GPU plotter questions
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ok i managed to get a compatable gpu to plot with.
it has 2gb onboard memory and i wanna make a 4tb plot.
I have calculated the amount of nonces i want to write and the starting nonce but thee following in help section blew over my head i was wondering if someone knows more how to plot with these instructions and can type a working example for me:- writerType: Writer type to use to write the output files.
Specify [buffer] to stack nonces in a buffer before writing them.
Specify [direct] to write nonces directly to files.
The <staggerSize> value will be used to configure the temporary RAM buffer size.
The output file will always have <staggerSize> = <noncesNumber>.- plotsFiles: A space-separated list of output files to generate.
The file name has to be [<address><startNonce><noncesNumber>_<staggerSize>] with:
- address: Burst numerical address.
- startNonce: First nonce of the plot generation.
- noncesNumber: Number of nonces to generate (must be a multiple of <staggerSize>).
- staggerSize: Stagger size.
- plotsFiles: A space-separated list of output files to generate.
the following is info i wanna put in
starting nonce 400000001
number of nonces is 800000 per 20gb so 12024264 would fit most of 4tb
- writerType: Writer type to use to write the output files.
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gpuplotgenerator generate [buffer | direct] <your numeric id> 400000001 12021760 8192
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that simple? thanks mate
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I explained it here, best regards
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output i got was [ERROR] Unknown writer type
my gpu card is nvidia GT440 has opencl v1.2 2gb memory and a frustrated owner -lol-
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[buffer | direct]
does mean use either 'buffer' or 'direct' ...
buffer - create plots in memory and if mem full write them to disk (for best speed)
direct - create/reorganize plots on disk, leads to optimized plots but is quite slow
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@ZapbuzZ You need to modify your devices.txt to match your card.
run gpuplotgenerator setup , then 1 to list your card, then 3 to configure it.
Save it and try again.
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i got it matched and typed: gpuplotgenerator generate Buffer 400000001 12021760 8192 same error
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could it be just not supported? i tried the buit in gpu too it is AMD same error
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i must be missing something here
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@ZapbuzZ do gpuplotgenerator setup, do 1, then 2, and post a screen shot
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J:\gpuplot>gpuplotgenerator setup
GPU plot generator v4.0.3
Author: Cryo
Bitcoin: 138gMBhCrNkbaiTCmUhP9HLU9xwn5QKZgD
Burst: BURST-YA29-QCEW-QXC3-BKXDLLoading platforms...
Loading devices...
Loading devices configurations...- List all devices
- List configured devices
- Add device config
- Remove device config
- Save config
- Quit
Select an option: 1
[0] AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.14))
[0] Spectre (OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.14))
[1] AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G (OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (2117.14))
[1] NVIDIA CUDA (OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0)
[0] GeForce GT 730 (OpenCL 1.2 CUDA)
- List all devices
- List configured devices
- Add device config
- Remove device config
- Save config
- Quit
Select an option: 2
Number of configured devices: 1
Index: 0
Platform: 1
Device: 0
Global work size: 2048
Local work size: 256
Hashes number: 8192
Used memory: 512MB
- List all devices
- List configured devices
- Add device config
- Remove device config
- Save config
- Quit
Select an option:
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@ZapbuzZ That looks correct, what's the exact command line you're using ?
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gpuplotgenerator generate buffer myid 400000001 12021760 8192
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@ZapbuzZ That's what I get for posting before having my coffee ...... it should be:
gpuplotgenerator generate buffer <drive leter>:\myid_400000001_12021760_8192
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now i got error invalid filename
where does filename fit in?my command was : gpuplotgenerator generate buffer (my id number) 400000001 12021760 8192
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@ZapbuzZ the filename specifies the parameters the plotter uses - post the exact command you're using, you can post the numeric ID, no one can do anything with that, except send you Burst ....
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gpuplotgenerator generate buffer 11481706595869336581 400000001 12021760 8192
GPU plot generator v4.0.3
Author: Cryo
Bitcoin: 138gMBhCrNkbaiTCmUhP9HLU9xwn5QKZgD
Burst: BURST-YA29-QCEW-QXC3-BKXDLLoading platforms...
Loading devices...
Loading devices configurations...
Initializing generation devices...
[0] Device: GeForce GT 730 (OpenCL 1.2 CUDA)
[0] Device memory: 512MB
[0] CPU memory: 512MB
Initializing generation contexts...[ERROR] Invalid file name
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@ZapbuzZ do:
gpuplotgenerator generate buffer <drive letter>:\11481706595869336581_400000001_12021760_ 8192
eg: gpuplotgenerator generate buffer e:\11481706595869336581_400000001_12021760_8192
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Loading platforms...
Loading devices...
Loading devices configurations...
Initializing generation devices...
[0] Device: GeForce GT 730 (OpenCL 1.2 CUDA)
[0] Device memory: 512MB
[0] CPU memory: 512MB
Initializing generation contexts...
uh owe gpuplooter has stopped working windows error