Windows 10 Mining vs Hive OS

[Cpt. Obvious]

Hi all

Was wondering if there is any real performance difference between mining on Windows 10 vs HiveOS. Have not been tweaking settings yet but just want to get general feeling about it.

 

[dk27]

Hi all

Was wondering if there is any real performance difference between mining on Windows 10 vs HiveOS. Have not been tweaking settings yet but just want to get general feeling about it.

Haven’t noticed a significant difference myself on most cards although I do see differences with 3080s, they reach 3-5mh higher on hive even though I’ve tried to use the same OC. They reach 98-100mh on hive and only 96-98mh on W10 - MSI/Evga 3080

 

[Kamikaze]

Haven’t noticed a significant difference myself on most cards although I do see differences with 3080s, they reach 3-5mh higher on hive even though I’ve tried to use the same OC. They reach 98-100mh on hive and only 96-98mh on W10 - MSI/Evga 3080

A minor derailment question: Have you replaced any of the thermal pads on the MSI 3080s? I replaced the pads on the backplate side (to maintain warranty) with Gelid pads and it had little change in the VRM Junction temps. So just curious how you manage up to 98mh on W10.

 

[dk27]

Nope, only replaced pads on the Aorus Xtreme 3080, terrible pads and literally no heat transfer to the backplate, used the 15W/mK Gelid from hashrate.co.za and got 10-15c drop, worth it.

The MSI gaming x Trio is one of the biggest cards and hasn't needed pad replacement, still rocks 100MH but needs a lot of juice.
This is the OC:

https://imgur.com/a/O68Cfyp

evga xc3 also doesn't need pads replaced, on windows gets a lower hr - average 96mh and 98-100mh on hive.

https://imgur.com/a/mlGjYVf

 

[Kamikaze]

Nope, only replaced pads on the Aorus Xtreme 3080, terrible pads and literally no heat transfer to the backplate, used the 15W/mK Gelid from hashrate.co.za and got 10-15c drop, worth it.

The MSI gaming x Trio is one of the biggest cards and hasn't needed pad replacement, still rocks 100MH but needs a lot of juice.
This is the OC:

https://imgur.com/a/O68Cfyp

evga xc3 also doesn't need pads replaced, on windows gets a lower hr - average 96mh and 98-100mh on hive.

https://imgur.com/a/mlGjYVf

Thanks for the info! Ah yes, your higher power limit allows for a few more Mh. Mine is set to 60% power at 900mhz mem OC and getting a 95mh/s rate. Ill rather stick to the lower electricity bill for now than getting a couple more MH

Not to derail further, I'm following the thread in the hopes of more people sharing their experiences between windows 10 and hiveOS.

 

[dk27]

Thanks for the info! Ah yes, your higher power limit allows for a few more Mh. Mine is set to 60% power at 900mhz mem OC and getting a 95mh/s rate. Ill rather stick to the lower electricity bill for now than getting a couple more MH

Not to derail further, I'm following the thread in the hopes of more people sharing their experiences between windows 10 and hiveOS.

Lekker, you using the same MSI card and getting 95mh at 60% power?

 

[Kamikaze]

Lekker, you using the same MSI card and getting 95mh at 60% power?

I have 3080 Suprim cards running at that spec. And the Asus 3080 Strix OC needs 2% more power at the same clock as the Suprims.

 

[Cpt. Obvious]

Thanks for input so far. I probably just need to sit and tweak to push more performance out of the cards.

 

[KTM300]

Hive Vs Win 10

Hive Pros- Can boot off a flash drive, no updates, slight speed improvement, improved stability.
Win Pros - Easier to trouble shoot, no monthly cost (if you have more than one rig), can access remotely via anydesk.

I had an issue with a card on a rig RX 570 8gb and it would run for a few minutes in the hive then reboot the miner ( happened after load shedding restart)....I started the card in windows and it gave error code in device manager... re-flashed the bios and it has been running for 5 days in the hive....I know you can flash bios's in the hive but its much easier in windows.....