Best BIOS ROM for Sapphire Pulse RX 580 8GB Hynix Memory 30+ Mh/s
Here is the second GPU of RX500 series test, the Sapphire Pulse RX 580 8gb with Hynix memory and i had more time to play with it, the video card seems to be very stable (at least this one), with good hashrate and power consumption.
I tested with Ethereum (Ethash) only, dual mining Ethereum + Decred, Siacoin, LBRY Credits and PascalCoin also Zcash (Equihash), Monero (CryptoNight) and Nicehash.
Since there are more tests done for the Pulse RX 580 8gb, this article will be a bit longer than Sapphire Nitro+ Rx 580 8GB one, but like i said for this one i had the time to test everything and is more accurate regarding the hashrate and power draw measured with GPUz and from wall.
Stock performance, mining hashrate and power consumption!
Stock clocks
- 1281/1750
- 22 mh/s on Ethereum
- GPU-Z 80w
- From wall 140w
Stock bios
- 1133/2153 -96mV
- 24 mh/s on Ethereum
- GPU-Z 78w
- From wall 130w
Let’s get started
Sapphire Pulse RX 580 8GB Mining Performance Review
Here is the exact GPU
1 Tools and Software needed
- Combined AMD Drivers (check here how to do it) 16.11.5 http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-Crimson-Edition-16.11.5-Release-Notes.aspx + 17.5.1 http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-Crimson-ReLive-Edition-17.5.1-Release-Notes.aspx
- AMD/ATI Pixel Clock Patcher https://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-AMD-ATI-Pixel-Clock-Patcher
- Sapphire Trixx http://www.sapphiretech.com/catapage_tech.asp?cataid=291&lang=eng
- ATIFlash 2.74 https://www.techpowerup.com/download/ati-atiflash/
- MSI Afterburner http://download.msi.com/uti_exe/vga/MSIAfterburnerSetup.zip
- GPU-Z https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-gpu-z/
- Claymore’s Dual Ethereum AMD+NVIDIA GPU Miner v9.3 https://mega.nz/#F!O4YA2JgD!n2b4iSHQDruEsYUvTQP5_w
- Claymore’s ZCash AMD GPU Miner v12.4 https://mega.nz/#F!P0ZjFDjC!Cmb-ZRqlbAnNrajRtp4zvA
- Claymore’s CryptoNote GPU Miner v9.7 https://mega.co.nz/#F!e4JVEAIJ!l1iF4z10fMyJzY5-LnyC2A
- NiceHash https://www.nicehash.com/
I know that Claymore released version 9.4 but the tests were made with 9.3 one 🙂
IMPORTANT: Before starting to make any bios modification, extract and combine AMD Drivers and do not restart, start atikmdag-patcher.exe and apply the patch (if needed), after this you can restart the pc. If you don’t this the GPUs wont work with the new modded bios flashed.
2 Backup BIOS- Point 2 from previous tutorial: click here
Important, this BIOS is for Hynix memory only! Check your memory with GPUz software
- Point 5 from previous tutorial: click here
Here are my results with this BIO rom
Ethereum Mining
Claymore’s Dual Ethereum AMD+NVIDIA GPU Miner v9.3 (Windows/Linux)
- Download and extract Claymore miner https://mega.nz/#F!O4YA2JgD!n2b4iSHQDruEsYUvTQP5_w
- Right click on start.bat fileand click “Edit“
- Replace details with yours
- save,close and run start.bat
Ethereum Only
MSI Afterburner 29.9 MH/s
- Clocks 1130/2150
- Core Voltage -96mV
- GPU-Z 75w
- From wall 115w
Sapphire Trixx 30 MH/s
- Clocks 1130/2150
- Core Voltage -125mV
- GPU-Z 76w
- From wall 120w
Claymore 30.050 Mh/s
- Clocks 1130/2150
- Voltage -cvddc 850 -mvddc 850
- GPU-Z 74w
- From wall 110w
start.bat file for ethereum only with claymore clocks and voltage: EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool eu1.ethermine.org:4444 -ewal ETHEREUM_WALLET.WORKER_NAME -epsw x -tstop 85 -tt 65 -fanmin 60 -fanmax 100 -cclock 1130 -mclock 2150 -cvddc 850 -mvddc 850
Ethereum Dual Mining
For dual mining i set the clocks and undervolt/underclock via Claymore miner directly (as you can see below), i had better results on hashrate and power consumption!
