Mining ERGO with Vega 56 & 64

bontho · June 2, 2021, 12:33pm

Good day!

I’ve been reading a lot since the beginning of this thread and, first of all, I’d like to thank you all for the time you take to share your knowledge.

Now, I’m knowledgeable in IT but not that much with anything related to mining. I’m trying the same clock speed, mem, and other values like the ones you’ve provided and it turns out my GPU is crashing less than a minute after applying the values. I have a Vega 56 with Hynix and a Vega 64 with samsung. Both of those cards are running their original BIOSes.

Should I run the strap prior changing the clock, vdd and voltage?

Here are my settings. It has been running without crashing for 24 hours:

Thank you!

ss-silver · June 2, 2021, 2:21pm

Hey that Asus Strix card with Hynix is a tough one, I used to have one and it was very picky about straps or would crash.
This is the strap i was using for that card which worked

amdmemtweak --CL 21 --RC 36 --RP 13 --WR 13 --CWL 7 --FAW 12 --RAS 23 --REF 65535 --RFC 248 --RTP 6 --RRDL 5 --RRDS 3 --WTRL 9 --WTRS 4 --RCDRD 20 --RCDWR 14
Just apply the straps in the over clocks so they apply with the OCs

For the Vega 64 it works best if you flash a 56 bios, that will reduce power and make it more stable. I use this bios for the reference 64. Once you flash the 56 bios the settings and strap I posted for GPU5 should work on that card.
This dude wrote a good guide for flashing the vega 64s

ss-silver · June 2, 2021, 2:29pm

TRM is just better its the same with ETH, can only get the highest hash for vegas on TRM.

I’m not sure how normal the issue with table generation is, tried nanopool last night and it was same. Might be a TRM thing, would be cool to find a fix for that but I dont know where to start.
Block time has like doubled since difficulty went way up then everyone moved back to ETH so ERGO network hash dropped 4 Th in a day. So since less blocks are being solved this problem is not as bad right now.

bonezy · June 2, 2021, 2:58pm

Thanks for the reply mate.

Well, I figured TRM is better, I just have never seen an algo that is SO much better hahahaha.
Why have peeps switched back to ETH? I haven’t noticed any big rise in profitability. I mean, I have my other cards on ETH still cause I want to hodl the ETH but when comparing hash rates on WTM, vega’s just seem to be more profitable on ERGO now.

Also, asking again in case any one knows. Is the a B-Mode for ERGO on TRM?

ss-silver · June 2, 2021, 3:22pm

there is no mode for Autolykos2 in TRM
these are the only things you can put in miner cofig.

github.com

todxx/teamredminer/blob/master/USAGE.txt

          Team Red Miner version 0.8.3
Usage: teamredminer [OPTIONS]
Options:
  -a, --algo=ALGORITHM      Selects the mining algorithm.  Currently available:
                              ethash            (eth, etp, others)
                              etchash           (etc, alias for -a ethash --eth_variant_mode=etchash)
                              kawpow            (ravencoin)
                              autolykos2        (ergo)
                              verthash          (vtc)
                              nimiq             (nimiq)
                              lyra2z      
                              phi2              (lux, argoneum)
                              lyra2rev3   
                              x16r        
                              x16rv2      
                              x16s              (pgn, xsh)
                              x16rt             (gin)
                              mtp               (zcoin)
                              cuckatoo31_grin   (grin)
                              cuckarood29_grin  (grin)

This file has been truncated. show original

Eth Profits have not changed much but ERG profits dropped quite a bit in the past 2 days since hashrate skyrocketed and difficulty went up accordingly. I was mining 4 ERG/day last week, cant even hit 3/day with that hash rate now. So last night Eth became more profitable to mine with a 3070, and probably several other cards. Vegas are still more profitable on ERG.

Vegas:
ETH 55Mh = $4.16/day right now
ERG 200Mh = $5.31/day right now

3070s:
ETH 62Mh= $4.69/day right now
ERG 170Mh = $4.52/day right now

bontho · June 3, 2021, 12:11am

Damn man! Just gained 20 Mh instantaneously! Thanks for sharing that strap! I’m now at 168! Hopefully it will be stable.

