RivaTuner 2.0 RC16 is online

RT rc16.0 is working wonderfully on the 7900gtx! Thanks Unwinder. That low level fan support never sounded so good to my ears...Perfect for these hot summer months.

 

And I see it's a eVGA card. eVGA will be my next card to buy for multiple reasons.

 

Gotcha :thumbup:

 

I couldn't find if this was mentioned anywhere ever, but would it be good to have a screen capture routine built into RivaTuner somewhere? So it can capture its OSD. Or at least a plugin for the statistics server.
I have not been able to find a Screen Capture program that also captures the RT OSD. Is there one that does?

 

Thanks for answering, Unwinder, and for your free program, too.

Please respect that I don't have your experience and I don't spend that much time on it either, so I just asked anyone for help, that's what a forum is for, isn't it?

Here an extract from the FAQ section:
Q: I've unlocked 16 pixel pipelines on my GeForce 6800, however I see rendering artifacts? How can I get rid of them? Can voltage mod help me?
A: Unfortunately, the chances to get rid of them almost equal to zero. Rendering artifacts is an indicator of physically damaged unit.

BTW none of the above is meant offensive in any way.

Greetings

parodius

 

Well if there is a 'need' for logging, there is just as much a 'need' for screen capturing.
To test a particular result, of data output, you often need to be able to SEE the exact rendered scene you are interested in those results for. Frozen in time - or also even possibly a recorded sequence of time. (though I am only mentioning single frames for now, in my interest).
Dozens of possible reasons.

Such as: Checking FPS at some peak instant, and wanting to SEE if that was achieved by reductuions in quality - or any other reason why it was high then, such as less scene data or action.

Single frames is the next logical progression in logging that you would strive for to produce a complete system that can be used to truly test systems. Followed by a next level to have recording of frames over time (pure recording of video).

Rivatuner may not be designed to be used for testing systems at all. I don't know. But it would seem that it obviously is, because it has the Statistics Server and the file logging.
Logging over time is not overly useful (or severely lacking) if it does not have some way to show you WHAT was occuring during that logging. It is like giving half (or less) of the data required to really achieve much of use.

"Never will" seems a pretty silly response to such a progression of the levels it already does - and what it falls short in.

Whether someone does it as a plug-in, rather than it being built in, is not too important. I am sure screen capture is pretty easy in programming terms, and video capture a lot bigger task.



No one knows a capture program that will also capture the OSD overlay???

 

I use Fraps and it does not capture the RT OSD. At least on this PC.
It only captures its own overlay.

 

I use Paint Shop Pro, and it captures all of the OSD quite nicely. Very simple to set up for multiple captures, pick a hotkey, and fire away. I imagine the same could be done with Paint, or any one of dozens of graphics programs out there, it's no big deal.

 

I heard NV42 can´t be unlocked, but as I´ve searched, most of the replies apply to 6800gs NV42 cards with 12 pipelines and nv42 core.

I´ve just purchased an xfx 6800xt xtreme edition AGP card and I think it comes with NV42 core but only 8 pipelines.

Now the questions are:

1.- Is this card unlockable to 12 pipelines?
2.- If not, is this lock in the chip (laser cut nv42), bios, or what else?

Thanks.

 

Thanks.

At least I´ve seen that this card OC extremely well, I hope I can reach 500/1200

 

This may seems odd but whether I overclock my 7950 GX2 in the driver overclocking panel to slightly high clock (570/800), it will cause artifacts in Oblivion but when I overclock via Riva Tuner, there is no artifacts even at higher overclocks (605/820, higher than that will cause color particle on screen though), does Riva Tuner use a superior way of setting the GPU clocks than Forceware then I wonder ? some people at xtremesystems also reported that using coolbit to overclock cause artifacts in games and desktops on 7900GT boards too. All the more reason to use RT to overclock .

 

Thanks for the time and effort you put into RT. It's appreciated.

 

unwinder do you need reports from 7950 gx2's I have one and can offer a report if needed to add support.