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A: The ATI drivers after 11.6 have a bug that makes them consume 100% of one |
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A: The ATI drivers after 11.6 have a bug that makes them consume 100% of one |
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CPU core unnecessarily so downgrade to 11.6. Binding cgminer to one CPU core on |
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CPU core unnecessarily so downgrade to 11.6. Binding cgminer to one CPU core on |
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windows can minimise it to 100% (instead of more than one core). Driver version |
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windows can minimise it to 100% (instead of more than one core). Driver version |
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11.11 on linux and 11.12 on windows appear to have fixed this issue. |
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11.11 on linux and 11.12 on windows appear to have fixed this issue. Note that |
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later drivers may have an apparent return of high CPU usage. Try |
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'export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1' on Linux before starting cgminer. |
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Q: Can you implement feature X? |
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Q: Can you implement feature X? |
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A: I can, but time is limited, and people who donate are more likely to get |
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A: I can, but time is limited, and people who donate are more likely to get |
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Q: The fanspeed starts at 85% with --auto-fan. Can I set it lower? |
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Q: The fanspeed starts at 85% with --auto-fan. Can I set it lower? |
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A: The initial fanspeed will always start at 85% unless you choose your own |
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A: The initial fanspeed will always start at 85% unless you choose your own |
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value with --gpu-fan. In this case it will use the value you give it with |
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value with --gpu-fan. In this case it will use the value you give it with |
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--gpu-fan as the first fanspeed. |
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--gpu-fan as the first fanspeed, but it will also use this as the maximum fan |
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speed unless overheat is detected. |
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Q: Why is my efficiency above/below 100%? |
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Q: Why is my efficiency above/below 100%? |
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A: Efficiency simply means how many shares you return for the amount of work |
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A: Efficiency simply means how many shares you return for the amount of work |
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Q: Which ATI SDK is the best for cgminer? |
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Q: Which ATI SDK is the best for cgminer? |
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A: At the moment, versions 2.4 and 2.5 work the best. If you are forced to use |
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A: At the moment, versions 2.4 and 2.5 work the best. If you are forced to use |
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the 2.6 SDK, -v 1 -w 64 might help, along with not decreasing your memory clock |
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the 2.6 SDK, -v 1 might help, along with not decreasing your memory clock speed. |
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speed. |
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Q: ATI 79XX support? |
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A: Work in progress. Still needs a lot of work to get a good hashrate. |
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Q: GUI version? |
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Q: GUI version? |
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A: No. The RPC interface makes it possible for someone else to write one |
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A: No. The RPC interface makes it possible for someone else to write one |
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the full startup output and a summary of your hardware, operating system, ATI |
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the full startup output and a summary of your hardware, operating system, ATI |
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driver version and ATI stream version. |
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driver version and ATI stream version. |
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Q: cgminer reports no devices or only one device on startup on Linux although |
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I have multiple devices and drivers+SDK installed properly? |
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A: Try 'export DISPLAY=:0" before running cgminer. |
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Q: My network gets slower and slower and then dies for a minute? |
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A; Try the --net-delay option. |
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Q: How do I tune for p2pool? |
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A: p2pool has very rapid expiration of work and new blocks, it is suggested you |
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decrease intensity by 1 from your optimal value, and decrease GPU threads to 1 |
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with -g 1. |
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Q: Are kernels from other mining software useable in cgminer? |
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A: No, the APIs are slightly different between the different software and they |
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will not work. |
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This code is provided entirely free of charge by the programmer in his spare |
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This code is provided entirely free of charge by the programmer in his spare |
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