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  1. Are you running Windows 7? jonny30bass gave some very good steps on how to use ATIman. Personally I think ATIman is overkill unless you're experiencing some really weird issues. Sometimes utilities report incorrect data after a flash but I've noticed that its mostly a software driver problem and re-installing drivers after a vBIOS flash corrects it. It may be a bit risky but have a look at this thread if you have not already.
  2. You're most welcome AssimilatorX I am running the Clevo card and I can confirm HDMi video and VGA work but unfortunately I don't have a DP cable to test DP functionality. Hopefully @StamatisX has, and can provide feedback.
  3. Any thermal conductivity should suffice as long as its a good quality pad. Those components don't generate as much heat as the GPU. Anything from Phobya or Fujipoly will work well. I suggest installing heatsink on the card without any paste or pads just to determine what thickness you will require for each area by judging the space between the component and the heatsink. The heatsink should sit on the card after pad installation as if there wasn't any pads at all for optimal temps. To be more clear, the pads should in no way affect how the heatsink sits. The reason I say this is the thermal pad thickness for each area differs even on my machine depending on whether you are coming from a nVIDIA card or AMD card since their heatsinks differ. Another member with the same laptop as me uses a total different pad config. He previously had 260M's whereas I had 5870M's. So recommending a specific thickness could be misleading. Sounds like a good plan of action. I wish you the best of luck! I would recommend uninstalling it normally through Programs and Features under the Control Panel. Once it has uninstalled and you have rebooted run the AMD Catalyst Un-install Utility (Only for Windows 7). I have found this simple combination is sufficient enough for a clean base for a new driver install. If you install 13.8 and are still experiencing the "secondary GPU at full load" problem, disable ULPS. See my post here for instructions if you are unsure on how to do so. I experienced the same issue and disabling ULPS resolved it for me.
  4. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking here but I'll give it a shot... If you want a 7970M that you can just plug in and use without fiddling that would be the Clevo 7970M, providing you do not require HDMi. HDMi video has been confirmed to work with the newer drivers but HDMi audio does not. The Dell card does give you full HDMi functionality with audio and video but it does not have automatic fans. You would have to use HWinfo to set up an automatic fan profile and make sure it loads when logging in to Windows. With regards to the 6990M, if after flashing it back to the original vBIOS and performing a clean install of AMD Catalysts you are still receiving screen artifacts I would probably think its a problem on the hardware level. Make sure the card is installed properly with proper heatsink and thermal pad installation to rule out any possible VRM/GPU/vRAM overheating issues. If that does not work, the card may have been damaged if you removed it and re-installed it after the Clevo vBIOS flash. As a last resort, and if you feel you have nothing to loose, I would suggest baking the card but only if you feel you have exhausted all other options. I see from your signature that you are triple booting. Is the 6990M exhibiting the same problem in all OS's?
  5. Welcome to T|I TakSyak Which vBIOS file did you flash?
  6. Which editor are you using? If its HxD make sure your are searching for hex-values and not text-string (default) by selecting it from the drop down listbox in the search window.
  7. Yeah, if I remember correctly my second card was 67C and the primary was 65C. That was just for testing, so I probably only played for around 30 minutes. I don't normally leave apps logging in the background as I find it can cause unnecessary stutter. Except for ThrottleStop, that's continuously running in the background monitoring my max core temps. Logging isn't enabled though. I played Crysis 3 at High with Very High textures at native res so it wasn't really maxed.
  8. Unfortunately its quite common with the 7970M It's not the app reading the voltage incorrectly, the card is somehow defaulting to its own 3D voltage. See my recent post here on some thoughts on the problem. You can read about it more in this thread.
