The r9 290x has a core speed of 1050mhz, while the r9 290 is clocked at mhz. Personally, it took me days to configure my case cooling, work out stability issues, learn the cgminer commands, test them, and pouring through forums for additional advice or an edge, calculations, etc it really is a lot to take in if you are new to the scene, and the clock is ticking. While the 290x is running great at 960 khs, the 6950 only does about 320 khs. Asus announces r9 290x and r9 290 directcu ii graphics cards. Prepare your hardwareif you have not already, prepare a space for your mining hardware.
Cgminer scrypt mining radeon r9 290x card settings. Asus rad r9 290x directcu ii oc 4gb amd pci express. Sapphire amd radeon hd 6870 pcie graphics card, youre want to buy. The hd 7950 was a great card for mining litecoin, but with the new kids introduced, the attention will be shifted to the r9 290 and r9 290x. Thanks for contributing an answer to bitcoin stack exchange. If you are mining scrypt crypto currencies such as litecoin or maybe doge, then you are most likely using cgminer as a mining software or something that relies on cgminer as a backend. Hey guys, ive inherited a hackintosh few months ago and it was working fine until i got stuck on a prohibitory sign during boot up. Asus radeon r9 290x directcu ii ocr9290xdc2oc 4gd5 share tweet. Ive got two r9 290, using cgminer im getting nothing but trouble. Turns out if you have asus tweak monitoring software running or open the catalyst control center your hash rate will be destroyed because those applications take over your video card so to speak. The asus radeon r9 290x directcu ii oc graphics cards runs at xxxxmhz, xxmhz higher than refernece. As i purchased both cards on amazon and i live in brazil im thiking twice to open an rma and. Asus r9 290x directcu ii oc specs techpowerup gpu database. But do keep in mind that r9 cards are relatively loud and runs pretty hot.
Bamt bigaminerthing litecoin miner provides an easy way for the setup of a usb bootable mining rig on linux operating system. That being said, lets look at the sweet spot for the r9 cards for mining litecoin. They both happily start mining, but after about 30 seconds cgminer hangs for a few seconds and gpu0 starts dropping its hashrate it gives hw. Asus amd radeon r9290x r9290x dc2oc 4gd5 4gb 512bit gddr5 pci express 3. Asus radeon r7 370 strixr7370 dc2oc 4gd5 gaming 4gb 256bit gddr5 pci express 3. In order to ensure that you can start cgminer without problems you can start by. One very important thing in making the amd radeon r9 290 or 290x cards is how you call up the cgminer, because you need to use a high thread concurrency value that often tends to bring some issues with cgminer. Asus releases r9 290x and r9 290 directcu ii graphics cards. Installing sapphire radeon r9 290x graphic cards 58.
Two display monitors are connected to gtx780 and r9 290x. For shipping to the united kingdom visit this page asus r9290x dc2oc 4gd5. The setting passed to cgminer is used by all gpus unless separate values are. Asus r9290xdc2oc4gd5 r9 290x directcu ii oc graphics card. Make sure the area your hardware will reside is stable. Asus radeon r9 290 direct cu ii oc 4gb amd pci express. Configuring the r9 280x for litecoin mining with cgminer. Finding optimal clock speed for cgminer and r9 290r9 290x. I have tried reaper for mining too, setup it using device 0 and device 1, but it can only recognize gtx780, but 290x. I have a r9290x dc2oc 4gd5 and had the same problem. Litecoin gpu mining with amd r9 290 and r9 290x sweet spot. And newegg isnt really any better last i checked well, maybe a bit better, but still price gouging. R9290x dc2oc 4gd5 asus rad r9 290x directcu ii oc 4gb amd pci express graphics card 4gb asus radeon r9 290x directcu ii oc, 28nm, 5400mhz gddr5, gpu 1050mhz, 2816 streams, dpdvidhdmi. I was able to get 880 khs on my r9290x dc2oc 4gd5 with bamt.
This page is about mac os x compatible distributions of cgminer. Run the cgminer help command to view a list of all available commands. It contains precompiled universal binaries for mac os x 10. Asus r9 290x and r9 290 directcu ii graphics cards. The asus radeon r9 290x directcu ii oc is simply the perfect version of the r9 290x but being a member of the dcu2o club demands a little premium. In fact, with benchmarks in firestrike my numbers dropped quite a bit. Litecoin gpu mining with amd r9 290 and r9 290x sweet. R9290 dc2oc 4gd5 asus radeon r9 290 direct cu ii oc 4gb amd pci express graphics card 4gb asus radeon r9 290 directcu ii oc, 28nm, 5040mhz gddr5, gpu mhz, 2560 streams, 1xdisplayport2xdvid1xhdmi. For the project page of the version produced by kerry cupit, see cgminer for mac os x project there are several unofficial projects which compile cgminer for use with mac os x. When i launch cgminer it sees both cards, gpu0 and gpu1. Hi, one of my gtx 1080 strix has a dead white led in the power plug. Note that some of the features requires my cgminer build, but you can just remove them for it to work on standard cgminer. Running up to 20% cooler and up to three times quieter than their reference models, the r9 290x and r9 290 deliver core speeds of 1050mhz and mhz respectively.
Any veteran can tell you that there is more to mining than just creating a batch file and hitting go. This hub will walk you through the process of mining for bitcoins using a gpu and cgminer. Indigoscada dcs scada running on linux and windows. Asus directcu cards match supreme overclocking performance with longterm reliability, making them ideal for gaming pcs. However, due to the limitation on drivers, there is no support on the latest graphics cards. It features the same options on all systems, so you only need to learn once how to use its multitude of functions. Note that sometimes even after calling cgminer with the above commands and save a congif file and then you run cgminer. The card could be much more desirable if it was around the php30kusd680 mark where it competes directly. Asus strix radeon r9 390 gaming oc 8gb amd graphics card. Blank screen dual monitor for radeon r9 290x thread starter geoffreygan. Is the amd r9 290x sapphire 4g still supported by nicehash. In this tutorial im gonna show you how to use cgminer for scrypt or sha 256 mining. This situation is different to those that purchased reference reference r9 290 cards late last year and found they could be unlocked to full r9 290x cards via a bios flash apparently due to a shortage in supply from amd. Asus r9290x dc2oc 4gd5 graphics card radeon r9 290x 4 gb device type graphics card model asus r9290x dc2oc 4gd5 dimensions wxdxh 4.
The author of cgminer con kolivas however seems to have decided to continue support of. Asus radeon r9 290x directcu ii graphics card 4gb gddr5. Asus has announced two new graphics cards, r9 290x directcu ii and r9 290 directcu ii, that are both fitted with asuss directcu ii technology. But avoid asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. Asus radeon r9 290x directcu ii ocr9290xdc2oc 4gd5 by bossmac suba. Pretty much everything up to the gtx 760 and comparable radeon cards are no longer supported. Amd display driver update for r9 290x on bamt litecoin miner. Asus radeon r9 290x directcu ii graphics card 4gb gddr5, 947 mhz engine clock, pci express 3. New bios update available for asus r9290dc2oc4gd5 not.
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