It is based on cgminer by con kolivas ckolivas, which is in turn based on cpuminer by jeff garzik jgarzik. Start the program and let it sync to the network this will take a long time nsgminer and download the latest nsgminer for your operating system. Cgminer the most popular miner for gpu fpga asic, cgminer is an open source gpu miner written in c and available on several platforms such as windows, linux and os x. Set shaders according to the readme or look at your graphic cards specifications. The lower limit to intensity with scrypt is usually 8 and sgminer will prevent it going too low. Many enthusiasts make a valiant effort at mining by using the gpu in their desktop, or by purchasing an asic applied specific integrated circuit created. The intensity of the main indicator that affects the speed of the miner, its value is. If you are planning to mine on your main computer, a lower intensity will let you mine in the background.
Fix scrypt being required before scrypt intensities on command line or not. Nosso antivirus verificou esse download e o avaliou como 100% seguro. This new miner version should work better than the previously available cgminer fork for dcr. I have a 5850 card and i use intensity 14 that seems to be the max in cgminer. Newyorkcoin pool nyc crypto mining pool gettingstarted. In testing, i found the sweet spot for 280x cards is. Setting this for reasonable hashrates is mandatory. The lower limit to intensity with scrypt is usually 8 and cgminer will prevent it going too low. Weve made a comprehensive guide to help you start your mining adventure.
This being said its not that difficult to get it running and optimizing it for your graphics card. Cgminer mobile monitor is a tool which allows you to monitor your cgminers and other api compatible apps like sgminer etc. Cgminer for mining decred with nvidia and amd graphics cards. Cgminer is an open source asicfpgagpu miner written in c, cross platform for linux, windows and os x, and including support and binaries for rpi. The program lies within business tools, more precisely finances. How to setup and optimize your cgminer config file anyone who starts out mining decred if you want to get the best mhashs from your gpu or gpus.
Multithreaded multipool gpu, fpga and asic miner for bitcoin. If it is 64 bit then download ccminerx64 or if 32 bit then download ccminerx86. You might try backing down the clocks for the second card. Download the newest version of cgminer from its git repository. Set lower spi speed to allow ultra low frequencies on shutdown. It will display the system type that is which os you are using. One of the things that make it extremely popular is the fact that it is based on the original cpu miner code. It offers extensive control features, runs smoothly, and even allows onthefly tweaking of certain parameters without a. Download full package download miner only subscribe to push. Scrypt coin mining with 2 threads on a 7950 zsprawls zapps. Cgminer is the most popular miner for gpu fpga asic. Go to register if you havent already created an account 2.
List of all claymores gpu miner commands and parameters. In this tutorial im gonna show you how to use cgminer for scrypt or sha 256 mining. There are new sanity checks to prevent too highlow intensities for sha versus scrypt mining. This is a guide for windows for those on linux or wanting to use cgminer on linux there is an excellent guide by kanoi included in the cgminer folder to setting up on a usb drive which can also be used to setup cgminer on hdd. In a previous blog article, i wrote about bitcoin mining really scrypt coins on a 7970. The actual developer of the software is con kolivas. This can generally be pushed up a bit but you wont want to go too high as later on your overclock wont get to push you as far. Cgminer cgminer is an open source graphical frontend for mining bitcoins. New sgminer fork for x11 mining with higher performance 24 may. Contribute to ckolivascgminer development by creating an account on github. If your miner crashes after a while try to lower the intensity by using i 6 instead of i 8. To check this right click on my computer or this pc and open properties. Make sure the area your hardware will reside is stable. The lower the parameter is, the more workloads are shifted towards the gpus.
Cgminer configuration and parameters for mining with. Our antivirus check shows that this download is clean. Cgminer is an open source graphical frontend for mining bitcoins. My results from running the bat with just shaders gave me a paltry 14 khs as the intensity was very low at 8 without specifying that and record our results by adding the intensity flag as intensity 9 or i 9. If you are interested in trying out something different you might want to play with sgminer as it has some other useful features that.
Linux and windows with very low nonmining cpu and ram usage stratum and. Going below intensity value of 26 may be good thing to do if you are mining on your primary video card on a computer that you are using, so lowering the intensity can be useful in making things more responsive even 12 steps can make a difference without much performance loss. Example run for amd radeon r9 280x for scryptjaneleo. Make sure the area your hardware will reside is stable, and out of traffic from drinks, and pets. If you see a lot of rejected shares, try to lower the intensity of the miner if available. How to solo mine litecoin with cgminer cryptocoins info club.
