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MemberActivity: 264Merit: 25 Re: PhoenixMiner 3.5d: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Win/Linux) November 26, 2018, 04:23:42 PM #2662 PhoenixMiner 4.0a from here:



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File: PhoenixMiner_4.0a_Linux.tar.gz

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Here are the changes since the last release:



* Implemented dual mining (Ethash/Blake2s) for some AMD GPUs (RX580/570/560/480/470/460 and Vega). Use the new -dpool, -dwal, -dpass, -dworker, and -dcoin options to set the Blake2s pool. You can set the secondary coin mining intensity with the -sci option. For more information see the Readme.txt file. Note that the devfee when using dual mining is 0.9% on the ethash coin (there is no devfee on the secondary coin).

* New kernels for most AMD GPUs with better performance and hashrate stability (you may need to run auto-tune again to find the best GT values)

* New kernels for Nvidia GPUs with slightly better hashrate

* Stability improvements in the Linux version

* Support for the latest Windows drivers for AMD GPUs (up to 18.11.2)

* Many other small fixes and improvements



Here is an example command-line to use dual-mining with Nicehash:



Code: PhoenixMiner.exe -pool stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.eu.nicehash.com:3353 -wal YourBtcWalletAddress -pass x -proto 4 -stales 0 -dpool blake2s.eu.nicehash.com:3361 -dwal YourBtcWalletAddress -dcoin blake2s The first beta of the new release is finally ready. You can downloadfrom here: https://mega.nz/#F!TVVzXKyB!y8UExw2nNaAgye8jixXNkw (MEGA)If you want to check the integrity of the downloaded file, please use the following hashes:Here are the changes since the last release:* Implementedfor some AMD GPUs (RX580/570/560/480/470/460 and Vega). Use the new -dpool, -dwal, -dpass, -dworker, and -dcoin options to set the Blake2s pool. You can set the secondary coin mining intensity with the -sci option. For more information see the Readme.txt file. Note that the devfee when using dual mining is 0.9% on the ethash coin (there is no devfee on the secondary coin).with better performance and hashrate stability (you may need to run auto-tune again to find the best GT values)with slightly better hashrate* Stability improvements in the Linux version* Support for the latest Windows drivers for AMD GPUs (up to 18.11.2)* Many other small fixes and improvementsHere is an example command-line to use dual-mining with Nicehash:

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MemberActivity: 264Merit: 25 Re: PhoenixMiner 3.5d: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Win/Linux) November 26, 2018, 04:34:08 PM

Last edit: November 26, 2018, 05:11:21 PM by PhoenixMiner #2663

The best -sci values may be found via auto-tuning similar to the best -gt values in the ethash-only mode. You can either press "z" in the miner's console when dual-mining, or specify -sci 0 at the command line to force auto tune in dual-mining mode. Note that the auto-tune will find the best -sci value with respect to the speed of the ethash algorithm, even if the speed of the Blake2s becomes too low as a result of that.

We got a lot of requests for Ubqhash support and we are in the process of implementing it. However it seems that some of the pools are still a little buggy. The ubqhash support should be ready in a few days.

Unfortunately, the hardware control improvements weren't ready for this release. 4.0a still only supports controlling the clocks/fans/temperatures only on AMD GPUs under Windows. We will try to finish the changes for the final 4.0 release in about two weeks but the improvements in the kernels were deemed more important. There is no change in the hardware control for Linux too - you still have to use third party application for this

The dual mining for the rest of AMD cards, and for Nvidia cards in currently being implemented.

Finally, please note that the versions of PhoenixMiner before 4.0 only support DAG epoch up to 235. Currently ETC is on DAG 233, so in less than two weeks the old version of PhoenixMiner won't be able to create DAG or mine ETC - you have to upgrade to PhoenixMiner 4.0. For ETH there is more time as it is on DAG 225, and it won't be affected until the next year. As with ETC, you just need to upgrade to the latest version of PhoenixMiner in order to fix the problem.

