Claymore's ZCash/BTG AMD GPU Miner v12.6 (Windows/Linux)

[Gambler8899]

Someone use r 60 option?
Why to restart every hour... more sols?

[Amph]

No, now 430 hash for 1070...

See edits. Still isn't worth it...

Further Edit:

Efficiency Setup - at equal power use for comparison without power costs impacting the analysis.
Card   Price   Hash/s   Power (W)   H/$
1070  $400    330        95             0.825
Fury   $260    285        95             1.096

Full Bore Setup
Card   Price   Hash/s   H/$
1070  $400    430      1.075
Fury   $260    350      1.346

The 1070 has a long way to go before it's worth a look.  The entry cost of $400/card is just too steep to overcome without some serious hash.

it's wrong, the 1070 do 380 at 100watt not 330

[jenci]

Maybe you should read 1st post before start mining!?

-wd    watchdog option. Default value is "-wd 1", it enables watchdog, miner will be closed (or restarted, see "-r" option) if any thread is not responding for 1 minute or OpenCL call failed.
   Specify "-wd 0" to disable watchdog.

-r  Restart miner mode. "-r 0" (default) - restart miner if something wrong with GPU. "-r -1" - disable automatic restarting. -r >20 - restart miner if something
   wrong with GPU or by timer. For example, "-r 60" - restart miner every hour or when some GPU failed.
   "-r 1" closes miner and execute "reboot.bat" file ("reboot.bash" or "reboot.sh" for Linux version) in the miner directory (if exists) if some GPU failed.
   So you can create "reboot.bat" file and perform some actions, for example, reboot system if you put this line there: "shutdown /r /t 5 /f".

question: possibile restart miner every 24h (-r 1440) and execute reboot.bat if any problem with miner?
in my case after ~28-30h of work miner produce many invalid shares. but if any problem with gpu thread after autorestart miner is hold before "settings intensity"
czm v 9.2, 5x470 gigabyte g1, win 10 driver 16.9.2

[jstefanop]

FINALLY a LINUX build!!!!!  Thank you Claymore!  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!  

I have it up and running on a Linux rig now and a very nice improvement over my Silent Army miner.  The was so sorely needed.  ZEC mining was a weak spot because I couldn't get the hash rates out of my Linux rigs.  This is wonderful news.  So far it looks good!

UPDATE: I may have spoke too soon... Just got a watchdog and having to reboot a miner...

Make sure you use stock clocks for first tests.
Currently I can only confirm issue with gpu-pro drivers that causes a lot of messages to syslog (and therefore high CPU load on multi-GPU systems), I'm working on it.

Any update on the high message issue with AMDGPU-pro?

[dextronomous]

does not work with my gigabyte hd7950 3gb,
none of the claymores did, some 7950 do work btw. high hashes, thanks clay,
what could the cause be. card mines the hell out of other alts.

anyway.. version 9.3 on the way i guess,?

[Puffy23]

No, now 430 hash for 1070...

See edits. Still isn't worth it...

Further Edit:

Efficiency Setup - at equal power use for comparison without power costs impacting the analysis.
                    Edit:       Edit:
Card   Price   Hash/s   Power (W)   H/$
1070  $400    380        100            0.95
Fury   $260    300        100            1.15

Full Bore Setup
Card   Price   Hash/s   H/$
1070  $400    430      1.075
Fury   $260    350      1.346

The 1070 has a long way to go before it's worth a look.  The entry cost of $400/card is just too steep to overcome without some serious hash.

it's wrong, the 1070 do 380 at 100watt not 330

If you did a little math yourself you'd see at 380 it's still not wrong.  AMD is still ahead of Nvidia in H/$ running efficiently AND running full bore.  Even with the adjusted numbers the 1070 is still 20% less H/$.  AMD dead?? It's still in the LEAD.

Edit: AMD guys are quibbling over 0.5% using ssl and 2%-4% in pool variance.
Nvidia guys are paying a 20% premium just to play the game and screaming victory.  It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.

[BitJunkie556]

Someone use r 60 option?
Why to restart every hour... more sols?

