Plot questions
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@daWallet I have a 3930k and a Titan X on my main computer but I couldn't work out how to use the gpu plotter I don't know where to get my numeric account number etc.
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I found a guide for anyone with the same problem https://burstcoin.wordpress.com/2014/09/22/windows-gpu-plotter-walk-through/
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What would the optimized settings be for a titan x card?
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@weaveR run gpuplotgenerator with the setup parameter, it'll walk you through the settings you need for the card. Then when creating you plot file, the last number is 4x the amount of memory to use is MB. So you use 2GB, enter 8192, 4GB 18384 etc. Try and keep it a power of two number, and I recommend plotting in direct mode to get fully optimized plots.
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I had to use 4096 otherwise I got a out of resources message? It's really lagging my computer though I tried playing with the priority but it still really lags it but now it says it's only going to take a day and 13 hours is that good for 8TB or do I need to tweak the settings more?
I tried direct mode too but it said it was going to take like a year.
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@weaveR the direct mode estimates are way off, the plotter generates the first stagger worth of nonces, then builds the complete plot file, then fills it in. The time estimates while it's creating the file are horrendous, but totally wrong.
For 8TB 37 hours is high, but not unrealistic.
To help with your PC responsiveness adjust the CPU affinity - turn off CPU 0
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Cool I can see the 8TB drive is nearly under 100% load now and when using direct mode it seems to be working with 65536 so I think it's using the whole 12 gigs now.
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It's also not lagging my computer which is good.
But it popped up with the out of resources message I'll keep tweaking it till it works.
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@weaveR For out of resources messages, reduce the stagger.
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Yeah I did it seems to be working now how do the "nounces" work exactly? I just copied and pasted it from the CPU plotting do I need to change up the numbers to get plots?
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@weaveR yes... you need to sum the first plotted nounce (2nd number) with the total of nonces plotted (3rd number) of your previous plot...
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I don't think there's a difference in USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 @gpedro because i have both and they plot at the same speed. :)
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@jervis Plotting your bottleneck is your CPU, mining, your bottleneck will be the USB 2.0
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@jervis oh i was thinking in the mining not the ploting... Sorry @weaveR my bad, but looks like @haitch already replyed to you...
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@haitch said in Plot questions:
@jervis Plotting your bottleneck is your CPU, mining, your bottleneck will be the USB 2.0
I have USB 3 and USB 2 but they all read in mining about 17 seconds to 20 seconds.
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@gpedro I don't understand how do I determine what numbers to use for my nounces? Is the plot useless after you mine it? Should I delete the plot and remake it with different nounce numbers each time?
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@weaveR no... you only have to plot one time. If you had to plot every single time, this would not be a green coin... To determine what nonces to plot you have to use some math (xD), see this example:
1st plot: 123456789123456_0_1000_100
AccountID_starting nonce_nonces to plot_stagger2nd plot: 123456789123456_1000_1000_100
You see? The initial nonces on the second plot have to be over the nonces already plotted with the same Account ID, this means that i could use any number over 1000 for my starting nonce on the second plot... This also means that the starting nonce on my 3rd plot will be any number over the sum of my initial nonce on the second plot and the number of nonces plotted in the second plot. So my 3rd plot would be something like this:
3rd plot: 123456789123456_2000_1000_100
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@gpedro Oh ok I wasen't sure how to do 8tb worth from 0 to whatever number so I just copy and pasted the numbers from the cpu plotter that does the nouces for you depending on how big you want to make your plot does this mean that when I do a mine I'm just mining between those certian nouce numbers? Does that mean it's better to mine where other people are not mining?
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Could I take the plotted drive to a weaker PC since this is a green coin? Does the mining process require lots of power?
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@weaveR said in Plot questions:
when I do a mine I'm just mining between those certian nouce numbers? Does that mean it's better to mine where other people are not mining?
Yes for the first question and depends for the second... Depends on your plotted space, because if you have a small plot you provably will win more if you join a pool that wins a lot of blocks and where are a lot of miners bigger than you but you have to be able to send a lot of DeadLines too, and in bigger pools the minimum Deadline will be lower (harder to get) so if your plotted space is too small you will provably don't send any Deadline...
@weaveR said in Plot questions:
Could I take the plotted drive to a weaker PC since this is a green coin? Does the mining process require lots of power?
Yes for the first question and No for the second... The only process in Burst that require some power is plotting after that you can plug the plotted drive to any pc and mine in it




