Problem with ATI Catalyst Overdrive

[russperry]

I tried using the Overdrive wizard on a X1900XT and I watched the test run up to 680Mhz or so, but after completing it dropped the values back down below the default and now I can't recover to those standard settings. The requested levels show 621MHz for the GPU clock and 720MHz for the memory, but the actual values reported are 500MHz for the GPU and 594MHz for the memory. I've tried the "return to default" button and manually resetting the sliders but to no avail. Anyone have the same problem, or better yet, a recommended solution?

thanks

 

[Matt2]

Are you looking at your 2D clocks?
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I believe that "requested" is the 3D clockspeeds the card will run at in 3D mode.

 

[russperry]

I'm looking at the "ATI Overdrive" page. What I see is:

Graphics Processor Status
Requested: 621 MHz
Current VPU Clock: 500MHz
Current Temperature: 47°C

Graphics Memory Status
Requested: 720MHz
Current Memory Clock: 500MHz

How can you tell if this is a 2D or 3D setting?

thanks

 

[brikis98]

this has been posted MANY times. when you are on your desktop, it'll only show the 2D clocks. when you go into 3D mode (fullscreen game), it'll switch to 3D clocks (your requested ones).

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

I had the same "problem" initially. Turns out I was only seeing the 2D settings, and there wasn't really an easy way to figure it out besides someone saying "it converts to 3D settings automatically when needed, even though you can't see it."

One thing you can do however, is download a program called SysTool, and through it you can graphically plot your GPU clock speeds. Fire up systool, then fire up a game like Oblivion or whatever, wait a minute, then shut it down and check your graph on Systool. You should see the lines jump up, and then fall back down, coinciding with when you ran the game.

edit: I think it also makes note of your max clock speeds. then you can verify your overdrive settings are actually being applied.

 

[josh6079]

Where's munky's sig when you need it?

 

[Munky]

ahem...