Posts Tagged ‘neoscrypt’

New sgminer 5 Development Version With Improved Neoscrypt Performance

12, Nov 2014

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The newest development version of sgminer 5 (source) now includes an updated kernel for the Neoscrypt crypto algorithm by Wolf9466 that increases the hashrate significantly from the previous release. There is a catch however, the new kernel does not work anymore on Nvidia GPUs, you need to use the previus release for these. Also it seems that the latest kernel optimizations break support for the latest 14.9 AMD drivers, at least on Windows, so you need to use an older driver version (14.6 or 14.7 for example) to generate the kernel binary and then update again to the latest driver for the maximum performance (much like with the older cgminer 3.7.7 fork with Neoscrypt). The new OpenCL kernel is designed to be used with Worksize of 64 for optimum performance and with it you should be able to achieve hashrate of up to about 200-250 KHS or even more with Radeon R9 280X GPU or up to abut 250-300 KHS for Radeon R9 290/290X. We have compiled a windows binary that includes the latest optimized kernel that you can download and try from the link below, if you try it out feel free to share your results from using it.

– You can download the new sgminer 5 with improved NeoScrypt hashrate for Windows OS here…

Nicehash Has Also Added Neoscrypt Algorithm Support

8, Nov 2014

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The NiceHash service for leasing and renting hashrate has added support for the Neoscrypt algorithm as well following the recent addition to Mining Rig Rentals. This comes to show that the user interest in GPU mining is far from gone and new algorithms such as Neoscrypot by crypto currencies such as FTC are attracting a lot of attention. The service operators at Nicehash do recommend however to use the latest sgminer 5.0 development version with support for Neoscrypt for selling your hashrate to the service as the official cgminer 3.7.8 with Neoscrypt support has the extranonce bug. Looking at the profitability of the available algorithms at the Nicehash service you can see that Neoscrypt is taking the top spot for the best paying algorithm from time to time already.

Mining Rig Rentals Now Offering Neoscrypt Rigs

5, Nov 2014

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The service for leasing your hashrate and renting some Mining Rig Rentals has added support for the Neoscrypt algorithm that has been getting a lot of attention lately thanks to the hard fork of FTC from Scrypt to NeoScrypt. There are currently almost 50 rigs listed at the service selling NeoScrypt hashrate, almost half of which as already rented, meaning that the user interest is quite big even though there are not that much crypto currencies using the particular algorithm aside from Feathercoin. The service Mining Rig Rentals has been the most active one in implementing support for new alternative cryto currency algorithms and thus it supports a few algorithms that no other similar service has available for users to either sell or purchase hashrate. So if you haven’t yet seen what MRR offers, then you might want to give them a try, regardless if you want to lease you mining rigs’ hashrate or rent the rig of someone else providing hashrate for a specific algorithm.

– For more information about the Mining Rig Rentals service for renting crypto mining rigs…


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