Rivatuner v2.05 released

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Minor bugfixes:
Fixed I2C write routine for ATI R600 graphics processors family, which has been erroneously commented the previous version's source code.
Minor UI and localization fixes.

What's new:
Updated databases for Detonator and ForceWare drivers. Added databases for ForceWare 163.69 and 163.71.
Improved driver-level overclocking module for NVIDIA display adapters:
Added new user interface for independent G8x GPU family shader clock control interfaces of the ForceWare 163.67 and newer drivers. New UI includes:
New independent slider for adjusting shader domain clock.
New "Link clocks" option allows you to use either traditional shader/ROP clock ratio based overclocking or completely asynchronous shader/ROP clock overclocking. Now you may either tick "Link clocks" options and adjust ROP clock only, allowing RivaTuner to overclock shader domain using VGA BIOS default shader/ROP clock ratio similar to pre-163.67 drivers, or untick "Link clocks" options and adjust domain clocks fully independently.
New overclocking profile format supporting independent shader clocks. Please take a note that old overclocking profiles are not supported by RivaTuner, so you must recreate previously existing overclocking profiles.
Previously available power user oriented ShaderClockRatio registry entry is now obsolete and it no longer exists in RivaTuner's database. Previously available ratio based shader domain overclocking functionality is now fully covered by new independent shader clock slider and new "Link clocks" option.
New user interface is provided by default under ForceWare 163.67 and newer drivers under Windows Vista, however Windows XP owners can also force Vista specific overclocking interfaces usage by setting NVAPIUsageBehaviour to 1. If needed, shader clock control can be forcibly disabled and old traditional overclocking module UI appearance can be forced by setting NVAPIShaderClockControl to 0.
Power user oriented adjustable minimum and maximum clock slider limits have been expanded from 25%-300% to 10%-800%.
Added experimental SLI overclocking for Vista. Please take a note that I have no SLI rig for testing and development, so this feature has been added blindly and RivaTuner still doesn't provide official SLI support.
Minor UI changes and improvements.

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Download: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163

Nice, that was a quick and important release. Talking about the slider of course. :D

Too bad I don't have a GF8 card or I would be playing around with this right now. :D

Very nice :up: !

Im loving this for my GTS. XD :up:

I'm not getting the shader slider with my GTS. :\ Using 163.71 drivers.

Works fine :)

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6358/rt205we4.jpg

Which drivers are you using?

Fantastic for those with the 8 series! How long before someone does a comparison between different shader clocks?

wont let me download it for some reason just takes back to homepage, can somone upload it somewhere for me please?

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Originally Posted by Gig4moller

I'm not getting the shader slider with my GTS. :\ Using 163.71 drivers.

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supposidly 163.71 are only good for 7 series and dont work with 8, im using xg 163.69 at mo its great

No shader tab for me, I tried the .71s and the .69s... no dice....

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Originally Posted by cozwin

wont let me download it for some reason just takes back to homepage, can somone upload it somewhere for me please?

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Try enabling referrer logging. F12 if you're using Opera.

hmmm.i am using 162.18 drivers,8800gts 640mb,and the shader clock slider is not there??

This worked for me......

Power User>Rivatuner\System>NVAPIUsageBehavior set value to 1

Apply, close out, then reopen and the shader slider should be there.

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Originally Posted by G4h4o8s6T

This worked for me......

Power User>Rivatuner\System>NVAPIUsageBehavior set value to 1

Apply, close out, then reopen and the shader slider should be there.

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i did that yet it is still not showing up!!,perhaps i need a newer driver for it to work?

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Originally Posted by jtf2

i did that yet it is still not showing up!!,perhaps i need a newer driver for it to work?

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I believe you do. ;)

are u sure u aren't opening the old rivatuner 2.04 link? :P
163.69 and 163.71 are both fine

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Originally Posted by G4h4o8s6T

This worked for me......

Power User>Rivatuner\System>NVAPIUsageBehavior set value to 1

Apply, close out, then reopen and the shader slider should be there.

