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@ -166,7 +166,74 @@ For example, a 7970 running with the following settings: |
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was using 305W! |
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was using 305W! |
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TUNING AN AMD RADEON 7970 |
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Example tuning a 7970 for Scrypt mining: |
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On linux run this command: |
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export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100 |
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or on windows this: |
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setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100 |
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in the same console/bash/dos prompt/bat file/whatever you want to call it, |
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before running cgminer. |
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First, find the highest thread concurrency that you can start it at. They should |
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all start at 8192 but some will go up to 3 times that. Don't go too high on the |
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intensity while testing and don't change gpu threads. If you cannot go above |
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8192, don't fret as you can still get a high hashrate. |
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Delete any .bin files so you're starting from scratch and see what bins get |
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generated. |
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First try without any thread concurrency or even shaders, as cgminer will try to |
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find an optimal value |
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cgminer -I 13 |
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If that starts mining, see what bin was generated, it is likely the largest |
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meaningful TC you can set. |
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Starting it on mine I get: |
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scrypt130302Tahitiglg2tc22392w64l8.bin |
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See tc22392 that's telling you what thread concurrency it was. It should start |
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without TC parameters, but you never know. So if it doesn't, start with |
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--thread-concurrency 8192 and add 2048 to it at a time till you find the highest |
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value it will start successfully at. |
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Then start overclocking the eyeballs off your memory, as 7970s are exquisitely |
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sensitive to memory speed and amazingly overclockable but please make sure it |
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keeps adequately cooled with --auto-fan! Do it while it's running from the GPU |
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menu. Go up by 25 at a time every 30 seconds or so until your GPU crashes. Then |
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reboot and start it 25 lower as a rough start. Mine runs stable at 1900 memory |
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without overvolting. Overvolting is the only thing that can actually damage your |
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GPU so I wouldn't recommend it at all. |
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Then once you find the maximum memory clock speed, you need to find the sweet |
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spot engine clock speed that matches it. It's a fine line where one more MHz |
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will make the hashrate drop by 20%. It's somewhere in the .57 - 0.6 ratio range. |
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Start your engine clock speed at half your memory clock speed and then increase |
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it by 5 at a time. The hashrate should climb a little each rise in engine speed |
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and then suddenly drop above a certain value. Decrease it by 1 then until you |
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find it climbs dramatically. If your engine clock speed cannot get that high |
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without crashing the GPU, you will have to use a lower memclock. |
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Then, and only then, bother trying to increase intensity further. |
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My final settings were: |
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--gpu-engine 1157 --gpu-memclock 1900 -I 20 |
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for a hashrate of 725kH. |
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Note I did not bother setting a thread concurrency. Once you have the magic |
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endpoint, look at what tc was chosen by the bin file generated and then hard |
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code that in next time (eg --thread-concurrency 22336) as slight changes in |
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thread concurrency will happen every time if you don't specify one, and the tc |
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to clock ratios are critical! |
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Good luck, and if this doesn't work for you, well same old magic discussion |
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applies, I cannot debug every hardware combo out there. |
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Your numbers will be your numbers depending on your hardware combination and OS, |
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so don't expect to get exactly the same results! |
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