Ellaism (Ella) is currently one of the most profitable coins to mine, especially with older cards that are no longer profitable on Ethereum mining.
If you have r9 280x's or HD 7970's you can get 22Mh/s per card with Ella mining atm.
Other newer cards will hash at the same rate as they currently do with etherum.
Step 1
Uninstall current graphics driver and install the best drivers for mining.
For best performance use Catalyst (Crimson) 15.12 . However 15.12 does not support some Fiji cards, so use Catalyst 16.3.2 for them.
For 4xx cards (Polaris) Crimson 16.12.2 is recommended
For best performance on Fiji cards use 15.12 or 16.3.2 drivers. If you use newer drivers than this speed will be slower.
AMD have released a blockchain driver, its a beta version. I have tried it on 2 machines, a small rig with a HD 7970 and a R9 290 and a desktop with a R9 280x. both run fine with good hashrates, slightly better than catalyst 15.12.
Drivers (choose the one you require)
Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition Beta for Blockchain
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-Crimson-ReLive-Edition-Beta-for-Blockchain-Compute-Release-Notes.aspx
15.12 WHQL for win 7 64bit
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/previous/detail?os=Windows%207%20-%2064&rev=15.12
15.12 WHQL for win 10
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/previous/detail?os=Windows%2010%20-%2064&rev=15.12
16.3.2 WHQL
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/previous/detail?os=Windows%207%20-%2064&rev=16.3.2
Crimson 16.12.2
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/previous/detail?os=Windows%207%20-%2064&rev=16.12.2
Step 2
Download Claymore's Dual Ethereum AMD+NVIDIA GPU Miner v10.5 (Windows/Linux)
https://mega.nz/#F!O4YA2JgD!n2b4iSHQDruEsYUvTQP5_w
NOTE : you may have to turn off your virus software while downloading mining software.
I also make a folder which i exclude from anti-virus scans, I then run mining software from that folder.
If not, you're virus software may stop your miner from running.
Heres claymores instruction page if you want to tweak settings.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1433925.0
Step 3
Download program for monitoring and tweaking GPU
use either sapphire trixx or MSI afterburner. its all down to preference, they both do the same thing.
afterburner :
https://www.msi.com/page/afterburner
trixx :
http://www.sapphiretech.com/catapage_tech.asp?cataid=291&lang=eng
Step 4
get an Ella wallet address :
https://ellaism.github.io/ellawallet/
Step 5
Join a mining pool :
I use http://ella.minerpool.net
Their mining fees go back into the ella community
Step 6
Edit start file in claymores so it looks like this : (insert your wallet address after -ewal)
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool stratum+tcp://lb.geo.ellapool.eu:8004 -ewal replacethiswithyourwalletaddress -epsw x -mode 1 -allcoins 1 -allpools 1 -allcoins exp -gser 2 -eworker rig1
(if you are using a different pool change stratum+tcp://lb.geo.ellapool.eu:8004 to your pools address.)
step 7
Run afterburner or trixx
start claymores start file
you should now be mining. Check GPU temps with afterburner or trixx, if they get too hot change the fan settings.
If you have issues check claymores page (link further up post)
Or leave a comment or message me in steemit chat and il try and help.
Please note claymores program has a small mining dev fee ( your miner will mine a small % for claymore)
However, i find his program is easier to use and mines faster than others, so even with the dev fee you get as much or more than other programs.
Hashrate calculator :
https://whattomine.com/
https://steemit.com/mining/@pcste/pcste-s-mining-tutorials-how-to-mine-zclassic-with-amd-gpu-s-using-claymore-s-zcash-miner
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ELLA : 0xd4ebe151f491D2eA66a21B60A6d65980781B04CB
DASH : XeWypmssNNnBPA7ZcqpZRyzVGqeFJoABRn
BTC : 17u8c7SWGyyujKeo7MKNd1Hk66X1ZmaabT
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