Keep XFX Cards or Buy new cards?
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I’ve got about a month to make a decision on whether to upgrade and replace my 3 - XFX 7970 cards with 3 - R9 290’s. Not sure what brand I would buy with the R9 290s, but I hear they can do about 900khs without too high of temps. Reason why is because Newegg will allow me to return the cards for a refund without restocking fee. Something about their Iron Egg Price Guarantee.
My 3 XFX cards are getting in between 1800-2000 in the d2 Feathercoin Mining Pool.
Just wanted to get y’alls thoughts. Currently been mining for 6 days straight. Absolutely loving it!
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Return the XFX imo, i hate those XFX 7970 cards!
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Get the Sapphire R9 290s! I’m running 2 at ~877 each…72 degrees.
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[quote name=“MTRisner” post=“46979” timestamp=“1387770973”]
Get the Sapphire R9 290s! I’m running 2 at ~877 each…72 degrees.
[/quote]What settings? Cant keep mine under 85 degrees without it flying away :p
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[quote name=“aatje92” post=“46992” timestamp=“1387778346”]
[quote author=MTRisner link=topic=6308.msg46979#msg46979 date=1387770973]
Get the Sapphire R9 290s! I’m running 2 at ~877 each…72 degrees.
[/quote]What settings? Cant keep mine under 85 degrees without it flying away :p
[/quote]I don’t think that’s a settings question. more like; Are you using a rig or opened/closed case :p
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[quote name=“MTRisner” post=“46979” timestamp=“1387770973”]
Get the Sapphire R9 290s! I’m running 2 at ~877 each…72 degrees.
[/quote]Do you have them undervolted?
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Got the R9 290s installed today, but can’t get the mining working through CGMiner. Probably having some software issues with the drivers from the XFX 7970 cards. I thought I uninstalled everything but what I’m probably going to do is Format the HD and start from scratch, that way i’ll know the cards won’t have anything old as far as drivers messing them up.
If anyone has a better suggestion please let me know.
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[quote name=“thectspot” post=“47777” timestamp=“1388125104”]
I thought I uninstalled everything but what I’m probably going to do is Format the HD and start from scratch, that way i’ll know the cards won’t have anything old as far as drivers messing them up.If anyone has a better suggestion please let me know.
[/quote]Make sure you backup your wallet if its on the same HDD ::)
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[quote name=“thectspot” post=“47777” timestamp=“1388125104”]
Got the R9 290s installed today, but can’t get the mining working through CGMiner. Probably having some software issues with the drivers from the XFX 7970 cards. I thought I uninstalled everything but what I’m probably going to do is Format the HD and start from scratch, that way i’ll know the cards won’t have anything old as far as drivers messing them up.If anyone has a better suggestion please let me know.
[/quote]Did you install the 13.12 drivers? I have no issue with a 7970 and a 290 in the same system.
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Installed the 13.12 drivers with SDK 2.9. Couldn’t even start mining. CGMiner starts up then it just shows a blinking curser at the top.
I’m trying to install 13.11 9.4 beta now and SDK 2.7. Read somewhere that it helps the Sapphire r9 290 BF4 edition cards. Thought these would be better than the XFX 7970…thinking otherwise.
FYI: Reformatted my computer. Running Win7 64bit w/8GB Ram. May post something in a couple hours titled “HELP!!!”
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[quote name=“thectspot” post=“47886” timestamp=“1388177922”]
Installed the 13.12 drivers with SDK 2.9. Couldn’t even start mining. CGMiner starts up then it just shows a blinking curser at the top.I’m trying to install 13.11 9.4 beta now and SDK 2.7. Read somewhere that it helps the Sapphire r9 290 BF4 edition cards. Thought these would be better than the XFX 7970…thinking otherwise.
FYI: Reformatted my computer. Running Win7 64bit w/8GB Ram. May post something in a couple hours titled “HELP!!!”
[/quote]Use --no-adl. That will get cgminer going. ADL/cgminer is broken on later SDKs.
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[quote name=“zerodrama” post=“47890” timestamp=“1388178858”]
[quote author=thectspot link=topic=6308.msg47886#msg47886 date=1388177922]
Installed the 13.12 drivers with SDK 2.9. Couldn’t even start mining. CGMiner starts up then it just shows a blinking curser at the top.I’m trying to install 13.11 9.4 beta now and SDK 2.7. Read somewhere that it helps the Sapphire r9 290 BF4 edition cards. Thought these would be better than the XFX 7970…thinking otherwise.
FYI: Reformatted my computer. Running Win7 64bit w/8GB Ram. May post something in a couple hours titled “HELP!!!”
[/quote]Use --no-adl. That will get cgminer going. ADL/cgminer is broken on later SDKs.
[/quote]^^^^^^^THIS GUY - Now I know why you are a Hero Member. Coming through in the clutch. Thanks so much!
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[quote name=“aatje92” post=“46992” timestamp=“1387778346”]
[quote author=MTRisner link=topic=6308.msg46979#msg46979 date=1387770973]
Get the Sapphire R9 290s! I’m running 2 at ~877 each…72 degrees.
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What settings? Cant keep mine under 85 degrees without it flying away :p
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For you and anyone else this might help out, here is my conf file. Keep in mind that my room temp is a cool 68 degrees and my case is two milk crates.
(setup is for one R9 290){
“pools” : [
{
“url” : “yourpool”,
“user” : “username”,
“pass” : “password”
},
{
“url” : “yourpool”,
“user” : “username”,
“pass” : “password”
}
],“intensity” : “20”,
“vectors” : “1”,
“worksize” : “256”,
“lookup-gap” : “2”,
“thread-concurrency” : “32765”,
“gpu-engine” : “1000”,
“gpu-fan” : “40-100”,
“gpu-memclock” : “1350”,
“gpu-powertune” : “20”,
“temp-cutoff” : “99”,
“temp-overheat” : “95”,
“temp-target” : “90”,“api-port” : “4028”,
“expiry” : “120”,
“failover-only” : true,
“gpu-threads” : “1”,“log” : “5”,
“queue” : “1”,
“scan-time” : “60”,
“temp-hysteresis” : “3”,“scrypt” : true,
“kernel” : “scrypt”,
“kernel-path” : “/usr/local/bin”
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Thanks! That config is a lot better than what i had thrown together ;D