Like someone said (Jenci), in my experience, sometimes the longer the miner goes, the more likely it is to become unstable and stop mining correctly. So I restart it every 2 hours (-r 120) to hopefully "refresh" the process and hopefully keep stability for longer. Not sure if there's actually something to it, but it seems to be working fine, so I just leave it.

[nerdralph]

Just noticed Claymore has a sense of humor:

Code:

not so easy bro :)

When setting AMD_OCL_BUILD_OPTIONS_APPEND

Setting AMD_OCL_BUILD_OPTIONS gets:

Code:

it fails too ;)

However after a quick hex edit of the amd opencl shared library

Code:

export AMD_OCL_RALPH_OPTIONS_APPEND=-save-temps

Works just great. :-)

[nevermind41]

@Claymore
When I run 9.2 in my rigs, I always get gpu0 hangs. I just get this error with only 9.2. They are stable with 9.0 and old releases ( I didn't update to 9.1). All my rigs are same hardware. Asrock h81 btc pro + 8 gb ram + ssd + 6 X rx 470 nitro 8 gb + celeron cpu + evga 1300 g2
 If I disable gpu0 ( vga that plugged to 16x slot ) there is no problem. I tried every combination after you released this version.

[nu2mining]

For Linux - Ubuntu - use this :

export GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR=0
export GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE=100
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1
export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100
export GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT=100

make new file : run.sh

Code:

#!/bin/bash
export GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR=0
export GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE=100
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1
export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100
export GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT=100

sleep 20
./zecminer64

Note: change the run.sh Permission

Code:

chmod +x run.sh

 use any setting ( read the ReadMe!! file )
  i think this will help!!

thanks ill try that

any idea on AMD ADL?

[smaxz]

Just noticed Claymore has a sense of humor:

Code:

not so easy bro :)

When setting AMD_OCL_BUILD_OPTIONS_APPEND

Setting AMD_OCL_BUILD_OPTIONS gets:

Code:

it fails too ;)

However after a quick hex edit of the amd opencl shared library

Code:

export AMD_OCL_RALPH_OPTIONS_APPEND=-save-temps

Works just great. :-)

you're just lucky RALPH and BUILD have the same number of letters of else none of this would have worked and i'm sure you would be stuck with default build.

Merry Christmas (:

[mishax1]

It's not that I don't trust Claymore's Miner.. but my Kaspersky Anti Ransomware Tool just blocked just blocked zecminer64.exe ..

[xeridea]

Stock GTX 1070 = 360 Sol/s @ 150 W
OC GTX 1070 (clock @ 2050, mem @ 4500) = 410 Sol/s @ 170 W
Efficient GTX 1070 (TDP 50%, mem @ 4500) = 330 Sol/s @ 95 W
dead AMD its near  
Nvidia rules

you are doing it wrong i'm getting 375 sol at 100watt and with 150 you have 430 sol

Stock GTX 1070 = 360 Sol/s @ 150 W
OC GTX 1070 (clock @ 2050, mem @ 4500) = 410 Sol/s @ 170 W
Efficient GTX 1070 (TDP 50%, mem @ 4500) = 330 Sol/s @ 95 W
dead AMD its near  
Nvidia rules

35% more expensive for 35% more hash.  We know.  You are not unleashing secrets here...

wrong, cost double of a 470 but it hash at double the speed or near that, the difference is the efficiency which is far greater

But you are locked to Nicehash, which has lower payout than at a pool, by a substantial amount.  So higher hash != higher pay.  After you factor in nicehash cut, its more like 320-330H stock, while a stock clocked 480 can do ~240.  So ~35% more hash, for 90% more cost.  It is more efficient, but that doesn't make up for gargantuan price difference.  Finally having good miners for Nvidia puts the cards in a much better position than before, but there isn't a clear cut winner.  Also, the good Nvidia miners came out when mining profit is really low.

[Amph]

No, now 430 hash for 1070...

See edits. Still isn't worth it...