  9. @troid Try disabling ULPS. I had a simular issue with my secondary card and disabling ULPS solved the problem. To disable ULPS you can install TRIXX and tick the "Disable ULPS" checkbox under settings. Close TRIXX and then reboot. Alternatively you can open Regedit and search for "EnableULPS" with exact match ticked. Once the search stops at the EnableULPS key, change the value to 0. Press F3 to continue the search and change each EnableULPS key that is found to 0. Reboot afterwards. ULPS = Ultra Low Power State which AMD implements to save power. Unfortunately it causes more problems than it saves you power
  10. What thermal paste are you currently using? I personally don't believe in overvolting for daily use except for maybe a benchmark run. Running an overvolt daily even if its 0.025v will reduce the lifespan of your card. I'm speaking from my experience with my 5870M's which will only do stock clocks now after a year of + 0.025v and higher clocks. I'm actually using NT-H1 on my cards currently as I had some that came with my cooler from my desktop build. It's a good paste and I'm idling around 33C with load temps of 65C. This is with 3D volts of 1.00v and stock clocks. The temps seem good but its winter here at the moment so I expect temps to increase during summer. @Tulius I did some experimenting the past weekend I have no idea why our cards are selecting the lower voltage at stock settings. But if I edit the voltage table and replace the 0.975v entry in the voltage table with whatever I like it works. My theory is that for some reason these cards (both Clevo and Dell) select the 3D voltage from the voltage table according to some built in algorithm and according to the results, it ends up at that particular voltage entry in the voltage table. I'm assuming that the algorithm involves a hardware component on the card which is providing different results. It could explain why both my cards end up at a different 3D voltage even though they are both flashed with the exact same stock vBIOS. They don't even match the default stock voltage of the vBIOS which is 1.05v. This theory could be utter nonsense really, I'm just thinking out aloud... with my fingers... on my keyboard
  11. Hmmm... GPU Tweak doesn't show me the voltage adjustment when I use 13.6 or 13.8. There's no way to permanently set the adjustments... actually there is, its called a modded vBIOS flash You can set GPU Tweak to load settings on Windows startup though. Tick the box under Settings->Tune->Tune Settings->Keep setting on for next start on close application. I detailed all my settings in the link in the post you quoted.
  12. 13.8 Beta that addresses framepacing is available. Going to give it a test now and report back. edit: Well the entire reason I was waiting for this driver was for FC3... and believe it or not, the microstutter/stutter is worse And yes, this is the framepacing driver, see attached. edit 2: ASUS GPU Tweak doesn't unlock voltage for me with this driver A bit of good news is both cards are listed in the Overdrive tab as opposed to the other drivers and I can edit voltage for both cards in the profile.xml file. Only problem I'm having is that the Overdrive settings aren't being loaded at boot. edit 3: I found out why CCC wasn't loading my Overdrive voltage setting on boot. It actually did but it took around 5 minutes to load (sometimes it felt like it didn't load at all...maybe I was just impatient). I usually check immediately once I'm in Windows so I thought it wasn't working. It seems AMD set a delay to load ccc.exe of 300 seconds which is a bit wierd. In order to fix this open Regedit and go to... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->Wow6432Node->ATI->ACE->Backup->Settings->CLI There should be a "Delay" Key with a value of 300. Change the value to 0. This will fix you needing to open CCC and close it in order for the Overdrive settings to register at every boot... or you can wait about 5 minutes before starting a game
  13. From your previous post I'm assuming you're experiencing the same behaviour at 1.05v? If so, try dropping voltage by 0.010v and test after every drop. More voltage = more heat. Try and find a compromise. I don't know if there are reported issues with temp throttling on your laptop, but if there is, 1.075v isn't doing you any favours. It could also be your card just isn't a good overclocker. Pushing 1.075v for only 960Mhz is a bit much, I'm using my cards as a comparison as they are able to run at 950/1400 with 0.975v.
  14. Try using ASUS GPU Tweaks unlock as I mentioned in my previous post. Although you would have to re-install your Catalysts in order for it to work and it might not work in 13.6 beta2. 74C is a good temp to have at load so I don't think that's the cause of it, especially if you were running Crysis 3. The 240W is more than sufficient so its unlikely related to the PSU. I'd suggest logging your voltage using GPU-Z to make sure your card is actually operating at the voltage you set in TRIXX. It might be still running at the default voltage and you were able to run those games due to some other changes you may have made. edit: What is your load temps on the GPU? I mistakely read 74C as your load temp. You can use GPU-Z to check that as well.
