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      chansyoman last edited by

      Hi All,

      Decided to build a gaming machine, then turned it into a mining rig (LOL) 8)

      Anywho, I started mining litecoins yesterday using GUIminer. I guess conservatively speaking, I am getting about 900kh/s for 2 7950’s (sounds low), but I really haven’t tweaked anything.

      I’ve spent a few hours trying to mine feathercoins, but not having the best of luck.

      Any recommendations and/or suggestions on what kind of mining software to use, pools, etc would be extremely helpful. I’ll certainly throw some feathers your way once I get the coins racked up.

      Thanks in advance,
      Chan

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        sheepson Regular Member last edited by

        Hi Chan,

        I would suggest you use cgminer and join a pool like: http://ftc.d2.cc
        Then make a .bat script like:
        cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://featherpool.com:9998 -u workername -p password --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 -I 20 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1
        and tweak a bit from the thread things etc.

        See this link: https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison what other people get with their vid-cards!

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          ShadowEW last edited by

          Hi and welcome chansyoman to feathercoin.com forums!

          Using cgminer with the same setup as you did for LTC mining should work fine.
          And yes, 900Khash is low for 2x 7950 :P

          I’m running 2x 7970s at the moment using Reaper, I can paste my config if you want to try it, the only difference and improvements you should be able to make is to be able to increase the Intensity above 13 (where 7970s are hardlocked in practice.)

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            chansyoman last edited by

            Thanks for the prompt response!

            So, I’m pretty weak at command line and from what I can see, cgminer is command line.

            I believe it stars off with url, username, password (?)

            Would i input the following in that order, pool.d2.cc, chansyoman, xx ?

            Also, to create a script, I would simply create a text file and change the extension to .bat correct?

            Should it look like the below?

            cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.d2.cc:9344 -u chansyoman -p xx --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 -I 20 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1

            Feathers your way as soon as I get them!

            [quote name=“sheepson” post=“877” timestamp=“1367673407”]
            Hi Chan,

            I would suggest you use cgminer and join a pool like: http://ftc.d2.cc
            Then make a .bat script like:
            cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://featherpool.com:9998 -u workername -p password --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 -I 20 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1
            and tweak a bit from the thread things etc.

            See this link: https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison what other people get with their vid-cards!
            [/quote]

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              chansyoman last edited by

              Hey boss!

              If you wouldn’t mind sharing, that’d be great!

              I currently don’t use CGminer, but GUIminer and simply input the host, port, username, password. Then, I have the option to select my GPU, which in turn fills in the other fields for me: threads, intensity, etc…

              I forget to mention, I got the mining to work! but using the “Scryptminer” program from the “getting started” page on d2.cc’s website.

              The only thing I am able to adjust is the threads, which I have it set to 8, and am currently at 30kh/s…HMM… :-\

              Feathers your way for the help!

              [quote name=“ShadowEW” post=“878” timestamp=“1367673613”]
              Hi and welcome chansyoman to feathercoin.com forums!

              Using cgminer with the same setup as you did for LTC mining should work fine.
              And yes, 900Khash is low for 2x 7950 :P

              I’m running 2x 7970s at the moment using Reaper, I can paste my config if you want to try it, the only difference and improvements you should be able to make is to be able to increase the Intensity above 13 (where 7970s are hardlocked in practice.)
              [/quote]

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                sheepson Regular Member last edited by

                [quote name=“chansyoman” post=“880” timestamp=“1367675449”]

                Thanks for the prompt response!

                So, I’m pretty weak at command line and from what I can see, cgminer is command line.

                I believe it stars off with url, username, password (?)

                Would i input the following in that order, pool.d2.cc, chansyoman, xx ?

                Also, to create a script, I would simply create a text file and change the extension to .bat correct?

                Should it look like the below?

                cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.d2.cc:9344 -u chansyoman -p xx --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 -I 20 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1

                Feathers your way as soon as I get them!

                [quote author=sheepson link=topic=200.msg877#msg877 date=1367673407]
                Hi Chan,

                I would suggest you use cgminer and join a pool like: http://ftc.d2.cc
                Then make a .bat script like:
                cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://featherpool.com:9998 -u workername -p password --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 -I 20 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1
                and tweak a bit from the thread things etc.