Just out of curiosity, how much hashrate did you get with the Asus Strix Vega 56?

ss-silver · June 3, 2021, 12:57am

haha nice thats awesome! I sold my Hynix Strix a while ago so it only mined ETH, but it was getting like 47.

hotness · June 5, 2021, 6:49am

Asus Strix Vega 56 Hynix on TRM:

Used generic Hynix straps provided by @ss-silver

Raz · June 6, 2021, 11:42pm

This is my best for 6700XT

Thaimachine · June 7, 2021, 12:36pm

so u got only vega 64 running ? at 200mhs
vega 56 running 185?mhs max so i read out right?
or did u get some vega 56 to run 200mhs too

ss-silver · June 7, 2021, 2:12pm

no the 56s can run about the same.

GPUs 1-4 are 56s, 3 samsung running at 207, 195, & 202, and 1 hynix running at 185.
GPU 5 is my only 64, running at 207.

I updated my top post with my most recent OC settings and straps last night. I switched to nanopool and no longer get rejected shares on the AMD cards with current settings too so thats cool.

Thaimachine · June 7, 2021, 3:05pm

lool cant believe that 56 got same mhs as 64 lololol…
so u bio flashed it by urself ?
i run woolypooly and hero and nano…
find out hero is best for now.
i didnt have 1 reject lol 100 000 share 50 Stales 0 rejects

i have bad ping to nano :: sadly they dont have ASIA server…!!! not really … the server is europa i think, they liying about asia server lol 200ping

where do u live ?

ss-silver · June 7, 2021, 3:27pm

Yep the vegas are pretty easy to flash in HiveOS, just be sure the 56 bios you’re flashing is from the same model as your 64 and it works great.

I live in the U.S. so servers everywhere lol.

HeroPool has done really well over the past 8 hours, and they are cool, probably the fastest payout. When block time shot up last week I had to wait almost 2 days for my ERG to get confirmed before payout on WoolyPooly.
Confirmations before payout:

WoolyPooly = 720 blocks (27.4 hrs)
Nano = 100 blocks (3.81 hrs)
Hero = 72 blocks (2.74 hrs)
-Current average block time: 137 seconds

Thaimachine · June 7, 2021, 3:42pm

but only samsungs.
same models you mean ?
saphire, asrock and so on ?

ss-silver · June 7, 2021, 4:22pm

I’m pretty sure all Vega 64s have Samsung memory. But brand only matter for the non-reference models. All the 56 reference bios are “113-D0500300-102”, there are like 10 brands listed with that bios.

But if the card looks different from that ^
you need a bios for the same model such as the Nitro + 64 should have a Nitro+ 56 bios flashed on

ss-silver · June 8, 2021, 1:57am

@hotness nice OCs here, was just trying to reduce wattage and was not expecting +3 Mh by dropping the Hynix Mem from 930 to 900. Wish I could run vdd that low on my MSI Airboost

hotness · June 8, 2021, 2:38am

I tried 900 vddc to get core to 1420, but it only gave me 193 Mhs at 152w.
With my current settings I’m getting 191.8 at 141 Mhs, so I’m pretty happy with that efficiency.

I have 3 more Vega 56 and 1 Vega 64 coming this week. Hopefully they are samsungs and can hit 200 Mhs at around 150w.

aqibraza · June 9, 2021, 3:03pm

Hi, I have the same settings as you guys but I am not getting over 100 Mhs. What can be the reason? Help please

ss-silver · June 9, 2021, 3:11pm

Hey, you need to add the memory timings in your OCs, and are you using TRM for the miner?

hotness · June 9, 2021, 3:34pm

I got a new Arez Strix Vega 56 with samsung chips in. I done some testing and unfortunately it’s not a great performer. Reducing mem clock from 960 to 900 gave an extra 2 Mhs. I’m using the standard samsung straps posted earlier in this thread.

On the plus side it seems to use less power per vddc and runs very cool on tjunction.