MSI Afterburner 1.5 Final
 

****CHANGELOG****

Sorry if it's a bit muddled.


Added video memory usage monitoring for NVIDIA graphics cards under Forceware
185.xx and newer drivers

Added GPU usage monitoring for NVIDIA GT2xx and newer graphics cards under
Forceware 185.xx and newer drivers

Added VGA BIOS version detection for AMD graphics cards

Added optional ability to display hint messages in hardware monitoring window
area. The messages notify the user about runtime profile management activity
(such as profile creation, removal or applying) and other application events
Minor appearance tweaks in default skins

Added compact versions of default skins (default green, red and blue editions)
Now advanced MSI Afterburner properties also support floating tooltip based
context help system similar to the main application window

Now MSI Afterburner supports RivaTuner's user extendable localization system.
Currently localization system includes default English, Russian, Traditional
Chinese, Spanish, Italian and Dutch language packs and affects context help
system and non-skinned advanced properties interface. Similar to RivaTuner
you can also create your own language packs for your native language and
share your work with MSI Afterburner users community!
Improved skin format. Now skinned fonts support characters remapping feature.

All skins supplied with MSI Afterburner are using this feature, third party
skin designers may decompile and peek into these skins to see an example of
new feature usage
Now hardware monitoring window font size can be redefined via the skin, third
party skin designers may decompile and peek into compact versions of default
skins to see an example of new feature usage

Skin format reference documentation has been updated to v1.1 to reflect the
format improvements mentioned above

Added shared memory interface allowing any third party applications to access
MSI Afterburner hardware monitoring statistics. The interface is intended for
future MSI Afterburner Vista / Windows 7 sidebar gadgets, however, the shared
memory layout is publicly open so third party developers can use it to access
MSI Afterburner hardware monitoring statistics from their own applications.

The SDK included in MSI Afterburner distributive contains open source sample
demonstrating the access to shared memory from a third party application
Added command line switches for forcing MSI Afterburner to be minimized to the
system tray area on startup or during runtime and for opening desired advanced
MSI Afterburner properties tab. The switches are intended for interraction
with future MSI Afterburner Vista / Windows 7 sidebar gadgets. Sample code
included in the SDK also shows you how to detect, start and minimize installed

MSI Afterburner, how to open desired tab in advanced properties and how to use
MSI Afterburner profiles from third party applications

Reduced runtime skin engine memory footprint due to dynamic skin storage
unloading

Startup settings are now displayed next to the <Apply overclocking at system
startup> button
Added button for locking profiles modification

Now voltage control is also locked by default in safety options in advanced
MSI Afterburner properties

Added AccessibilityCheckingPeriod configuration file switch for improving the
compatibility with AMD ULPS power saving technology on Crossfire systems. The
switch allows low-level monitoring module to use AMD driver API to check GPU
accessibility and detect and display GPU sleep state properly. Please take a
note that AMD API implementation is ineffective and hardly suits to realtime
monitoring due to high CPU stress resulting in periodic stuttering in games.
That is why the compatibility switch is disabled by default, enable it only
if you absolutely need to see slave GPU sleep state on the graphs and accept
side effects like performance drop and stuttering resulting from ineffective
AMD API implementation

Added NVIDIA GT240M PCI DeviceID range to the core to provide more efficient
hardware monitoring via low-level core on mobile NVIDIA GT240 based systems
(bonus feature, official mobile systems support is still not declared)
Graph limits are now adjustable in the graph properties in <Monitoring> tab

Added AMD RV810 graphics processors family supports

Added voltage control for custom design MSI R5670 1GB series graphics cards
with uP6262 voltage regulators

Added voltage control for custom design MSI R5870 Lightning series graphics
cards with uP6266 voltage regulators

Added voltage control for custom design MSI R5870 Twin Frozr II series
graphics cards with uP6266 voltage regulators

Added voltage control for custom design MSI R5850 Twin Frozr II series
graphics cards with uP6266 voltage regulators
Added integration with external MSI Kombustor stability testing application

Added workaround for overclocking bug of ForceWare 196.21. Please take a note
that the workaround is applied only to 196.00 - 196.21 driver versions range
in order to ensure compatibility with future fixed NVIDIA drivers.

