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The latest NBMiner 30.0 update comes with a built-in replacement for the OhGodAnETHlargementPill memory timings optimization tool for Nvidia GPU owners of GTX 1080 and GTX 1080 Ti with GDDR5X video memory. The implementation from NBMiner does however requires the use of a custom unsigned driver under Windows and admin privileges under Linux, so not as easy as just running a custom executable file to enable the tweaks. Once implemented however it could allow for greater flexibility as you have the option to use different levels of optimizations for the memory timings via command line parameters. Have in mind that not all crypto algorithms may benefit from memory timings optimization, here are the two options you need to use to enable and activate the memory tings optimizations in the latest version of NBMiner.
--mt, --memory-tweakMemory timings optimize for Nvidia GDDR5 & GDDR5X gpus. range [1-6]. Higher value equals higher hashrate. Individual value can be set via comma seperated list. Power limit may need to be tuned up to get more hashrate. Higher reject share ratio can happen if mining rig hits high temperature, set lower value of -mt can reduce reject ratio. Under windows, a custom driver need to be installed before using -mt, see description of --driver for more detail. Admin priviledge is needed to run under linux, sudo ./nbminer -mt x. OhGodAnETHlargementPill is not needed anymore if -mt is enabled when mining on 1080 & 1080ti GPUs.
--driverWindows only option, install / uninstall driver for memory tweak. Run with admin priviledge. install: nbminer.exe --driver install, uninstall: nbminer.exe --driver uninstall. Note: the installed custom driver is not signed by microsoft, users need to disable secure boot in BIOS settings to get the driver work.
We remind you that the NBMiner is a closed source GPU miner for Nvidia CUDA and now AMD as well that is available for both Windows and Linux operating systems and it has the following developer fee built-in: tensority_ethash 3%, tensority(Pascal) 2%, tensority(Turing) 3%, ethash 0.65%, cuckaroo & cuckatoo & cuckaroo_swap 2%, progpow_sero 2%, sipc 2%, bfc 3%, hns 2%, hns_ethash 3%, trb 2%, trb_ethash 3%, kawpow 2%.
– To download and try the latest NBMiner 30.0 Nvidia and AMD GPU Miner for Windows/Linux…
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Last month we have tested the freshly released Scala (XLA) mobile phone miner for Android smartphones and were pretty impressed by what we saw. Probably the best, though definetly not the only smartphone-based crypto mining software out there, although the DefyX algorithm used by the project can also be mined with computer CPUs at a much higher hashrate. A Smartphone crypto miner such as the one being developed by XLA is giving much better power efficiency for the hashrate it produces, even if the hashrate itself is not that high. This is definitely nice, but would’ve been even nicer if the project was only from smartphones with mining done only on them similar to what MIB Coin (MIB) does, because now most miners will just go for CPU mining Scala anyway.
Back to the XLA Mobile Miner, there has been some improvement to the software in terms of features since the initial release with the latest version 1.3 focusing on significant performance improvement apparently. With the first version (on the left) using Huawei Mate 30 Pro smartphone to test we got around 50 H/s as hashrate utilizing 4 out of the 8 available cores. Repeating the test on the same device with the latest version 1.3 (on the right) has shown significant boost in hashrate up to about 170-180 H/s again with 8 out of 8 cores used. As with the first release going for all 8 cores to be used for mining very quickly rises the temperate of the mobile processor above 65 degrees Celsius which is not considered very safe for a smartphone. This is specifically for the high-end Huawei Mate 30 Pro, performance can vary and the usability of the number of available CPU cores can vary from device to device. If you decide to give the miner a go feel free to post your performance result and the model of the device in the comments below.
– To download and try the latest Scala Mobile Miner v1.3 for Android-based smartphones…
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It is nice to have easy to use services like NiceHash or Cudo Miner, but we kind of miss the good old days days of Miner Control before everything became overcomplicated to make it simple and easy for novice miners and not easy at all for more advanced users. A bit of fresh air is the NPlusMiner software that really bring us back a blast from the past as a user interface and functionality, but is up to date in terms of mining software and functionality. NPlusMiner is a nice and functional graphical user interface with a powerful backend that monitors various mining pools in real-time in order to find the most profitable pool and algorithm to mine at the moment. It supports CPU mining as well as AMD and Nvidia GPUs and of course uses the most popular miner software that you would normally use for mining manually on a particular pool and for a particular algorithm.
The software works surprisingly well and is easy to be sued by both novice and more advanced users, a small download that is easy and quick to setup based on your available mining hardware. It downloads required miners quickly and automatically, then does a benchmark and automatically switches to what is most profitable for your hardware. It supports a number of popular mining pools and is updated quite often to reflect changes and improvements as well as fixes to help you make better profit. The mining algorithm and pool switching is done quite well and is advanced, so that the software is not mislead easily by short spikes in profitability. The NPlusMiner software also has some useful advanced features for users that want to have more control over the mining process. There is a small developer fee for using the software – 8 minutes per day fee (0.5%), that can be changed in the config (Minimum is 3).
– For more information and to try out the NPlusMiner software solution for maximizing mining profit…
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