Further Edit:

Efficiency Setup - at equal power use for comparison without power costs impacting the analysis.
                    Edit:       Edit:
Card   Price   Hash/s   Power (W)   H/$
1070  $400    380        100            0.95
Fury   $260    300        100            1.15

Full Bore Setup
Card   Price   Hash/s   H/$
1070  $400    430      1.075
Fury   $260    350      1.346

The 1070 has a long way to go before it's worth a look.  The entry cost of $400/card is just too steep to overcome without some serious hash.

it's wrong, the 1070 do 380 at 100watt not 330

If you did a little math yourself you'd see at 380 it's still not wrong.  AMD is still ahead of Nvidia in H/$ running efficiently AND running full bore.  Even with the adjusted numbers the 1070 is still 20% less H/$.  AMD dead?? It's still in the LEAD.

Edit: AMD guys are quibbling over 0.5% using ssl and 2%-4% in pool variance.
Nvidia guys are paying a 20% premium just to play the game and screaming victory.  It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.

it is because 380 sol is always better than 300 sol at the same wattage, you need 25% more uselesses components with 300 sol to have the same total hash

you must remember that on large scale the less rig you have that do the job the better

[bolt1909]

does not work with my gigabyte hd7950 3gb,
none of the claymores did, some 7950 do work btw. high hashes, thanks clay,
what could the cause be. card mines the hell out of other alts.

anyway.. version 9.3 on the way i guess,?

Something is wrong on your side...My asus 7950 dcu2t cards works perfectly...on rigs I use 15.12 drivers and in my PC 16.11.5....950/1250/1V...stilt bios https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=16623
http://imgur.com/a/cf77V

[pilotbtc1]

 What did I do wrong ? : no of mining
ZecMiner64.exe -zpool SSL: //zec-eu1.nanopool.org:6633 -zwal t1RGQ4QhSqMMDNF8RaZRm5AHvrP7zyFZD6v.1 -zpsw r -i 8 

Thanks

[delle54]

It's not that I don't trust Claymore's Miner.. but my Kaspersky Anti Ransomware Tool just blocked just blocked zecminer64.exe ..

Just put it in "exceptions". Miners are oftenly recognised as viruses.

[adly3000]

Fiji still beats the pants off 1070...

Efficient Setup
Fury $260 300H/s 100W
1070 $400 330H/s 95W
You're paying $840 more for 180H/s and 30W efficiency on a 6 card rig.

Full Bore (small scale with no electric cost)
Fury $260 350H/s
Edit: 1070 $400 430H/s
Edit: You're paying $840 more for 480H/s on a 6 card rig.

Which Fury model consumes 100W and clocks please!!!

[Claymore]

Just noticed Claymore has a sense of humor:

Code:

not so easy bro :)

When setting AMD_OCL_BUILD_OPTIONS_APPEND

Setting AMD_OCL_BUILD_OPTIONS gets:

Code:

it fails too ;)

However after a quick hex edit of the amd opencl shared library

Code:

export AMD_OCL_RALPH_OPTIONS_APPEND=-save-temps

Works just great. :-)

Yeah - I've unpacked the real miner binary (zecminer64 is only 66k, this is because it loads Data3.bin, decodes it, and then runs it.)

From there you end up with a binary that looks to have been packed by a modified version of UPX - unpacking what it drops looks like an ELF loaded at 0x80000 - it patches several jumps in it to make it work, because it looks like it expects to be loaded at 0x40000. THAT looks like it drops ld.so and the real miner ELF into memory.

Yo dawg, I herd you like executing, so I put an ELF64 in your ELF64 so you can execute while you execute.

I think now one of my points about Linux release is clear - other devs want to see how my miner works and do reverse engineering as soon as they can. It's much easier to do it in Linux.
My License.txt prohibits such things clearly, so you violate the license.
Remember I violated MIT license in past and was blamed that I steal other's work. Now I see same thing from you. Have fun...

[ocminer]

All tries getting the linux miner to work just fail for me with either access violations or a complete lock up of the rig where only a hard reset helps.  Optiminer works fine though.