Need Help With RivaTuner (Complicated)

Drake5 · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:26

Hey guys.

Im on this step of the guide :

Now that you’ve got all the pipes up and running, you can check your work by entering RivaTuner again and checking to make sure that the “State” field in the NVStrap tab now says “enabled” for both the pixel and vertex units. If it still says disabled, that means you didn’t turn the pipelines on properly. Go back and try again.

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I've just unlocked my gfx card (6800) to 16 pipelines, well, in one part of RivaTuner it says i have, and in the main page, i think its saying i dont :

Main Page :

Settings (says i have) :

And this is the thing i use to unlock the pipe lines : (is it correct?)

Please help

(im going to miss ronnies snooker match!!!)

- Denic

kbc · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:34

I believe you need to check "Allow enabling hardware masked units".

... then OK... restart.

Drake5 · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:36

kbc said:
I believe you need to check "Allow enabling hardware masked units". ... then OK... restart.

Ive just done that mate, and under the "state" section, they still say disabled

Why does this have to be complicated

I need to find out how to make them enabled

Mr Mister · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:40

run 3dmark and see if it has changed your score at all.

kbc · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:44

denic2k6 said:
Ive just done that mate, and under the "state" section, they still say disabled

Why does this have to be complicated

I need to find out how to make them enabled

I believe as long as under the main tab "Target Adapter", it shows the unlocked pipelines and vertex shaders... it should be unlocked. The state field should be irrelevant.

Drake5 · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:49

Thanks for your help! I think its complete now!

I restarted my PC and now i get these :

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Do these look ok to you?

Cheers

kbc · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:52

denic2k6 said:
Do these look ok to you?

Cheers

Yeps... time for you to test stability now.

Drake5 · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:54

kbc said:
Yeps... time for you to test stability now.

Cheers mate. I am a total noob at this, and im downloading a programme called 3D Mark, or something

And apparently i can test it out with that?

Cheers

kbc · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:59

denic2k6 said:
Cheers mate. I am a total noob at this, and im downloading a programme called 3D Mark, or something

And apparently i can test it out with that?

Cheers

Yes... run 3DMark06 and watch it run so you can identify anomalies, artifacts, glitches or corruption. If there is any of that, try lowering the clock speeds (if overclocked)... or try disabling the unlocked vertex shader and try the test again. Repeat with each pipe you've unlocked.

Drake5 · 18 Apr 2006 at 15:48

Ive just ran 3D MARK 03, as some one told me it was better to run, due to my system specs.

I came out with 8608 3DMarks!

Everything ran fine, so it looks like all is well!

Cheers!

Dutch Guy · 18 Apr 2006 at 16:02

denic2k6 said:
Ive just ran 3D MARK 03, as some one told me it was better to run, due to my system specs.

I came out with 8608 3DMarks!

Everything ran fine, so it looks like all is well!

Cheers!

Do not trust one program, you need to test a lot more games to see if it is stable and does not give you corruption.

Drake5 · 18 Apr 2006 at 16:48

Dutch Guy said:
Do not trust one program, you need to test a lot more games to see if it is stable and does not give you corruption.

Just played oblivion for a while, working fine mate.

I will be testing more games out soon.

Thanks for all your help.

Curio · 18 Apr 2006 at 17:15

Cool - now try overclocking that sucker! My 6800 fully unlocked as well and also clocks to 385 on the core and 850 on the RAM. However, don't just whack it up to those speeds straight away - try 10MHz steps and then test for stability.

What brand is your 6800, out of curiosity?

Drake5 · 18 Apr 2006 at 17:17

Curio said:
Cool - now try overclocking that sucker! My 6800 fully unlocked as well and also clocks to 385 on the core and 850 on the RAM. However, don't just whack it up to those speeds straight away - try 10MHz steps and then test for stability.

What brand is your 6800, out of curiosity?

It is a Winfast matey.

Any guides/tips on overclocking?

Ive seen the sticky but it seems to complicated for me lol

Thanks in advance.

- Denic

hellforleather · 18 Apr 2006 at 17:56

get coolbits from guru3d.com, its a regestry insert that'll unlock the overclocking section in the nvidia drivers (accessable via right click on desktop>nvidia display) from there select manual oveclocking>Performance [3D]>detect optimal frequancies.
sit back for a minute or two while it finds and tests the settings and enjoy your new faster card!

on another note, whenever i do this it resets my refresh rate to 60hz which is most annoying on my CRT. not too much of a deal but is there any way to stop it going back to this default?

T

Drake5 · 18 Apr 2006 at 18:12

hellforleather said:
get coolbits from guru3d.com, its a regestry insert that'll unlock the overclocking section in the nvidia drivers (accessable via right click on desktop>nvidia display) from there select manual oveclocking>Performance [3D]>detect optimal frequancies.
sit back for a minute or two while it finds and tests the settings and enjoy your new faster card!

on another note, whenever i do this it resets my refresh rate to 60hz which is most annoying on my CRT. not too much of a deal but is there any way to stop it going back to this default?

T

Thanks for this!

I've just done it, and the first time it did it on its own, it didnt overclock much, so i let it do it again on its own, and it went slighty higher..

Some one please tell me if this is safe?

Cheers

kbc · 18 Apr 2006 at 18:32

denic2k6 said:
Some one please tell me if this is safe?

Keep an eye on the temperatures whilst gaming. Not forgetting to watch out for glitches or artifacts mentioned earlier. A good way would be to increase the core and memory frequencies in 10MHz increments.

Don't forget, once you've hit the sweet spot... apply those settings at startup in the checkbox identified in the screenshot. Might be worth checking the one above it too.

What's the "stock" clocks on your card?

Drake5 · 18 Apr 2006 at 18:35

kbc said:
Keep an eye on the temperatures whilst gaming. Not forgetting to watch out for glitches or artifacts mentioned earlier. A good way would be to increase the core and memory frequencies in 10MHz increments.

Don't forget, once you've hit the sweet spot... apply those settings at startup in the checkbox identified in the screenshot. Might be worth checking the one above it too.

What's the "stock" clocks on your card?

I cant remember the stock mate :S

Well, i ran 3d mark 3, and my score went up lots! Last time i scored 8600 points .... this time.... i got ...... 9916!!!!

So, i think ill keep it at this, i dont wanna risk any more oc lol!

- denic

ted34 · 18 Apr 2006 at 20:04

kbc said:
Keep an eye on the temperatures whilst gaming. Not forgetting to watch out for glitches or artifacts mentioned earlier. A good way would be to increase the core and memory frequencies in 10MHz increments.

Don't forget, once you've hit the sweet spot... apply those settings at startup in the checkbox identified in the screenshot. Might be worth checking the one above it too.

What's the "stock" clocks on your card?

What are the temps to stay under for graphics cards?

Drake5 · 18 Apr 2006 at 20:25

Hey again,

How do i actully view my gfx card temp? Like the heat of it?

Cheers,

- denic