The 7970 model runs really well with two gputhreads in cgminer but the earlier model, the 7950, struggles with two threads. How intensity affects performance in ccminer crypto. Fast startrestart with clean shutdown to lower power but powered on mode. Cross platform digital currency mining software anyone with a little bit of knowledge regarding bitcoin and other digital currencies know very well that to turn a profit mining said currencies is quite the challenge. My absolute dream for nh is a setting that allows you to flip the intensity. You can see if intensity was reduced in detailed statistics s key. So, rather than stopping mining when i start to use my computer id much rather it just reduce the intensity slightly even if this causes a miner restart. If you ended up using 1 gpu thread you likely are already at a higher intensity. Erc20 tokens, are tokens that run on top of the ethereum network, and are stored in a ethereum erc20 compatible wallet. How to setup and optimize your cgminer config file decred forum. If you simply cannot get it to ever stop hanging, try decreasing the intensity, and if even that fails, try changing to the poclbm kernel with k poclbm, though you will sacrifice performance. You may need 16gb of virtual memory for vega gpus you need more like 16gb per gpu to change this go to control panel system and security system and the click advanced system settings on the left. Prepare your hardwareif you have not already, prepare a space for your mining hardware. It also is one of the only erc20 tokens that uses proof of work.
Dont set intensity too high, i11 is standard and safest. Intensity correlates with the size of work being submitted at any one time to a gpu. How to use bfgminer, cgminer, sgminer and cpuminer for mac. For example, ttli 80 reduces mining intensity if gpu temperature is above 80c.
You can set clocks or other settings for the second card by placing the value behind a comma, like so. If you have not already, prepare a space for your mining hardware. Put the miner in desktop or any directory from where you wish to run the miner and then unzip it. How to setup and optimize your cgminer config file. Cgminer this is an open source gpu miner written in c and available on several platforms such as windows, linux and os x. Note that if you do not specify an intensity, sgminer uses dynamic mode which is designed to minimise the harm to a running desktop and performance will be poor. To sum it up, 0xbitcoin is a bitcoin like token, that works with. Just like in bitcoin mining, scrypt mining takes an. Cgminer uses this value at first run to calculate threadconcurrency. If you customized it, be sure to paste a copy of it into a scrap text document for later reference. The range of intensity is between 0 and 12, you need some test to see whats the best intensity for your rig and test from 0. The homebrew litecoin mining project configuring cgminer.
Note that if you do not specify an intensity, cgminer uses dynamic mode which is designed to minimise the harm to a running desktop and performance will be poor. Cgminer download for linux deb, rpm, xz download cgminer linux packages for arch linux, centos, debian, ubuntu. A multithreaded multipool gpu miner with ati gpu monitoring, overclocking and fanspeed support for scryptbased cryptocurrency. It offers extensive control features, runs smoothly, and even allows onthefly tweaking of certain parameters without a restart. Generally speaking finding an optimal value rather than the highest value is the correct approach as hash rate rises up to a point with higher intensities but above that, the device may be very slow to return. Fabulouspandas macminer running bfgminer, cgminer and cpuminer minerd.
Cgminer problems low kh rate bitcoin stack exchange. Open the archive youve just downloaded with 7zip, winrar or some other program and upack it. Download mining firmware to all devices with dummy firmware. You can also specify values for every card, for example ttli 80,85,80. Cgminer it includes overclocking, monitoring, fan speed control and remote interface features. Contribute to tpruvotcgminer development by creating an account on github. I is the intensity value higher hashes faster but may cause your system to become unresponsive. The application will show you current hashrate, number of accepted and rejected shares, temperature of gpu, intensity and hardware errors. Is there any reason to use lower intensity and why. Its one of the most popular, if not the most popular, software for quickly and easily getting your mining rig up and running.
When i start watching a movie i dont need to use much gpu, but i do need enough to decode smoothly. To achieve the best performance on machines that have lowend gpus, you can experiment with the value of the intensity parameter. Although i wasnt sure what that was it seemed appropriate. The file size of the latest installer available for download is 2. You can also try to lower threadconcurrency to 2096, and gputhreads to 1, also smaller. Or you can do this within cgminer by pressing g then i and entering the new intensity. New sgminer fork for x11 mining with higher performance. Official cgminer mining software thread for linuxwinosxmips. Its very easy to use add ip and port of a miner and thats it.
Apireadme api add device elapsed since hotplug devices elapsed is less than cgm. Also 270 might like like 2 gpu threads with a lower intensity, like 15. A guide on configuring cgminersgminer for maximum performace can be found here. Can anyone tell me what would be best practice in setting intensity on cgminer. The systems management bundle can give you full application stack visibility for infrastructure performance and contextual software awareness. The cpu time is negligible unless you use a very low intensity level and then. Automatic coin switching for a maximum profit and builtin overclocking, learn about all cudo miner features. If youre new to mining, youve probably encountered at one point or another a mention of claymores ethereum miner.