ZCash/ZEC GPU mining

[n0x1ous]

Hmm, maybe just try using the defaults?

I'm simply using the following parameters on my 4790K and it works great. 25.5 Sol/s at default clocks.

"nheqminer_zcash.exe -l USA -u <polo_mining_address> -t 6"

those are the defaults. all i plugged in was wallet/worker/email and added -t 7

not sure where that _zcash.exe on yours comes from? are there two different versions of this thing or what?

now im looking at this other build of this from nicehash and it has no "start" batch file after i extracted the zip. I add one with the command line and it starts up and immediately closes with no errorm essage or anything. what am i missing here

 

[DrMrLordX]

nheqminer -l zec-us-east1.nanopool.org:16666 -u Wallet/workername/email -p x -t 7

Using nheq .3a and Genoil .6

Try :6666 instead of :16666.

Also there are two different versions of nheqminer, one is CPU-only (the one for Linux) while one is CPU or GPU (Windows). At least.

 

[Hitman928]

It seems my cpu miners on windows 10 run about half as fast as the ones on Windows 7, same cpu. . .

 

[RussianSensation]

now im looking at this other build of this from nicehash and it has no "start" batch file after i extracted the zip. I add one with the command line and it starts up and immediately closes with no errorm essage or anything. what am i missing here

When you create the first string in the batch file, you are targeting a specific .exe client to start the work.

There are 2 exe clients to get paid out with NiceHash. BTC or ZCash. Versions 3.0b and 4.0a include the newer nheqminer.exe, but not the newer version of nheqminer_zcash.exe miner. That means if you are trying to start a batch file with command nheqminer_zcash.exe, there is no such application/exe file inside nheqminer_v0.4a folder because they never updated it. When you are creating the batch file string, you need to make sure the folder in which you put the batch file has the correct .exe application you are running and match it with the correct address, BTC or ZEC.

Examples:

Mine on NiceHash.com service as a hashing power seller, using CPU and NVIDIA GPU, using USA location:
nheqminer.exe -l usa -u BTC-ADDRESS -t 6 -cd 0

In this example we have a quad-core CPU with hyper-threading (8 threads available) and only one NVIDIA GPU in the computer. We are mining with 6 threads on the CPU and on the whole NVIDIA GPU.

Mine on Zcash by NiceHash ZEC pool, using CPU and AMD GPUs, using EU location:
nheqminer_zcash.exe -l eu -u ZEC-ADDRESS -t 6 -od 0 1

In this example we have a quad-core CPU with hyper-threading (8 threads available) and two AMD GPUs in the computer. We are mining with 6 threads on the CPU and on both AMD GPUs.
https://github.com/nicehash/nheqminer/releases

The other issue is, they excluded OpenCL.dll and logsetuplib.dll from newer versions. I think these are needed to run the client. I've been using nheqminer_zcash 3.0a for now.

 

[Kozlow]

No. Make sure you take out the "pause" from your main batch file if you have it there. I only see extra error messages when Genoil.exe crashes but a new instance still fires up and keeps on mining. I noticed 0.6 was released and has some built in checks for 0.0 S/s. Not sure how this works but it may be a better solution than the restart script. Will investigate.

Lol...That works much better! Thanks

 

[RussianSensation]

It seems my cpu miners on windows 10 run about half as fast as the ones on Windows 7, same cpu. . .

What CPU do you have? I can't seem to crack 30 Sols on W10 + 6700K despite the claims it should be close to 40 at stock speeds. That's a huge difference:

• very fast CPU implementation (up to 40 Sol/s on i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz), based on xenoncat solvers

 

[codyray10]

Yes, I am using Jaxx.
https://jaxx.io/

Once you download Jaxx, on the top right hand side, select Wallets and you can choose what cryptocurrency wallets you want. You can have Eth, Eth Classic, BTC, ZEC, all in 1 application.

Very nice. Thanks for that. I was able to move both of my eth workers over with ease.

I need to check out the CPU portion now. Anyone have ideas how a 2700k does?

 

[dajeepster]

When you create the first string in the batch file, you are targeting a specific .exe client to start the work.

