MSI Afterburner

[paradisiac]

ok, well i oc'd my HD6850 with CCC to 850MHz and it made a bit of a difference in benchmarking not tried in game. so i thought i would download MSI afterburner to see if i could get a bit more out of it, but the slider will only let me go up to 850MHz same as CCC. am i doing something wrong?

 

[MoodyB]

You need to open the MSIafterburner.cfg in the programs' directory & change "enable unofficial overclocking" from 0 to 1.

 

[paradisiac]

You need to open the MSIafterburner.cfg in the programs' directory & change "enable unofficial overclocking" from 0 to 1.

oh right, kool

how long should the kombustor stability test be run, or am i better using 3dmark to test?

 

[Andrei23]

you should run a combination of kombustor (10-15 minutes) + unigine heaven benchmark (10-15 minutes). If it is stable with the oc you've given it move on to some games and try to max them out so the grapics card gets stressed. If it doesn't crash for 1-2 hours you are fine.

 

[gareth170]

or use Sapphire TRIXX 5.02 which bypass the limits and keeps the powerolay working

 

[paradisiac]

managed to get afterburner working now thanks. whats powerplay and would i use it?

 

[gareth170]

managed to get afterburner working now thanks. whats powerplay and would i use it?

when your using your pc normally not gaming or idle, the graphic card drops to the 2d clock

using unofficial overclocking stops powerplay . so it'll stay at 3d clock when idle = hotter/more power waste.

you'll need to reboot everytime to get it back to the 2d clock

 

[paradisiac]

oh right, but then, with afterburner i wont have it oc'd 24/7 anyway, will just start afterburner when im playing a game that needs the extra performance. well thats what i thought anyway.

 

[gareth170]

oh right, but then, with afterburner i wont have it oc'd 24/7 anyway, will just start afterburner when im playing a game that needs the extra performance. well thats what i thought anyway.

ok

i was just explaining when you''ve finished with the oc you'll need to reboot so powerplay kicks back in

 

[paradisiac]

ok

i was just explaining when you''ve finished with the oc you'll need to reboot so powerplay kicks back in

ok cheers learnt something new managed to get it to 925MHz without issues on a few tests which is a slight improvement.