MSI AB / RTSS development news thread

Nice Xmas present to the world.

 

Hmm, I remembered that a short while ago HWinfo64 would no longer show Power in Watts for the videocard. A discussion with the very helpful dev resulted in discovering that some files were probably not where they used to be. I took a look at the error messages and it's the same file, "c:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\nvml.dll". Thing is, the latest drivers (or maybe just DCHU version?) is no longer keeping that file in that folder (it's not in the regular Program Files either). Quoting myself from the HWinfo topic (I have the 417.35 driver installed now, rest should be identical).

Could it be MSI AB tries to reference the same file that is no longer where it should be?

Thanks!

 

Thanks, Unwinder
OC Scanner is working fine here on MSi 1070:

00:27:56 Memory clock +0MHz
00:27:56 Overvoltage 0 %
00:27:56 Power limit 100%
00:27:56 Thermal limit 83 °C
00:27:56 Fan speed 1 Auto
00:27:56 Start scanning, please wait a few minutes
00:27:58 Scanning point 1 of 4
00:29:38 Scanning point 2 of 4
00:30:51 Scanning point 3 of 4
00:32:09 Scanning point 4 of 4
00:47:45 Scan succeeded, average overclock is 43MHz
00:47:45 Dominant limiters
00:47:45 Power
00:47:46 Overclocked curve exported to MSI Afterburner

Just a quick test to see how it behaves on Pascal. Stock "reviewer" bios won't allow it OC that much unless I overvolt GPU and remove the limiters, but point is, it's still working as intended. Nice to get new features like that on older hardware.

 

EDIT: Small question:
Is 100% Confidence Level possible for the Test mode? I am getting 90% both at stock or with OC.

Do you have the Standard or DCHU drivers?
Anyway, I think I fixed it myself on my card, simply by creating a NVSMI folder inside C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation, and copying nvml.dll from System32 there. I have to assume that either DCHU drivers or newer drivers when cleanly installed after DDU would "forget" to create that folder.

The scan does take ages though. At the top, it maybe allowed an extra 75MHz or so, resulting in typical load frequencies of 1960 MHz instead of 1886 or so. Of course, that was with default parameters, the card can do somewhat higher if you give it the voltage and relax the power limits. i was just curious how this tool works, now my curiosity is satisfied.

Code:

01:34:30 Connected to MSI Afterburner control interface v2.3
01:34:31 GPU1 : VEN_10DE&DEV_1B82&SUBSYS_37921458&REV_A1&BUS_1&DEV_0&FN_0
01:34:32   Core clock     +0MHz
01:34:32 Start testing, please wait a few minutes
01:39:38 Test completed, confidence level is 90%
01:40:07 GPU1 : VEN_10DE&DEV_1B82&SUBSYS_37921458&REV_A1&BUS_1&DEV_0&FN_0
01:40:07   Memory clock    +0MHz
01:40:07   Overvoltage    0  %
01:40:07   Power limit    100%
01:40:07   Thermal limit    83 °C
01:40:07   Fan speed 1    Auto
01:40:07 Start scanning, please wait a few minutes
01:40:08 Scanning point 1 of 4
01:49:10 Scanning point 2 of 4
01:55:20 Scanning point 3 of 4
01:59:55 Scanning point 4 of 4
02:02:21 Scan succeeded, average overclock is 146MHz
02:02:21 Dominant limiters
02:02:21   Power
02:02:21   No load
02:02:21 Overclocked curve exported to MSI Afterburner

 

Thank you so much for the new build of Afterburner. I'm of the opinion that the OC scanner is born for RTX cards, and it's worth investing time for them.

 

Oddity...Once I updated RTSS to 7.2.1 b4, I lost the ability to change the OSD font color. Came up Orange. Changed it to off red. The preview shows the color I chose, but the OSD font is still Orange. Had to revert back to 7.2.1 to get the font color to change. Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

Yeah I get it because of the way it was scanning it one step at a time. Plus in the end it says that the curve was exported. But I can see why someone may think it's an average overclock if they don't pay attention to the scanning process.

Standard drivers, "dirty" installation, nothing fancy. Not sure about confidence level, I'm getting 90% too. As I understand the scan takes about 20 minutes to complete.

 

Got it...Thank You! Thanks again for the great software...

 

Where to get separately RTSS 7.2.1 Beta 4 ? When you install a set http://msi-afterburner.guru3d.com/MSIAfterburnerSetup460Beta10Build14218.rar of reports that is version 7.1.0

 

There may be an error in the installer. Further warning I have not tried to install.



Installed MSI AB 4.5.0 + RTSS 7.2.1 Beta 2

 

4.6.0 bundle beta gets you AB 4.6.0 beta 10 and RTSS 7.2.1 beta4 here.

 

Does Test Mode use some variation of Kombustor / FurMark for stressing the GPU? Because my temps are way higher than usual when running this test. ~79C on average comparing to ~74C in 3DMark Time Spy on the loop.