There are 2 exe clients to get paid out with NiceHash. BTC or ZCash. Versions 3.0b and 4.0a include the newer nheqminer.exe, but not the newer version of nheqminer_zcash.exe miner. That means if you are trying to start a batch file with command nheqminer_zcash.exe, there is no such application/exe file inside nheqminer_v0.4a folder because they never updated it. When you are creating the batch file string, you need to make sure the folder in which you put the batch file has the correct .exe application you are running and match it with the correct address, BTC or ZEC.

Examples:

Mine on NiceHash.com service as a hashing power seller, using CPU and NVIDIA GPU, using USA location:
nheqminer.exe -l usa -u BTC-ADDRESS -t 6 -cd 0

In this example we have a quad-core CPU with hyper-threading (8 threads available) and only one NVIDIA GPU in the computer. We are mining with 6 threads on the CPU and on the whole NVIDIA GPU.

Mine on Zcash by NiceHash ZEC pool, using CPU and AMD GPUs, using EU location:
nheqminer_zcash.exe -l eu -u ZEC-ADDRESS -t 6 -od 0 1

In this example we have a quad-core CPU with hyper-threading (8 threads available) and two AMD GPUs in the computer. We are mining with 6 threads on the CPU and on both AMD GPUs.
https://github.com/nicehash/nheqminer/releases

The other issue is, they excluded OpenCL.dll and logsetuplib.dll from newer versions. I think these are needed to run the client. I've been using nheqminer_zcash 3.0a for now.

I though the nheqminer 0.4a might have been broken... i'm getting a "no such host is known".. and someone also reported the same thing... nope... for the location, it's no longer just -l usa (or eu)... you have to put the entire address... i.e. -l equihash.usa.nicehash.com:3357...

 

[thilanliyan]

Is the new nheqminer any faster for AMD GPUs or Intel CPUs?

 

[dajeepster]

Is the new nheqminer any faster for AMD GPUs or Intel CPUs?

I'm currently running .4a now.. and i'm getting so far a 15sol/s improvement... i'm at 43 sol/s with one 480 and a 3930k cpu

my current parameters
nheqminer.exe -l equihash.usa.nicehash.com:3357 -u bitcoin_address -t 10 -ov 0 -od 0 -ot 2

 

[suklee]

Hmm, maybe just try using the defaults?

I'm simply using the following parameters on my 4790K and it works great. 25.5 Sol/s at default clocks.

"nheqminer_zcash.exe -l USA -u <polo_mining_address> -t 6"

I have a 4790k as well, with nheqminer_zcash.exe I am only getting 8.3 Sols/s, is this normal since I have Claymore going in the background? (mining Ether)

 

[dajeepster]

I have a 4790k as well, with nheqminer_zcash.exe I am only getting 8.3 Sols/s, is this normal since I have Claymore going in the background? (mining Ether)

you also need to run the -e extention -e 1 for a 3930K and -e 2 for a 5930K.... not sure what it is for a 4930K.
run the bench to see what yours supports
nheqhash.exe -b

run the help to find out the parameters.
nheqhash.exe -h

 

[dajeepster]

I'm currently running .4a now.. and i'm getting so far a 15sol/s improvement... i'm at 43 sol/s with one 480 and a 3930k cpu

my current parameters
nheqminer.exe -l equihash.usa.nicehash.com:3357 -u bitcoin_address -t 10 -ov 0 -od 0 -ot 2

i'm now at 47 sol/s with the following parameters for nheqhash
nheqminer.exe -l equihash.usa.nicehash.com:3357 -u bitcoin_address -t 10 -e 1 -ov 0 -od 0 -ot 3

 

[dajeepster]

i'm now at 47 sol/s with the following parameters for nheqhash
nheqminer.exe -l equihash.usa.nicehash.com:3357 -u bitcoin_address -t 10 -e 1 -ov 0 -od 0 -ot 3

just hit 50 sol/s with -ot 4

also my 5930k with two 290s get @95 sol/s with -t 10 -e 1 -ov 0 -od 0 -ot 2.
trying to run more than two threads on each 290 dogs the system and sol/s drops to @39 sol/s which is just the 5930k running.

looks like they're going to release new version soon because of problems with 0.4a

ok... done messing around with it for now... "time to make the donuts..."

