RE: Ethereum AMD GPU Mining Tutorial Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I'm running my rig on Ubuntu server with 5 Sapphire Nitro+ RX580's, trying to locate longer PCIE power cables but not easy to find in my area. As I do have one more RX580 not mining at the moment. Anyways back to my thought. So does this mean it is better to mine with Windows over Ubuntu? I am also getting roughly 19.38 Mh/s per card. Does flashing the GPU bios help with the hashrate in Ubuntu? Or is this mainly a Windows thing to do only? I could flash each card in my Windows machine but will those setting then work when I move it back to the Ubuntu rig? I'm using the AsRock H110 Pro BTC+ board. I also read somewhere where don't remember where but will look for it again that I can undervolt with a command in Claymore. Can you confirm this?
I have found more info and it appears that I cannot use Claymore in Ubuntu to undervolt or control the GPU too much. All I can do is flash the bios and get a better hashrate. But if I was to switch over to Windows well then that is another story. I'd be able to use software to oc more and control more. I'm not sure if I want to change over since it is working now and I am not sure if using Windows will really give me a much better hashrate than I am getting now. Currently getting around 29.XX per GPU, but read can get about 30-33 in Windows. Is the extra hashrate going to make a big difference in mining?
That depends on how man cards your running. if your running six cards its an extra 18 mhs. which is pretty good! but this is why i mine with RX 580's... the have a bios switch on the card specifically for mining. that eliminates the need for all the undervolting and overclocking messes... longevity is the name of the game here and ive found that these types of things dont do well for the cards... it can fry them over time... super stoked you found all the tutorials helpful. Post back and let us know how your rig is doing
I am running 6 GPUs with the bios switch as well. And so far things are running pretty good! I have only had one blip but not sure what was the cause. Had to do a restart and that was about it. Since then it has been running pretty good. At the moment it is still cool in my area but once it starts to warm up I have to think of how to deal with the heat! I do have a few fans mounted on the rig to get some better air flow but I am not sure if that will be sufficient! I guess I will deal with it when the weather gets warmer!
I got my first rig going in texas and the heat didnt bother em too much. I wouldn't over think it. Now taht im in washington it is going to keep my office warm in the winter hahahaha
I recently rebuilt my rig and now everything mines at 0.00MH/s. Everything has been installed and configured the way it was before. I tried moving the video cards onto difference PCIe slots and difference cables etc. but nothing seems to work. Sometimes I get one or two GPU's to work but the rest are always at 0.000 Mh/s any ideas what is causing this?
Hey sleong! Apologies for the delay I just finished my move to seattle! if you could take a screenshot of the miner startup i could help you even more...
Software setup? the mine.sh file or what setup are you referring to?
When you try to start the miner... it runs script and gives errors... i need a picture of that