                See this link: https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison what other people get with their vid-cards!
                [/quote]
                [/quote]

                That should work yes!
                Place the .bat in the same folder where cgiminer.exe is and doubleclick the .bat.

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                  chansyoman last edited by

                  Cool, i’ll try it now! Keep you posted!

                  [quote name=“sheepson” post=“883” timestamp=“1367676587”]
                  [quote author=chansyoman link=topic=200.msg880#msg880 date=1367675449]

                  Thanks for the prompt response!

                  So, I’m pretty weak at command line and from what I can see, cgminer is command line.

                  I believe it stars off with url, username, password (?)

                  Would i input the following in that order, pool.d2.cc, chansyoman, xx ?

                  Also, to create a script, I would simply create a text file and change the extension to .bat correct?

                  Should it look like the below?

                  cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.d2.cc:9344 -u chansyoman -p xx --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 -I 20 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1

                  Feathers your way as soon as I get them!

                  [quote author=sheepson link=topic=200.msg877#msg877 date=1367673407]
                  Hi Chan,

                  I would suggest you use cgminer and join a pool like: http://ftc.d2.cc
                  Then make a .bat script like:
                  cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://featherpool.com:9998 -u workername -p password --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 -I 20 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1
                  and tweak a bit from the thread things etc.

                  See this link: https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison what other people get with their vid-cards!
                  [/quote]
                  [/quote]

                  That should work yes!
                  Place the .bat in the same folder where cgiminer.exe is and doubleclick the .bat.
                  [/quote]

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                    chansyoman last edited by

                    Meant to ask, will this utilize both of my cards, or do I need to run the script twice?

                    [/quote]

                    That should work yes!
                    Place the .bat in the same folder where cgiminer.exe is and doubleclick the .bat.
                    [/quote]

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                      ShadowEW last edited by

                      Well, if you’re interested here’s my Reaper config files:
                      litecoin.conf
                      [code]
                      host 91.121.1.102
                      port 9344
                      user ShadowEW.[worker]
                      pass [password]

                      protocol litecoin

                      worksize 256
                      vectors 1
                      aggression 13
                      threads_per_gpu 1
                      sharethreads 3
                      lookup_gap 2
                      gpu_thread_concurrency 8192
                      [/code]

                      reaper.conf
                      [code]kernel reaper.cl
                      save_binaries yes
                      enable_graceful_shutdown no
                      long_polling yes

                      mine litecoin

                      device 0
                      device 1
                      [/code]

                      As far as I can see, FTC seems to require slightly different settings to LTC. At least for me, I can’t run as many threads. :o

                      The above config is setup for d2.cc

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                        ShadowEW last edited by

                        [quote name=“chansyoman” post=“888” timestamp=“1367676927”]
                        Meant to ask, will this utilize both of my cards, or do I need to run the script twice?

                        [/quote]

                        That should work yes!
                        Place the .bat in the same folder where cgiminer.exe is and doubleclick the .bat.
                        [/quote]
                        [/quote]

                        By default it should detect and mine on both (or any) GPUs unless you specify otherwise.

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                          chansyoman last edited by

                          Ah, thanks!!!

                          I’lll give it a shot. I assume I will copy and paste the below into the .conf files for both litecoin.conf and reaper.conf?

                          [quote name=“ShadowEW” post=“889” timestamp=“1367677053”]
                          Well, if you’re interested here’s my Reaper config files:
                          litecoin.conf
                          [code]
                          host 91.121.1.102
                          port 9344
                          user ShadowEW.[worker]
                          pass [password]

                          protocol litecoin

                          worksize 256
                          vectors 1
                          aggression 13
                          threads_per_gpu 1
                          sharethreads 3
                          lookup_gap 2
                          gpu_thread_concurrency 8192
                          [/code]

                          reaper.conf
                          [code]kernel reaper.cl
                          save_binaries yes
                          enable_graceful_shutdown no
                          long_polling yes

                          mine litecoin

                          device 0
                          device 1
                          [/code]

                          As far as I can see, FTC seems to require slightly different settings to LTC. At least for me, I can’t run as many threads. :o

                          The above config is setup for d2.cc
                          [/quote]

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                            ShadowEW last edited by

                            Yep, and write in YOUR username.worker name and password.
                            The config has been tested as working for/by me on reaperv13beta4_64

                            Should just be able to hit reaper.exe and it’ll start up, not sure what results you’ll get as I have no 7950s to test with, but I’d assume you can just raise the aggression up freely to increase your khash.
                            Be warned, high aggression (values 12-20) will slow down your desktop. That’s normal.