 

[dajeepster]

What CPU do you have? I can't seem to crack 30 Sols on W10 + 6700K despite the claims it should be close to 40 at stock speeds. That's a huge difference:

• very fast CPU implementation (up to 40 Sol/s on i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz), based on xenoncat solvers

you need the -e 2 flag

 

[thilanliyan]

i'm now at 47 sol/s with the following parameters for nheqhash
nheqminer.exe -l equihash.usa.nicehash.com:3357 -u bitcoin_address -t 10 -e 1 -ov 0 -od 0 -ot 3

It doesn't seem any faster on my 4670k. I think the improvements you are seeing may be because of the GPU?

 

[thilanliyan]

Claymore miner out!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1670733.0

EDIT: I can't see the hashrate while mining. Anyone else?

EDIT2: NM, it shows but only after a while. Any way to have it show constantly?
And I'm also getting this error constantly:
"server: bind failed with error: 10048"

EDIT3: That server:bind error is for remote monitoring, which I now disabled, so I don't get that error anymore.

 

[dajeepster]

It doesn't seem any faster on my 4670k. I think the improvements you are seeing may be because of the GPU?

my score is the cpu and gpu.. the -t and -e flag is for the cpu.. the -ov -od and -ot are for the gpu.

are you using the -e flag? are you running the nicehash multi-algo miner or the standalone nheqminer?

 

[thilanliyan]

Anyone try the Claymore miner?
It's faster on my 480 than the Genoil miner (40 vs 32 Sol/s at 1100/2000), and on my 290s (50 vs 40 Sol/s at 1075/1250).

 

[n0x1ous]

Anyone try the Claymore miner?
It's faster on my 480 than the Genoil miner (40 vs 32 Sol/s at 1100/2000), and on my 290s (40 vs 50 Sol/s at 1075/1250).

Yep pretty much doubled my hash.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Yep pretty much doubled my hash.

Woohoo! I can't wait to get home and use it! What parameters are you using?

I hope its more stable too so we can not use the whole restart script hack.

 

[thilanliyan]

Yep pretty much doubled my hash.

Doubled? On which cards (and clocks)?

Also, any way to show the mining speed constantly?

Apparently Tahiti cards can hit 50Sol/s! Damn it lol...shouldn't have got rid of those 7950
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1670733.msg16776124#msg16776124

 

[n0x1ous]

Woohoo! I can't wait to get home and use it! What parameters are you using?

I hope its more stable too so we can not use the whole restart script hack.

Doubled? On which cards (and clocks)?

Also, any way to show the mining speed constantly?

Apparently Tahiti cards can hit 50Sol/s! Damn it lol...shouldn't have got rid of those 7950
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1670733.msg16776124#msg16776124

The command line is remarkably similar to claymore's ethminer and the output looks the same for me. shows hash rate of each card, how many shares submitted etc etc.

On Genoil .6- I was getting about 25-28 sol/s on my 480s @ 1100/2200
32-34 sol/s on my 290 @ 1075 Core stock VRAM
24-25 sol/s on my 7970 @ stock

On Calymore 1.0 - 44-47 sols/ on 480s @ 1100/2200
52-57 sol/s on my 290 @ 1075 core stock VRAM
42-43 sol/s on my 7970 @stock

If you hit "s" at anytime claymore will show all the stats.

its been very stable so far for me. no crashes on 3 different systems so far.

 

[thilanliyan]

What? You're getting 52-57 Sol/s on your 290 at STOCK clocks (947/1250)? Is it a stock BIOS? If not, which one is it? Which OS and driver?

 

[RussianSensation]

you need the -e 2 flag

Doesn't work for me, in fact performance goes down whether I use -t 6 or -t 8 with the -e 2 flag

What? You're getting 52-57 Sol/s on your 290 at STOCK clocks (947/1250)? Is it a stock BIOS? If not, which one is it? Which OS and driver?

Just downloaded it, tested with 16.10.3 as that's what I used for Genoil. Claymore FTW!

R9 390 @ 1.125Ghz = 53 MH/sec, R9 290X @ 1.075Ghz = 48-50MH/sec. Will test 15.12 to compare.