Now hardware database includes marketing names of MSI graphics cards so MSI
Afterburner displays marketing names instead of generic graphics card model
names when possible

Thanks for posting! I'll try it out in couple of days :thumbsup:

Wow ... I hope you pasted that brother .......

Thanks for the skinny on the burner ....

Interesting, it works on Nvidia cards?

yea the lod one does as well... I have been using it for them latly as the interface is so easy ....

It hit the wall with the GTS though had to use Riva to get higher clocks

it's based on rivatuner so it has to :)

I used afterburner for the 280 on dice, did the voltage and clocks and all, worked great!

thanks for posting the new version, gonna check it out :thumbsup:

I wonder if it allows volt control on the single pcb 295? Hell why don't I just go find out for myself. Be back in a minute.

Edit: Nope and it doesn't even allow for fan control. :(

Edit #2: Fixed the fan control. Had to uncheck auto. Still no volt control.

Pretty sure the single PCB 295 doesn't us volterra, it's two 55nm 260-ish gpu's and they never had it.

Yeah, wishful thinking though. I wish I would have bought a dual pcb 295. :(

there's a couple for sale at XS ;)

Muah, just need to take this thing maybe outside in the cold and get it for what it is worth.

LOL

Chap stick is nice to have in the tool box for that kind of benching ..... LOL

Don't forget the hat and gloves .... :thumbsup:

Is Afterburner any better than EVGA Precision? i don't understand why they act like they're the first with it.

Last time i used precision it wouldn't change voltages on my 5770 but AB does

yea precision dosnt have the ability to increase voltage. even though they do have a voltage tuner thats separate. IMO its a pos.

Well actually it works only on Volterra based GPU's. Also the heroes on XS have this software somehow tweaked etc. :Dizzy:

tweaked as in....?

1.6volt version, anyone know how to get it?

Here in this thread massman talks about tweaking it etc.

No idea, would be useless for my card, anything over 1.475v and it crashes, must be a vreg limitation.

With modded cards though, that would rock hard!

Just a note, Afterburner works great with NV cards, I used it for my 280 aand 260 under dice, very nice.

Yup! It works with the volterra vreg. No go on the GTX275 though.

it's floating around so one of us just needs to latch onto it.

ive been talking to steponz on kingpincooling, he told me he has it. we'll see if I can convince him.

Yeah! :thumbsup:

There is a glitch that happens when you have everest GPU monitor running while running afterburner. Set 1.3v it jumps to 1.6v

Would be nice to be able to uise afterburner for voltages though. 1.35 max for me :(

Flash to the asus bios and use smartdoctor, 1.5v max

Oh really! I'll have to try that, not like I got anything to cool it thow. I get artifacts way before 1.35v :thumbdown:

Smart doctor caused BSOD for me.

I just got one of the Asus cards. What is your max. volts / clock combination on the stock cooler?

1.325 is good for 1070 on stock cooler for my card.

I use SD to set the voltage, then open afterburner to set the clocks

I think you will like that ASUS, I love mine and I know Rom loves his ;)

and I love mine! do the same thing, set volts in SD then turn off voltage settings and monitoring in AB and do the clocking :)

Thanks for the info! I just got the card today and go it to 1050 on 1.37V with afterburner. SD crashes on my rig.

Maybe cuz like me you were staring at the nVidia jugs ;)

Well none issue! Afterburner works and looks better anyway! :thumbsup:

got a choice between the ASUS, Powercolor (not the PCS+) and an HIS. Decisions.

asus for sure imo :) pcs+ is all show and I hear the new sapphires dont have voltera/AB support. Dont know about his. Probably whatever you can get cheapest that is reference

ASUS is 30 bones more, and it needs to be shipped so I may just go for the HIS. I'm just airing it out so 1000/1300+ is good enough. I did see W1zzards review of the PCS+ and it hits 1000/1370 with no voltage adjustments so I might go for it.

I forget your in canada! window open action you should get deep into 1000s maybe even 1100 or so.