MSI Afterburner 1.4 Released

toon_mad · 16 Nov 2009 at 15:54

http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

Note:

As you all may know, to unlock all the clocks on the Core and Memory sliders, it required a BIOS flash on some of the card vendors, im using the Sapphire 5850 and had to flash to MSI bios to unlock the sliders.

Ive just reflashed to my original Sapphire Bios and tried and it appears you still need to use an unlocked bios to unlock the sliders

This was the one feature i hoped they would have included, so it seems bios flash is the way to go still - even though i read it was possible to unlock the sliders without the bios flash.

mmj_uk · 16 Nov 2009 at 16:29

This new version doesn't kill performance when monitoring like earlier versions did, Unwinder replaced all the AMD monitoring code with his own because theirs was by his own admission rubbish.

toon_mad · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:22

will try in GTA shortly, with max texture settings, max rendering, very high shadows, 45 something draw distance and the rest as high as the mem will take it on a 32" inch tv i get along the line of 32fps (according to afterburner, drops down to 29 on some night occasions), this was in v1.3.

will see if i get any noticeable difference or less stuttering with this new afterburner...

boldenc · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:30

if you don't like the msi bios, you can try the new official asus bios, it is factory unlocked.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18079684

toon_mad · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:32

ok cheers, is this stable etc?

i dont want to be first to try and it fails

boldenc · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:34

I'm using it, working fine

toon_mad · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:36

can you post some pics gpu-z/afterburner

cheers

boldenc · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:38

here is a quick test

toon_mad · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:43

so is this more stable than the msi?

cheers for the pics btw

boldenc · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:46

I didn't try the msi, because the msi bios is modded with RBE, and some ppl reported that RBE caused stability issue with their 5850. This asus bios is not modded, it is extracted from ASUS EAH5850 Voltage Tweak card.

toon_mad · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:48

will try now and get back with my results...

looks like this for 5870?

toon_mad · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:53

From your pic:

Pixel Fillrate: 28.8 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate: 64.8 GTexel/s
Bandwidth: 160.0 GB/s

On mine:

Pixel Fillrate: 23.2 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate: 52.2 GTexel/s
Bandwidth: 128.0 GB/s

can you confirm this is for 5850?

boldenc · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:58

toon_mad said:
From your pic:

Pixel Fillrate: 28.8 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate: 64.8 GTexel/s
Bandwidth: 160.0 GB/s

On mine:

Pixel Fillrate: 23.2 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate: 52.2 GTexel/s
Bandwidth: 128.0 GB/s

can you confirm this is for 5850?

Yes, it is, the difference because your GPU-Z doesn't read OC values.
To fix that, use this GPU-Z version: http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=29816&d=1256126519

toon_mad · 16 Nov 2009 at 17:58

ah i see, thanks again

.....

now i get:

Pixel Fillrate: 32.6 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate: 73.4 GTexel/s
Bandwidth: 150.4 GB/s

boldenc · 16 Nov 2009 at 18:01

what is your 24/7 overclock and voltage you use?

toon_mad · 16 Nov 2009 at 18:12

Volts: 1237
Core: 1015
Memory: 1170

Still trying ways to get higher.

ive just flashed to the asus bios by the way, and i can confirm it does work > not tested in games yet though.

Also i thought the core and mem would go to 1200/1400 respectively, it doesnt for me.

fornowagain · 16 Nov 2009 at 18:15

boldenc said:
I didn't try the msi, because the msi bios is modded with RBE, and some ppl reported that RBE caused stability issue with their 5850. This asus bios is not modded, it is extracted from ASUS EAH5850 Voltage Tweak card.

Just curious, what makes you say that? Not just the tick box in RBE?

tmaxxthomson · 16 Nov 2009 at 18:17

heyy. i have a 5870. and im wondering, am i missing out by not flashing my sapphire card with the asus bios and overclocking it? does the overclocking make much difference and how far can these cards go on the standard cooler?
Thanks =]

boldenc · 16 Nov 2009 at 18:18

toon_mad said:
Volts: 1237
Core: 1015
Memory: 1170

Still trying ways to get higher.

ive just flashed to the asus bios by the way, and i can confirm it does work > not tested in games yet though.

Also i thought the core and mem would go to 1200/1400 respectively, it doesnt for me.

what do you mean by 1200/1400 respectively?

did you try to set the core to 1200 and memory to 1400?

Also why do you run your memory @ 1170? this memory chips are rated to run @ 1250 so you should safely use 1250mhz memory clock

toon_mad · 16 Nov 2009 at 18:19

tmaxxthomson said:
heyy. i have a 5870. and im wondering, am i missing out by not flashing my sapphire card with the asus bios and overclocking it? does the overclocking make much difference and how far can these cards go on the standard cooler?
Thanks =]

overclocking will make a good difference

boldenc said:
what do you mean by 1200/1400 respectively?

did you try to set the core to 1200 and memory to 1400?

Also why do you run your memory @ 1170? this memory chips are rated to run @ 1250 so you should safely use 1250mhz memory clock

the sliders wont go to 1200 on core, or 1400 on mem (just 1090/1300)

if i run my mem any higher gta iv flickers a bit crazy - will lower the core see if that helps