Just something basic, installing rivatuner after reading freezer's nice guide and wanted to know if I should turn on the 'protect memory mapped I/O ports'. I know it stops punkbuster screwing things up when rivatuner is running but surely you can close rivatuner after the overclock settings have been applied?
What video card are you using? If it's nVidia you may be better off using nTune to gain benefits. I've never had a problem with it.
Haven't run ATI for a long time now but afaik applying riva and exiting it will keep the overclock regardless of the card used.
Haven't run ATI for a long time now but afaik applying riva and exiting it will keep the overclock regardless of the card used.
I use RivaTuner and have it load my overclock at startup. When I installed it, I just did what it recommended, which was leave that option unchecked. Not that I know exactly what "protect memory mapped I/O ports" means or does, but speaking from experience, leaving it disabled has no impact on your overclock or the functioning of the program.
Don't use nTune, it won't load your settings at startup. It didn't for me at least (I have a 8800 GTS 512), and I remember several topics about problems with nTune on this forum. I've never heard a complaint about RivaTuner.
Don't use nTune, it won't load your settings at startup. It didn't for me at least (I have a 8800 GTS 512), and I remember several topics about problems with nTune on this forum. I've never heard a complaint about RivaTuner.
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Don't. nTune is shit. Was good with CoolBits, but since the new control panel arrived, it's gone to hell.ReTox wrote:
What video card are you using? If it's nVidia you may be better off using nTune to gain benefits. I've never had a problem with it.
Haven't run ATI for a long time now but afaik applying riva and exiting it will keep the overclock regardless of the card used.
Also, I always install it with both options checked. Haven't had any problems.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
nTune is not shit, your experience with it maybe shit but it works. I get over a 15% boost because of it. Agreed the CP is much less intuitive than the old Display Panel applet extender but once you get past how cumbersome it is you can still do pretty much everything as before.Freezer7Pro wrote:
Don't. nTune is shit. Was good with CoolBits, but since the new control panel arrived, it's gone to hell.ReTox wrote:
What video card are you using? If it's nVidia you may be better off using nTune to gain benefits. I've never had a problem with it.
Haven't run ATI for a long time now but afaik applying riva and exiting it will keep the overclock regardless of the card used.
Also, I always install it with both options checked. Haven't had any problems.
My nTune profile loads and applies at startup every time.
Even if you get nTune to load on startup, it's a lot more of a hassle than using RivaTuner or ATITool. Tends to eat some resources, too.ReTox wrote:
nTune is not shit, your experience with it maybe shit but it works. I get over a 15% boost because of it. Agreed the CP is much less intuitive than the old Display Panel applet extender but once you get past how cumbersome it is you can still do pretty much everything as before.Freezer7Pro wrote:
Don't. nTune is shit. Was good with CoolBits, but since the new control panel arrived, it's gone to hell.ReTox wrote:
What video card are you using? If it's nVidia you may be better off using nTune to gain benefits. I've never had a problem with it.
Haven't run ATI for a long time now but afaik applying riva and exiting it will keep the overclock regardless of the card used.
Also, I always install it with both options checked. Haven't had any problems.
My nTune profile loads and applies at startup every time.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Freezer's right.Freezer7Pro wrote:
Even if you get nTune to load on startup, it's a lot more of a hassle than using RivaTuner or ATITool. Tends to eat some resources, too.ReTox wrote:
nTune is not shit, your experience with it maybe shit but it works. I get over a 15% boost because of it. Agreed the CP is much less intuitive than the old Display Panel applet extender but once you get past how cumbersome it is you can still do pretty much everything as before.Freezer7Pro wrote:
Don't. nTune is shit. Was good with CoolBits, but since the new control panel arrived, it's gone to hell.
Also, I always install it with both options checked. Haven't had any problems.
My nTune profile loads and applies at startup every time.
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nTune deserves a spanking... i downloaded it... it failed epicly so i downloaded riva tuner... here i am and never had a problem with riva tuner.