Virtu MVP Questions

[fierydemise]

Upgrading to a HD7850 with IB and I have a few questions about the Virtu MVP system.

1) Is Hyperfromance and/or Virtual V-sync worth using at all? I understand that it is really good at inflating benchmark numbers but what does that mean in terms of real world improvements if any?
2) Assuming it is are the power savings of i mode worth noticeable or is d mode the way to go?
3) Assuming the Virtu MVP stuff isn't worth using, for a dual monitor setup would using the iGPU for my secondary monitor be better then running both GPUs off the discrete GPU?

 

[cmdrdredd]

1) The performance advantage depends on the game. Like SLI or X-fire it needs profiles and they aren't updated often at all. Some games crash outright or lose performance. The vsync thing didn't seem to do anything at all. At least nothing over just using vsync normally.
2) If you use "i mode" where you plug your monitor to the iGPU you cannot open the control panel for your 7850. In other words if you wanted to turn on and off certain features like AA or AF, you cannot do it. Better to just run everything through your 7850.
3) I couldn't tell you about this one as I only have one monitor myself and while I did test outputting the iGPU to my TV and my GTX 670 to my monitor, I did so only because I did not understand how MVP worked.

 

[thm1223]

1) The performance advantage depends on the game. Like SLI or X-fire it needs profiles and they aren't updated often at all. Some games crash outright or lose performance. The vsync thing didn't seem to do anything at all. At least nothing over just using vsync normally.
2) If you use "i mode" where you plug your monitor to the iGPU you cannot open the control panel for your 7850. In other words if you wanted to turn on and off certain features like AA or AF, you cannot do it. Better to just run everything through your 7850.
3) I couldn't tell you about this one as I only have one monitor myself and while I did test outputting the iGPU to my TV and my GTX 670 to my monitor, I did so only because I did not understand how MVP worked.

So is it even worth installing the program for better software performance management?

 

[blastingcap]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5728/...ew-asrock-asus-gigabyte-msi-ecs-and-biostar/2

 

[blackened23]

So is it even worth installing the program for better software performance management?

No. Spare yourself the headache. Games will perform worse if they work at all, although you may come across the 1 title out of 50 that works. It is not worth it.