MSI afterburner 2.1.0 beta 3 (2010-11-03)

msi-afterburner · *Last edited by msi-afterburner; 11-03-2010 at 01:38.*

Finally MSI Afterburner starts to support HD 6870 voltage adjustment, and Video capture is unlocked by default now and contains serious performance enhancements in MJPG encoder. I am sure it's time to capture some great "head shot" clips!

MSI afterburner 2.1.0 beta 3 can be downloaded from here:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/Afterbur...load-2604.html

elbubi · 11-03-2010, 04:01 | posts: 92 | Location: Rosario, Argentina

Thanks for the updated version!!!

TFL Replica · 11-03-2010, 09:48 | posts: 357

RTV1 playback is working for me in 7 x64 now.

Unwinder · 11-03-2010, 10:43 | posts: 10,324 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

There are no changes in codec, now the installer is just doing all the dirty job itself (copying the codec library to Windows folder and adding codec info to the registry) instead of forcing you to do it manually.

Unwinder · 11-03-2010, 11:13 | posts: 10,324 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

Some pleasant info for 6800 owners: MSI agreed to increase core voltage limits to 1300mV for these cards in the next build. The next build will also contain some compatibility fixes for upcoming GTX 580 series.

Martini1991 · 11-03-2010, 12:07 | posts: 5

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Originally Posted by Unwinder

Some pleasant info for 6800 owners: MSI agreed to increase core voltage limits to 1300mV for these cards in the next build. The next build will also contain some compatibility fixes for upcoming GTX 580 series.

Any chance of them allowing 1.35v?
I know the CHL8214 can cope at 1.5v.

Unwinder · 11-03-2010, 12:09 | posts: 10,324 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

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Originally Posted by Martini1991

Any chance of them allowing 1.35v?
I know the CHL8214 can cope at 1.5v.

Don't think that MSI will agree go that high. And CHL8214 supports voltages up to 1.9V BTW.

[EX3]Cobra_XP · 11-03-2010, 12:31 | posts: 34 | Location: Sunny South Florida

Hello All,
I am new here on the forums and I would like to help out with the beta. First I would like to say thank you Unwinder for your great software. I have been using AB for a good while now.
I noticed something strange with AB 2.1 Beta 1,2 and 3 with my HD 6870s. For some weird reason I get low frames on 3DMark 06. If I use AB 2.0 my frames are fine. I also have issues with crossfire if I do the unofficial overclocking but I have heard to change the power features on cards and/or exit ccc altogether.
I am running Catalyst 10.10 original. Thank you.

msi-afterburner · 11-03-2010, 12:42 | posts: 402

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Originally Posted by [EX3]Cobra_XP

Hello All,
I am new here on the forums and I would like to help out with the beta. First I would like to say thank you Unwinder for your great software. I have been using AB for a good while now.
I noticed something strange with AB 2.1 Beta 1,2 and 3 with my HD 6870s. For some weird reason I get low frames on 3DMark 06. If I use AB 2.0 my frames are fine. I also have issues with crossfire if I do the unofficial overclocking but I have heard to change the power features on cards and/or exit ccc altogether.
I am running Catalyst 10.10 original. Thank you.

You can't use unofficial overclocking with CrossfireX. You can check it in afterburner monitoring window to see if GPU clock is down when running 3DMark 06.

[EX3]Cobra_XP · 11-03-2010, 13:00 | posts: 34 | Location: Sunny South Florida

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Originally Posted by msi-afterburner

You can't use unofficial overclocking with CrossfireX. You can check it in afterburner monitoring window to see if GPU clock is down when running 3DMark 06.

Is the unofficial overclocking not working just for the beta? The 3DMark06 problem is with single card or crossfire. Monitor shows the card is running at full speed.

Martini1991 · 11-03-2010, 16:52 | posts: 5

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Originally Posted by Unwinder

Don't think that MSI will agree go that high. And CHL8214 supports voltages up to 1.9V BTW.

Even more reason to allow more than 1.3v lol, they've allowed 1.35v on the 58XX series, anything they're worried about?

Bullu$ · 11-03-2010, 21:15 | posts: 366

Asus smartdoctor = 1.35V.

msi-afterburner · 11-04-2010, 02:00 | posts: 402

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Originally Posted by [EX3]Cobra_XP

Is the unofficial overclocking not working just for the beta? The 3DMark06 problem is with single card or crossfire. Monitor shows the card is running at full speed.

Since it's "unofficial" overclocking, no matter if afterburner is official or beta version, we can't promise that the function will work as you wish.

Unwinder · 11-04-2010, 07:09 | posts: 10,324 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

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Originally Posted by [EX3]Cobra_XP

I noticed something strange with AB 2.1 Beta 1,2 and 3 with my HD 6870s. For some weird reason I get low frames on 3DMark 06.

