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### Cuda 8.0+ (only needed to use NVIDIA GPUs)
-- donwload and install [https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads)
+- download and install [https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads)
- for minimal install choose `Custom installation options` during the install and select
- CUDA/Develpment
- CUDA/Visual Studio Integration (ignore the warning during the install that VS2017 is not supported)
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## Compile
-- download and unzip `xmr-stak`
+- download `xmr-stak` [Source Code.zip](https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/releases) and save to a location in your home folder (C:\Users\USERNAME\)
+- extract the Source Code.zip file
- open the command line terminal `cmd`
-- `cd` to your unzipped source code directory
-- execute the following commands (NOTE: path to VS2017 can be different)
+- `cd` to the extracted source code directory
+- execute the following commands (NOTE: path to Visual Studio 2017 Community can be different)
```
# Next line is only if compiling for Cuda 9.1 and using Visual Studio 2017 >= 15.5 (released 12/04/17)
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64 -vcvars_ver=14.11
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mkdir build
cd build
```
+ - Sometimes Windows will `cd` to `C:\Users\USERNAME\source\build\` instead of `C:\Users\USERNAME\xmr-stak-<version>\build`. Ensure you are in the correct `build` directory before proceeding.
+
- for CUDA 8*
```
cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -T v140,host=x64 ..
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