NiceHash Miner v1.7.5.5

Update!! ClaymoreZec updated from v12.3 to v12.4

NiceHash Miner v1.7.5.5

This is a minor bug-fix release and minor feature updates.

To update from previous versions just copy the configs directory to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.5 folder.

Updates and Fixes:

• Updated ClaymoreDual miner
• returned NeoScrypt for NVIDIA SM6.x. Disabled by default and marked as experimental due to possible instability. Grouping with other SM major.x < SM 6.x works as before.
• Added ability to change/add missing Environment variables under \configs\MinerSystemVariables.json (Wiki)
• Various minor bug-fixes:
  • Fix ClamoreZec auto -asm flag in benchmark (make sure to check Extra Launch Parameters are set correctly - reference)
  • Correct Environment variables for specific miners

Notes on CPU mining
AMD DRIVERS VERSION INFORMATION

If the automatic initialization fails on your machine you can download bin.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.5 folder manually. If you are using 3rd party miners you can download bin_3rdparty.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.5 folder manually.

Keep on mining! ;)

NiceHash Miner v1.7.5.4 Pre Release

Public testing Pre-Release

History:

v01:

• Fix ClamoreZec auto -asm flag in benchmark
• Updated ClaymoreDual miner

v01a:

• Environment variable GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR set to 0

v02:

• Correct Environment variables for specific miners
• Added ability to change/add missing Environment variables under \configs\MinerSystemVariables.json (Wiki)

v02a:

• Set ClaymoreDual as Default for DaggerHashimoto

v03:

• returned NeoScrypt for NVIDIA SM6.x. Disabled by default and marked as experimental due to possible instability. Grouping with other SM major.x < SM 6.x works as before.

NiceHash Miner v1.7.5.3

NiceHash Miner v1.7.5.3

This is a minor bug-fix release and minor feature updates.

To update from previous versions just copy the configs directory to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.3 folder.

Updates:

• Added ClaymoreDual miner (avaliable option to enable dual mining)
• Removed ethminer for AMD (doesn't work with new drivers)
• Updated 3rd party miners
• Various minor bug-fixes

Notes on CPU mining
AMD DRIVERS VERSION INFORMATION

If the automatic initialization fails on your machine you can download bin.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.3 folder manually. If you are using 3rd party miners you can download bin_3rdparty.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.3 folder manually.

Keep on mining! ;)

NiceHash Miner v1.7.5.2 Pre Release

Public testing Pre-Release

NiceHash Miner v1.7.5.1

UPDATE#2!!!: sgminer-gm v5.5.5-8 miner is updated in the bin.zip download package. AMD users disable ethminer and use sgminer for DaggerHashimoto.
UPDATE#1!!!: ClaymoreZcash v12.1 miner is updated in the bin_3rdparty.zip download package.

Notes on CPU mining:

1. Please note that CPUs without AES-NI extension are no longer supported.
2. xmr-stak-cpu CryptoNight miner has support for LOCKED PAGES; it will give more performance when enabled. How to enable: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms190730.aspx (you may have to restart OS after changing). You have to be logged into Windows as Administrator in order for this feature to work. To properly benchmark CPU mining it is best to reboot the system with as little auto-start applications as possible before benchmarking.
3. If you have a recent Intel CPU and you are used to overclock CPU, you can tune some CPU cache settings in order to achieve best performance. You can try to set BIOS setting CPU Cache Ratio to the same value as your max CPU Ratio. For example if a CPU Ratio for a 4.5 GHz Intel CPU with 100 MHz BLCK is 45, then the Min and Default CPU Cache Ratio has also to be set to 45. As always, be careful with overclocking and keep in mind that overclocking or forcing manual settings might void your hardware warranty or damage your hardware.

AMD DRIVERS VERSION INFORMATION: If you're having issues with mining on AMD GPUs you should try latest NON-ReLive version of AMD drivers, that would be version 16.11.5

NiceHash Miner v1.7.5.1

This is a minor bug-fix release and minor feature updates.

To update from previous versions just copy the configs directory to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.1 folder.

Updates:

• new NVIDIA X11Gost miner (sibcoin info) forked from Provos Alexis. This miner can be up to 50% faster but is disabled by default as may be unstable on some systems.

Fixes:

• new CPU CryptoNight miner fixed default optimizations
• After initial install will prompt Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 needed for xmr-stak-cpu

If the automatic initialization fails on your machine you can download bin.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.1 folder manually. If you are using 3rd party miners you can download bin_3rdparty.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.1 folder manually.

Keep on mining! ;)

NiceHash Miner v1.7.5.0

Notes on CPU mining:

1. Please note that CPUs without AES-NI extension are no longer supported.
2. xmr-stak-cpu CryptoNight miner has support for LOCKED PAGES; it will give more performance when enabled. How to enable: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms190730.aspx (you may have to restart OS after changing). You have to be logged into Windows as Administrator in order for this feature to work. To properly benchmark CPU mining it is best to reboot the system with as little auto-start applications as possible before benchmarking.
3. If you have a recent Intel CPU and you are used to overclock CPU, you can tune some CPU cache settings in order to achieve best performance. You can try to set BIOS setting CPU Cache Ratio to the same value as your max CPU Ratio. For example if a CPU Ratio for a 4.5 GHz Intel CPU with 100 MHz BLCK is 45, then the Min and Default CPU Cache Ratio has also to be set to 45. As always, be careful with overclocking and keep in mind that overclocking or forcing manual settings might void your hardware warranty or damage your hardware.