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Thank you, worked.

all good now.needed a newer driver for it to work

Where can I expand the shader domain slider freq range?
The slider stops at 1785MHz (1782MHz actual) and I need some 200MHz more...

Whats the max# I can expect for the shader on an 8800gts???:)

RIVATUNER is GODLIKE :yepp:

Damn.
It seems the shader-divider is gone too.
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Uninstalls 2.05, goes back to 2.04.

Just curious, what kinda shader clocks are you guys able to get???

So far 1620 seems to be stable for me.......

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Damn.
It seems the shader-divider is gone too.
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Uninstalls 2.05, goes back to 2.04.

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this should work. go to Power User - RivaTuner > Overclocking > Global and set to 9999 or w/e u want and that should fix the problem

also you don't need divider with the sliders
or u can always use the "Link Clocks" function.

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So far 1620 seems to be stable for me.......

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1620 shader with .69 and gtx is max for me as well. anything higher produces artifacts
other max is 648 clock and 1026~ mem

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Originally Posted by Hachi_Roku

1620 shader with .69 and gtx is max for me as well. anything higher produces artifacts
other max is 648 clock and 1026~ mem

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Yeah just tried one step higher, 1675, and got artifacts in 3D06. I guess 648/1620/1044 is good enough for 24/7 clock :)

guys how much of an increase in lets say 3dm2006 before and after increasing the shader clock?

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Originally Posted by G4h4o8s6T

Just curious, what kinda shader clocks are you guys able to get???

So far 1620 seems to be stable for me.......

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my gtx maxes out at 1404 :shrug:

not working for me either ...guess i'll try a different driver .

anyone got a link on one that worked for them ? thanks

1785 is the max for the slider? That sucks....my GTS goes ~100MHz higher perfectly fine and I haven't even pushed it yet.

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Originally Posted by quadnad

Fantastic for those with the 8 series! How long before someone does a comparison between different shader clocks?

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I have some measurements from the GeForce 8 Series overclocking guide article.
It's the link in my signature here.

driver update is all it took for me thanks for this release

It works perfect for me :D. Great feature :D

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Originally Posted by Vapor

1785 is the max for the slider? That sucks....my GTS goes ~100MHz higher perfectly fine and I haven't even pushed it yet.

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you can raise the slider max in Power User options, i'm assuming it's capped at 1785 so noobs don't set 3000 shader @boot.

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Originally Posted by heydo6

not working for me either ...guess i'll try a different driver .

anyone got a link on one that worked for them ? thanks

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163.69 WHQL worked fine for me with RTv2.4/.5 as long as driver signing is off in vista.

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Originally Posted by Tuvok-LuR-

my gtx maxes out at 1404

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ouch that's pretty low.. have you tried core clock and mem at defualt and just raising shader?

Vapor,
"MaxClockLimit" @ "a9" should be enough. ;)
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6...slidersau9.jpg

Still can't detect the second GPU in Vista64.. grrr. :(

So wait, this is only for the 8 series even though the 7 series have separate clocks too? I can't get this blasted thing to work and im using .71.

Nevermind. Only for the 8 series. Blast. Back to the Bios then.

weird, still cant get it to work and im on the latest nvidia driver which i downloaded yesterday

Those are insane clocks Largon. almost 2ghz of shaders :eek:.

I like this feature, works so far in Vista x64:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6...unercx4.th.jpg

It seems shader clock control isn't actually 100% free as the lowest shader domain clock with 729MHz GPU is somewhere around 1600MHz. It just doesn't go lower.

ANP !!!,
That's the gaming (Bioshock DX10) stable setting at 1.325v post-droop vGPU... Went crazy just the other day and sat to play Bioshock - and about 8hr later forced myself out of it.
;)

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Originally Posted by jtf2

hmmm.i am using 162.18 drivers,8800gts 640mb,and the shader clock slider is not there??

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you need 163.67 or later for Shader oc

i see no diffrence setting a higher shader, seems best to keep it linked imo. FPS seems to go wild when u set the shader too high

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Originally Posted by Origin_Unknown

weird, still cant get it to work and im on the latest nvidia driver which i downloaded yesterday

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Try restarting. I had 163.69, NVAPIUsageBehaviour set to 1 and everything, wouldn't show up. Restarting fixed it.

still cant download it, can somone upload it elsewhere for me to download it please.

