550Mhz, bandwidth isn't a problem and the amount of ROP's don't seem to matter after 32.
Just wanted to chime back in with the solution I found to my 6th card not being recognized. Bottom line, use Win 10. That was the easiest solution after fighting with Win 8.1 for a few days.
Madpacket - What are your ambient temps? I'm getting a lot of thermal throttling but my ambients are in the mid 80's.
My 6x rigs run in the mid 70's on average. I wrote a guide a few pages back but I need to update the section on throttling. A friend of mine and myself have been plugging away at the throttling issue for a few weeks now. I think we finally have it solved but it has more to do with supplying the right amount of VDDC. These Polaris cards are very sensitive to VDDC changes. Just been busy lately so haven't had time. I'll update the section explaining this in more detail hopefully tonight or tomorrow.
Apologies if I missed an earlier reply - were you able to adjust Radeon Settings without any monitor plugged in? I've found that using Teamviewer, the settings don't display properly unless I plug in a monitor.
PS - Going to give MS RDC a try, as suggested
here
Perhaps my last statements were misleading. I'm old school and just plug a small monitor in when tending to my miners. All of them have male Displayport to female DVI or male HDMI to female DVI adapters hanging off the primary cards. Given my 6th rig will be built this week (only 4 cards though, slowing down my purchasing) I may revisit the remote management. Thanks for the suggestion (and you too Nox).