  15. There's also another option to adjust voltage, ASUS GPU Tweak (v2.4.3.1 under "Utilities"). Its the only utility that allows me to set voltage on both my cards after using Afterburners -xcl switch. I've detailed some steps from my experience using it here. It also has its own version of Afterburners -xcl command if you set it to advanced mode and go to Settings-> Tune->Tune Settings. Tick the box that says "Overclocking range Enhancement", follow prompts and wait till its complete. That setting is GPU Tweaks version of Afterburners -xcl switch. It doesn't unlock voltage for me in GPU Tweak but it does enable Overdrive in CCC and voltage adjustment in TRIXX though so its very similar to Afterburners -xcl command. Voltage may work for others who are running Dell cards or maybe a different revision of vBIOS. I know it doesn't work for AlienHacks ES card. I suspect since the xcl and Overclocking Range Enhancement both use the same exploit ie. emulation of the powerplay table in the registry, it depends on the type of powerplay table its mimicking. I think Afterburners version of the table works for my card or it loads a table that's compatible with my card. @titi974 With regards to your throttling have you made sure your temps are not causing it? Are you running the 240W PSU? @Tulius Try ASUS GPU Tweak. My primary card was stuck at 0.975v and my second card at 1.00v even though my vBIOS is set at 1.05v for 3D mode. With this app I can set it to any 3D voltage and clocks I like. It even has functionality to set 2D mode clocks and voltages.
  16. How did you manage to get those HyperX chips to CAS 7? As far as I know there's no timing settings for our memory in the BIOS. I tried the A10 mod BIOS as well and there's no option there either.
  17. My new personal best 3Dmark11 I dropped voltage on both cards to 0.975v and 950/1400 clocks with XM's multi's at 25/25/25/25 and 90/82 TDP/TDC. My score is better with lower voltage on the cards which means my previous score there was some throttling going on in the combined test. I was expecting a blackscreen with that voltage and clocks though... I need that 330W bad! The run was done with 13.4 Cats at stock and 13.5 CAPS.
  18. Hi Michael Welcome to T|I! There is an vBIOS by svl7 on T|I that you might have seen already, although I've recently come across Svet's Fermi/Kepler vBIOS tuner which has support for the GTX 780 that you might want to try as well.
  19. I just figured out that ASUS GPU Tweak needs the -xcl parameter run with Afterburner before it unlocks voltage control. I also have ULPS disabled if anyone runs into problems. Another thing is if Afterburner locks up your system (I have no idea why it started this nonsense all of a sudden) run any game and alt-tab out of it and then run the Afterburner shortcut with the -xcl parameter. edit: Just tried to make GPU tweak work with the 13.6 beta2's and its not showing the voltage even though Afterburner -xcl is activated. Overdrive is available in CCC and TRIXX shows voltage so I know that the -xcl command worked. I reverted to 13.4 and full control is restored to GPU Tweak, so it may be an issue with 13.6 beta2's. Another workaround to make Afterburner -xcl work if it is locking up your system is ensuring ULPS is disabled. Then disable Crossfire in CCC and once is completely disabled, enable it again. Then try Afterburner with the -xcl parameter, it should work without freezing your system. Just a side note, it seems that this whole Afterburner locking up the system points to AMD's power management of the second card in xfire. It seems disabling ULPS alone does not release the second card completely and something needs to be done to wake it up properly which the alt-tab from in game (card is awake) or enabling/disabling of xfire does. If anyone needs some pointers on how to setup GPU Tweak I've listed my settings below. Enabled Advanced mode to display/edit voltage. "Sync all cards" toggled on. Disabled the Monitor window from booting with windows. Enabled GPU Tweak to boot with Windows minimized. Under Settings->Tune tab->TuneSetting->Keep setting on for next start on close application: Ticked I've also configured the system tray to hide the icon and notifications since there seem to be issues with the notification not fading away after logging into Windows.
  20. Yeah, since its GDDR5 memory they are reporting the effective memory speed = 4x base clock. So your actual vRAM clock should be 1400mhz
  21. Yeah that's definitely it then, its a bit annoying actually. Especially in the middle of an intense fight scene and you hit the caps lock by mistake and that ugly beige rectangle pops up "CAPS LOCK ON" and kills crossfire. Recently experienced that with Bioshock as well.
  22. ASUS GPU Tweak is AMAZING!!! I overlooked it as I thought it was another generic OC utility but its NOT! It has the ability to set voltage and clocks on BOTH cards in 2D and 3D mode either separately or through syncing both cards. Undervolting also works. You can also set it to boot with Windows minimized so once you set it up the way you like you wont even realise its running. I've been struggling to get Afterburner and TRIXX to work on both cards but this utility just works... there's no need for them anymore, well at least on the M17x R2 and 7970M xfire config. I changed everything from the default settings and sync'd both cards in the GPUshark screenprint below.
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