Catalyst 11.8 was rock stable though. but it didn't allow me to go beyond the Overdrive limits. that's (engine clocks) 900 MHz for 5870 and 960 MHz for 5770) which are the two cards i have.
you can use aticonfig to underclock your RAM like this:
aticonfig --odsc=900,300
will set the engine clock to 900 MHz and memory clock to 300 MHz
additionally, Radeon BIOS Editor, while it's a Windows program, will run under Linux in WINE (or so I've been told)
also, I'm testing out the Catalyst 11.6 driver in Linux right now. it allows overclocking above the limits of Overdrive. I'm not sure how stable it is though, it got a crash just before. so maybe I'll have to edit the BIOS. we'll see.
How much is your electric bills per month...hahaha Maybe they accept bitcoins huh. These people are being suckered in Big Time. Enjoy your FAILED attempt at wealth. Next up, a whole Whack of used computers on Ebay for penny's on the.....dollar.
Don't laugh but.. how do you install the bitcoin wallet in linux? i have the tar.gz file extracted but i can't see any way to 'make' it. Do i just but the bin and src folder contents in the bin src folders in my system? and where do the locale folder contents go? >.<I feel like I'm missing out on something big so your help would be very appreciated thanks.
You'll have success with those 5930s. I came to the same $/MHash/s conclusion and the cards have performed very well at 950MHz Core /300MHz Mem doing about 282Mhash/s each at stock voltages.
Linux seems like the best way to mine, at least for me so far. No need for VGA adapter dummy plugs, no 100% CPU usage, easy to make overclocking and miner start scripts - just plug the box in and walk away. :) Install Win7 dual boot for RBE, CPUz, etc. RBE can adjust that 900MHz min Mem - Clock Info 02
Yeah, I'm hoping so. Linux is definitely the way to go. For now, just having an winxp vm has worked out fine. Also, I think I'm going to stick with having the clocks flashed in so that I can just boot and not have to worry about running aticonfig to change the clocks etc.
Thanks for the tip though, I'll definitely remember that. I was wondering what all of the different clocking areas in RBE were for.
wow.. seems you realy squeezed out a great amount of MegaHashes out of your 5850s at a quite good temperature.. do you have a kill-a-watt to tell what kW/h your system takes?
btw. same here with 5850.. the shop where i bought my 5850s is sold out of those now
@m1ndsurf3r Yeah, I've heard of getting 370-400, but I haven't been able to OC that far. Also, I don't think it's worth it. It greatly shortens the life if the card, and it uses a ton more wattage.
I don't have a kill-a-watt or anything. I'm going to buy one at some point, but currently I don't know the wattage used.
@philipthrasher Thank you, brother! I got mine to run in Ubuntu. I agree, I like Linux better. I had such difficult time tweaking under windows with not much success. Love your show and would love to see more videos. I will send off a coin or two your way once I get some.
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HBDynamo 3 months ago
is this video old
thereddog223 4 months ago
Catalyst 11.8 was rock stable though. but it didn't allow me to go beyond the Overdrive limits. that's (engine clocks) 900 MHz for 5870 and 960 MHz for 5770) which are the two cards i have.
malkdk 5 months ago
you can use aticonfig to underclock your RAM like this:
aticonfig --odsc=900,300
will set the engine clock to 900 MHz and memory clock to 300 MHz
additionally, Radeon BIOS Editor, while it's a Windows program, will run under Linux in WINE (or so I've been told)
also, I'm testing out the Catalyst 11.6 driver in Linux right now. it allows overclocking above the limits of Overdrive. I'm not sure how stable it is though, it got a crash just before. so maybe I'll have to edit the BIOS. we'll see.
malkdk 5 months ago
Good info, nicely presented!
Azazaazazazza 7 months ago
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brandile30 8 months ago
You don't use AMD Overdrive Ctrl? You can underclock the memory all the way down.
Thetwistedcorner 8 months ago
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gorillazproductions 8 months ago
Don't laugh but.. how do you install the bitcoin wallet in linux? i have the tar.gz file extracted but i can't see any way to 'make' it. Do i just but the bin and src folder contents in the bin src folders in my system? and where do the locale folder contents go? >.<I feel like I'm missing out on something big so your help would be very appreciated thanks.
1ockedand1oaded 9 months ago
@1ockedand1oaded If you're on ubuntu, it's super simple. open a terminal and then type the following:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:stretch/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bitcoin
Once you've done that, type the following:
bitcoin
philipthrasher 9 months ago
@philipthrasher
thanks man, I'm still very much a beginner at this, but you've helped me get past a big barrier. :)
1ockedand1oaded 9 months ago
@1ockedand1oaded Always willing to help!
philipthrasher 8 months ago
You'll have success with those 5930s. I came to the same $/MHash/s conclusion and the cards have performed very well at 950MHz Core /300MHz Mem doing about 282Mhash/s each at stock voltages.
Linux seems like the best way to mine, at least for me so far. No need for VGA adapter dummy plugs, no 100% CPU usage, easy to make overclocking and miner start scripts - just plug the box in and walk away. :) Install Win7 dual boot for RBE, CPUz, etc. RBE can adjust that 900MHz min Mem - Clock Info 02
misternycguy1 9 months ago
@misternycguy1 5830's*
Yeah, I'm hoping so. Linux is definitely the way to go. For now, just having an winxp vm has worked out fine. Also, I think I'm going to stick with having the clocks flashed in so that I can just boot and not have to worry about running aticonfig to change the clocks etc.
Thanks for the tip though, I'll definitely remember that. I was wondering what all of the different clocking areas in RBE were for.
philipthrasher 9 months ago
wow.. seems you realy squeezed out a great amount of MegaHashes out of your 5850s at a quite good temperature.. do you have a kill-a-watt to tell what kW/h your system takes?
btw. same here with 5850.. the shop where i bought my 5850s is sold out of those now
m1ndsurf3r 9 months ago
@m1ndsurf3r Yeah, I've heard of getting 370-400, but I haven't been able to OC that far. Also, I don't think it's worth it. It greatly shortens the life if the card, and it uses a ton more wattage.
I don't have a kill-a-watt or anything. I'm going to buy one at some point, but currently I don't know the wattage used.
philipthrasher 9 months ago
Can you post a link to your script for your chron job? Tks.
hopelesswait 9 months ago
@hopelesswait cron is a program that runs anything you wish for you at set times. To reboot every 6 hours, in ubuntu, you would do the following:
type at the command line:
sudo crontab -e
This will open up the crontab ffile in a text editor. I like vi, but for newbs... Use nano.
Once the text editor has opened the file, type the following into it:
0 */6 * * * /sbin/reboot
save, and quit. You're all done. It will now reboot every 6 hours.
philipthrasher 9 months ago
@philipthrasher Thank you, brother! I got mine to run in Ubuntu. I agree, I like Linux better. I had such difficult time tweaking under windows with not much success. Love your show and would love to see more videos. I will send off a coin or two your way once I get some.
hopelesswait 9 months ago
@hopelesswait Awesome! Thanks a bunch. Let me know if you need anything else. :-)
philipthrasher 9 months ago