From 48a1d8a19ea874566a0c980891916e3ba560be51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Con Kolivas Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:35:37 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Update scrypt readme re drivers and sdk. --- SCRYPT-README | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/SCRYPT-README b/SCRYPT-README index bb6150ad..734d3990 100644 --- a/SCRYPT-README +++ b/SCRYPT-README @@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ NOTE that if it does not fail at startup, the presence of hardware errors (HW) are a sure sign that you have set the parameters too high. +DRIVERS AND OPENCL SDK + +The choice of driver version for your GPU is critical, as some are known to +break scrypt mining entirely while others give poor hashrates. As for the +OpenCL SDK installed, for AMD it must be version 2.6 or later. + + Step 1 on linux: export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100 If you do not do this, you may find it impossible to scrypt mine. You may find