Here are some notes on the new release:

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NewbieActivity: 74Merit: 0 Re: PhoenixMiner 3.5d: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Win/Linux) November 27, 2018, 10:58:02 AM #2667 PhoenixMiner

I have 2 GPUs on a RIG. One - RX470, One RX480. Drivers 18.11.1

Miner says:

2018.11.27:13:12:49.984: main GPU1: Radeon (TM) RX 470 Graphics (pcie 1), OpenCL 2.0, 8 GB VRAM, 36 CUs

2018.11.27:13:12:49.984: main GPU2: Radeon (TM) RX 470 Graphics (pcie 1), OpenCL 2.0, 8 GB VRAM, 36 CUs

2018.11.27:13:12:49.984: main GPU3: Radeon (TM) RX 470 Graphics (pcie 4), OpenCL 2.0, 4 GB VRAM, 32 CUs

2018.11.27:13:12:49.984: main GPU4: Radeon (TM) RX 470 Graphics (pcie 4), OpenCL 2.0, 4 GB VRAM, 32 CUs



Mining Speed low... 11Mh per card...



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NewbieActivity: 74Merit: 0 Re: PhoenixMiner 3.5d: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Win/Linux) November 27, 2018, 01:39:39 PM #2669 Quote "you may need to run auto-tune again to find the best GT values" - reset this parameter if it is in the batch file

What auto-tune ? The miner shows 4 cards, and all 470e when physically connected 2!!!!! One 470 and one 480 What auto-tune? The miner shows 4 cards, and all 470e when physically connected 2!!!!! One 470 and one 480

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MemberActivity: 264Merit: 25 Re: PhoenixMiner 3.5d: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Win/Linux) November 27, 2018, 04:42:35 PM #2670 Quote from: totikk on November 27, 2018, 10:58:02 AM PhoenixMiner

I have 2 GPUs on a RIG. One - RX470, One RX480. Drivers 18.11.1

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2018.11.27:13:12:49.984: main GPU1: Radeon (TM) RX 470 Graphics (pcie 1), OpenCL 2.0, 8 GB VRAM, 36 CUs

2018.11.27:13:12:49.984: main GPU2: Radeon (TM) RX 470 Graphics (pcie 1), OpenCL 2.0, 8 GB VRAM, 36 CUs

2018.11.27:13:12:49.984: main GPU3: Radeon (TM) RX 470 Graphics (pcie 4), OpenCL 2.0, 4 GB VRAM, 32 CUs

2018.11.27:13:12:49.984: main GPU4: Radeon (TM) RX 470 Graphics (pcie 4), OpenCL 2.0, 4 GB VRAM, 32 CUs



Mining Speed low... 11Mh per card...

Your cards are recognized but twice (the first two are your RX480 - it is listed as RX470 because of the video BIOS giving wrong device name string but it has 36 computing units, so it is the RX480). The reason is that the previous version of the drivers weren't completely removed before installing the new one. You should always remove the previous version of the drivers with DDU before installing the new ones. However, for the time being you can just add -gpus 13 to your command line to ignore the "twins" of your GPUs.



This should fix the problem and leave only two cards. If you have -gt in your command line, remove it and after starting the miner wait for a few minutes before the auto-tune finds the best GT values. During the auto-tune you will initially see low hashrate but then it will go up.







Quote from: zertor on November 27, 2018, 12:39:55 PM Hi there,



How to use/activate those new kernels?

Do they are auto activated by default or do we have to type some addition command line option to activate them?



And for which models are affected? 10 series? older? any Nvidia GPUs?

Do they need specified driver version too for optimal performance,

or at least some driver version and above, say 4xx.xx and above?



Thanks

There is no need to change any settings, the new kernels replace the old ones. The difference is small but noticeable, especially with 1060 and 1050 cards. With 1080 and 1080Ti there is not much difference. With 9 series GPUs it is a bit of hit or miss but at least they aren't slower than the old kernels. It shouldn't matter which drivers you are using.