I've had my Ultra go to 1782 before

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Originally Posted by Cybercat

Try restarting. I had 163.69, NVAPIUsageBehaviour set to 1 and everything, wouldn't show up. Restarting fixed it.

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thanks, didnt realise there was ANOTHER driver update :(

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Originally Posted by cozwin

still cant download it, can somone upload it elsewhere for me to download it please.

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Try these links.
http://majorgeeks.com/Riva_Tuner_d737.html

Ive got 1754 stable with my GTS, any higher I get artifacts... XD...

*starts to save for aftermarket cooler*

What clocks on the GPU and RAM? I thought I noticed some graphical anomalies at 1700. So for the time being on on 630/1650/1000.

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Originally Posted by Major_A

What clocks on the GPU and RAM? I thought I noticed some graphical anomalies at 1700. So for the time being on on 630/1650/1000.

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Im at 692/1754/1962(981) :)

Man I feel like I got a dud. Have you volt modded the card at all?

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Originally Posted by largon

Vapor,
"MaxClockLimit" @ "a9" should be enough. ;)
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6...slidersau9.jpg

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Wow?!
What voltages are you pumping into that card?!

It didnt work for me on an 8800GTX, restarted, with 163.67.

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This worked for me......

Power User>Rivatuner\System>NVAPIUsageBehavior set value to 1

Apply, close out, then reopen and the shader slider should be there.

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That solved it for me.

I alpha tested this. was nice to see the changes it went through. development was amazingly fast FYI.

Hmmm.. makes me wonder if in the future it will be possible to change the shader clocks independantly for the R600... :yepp:

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Originally Posted by Major_A

Man I feel like I got a dud. Have you volt modded the card at all?

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The card is completely stock... I placed a 92mm intake fan right next to the card, but that doesnt help much anyway... :p:

I have a 80MM fan blowing over the backside of the GPU but I didn't notice a difference either.

Ive been using the OpenGL Fur Benchmark to judge stability, and OC merit (whether stressing my card more is worth it...)...

I like that bench a lot because it is the only one that doesnt give me crappy scores based on my crappy CPU/RAM/Motherboard... :ROTF:

I just finished 2 hours of testing running the latest fur and surface deformer benchmarks I could not beat the scores I've gotten using ntune.

Did you OC the shaders? I got from 2108 score, just using nTune, to 2227 after Rivatuning my shaders... XD

yes, I screwed around with it until I had max clock on everything. 770 core 1800 shader was starting to artifact and could not beat my ntune score in fur.

What resolution?

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Originally Posted by MuffinFlavored

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Originally Posted by largon

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6...slidersau9.jpg

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Wow?!
What voltages are you pumping into that card?!

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Originally Posted by largon

(...) gaming (Bioshock DX10) stable setting at 1.325v post-droop vGPU...

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Originally Posted by dengyong

yes, I screwed around with it until I had max clock on everything. 770 core 1800 shader was starting to artifact and could not beat my ntune score in fur.

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What does your GTX @ 729/1127 (729/1116 in reality) score in 3DMark05/06?

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Originally Posted by largon

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What does your GTX @ 729/1127 (729/1116 in reality) score in 3DMark05/06?

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Driver 163.71 xp64 CPU at 3.7 ram 1000 4-4-4-5
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Originally Posted by Raptor22

What resolution?

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default, 1280x1024

My interest is every day performance that can be used gaming.

I play all my games at 1920x1080 37" monitor at four feet rules.:rocker: :guitar: :rocker:

Cheers, dengyong! :)

The extra ROPs 'n' shaders on GTX seem to be scaling nicely, as a comparison my GTS @ the same (ROP/shader) clocks does 13.5k with a 3.6GHz quad and DDR2-802 @ 4-4-4-10.

btw, I take that's with linked shader clock, yes?

Yes, with ntune.