Upgraded to vista ultimate can't overclock??

streety11 · 6 Dec 2007 at 19:16

Hi, Could anyone tell me if theres anyway to overclock my gpu with vista?
I have just upgraded to vista ultimate from xp and none of my overclocking software (Ntune, rivatuner, Atitool) seems to work! i set the clocks to my desired freq and when i apply it resets itself?

I know i could flash the bios but i dont feel comfortable with that as i may do somthing wrong!

Thanks Carl.

Datamonkey · 6 Dec 2007 at 19:36

Odd one matey, as riva tuner works no problems with vista ultimate 32bit and 64bit, im currently using it with 64bit ultimate this very second lol.

Have you got the latest version 2.6?

BTW welcome, and CLAIMED!!!

streety11 · 6 Dec 2007 at 20:10

Thanks mate,

Yeah i am using version 2.6 i even tried reinstalling it!

Also the test button seems to have disapeared since the vista install and when i press apply then ok it automatically sets back to the original settings same as all the other overclockers so i can only guess its somthing to do with vista?

Is there anything i have to change in the process with vista or is it the same as using xp?

musx64 · 6 Dec 2007 at 20:22

right on the executable and run as Administrator

streety11 · 7 Dec 2007 at 12:31

I have tried running as administrator but still nothing? strange how some can overclock and others cant with vista!

Im using 163.75 driver which rivatuner supports.

any other sugestions?

Salsa · 7 Dec 2007 at 12:37

64bit or 32bit? I have had no problems with rivatuner and 32bit vista. Could be driver sigining on vista 64bit causing problems? Dont know for sure as i have never used 64bit vista but you could try pressing f8 at startup and booting with driver sigining off see if that helps.

I thought the neswest version of rivatuner had addressed this though?

streety11 · 7 Dec 2007 at 12:42

Im using 32bit vista so dont have that problem, I have tried reinstalling riva and all my other o'clockers but they all seem to reset.

Im lost :confused:

Salsa · 7 Dec 2007 at 13:00

Tried gainward Expertool? Its pretty simple but should do exactly what you want. Was a thread about it on here somewhere and a number of people used it when new nvidia drivers came out and they waited for rivatuner to catch up.

/edit http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17805991&highlight=expertool there you go.

bimmerboii · 7 Dec 2007 at 13:18

did you upgrade to Vista from XP (like a direct upgrade)?

Sometimes it is better to do a fresh install of Vista than from doing it in xp as this solves most problems

streety11 · 7 Dec 2007 at 16:32

Yes i upgraded from xp home, just tried atitool 0.27 beta too and supprise supprise reset to defaults :mad:

jk1001 · 7 Dec 2007 at 18:35

streety11 said:
Hi, Could anyone tell me if theres anyway to overclock my gpu with vista?
I have just upgraded to vista ultimate from xp and none of my overclocking software (Ntune, rivatuner, Atitool) seems to work! i set the clocks to my desired freq and when i apply it resets itself?

I know i could flash the bios but i dont feel comfortable with that as i may do somthing wrong!

Thanks Carl.

I've got Vista 64 Home Premium and can't get ATItool to work due to the way Vista protects it's drivers. Rivatuner works though.

Ben M · 7 Dec 2007 at 20:09

dammit i missed the claim.