Ethereum 29.9 Mh/s – Decred 900 Mh/s
- Claymore -cclock 1130 -mclock 2150 -dcri 30
- Voltage -cvddc 850 -mvddc 850
- GPU-Z 88w
- From wall 130w
Ethereum 30 MH/s – Siacoin 540 Mh/s
- Claymore -cclock 1130 -mclock 2150 -dcri 18
- Voltage -cvddc 850 -mcvddc 850
- GPU-Z 90w
- From wall 130w
Ethereum 30 MH/s – PascalCoin 300 Mh/s
- Claymore -cclock 1130 -mclock 2150 -dcri 10
- Voltage -cvddc 850 -mvddc 850
- GPU-Z 90w
- From wall 130w
start.bat file for ethereum dual decred with claymore clocks and voltage: EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool eu1.ethermine.org:4444 -ewal ETHEREUM_WALLET.WORKER_NAME -epsw x -dpool dcr.suprnova.cc:3252 -dwal SUPRNOVA_USER.WORKER_NAME -dpsw WORKER_PASS -tstop 85 -tt 65 -fanmin 60 -fanmax 100 -cclock 1130 -mclock 2150 -cvddc 850 -mvddc 850 -dcri 30
start.bat file for ethereum dual siacoin with claymore clocks and voltage: EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool eu1.ethermine.org:4444 -ewal ETHEREUM_WALLET.WORKER_NAME -epsw x -dpool stratum+tcp://sia-eu1.nanopool.org:7777 -dwal SIA_WALLET.WORKER_NAME -dcoin sia -tstop 85 -tt 65 -fanmin 60 -fanmax 100 -cclock 1130 -mclock 2150 -cvddc 850 -mvddc 850 -dcri 18
start.bat file for ethereum dual pascalcoin with claymore clocks and voltage: EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool eu1.ethermine.org:4444 -ewal ETHEREUM_WALLET.WORKER_NAME -epsw x -dpool stratum+tcp://pasc-eu1.nanopool.org:15555 -dwal ID.WALLET.WORKER_NAME -dpsw x -dcoin pasc -tstop 85 -tt 65 -fanmin 60 -fanmax 100 -cclock 1130 -mclock 2150 -cvddc 850 -mvddc 850 -dcri 10
ZCash Mining
Claymore’s ZCash AMD GPU Miner v12.4 (Windows/Linux)
- Download and extract Claymore miner https://mega.nz/#F!P0ZjFDjC!Cmb-ZRqlbAnNrajRtp4zvA
- Right click on start.bat fileand click “Edit“
- Replace details with yours
- save,close and run start.bat
MSI Afterburner 285 H/s
- Clocks 1200/2150
- Core Voltage -96mV
- GPU-Z 82.5w
- From wall 110w
Claymore 300 H/s
- Claymore -cclock 1200 -mclock 2150
- Voltage -cvddc 875 -mvddc 875
- GPU-Z 76w
- From wall 100w
start.bat file for ZCash (ZEC): ZecMiner64.exe -zpool eu1-zcash.flypool.org:3333 -zwal ZCASH_WALLET.WORKER_NAME -zpsw x -tstop 85 -tt 65 -fanmin 60 -fanmax 100 -cclock 1200 -mclock 2150 -cvddc 875 -mvddc 875
Monero Mining
Claymore’s CryptoNote GPU Miner v9.7
- Download and extract Claymore miner https://mega.co.nz/#F!e4JVEAIJ!l1iF4z10fMyJzY5-LnyC2A
- Right click on start.bat fileand click “Edit“
- Replace details with yours
- save,close and run start.bat
MSI Afterburner 680 H/s
- Clocks 1130/2150
- Core Voltage -96mV
- GPU-Z 77w
- From wall 100w
Claymore 680 H/s
- Claymore -cclock 1130 -mclock 2150
- Voltage -cvddc 875 -mvddc 875
- GPU-Z 68w
- From wall 80w
start.bat file for Monero (XMR) with claymore clocks and voltage: NsGpuCNMiner.exe -o stratum+tcp://xmr-eu.dwarfpool.com:8050 -u ZCASH_WALLET.WORKER_NAME -p x -tstop 85 -tt 65 -fanmin 60 -fanmax 100 -cclock 1130 -mclock 2150 -cvddc 850 -mvddc 850
Nicehash 2.0 Mining Hashrate & Power Usage
I tested with 2.0 version, i guess it is still in beta, looks nice btw.. 🙂
- DaggerHashimoto (sgminer)
- DaggerHashimoto (ClaymoreAMD)
- CryptoNight (sgminer)
- CryptoNight (ClaymoreAMD)
- Equihash (ClaymoreAMD)
- Equihash (OptiminerAMD)
- Decred (sgminer)
- Lbry (sgminer)
- Pascal (sgminer)
- X11 Ghost (sgminer)
That’s it 🙂 Let me know your results!
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