Odd rivatuner behaviour

[rodders]

Im setting my clock speed to 660, but it drops back to 612 on the graph display, then back to 660 and now its back to 621 again, regardless of my settings.

wtf?? lol

 

[rodders]

btw its a BFG 8800GTX OC2

 

[Kelt]

You running the latest version 2.06?

 

[rodders]

yes I am. in vista 64 bit.

I just done it again, set to 660, but it dropped to 621 in about 10 seconds

 

[HummuH1]

If you are using the Hardware Monitor, then I have found that if you apply an OC setting and just let it idle, then it will drop Core and Shader clocks but then revert to "right "clocks when you load up the GPU.

Bear in mind your overclock is only likely to apply to performance 3D so it will drop to whatever you have set it to for 2D until such time as the GPU is getting worked by an intensive 3D application (eg. game).

Run a game then go back into Hardware Monitor (make sure you've hit "record") and see what the clock speed were doing whilst you were gaming. It should be as per your OC.

 

[weird_dave]

use atitool (scan for artifacts) to make the card use the 3D settings. it's also a nice easy way to test your o/c stability while playing with new speeds.

 

[rodders]

If you are using the Hardware Monitor, then I have found that if you apply an OC setting and just let it idle, then it will drop Core and Shader clocks but then revert to "right "clocks when you load up the GPU.

Bear in mind your overclock is only likely to apply to performance 3D so it will drop to whatever you have set it to for 2D until such time as the GPU is getting worked by an intensive 3D application (eg. game).

Run a game then go back into Hardware Monitor (make sure you've hit "record") and see what the clock speed were doing whilst you were gaming. It should be as per your OC.

Will do!!! cheers

 

[rodders]

use atitool (scan for artifacts) to make the card use the 3D settings. it's also a nice easy way to test your o/c stability while playing with new speeds.

i will d/laod that tonight, cheers

 

[weird_dave]

Then use NiBiTor to read in your GFX BIOS, edit the speeds, save to a USB bootable DOS stick with nvFlash on it and reprogram the GFX BIOS with the new settings

I found ATItool useful as it will find errors without crashing the system completely, then I just turn down the wick a bit. 3Dmark is useless for this as it takes ages to go through the test, and it will run with higher clock speeds but produce errors that you may not notice.

There may be a better tool to use, anyone know? preferably one that runs while you can do other stuff.