Thanks for reporting, I just reproduced the issue. That's specific to 3DM 06 engine, which is calling some DX functions (which we now hook for video capture) a lot of times per frame causing additional CPU performance overhead. I'll investigate what can be done to bypass it, but no promises though - probably we'll leave it as is as a tradeoff for new functionality.

[EX3]Cobra_XP · 11-04-2010, 07:18 | posts: 34 | Location: Sunny South Florida

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Originally Posted by Unwinder

Thanks for reporting, I just reproduced the issue. That's specific to 3DM 06 engine, which is calling some DX functions (which we now hook for video capture) a lot of times per frame causing additional CPU performance overhead. I'll investigate what can be done to bypass it, but no promises though - probably we'll leave it as is as a tradeoff for new functionality.

No Prob... u make it and i'll try to break is

I will let you know if I find anything else out of the ordinary. Thank you.

Unwinder · 11-04-2010, 07:33 | posts: 10,324 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

Update: looks like I'll be able to bypass that video capture related performance drop in 3DM 06. It will increase the risk of crashing the applications when closing them while video capture is in progress, but it sounds better for me than the risk of performance decrease in some DX9 engines.

[EX3]Cobra_XP · 11-04-2010, 13:52 | posts: 34 | Location: Sunny South Florida

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Originally Posted by Unwinder

Update: looks like I'll be able to bypass that video capture related performance drop in 3DM 06. It will increase the risk of crashing the applications when closing them while video capture is in progress, but it sounds better for me than the risk of performance decrease in some DX9 engines.

I did test it out on Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 the single player. It seemed my frames were lower than usual. I will test it with AB 2.1 Beta 3 and AB 2.0 and let you know for sure.

Unwinder · 11-04-2010, 14:11 | posts: 10,324 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

Good news.
Beta 4 with full GTX 580 support will be launched soon (probably today). New beta will also add new option to <OSD> tab allowing you to hide OSD on captured screenshots and videos.

[EX3]Cobra_XP · 11-04-2010, 15:29 | posts: 34 | Location: Sunny South Florida

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Originally Posted by Unwinder

Good news.
Beta 4 with full GTX 580 support will be launched soon (probably today). New beta will also add new option to <OSD> tab allowing you to hide OSD on captured screenshots and videos.

Great to hear Thanks!
I take it you have a GTX 580 that you are using for testing?

Unwinder · 11-04-2010, 15:33 | posts: 10,324 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

Nope

Avatar_raq · 11-04-2010, 18:26 | posts: 3 | Location: Iraq

@Unwinder:
Thank you for your great effort man! I used rivatuner in the past and now I'm using AB. Both are favorites of mine!
I would like to know if the user defined auto fan control bug is fixed in the new version. It keeps resetting the fan speed to 50% after restarting, either that or the custom settings don't take effect at all. I experienced it with AB 2.0.0 as well as older builds. Using it with a reference design 5870.
Thanks!

Unwinder · 11-04-2010, 18:32 | posts: 10,324 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

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Originally Posted by Avatar_raq

I would like to know if the user defined auto fan control bug is fixed in the new version. It keeps resetting the fan speed to 50% after restarting, either that or the custom settings don't take effect at all. It experienced it with AB 2.0.0 as well as older builds. Using it with a reference design 5870.
Thanks!

No. There is no such bug in Afterburner and it won't be fixed. There is a bug in CCC causing it to set fixed fan speed at startup, ask AMD to avoid applying fixed fan speed at windows startup when you don't ask CCC to do it.

Avatar_raq · 11-04-2010, 18:38 | posts: 3 | Location: Iraq

I don't understand. The issue does not happen when I don't use the custom fan profile feature of AB. And I've seen other ppl reporting it as well.
Thanks for the quick reply!

Unwinder · 11-04-2010, 18:48 | posts: 10,324 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

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Originally Posted by Avatar_raq

I don't understand. The issue does not happen when I don't use the custom fan profile feature of AB. And I've seen other ppl reporting it as well.
Thanks for the quick reply!

Once again: it is CCC issue and it won't be fixed in Afterburner beecause there is nothing to fix. Do not unlock Overdrive (which contains fan speed slider and setting fan speed at each startup whenever you ask it or not) to prevent it from overriding fan speed or use manual startup scheduling to ensure that AB is started AFTER CCC. Won't add any more comments to it, sorry. Closed.

Unwinder · 11-04-2010, 19:10 | posts: 10,324 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

Beta 4 has been sent to MSI couple minutes ago. New version will extend voltage adjustment range of AMD 6800 series to 1.3V, introduce full GTX 580 series support (including voltage control), add new <Show On-Screen Display on captured screenshots and videos> option and resolve video capture related performance hit in some DX9 applications like 3DMark 06.