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                              chansyoman last edited by

                              Hmm…

                              Doesn’t appear to be working. This is exactly what my batch file looks like:

                              cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://featherpool.com:9998 -u chansyoman1 -p 12 --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 -I 20 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1

                              I am getting a “No servers were found that could be used to get work from, Please check the details from the list below of the servers you have input”

                              Thoughts? :-[
                              [quote name=“ShadowEW” post=“891” timestamp=“1367677104”]
                              [quote author=chansyoman link=topic=200.msg888#msg888 date=1367676927]
                              Meant to ask, will this utilize both of my cards, or do I need to run the script twice?

                              [/quote]

                              That should work yes!
                              Place the .bat in the same folder where cgiminer.exe is and doubleclick the .bat.
                              [/quote]
                              [/quote]

                              By default it should detect and mine on both (or any) GPUs unless you specify otherwise.
                              [/quote]

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                                ShadowEW last edited by

                                Which pool are you on, my config is for https://ftc.d2.cc owo

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                                  chansyoman last edited by

                                  Oops, I meant:

                                  cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.d2.cc:9344 -u chansyoman.1-p 12 --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 -I 20 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1

                                  [quote name=“ShadowEW” post=“896” timestamp=“1367678531”]
                                  Which pool are you on, my config is for https://ftc.d2.cc owo
                                  [/quote]

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                                    chansyoman last edited by

                                    Just wanted to update you guys!

                                    I work in IT, and yet I can’t figure this out (hence why I am a Windows and not Linux guy LOL)

                                    I resorted back to GUIminer, messed around with the URL and set use stratum to NO, and magic, it works!

                                    BUT, still slow…3xxkh/s on BOTH 7950’s with 21712 thread concurrency, 13 intensity, 256 worksize, and 1 GPU thread each. d’oh! :'(

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                                      ShadowEW last edited by

                                      [quote name=“chansyoman” post=“897” timestamp=“1367678602”]

                                      Oops, I meant:

                                      cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.d2.cc:9344 -u chansyoman.1-p 12 --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 -I 20 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1

                                      [quote author=ShadowEW link=topic=200.msg896#msg896 date=1367678531]
                                      Which pool are you on, my config is for https://ftc.d2.cc owo
                                      [/quote]
                                      [/quote]
                                      d2.cc doesn’t yet have stratum support, set your pool as -o http://pool.d2.cc:9344

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                                        ShadowEW last edited by

                                        [quote name=“chansyoman” post=“907” timestamp=“1367681815”]
                                        Just wanted to update you guys!

                                        I work in IT, and yet I can’t figure this out (hence why I am a Windows and not Linux guy LOL)

                                        I resorted back to GUIminer, messed around with the URL and set use stratum to NO, and magic, it works!

                                        BUT, still slow…3xxkh/s on BOTH 7950’s with 21712 thread concurrency, 13 intensity, 256 worksize, and 1 GPU thread each. d’oh! :'(
                                        [/quote]

                                        Try intensity 18/19/20 with 7950s.

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                                          sheepson Regular Member last edited by

                                          [quote name=“ShadowEW” post=“909” timestamp=“1367682049”]
                                          [quote author=chansyoman link=topic=200.msg897#msg897 date=1367678602]

                                          Oops, I meant:

                                          cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.d2.cc:9344 -u chansyoman.1-p 12 --thread-concurrency 21712 -w 256 -I 20 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1

                                          [quote author=ShadowEW link=topic=200.msg896#msg896 date=1367678531]
                                          Which pool are you on, my config is for https://ftc.d2.cc owo
                                          [/quote]
                                          [/quote]
                                          d2.cc doesn’t yet have stratum support, set your pool as -o http://pool.d2.cc:9344
                                          [/quote]

                                          Ah indeed thats my fault, try something like:
                                          cgminer.exe -o http://pool.d2.cc:9344 -u chansyoman.1 -p [b]here should be your password[/b] --thread-concurrency 21712 -I 18

                                          then later try to adjust other settings.

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                                            chansyoman last edited by

                                            Thanks guys, much appreciation!

                                            I’ll be spreading the love soon.

                                            On another note, is anyone on btc-e and seeing FTC numbers? :-[

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