# Setting difficulty in pool?

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-difficulty-in-pool/12430>\
**Category:** Mining\
**Created:** [December 5, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-difficulty-in-pool/12430 "2016-12-05T22:18:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![minerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@minerman](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/minerman)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-difficulty-in-pool/12430/1 "2016-12-05T22:18:34Z")

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Is anyone setting their difficulty? I see that you can do it on suprnova pool by setting d=(difficulty) but is there any use in doing this?

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**Author:** ![malandante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/malandante/32/3151_2.png) [@malandante](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/malandante)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-difficulty-in-pool/12430/2 "2016-12-05T22:57:34Z")

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It depends on the speed of your rig. If you have a slow rig, you want low difficulty to produce more shares so that your income variance will decrease.

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**Author:** ![cryptomined](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/cryptomined/32/3789_2.png) [@cryptomined](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/cryptomined)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-difficulty-in-pool/12430/3 "2016-12-06T07:12:32Z")

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if you can mine at a higher difficulty based on your hardware, i hear it works the hardware a little less, so a tiny bit less stress on your GPU if you pick the optimum difficulty. you could always email suprnova and ask what they recommend for your rig, they are usually quick to respond