RivaTuner 2.05 released, supports new domain clocking for NVIDIA G8-series
Monday 01st October 2007, 11:11:00 AM, written by Rys
RivaTuner has made it to v2.05, supporting independent adjustment of
the major clock domains in NVIDIA G8-series graphics processors.
That means that the software is able to adjust the hot clock independently of the base clock. Before, G8-series driver clock adjustment tied base clock adjustment to hot clock (itself a 2x multiple of the cluster scheduler clock), but now the hot clock can be adjusted separately from the base clock.
Our analysis of G80 highlighted the main clock domains present in the chip family. Being able to clock the chip in a more asynchronous fashion offers users and AIB partners more flexibility in the performance they can extract from their own boards and future products.
Along with the new clocking features, RivaTuner 2.05 also better supports adjustment of R600-based Radeon products due to a code bugfix in I2C access routines, and there's support for more ForceWare driver releases in recent times by NVIDIA. For the adventurous, Unwinder has relaxed the limits on overclocking too, allowing higher and lower percentage adjustment based on detected defaults.
RivaTuner's a tool we use daily here at Beyond3D, and it's well worth a look, especially if you run an NVIDIA graphics board and you're interested in getting more performance for your money.
Grab the latest version from RivaTuner's home at Guru3D.
That means that the software is able to adjust the hot clock independently of the base clock. Before, G8-series driver clock adjustment tied base clock adjustment to hot clock (itself a 2x multiple of the cluster scheduler clock), but now the hot clock can be adjusted separately from the base clock.
Our analysis of G80 highlighted the main clock domains present in the chip family. Being able to clock the chip in a more asynchronous fashion offers users and AIB partners more flexibility in the performance they can extract from their own boards and future products.
Along with the new clocking features, RivaTuner 2.05 also better supports adjustment of R600-based Radeon products due to a code bugfix in I2C access routines, and there's support for more ForceWare driver releases in recent times by NVIDIA. For the adventurous, Unwinder has relaxed the limits on overclocking too, allowing higher and lower percentage adjustment based on detected defaults.
RivaTuner's a tool we use daily here at Beyond3D, and it's well worth a look, especially if you run an NVIDIA graphics board and you're interested in getting more performance for your money.
Grab the latest version from RivaTuner's home at Guru3D.
Tagging
b3d ± rivatuner, nvidia, overclocking, clock, domains
Related b3d News
Book reviews: The Magic of Computer Graphics and 3D Engine Design for Virtual Globes
A new approach to graphics performance analysis
RWT Analyzes Bulldozer Benchmarks
Really Techy Worldly Hot Par 2010 coverage
Carmack Rage: either console could look superior
Sub $100 graphics at Tech Report
Broadcom purchase AMD's DTV business
Lucid Hydra 100 multi-GPU scaling demonstrated at IDF
The Khronos Group announce Heterogeneous Computing Initiative
3DMark, the Game
A new approach to graphics performance analysis
RWT Analyzes Bulldozer Benchmarks
Really Techy Worldly Hot Par 2010 coverage
Carmack Rage: either console could look superior
Sub $100 graphics at Tech Report
Broadcom purchase AMD's DTV business
Lucid Hydra 100 multi-GPU scaling demonstrated at IDF
The Khronos Group announce Heterogeneous Computing Initiative
3DMark, the Game