When comparing make sure to compare with roughly the same DAG epoch (i.e. compare with the result for the same coin, instead of comparing ETC with ETH hashrate) because there is small but noticeable slowdown of even the 10 series Nvidia GPUs with each new DAG epoch. Hopefully Nvidia would fix it in the drivers as AMD did but given that this wasn't fixed for the 9th series, we aren't too hopeful. Thankfully, it is quite small. Your cards are recognized but twice (the first two are your RX480 - it is listed as RX470 because of the video BIOS giving wrong device name string but it has 36 computing units, so it is the RX480). The reason is that the previous version of the drivers weren't completely removed before installing the new one. You should always remove the previous version of the drivers with DDU before installing the new ones. However, for the time being you can just add -to your command line to ignore the "twins" of your GPUs.This should fix the problem and leave only two cards. If you havein your command line, remove it and after starting the miner wait for a few minutes before the auto-tune finds the best GT values. During the auto-tune you will initially see low hashrate but then it will go up.There is no need to change any settings, the new kernels replace the old ones. The difference is small but noticeable, especially with 1060 and 1050 cards. With 1080 and 1080Ti there is not much difference. With 9 series GPUs it is a bit of hit or miss but at least they aren't slower than the old kernels. It shouldn't matter which drivers you are using.When comparing make sure to compare with roughly the same DAG epoch (i.e. compare with the result for the same coin, instead of comparing ETC with ETH hashrate) because there is small but noticeable slowdown of even the 10 series Nvidia GPUs with each new DAG epoch. Hopefully Nvidia would fix it in the drivers as AMD did but given that this wasn't fixed for the 9th series, we aren't too hopeful. Thankfully, it is quite small.

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NewbieActivity: 26Merit: 0 Re: PhoenixMiner 3.5d: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Win/Linux) November 27, 2018, 06:09:14 PM #2671 Quote from: PhoenixMiner on November 27, 2018, 04:42:35 PM

Quote from: zertor on November 27, 2018, 12:39:55 PM Hi there,



How to use/activate those new kernels?

Do they are auto activated by default or do we have to type some addition command line option to activate them?



And for which models are affected? 10 series? older? any Nvidia GPUs?

Do they need specified driver version too for optimal performance,

or at least some driver version and above, say 4xx.xx and above?



Thanks

There is no need to change any settings, the new kernels replace the old ones. The difference is small but noticeable, especially with 1060 and 1050 cards. With 1080 and 1080Ti there is not much difference. With 9 series GPUs it is a bit of hit or miss but at least they aren't slower than the old kernels. It shouldn't matter which drivers you are using.



When comparing make sure to compare with roughly the same DAG epoch (i.e. compare with the result for the same coin, instead of comparing ETC with ETH hashrate) because there is small but noticeable slowdown of even the 10 series Nvidia GPUs with each new DAG epoch. Hopefully Nvidia would fix it in the drivers as AMD did but given that this wasn't fixed for the 9th series, we aren't too hopeful. Thankfully, it is quite small.

There is no need to change any settings, the new kernels replace the old ones. The difference is small but noticeable, especially with 1060 and 1050 cards. With 1080 and 1080Ti there is not much difference. With 9 series GPUs it is a bit of hit or miss but at least they aren't slower than the old kernels. It shouldn't matter which drivers you are using.When comparing make sure to compare with roughly the same DAG epoch (i.e. compare with the result for the same coin, instead of comparing ETC with ETH hashrate) because there is small but noticeable slowdown of even the 10 series Nvidia GPUs with each new DAG epoch. Hopefully Nvidia would fix it in the drivers as AMD did but given that this wasn't fixed for the 9th series, we aren't too hopeful. Thankfully, it is quite small.

Got it, thank you for those details. Got it, thank you for those details.

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NewbieActivity: 25Merit: 0 Re: PhoenixMiner 3.5d: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Win/Linux) November 28, 2018, 09:31:53 AM #2673 I used 4.0 since you published it on two rigs



After auto-tune the value completely change 11 to 67 for RX580 and 11 to 37 for RX470.



Now the hasrate is very stable I don't have little drop of 1 Mh/s randomly nom the hasrate for my 4 RX580 is always 125,77x Mh/s not 125,6xx or 124,xxx, very impressive it's was the only concerned VS Claymore. same behavior with my 4 RX470.



I just remark that the first GPU have still a lower hasrate but with this version the gap increave even more, it's still ok.



And finally the global hasrate of the RIG increase a little bit 125,5xx Mh/s to 125,7xx Mhs for 4 RX580 and 119,4xx Mhs to 119,6xx for 4 RX470.



Great version !





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NewbieActivity: 17Merit: 0 Re: PhoenixMiner 3.5d: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Win/Linux) November 28, 2018, 11:08:43 AM #2676 I'm using HIVE OS 0.6 now, all my AMD cards works like charm with Phoenix miner, but none of my Nvidia cards work with Phoenix Miner,



I tried parameters like:

-nvidia

-gser

-nvNew

-nvf

-coin



for sure I added 0 or 1 or value after them, but nothing works, cards can be initialized but no DAG log shows, hash rate stay at 0, nothing happened until miner restarted.