AMD DRIVERS VERSION INFORMATION: If you're having issues with mining on AMD GPUs you should try latest NON-ReLive version of AMD drivers, that would be version 16.11.5

NiceHash Miner v1.7.5.0

This is a minor bug-fix release and minor feature updates.

To update from previous versions just copy the configs directory to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.0 folder.

Updates:

• new CPU CryptoNight miner
• AMD and NVIDIA X11Gost support (sibcoin info)
• Updated 3rd party miners (Claymore Zcash and Optiminer Zcash)

If the automatic initialization fails on your machine you can download bin.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.0 folder manually. If you are using 3rd party miners you can download bin_3rdparty.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.5.0 folder manually.

Keep on mining! ;)

NiceHash Miner v1.7.4.5

UPDATE!!: use patch to resolve issue
AMD DRIVERS VERSION INFORMATION: If you're having issues with mining on AMD GPUs you should try latest NON-ReLive version of AMD drivers, that would be version 16.11.5

NiceHash Miner v1.7.4.5

This is a minor bug-fix release and minor feature updates.

To update from previous versions just copy the configs directory to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.5 folder.

Updates:

• new NVIDIA (excavator)
• Minimum profitability threshold setting added (set to reduce switching and give more stable mining experience)

Fixes:

• Critical Claymore CryptoNight parameters passing.
• Incorrect default sgminer CryptoNight parameters (update to --rawintensity 512 -w 4 -g 2)

If the automatic initialization fails on your machine you can download bin.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.5 folder manually. If you are using 3rd party miners you can download bin_3rdparty.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.5 folder manually.

Keep on mining! ;)

NiceHash Miner v1.7.4.4

AMD DRIVERS VERSION INFORMATION: If you're having issues with mining on AMD GPUs you should try latest NON-ReLive version of AMD drivers, that would be version 16.11.5

NiceHash Miner v1.7.4.4

This is a minor bug-fix release and minor feature updates.

To update from previous versions just copy the configs directory to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.4 folder.
IMPORTANT: benchmarks from previous versions are not compatible.

Updates:

• Added Pascal for AMD (sgminer) and NVIDIA (excavator)
• Multiple miner choice per algorithm. You can choose to enable all and NHM will use the fastest or disable certain miner for the algorithm completely
• Options to reserve API ports (for more read here)
• Option to add Algorithm ExtraLaunchParameters in the internal settings (for more read here)
• CryptoNight SSL support

If the automatic initialization fails on your machine you can download bin.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.4 folder manually. If you are using 3rd party miners you can download bin_3rdparty.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.4 folder manually.

Keep on mining! ;)

NiceHash Miner v1.7.4.3

AMD DRIVERS VERSION INFORMATION: If you're having issues with mining on AMD GPUs you should try latest NON-ReLive version of AMD drivers, that would be version 16.11.5

NiceHash Miner v1.7.4.3

This is a minor bug-fix release and minor feature updates.

To update from previous versions just copy the configs directory to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.3 folder.

If the automatic initialization fails on your machine you can download bin.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.3 folder manually. If you are using 3rd party miners you can download bin_3rdparty.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.3 folder manually.

Keep on mining! ;)

NiceHash Miner v1.7.4.2

UPDATE!!!: For more accurate DaggerHashimoto sgminer-gm benchmarks download patch_v1

AMD DRIVERS VERSION INFORMATION: If you're having issues with mining on AMD GPUs you should try latest NON-ReLive version of AMD drivers, that would be version 16.11.5

NiceHash Miner v1.7.4.2

This is a minor bug-fix release and minor feature updates.

Updates:

• sgminer-gm-5.5.5-4 link. Supports CryptoNight and DaggerHashimoto.
  • Fast open source CryptoNight mining, to enable this miner set "AMD_CryptoNight_ForceSgminer": true in configs\General.json file (this will force to use sgminer-gm over Claymore's CryptoNight miner when 3rd Party Miners are enabled, if 3rd Party Miners are disabled sgminer-gm will be used by DEFAULT).
  • sgminer-gm is now DEFAULT for DaggerHashimoto. To revert back to ethminer set "AMD_DaggerHashimoto_UseSgminer": false in configs\General.json file.
• AMD OptiminerZ/Zcash v1.5.0 - to enable this miner set "AMD_Equihash_3rdParty": 1 in configs\General.json file

To update from previous versions just copy the configs directory to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.2 folder.

IMPORTANT UPDATE!: It is best to do a clean install (not copying the old device benchmark configs) as there are changes in miner files and changes for Optimized defaults. If you do copy over the old benchmark configs, you should go to settings, check and uncheck Disable Default Optimizations. Doing so will set the appropriate default optimizations that will give significant increase in hash-rate. After this a re-benchmark is required.

If the automatic initialization fails on your machine you can download bin.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.2 folder manually. If you are using 3rd party miners you can download bin_3rdparty.zip and extract to NiceHashMiner_v1.7.4.2 folder manually.

Keep on mining! ;)