Intel HD graphics integrated GPU for plotting and mining

[Propagandalf]

Mining
I have tried using both my nVidia 860M and my Intel HD Graphics integrated GPU for reading plots. They both get the same read times (which are better than read times with the CPU). Can I assume that any kind of Intel HD graphics will read plots just as well as a dedicated GPU?

Does GPU mining read in parallel like @Blago's CPU miner does, and do they function in a similar manner except that one is faster than the other?

Plotting
Do integrated GPUs work well for plotting compared to dedicated GPUs?

[CesBurst1782]

@Propagandalf How much nonces/minute you get plotting with your Intel HD graphics integrated? What GPU plotter you use to get your Intel HD graphics to work?

Thanks,
CesBurst1782

[Propagandalf]

@CesBurst1782
I never tried plotting with my Intel HD graphics, only my nVidia 860M. However, I kept getting memory issues, so I lowered the stagger until it worked, but it was 'supposed' to work with a higher stagger since I have a lot of RAM. It is such a long time since I plotted, that I cannot remember how many nonces/minute I had.

I used @luxe's plotter: https://forums.burst-team.us/topic/58/gpu-plot-generator-v4-0-3-win-linux. My issues could perhaps be related to CUDA incompatibility, as someone mentioned in that thread.

[luxe]

@Propagandalf just to make that clear, i did not make that plotter, i just posted it in here.
GPU-Z can tell you if openCL is supported by your GPU.

[Propagandalf]

@luxe Sorry, Cryo is the author, right?

According to GPU-Z, my nVidia card is compatible with both Opencl and Cuda, and my Intel HD graphics 4600 is OpenCL compatible.

[Ip85]

@Propagandalf Which miner did you used for mining with your integrated hd graphics? Could you also show me how your config file looks like? I have tried to mine with the opencl on my hd grpahics but it didn't work for some reason.

[ZapbuzZ]

there are miner versions for older opencl like jminer