AW ATI 8.761 BETA Driver - Joker's Furmark Script

For 5870 Crossfire users, I've tested my batch file method from the 10.7 drivers and it seems to work fine with these beta's. With it you'll be able to use sleep/hibernate and unplug the system and run it on battery. Keep in mind you MUST boot on A/C power always.

Copied from the 10.7 thread:
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I've worked out a solution for those of you that feel it's too much work to start furmark + rivatuner manually each time on boot so that you can use your system in battery mode. It involves putting a furmark batch file (I'm using version 1.82) in the startup folder so that it automatically executes and terminates after a few seconds. While it does that, Rivatuner starts silently and sets the system clocks to 705/1000 mhz. This disables all powerplay settings so your cards will be running at full speed at all times unless you manually go in and change the clocks but it's automated and fairly painless.

Furmark batch file (you may have to adjust the directory path + timing depending on what version you have installed and where):

Code:

@echo off
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\oZone3D\Benchmarks\FurMark_v1.8.2\
call Furmark.exe /width=640 /height=480 /msaa=0 /max_time=400 /nogui /nomenubar /noscore /run_mode=1 /contest_mode=0 /disable_catalyst_warning

For RivaTuner, this is what your settings should look like:




Remember, before you set the clocks the FIRST time in RivaTuner, you have to do the rivatuner + furmark trick to set them otherwise your system will lock up. Once you've set the clocks the first time around and saved them to start on boot, this will no longer be necessary since you will have the Furmark batch file in place to run on startup along with Rivatuner. Also, this method is built on the assumption that when you start the M17x it's on AC power and not battery.

 

Just gonna share my experiences:

Doing this to auto set overclocks resulted in a bluescreen reboot loop for me. Looks like even though furmark was starting up, my SSD raid was just a tad too quick and was doing the rivatuner tweak before furmark could load up.

-Ash

 

You can adjust the timer in the script. Max_time for my system is at 500 right now and it's working great.

 

Joker,
when I install Furmark, how do I put the batch file in the startup folder. Also I downloaded the ATI profiles and installed them, is there anything else I need to do with that?

 

Im referring to BEFORE furmark starts.

Either way, before I used raid0 SSD's, this method had another issue where if I tried to use any temperature monitoring stuff or look at anything to do with the second card (specific CCC pages) the system would BSOD.

Might have been something to do with second card clock speed in boot state or something.

Either way, Im probably going to bios overclock my cards from now on anyway.

-Ash

 

It's working perfect on my system with a single SSD. Overclocking the vbios didn't work before, I doubt it will now, try it and let us know.

 

You might have to adjust the max_time in the script for your system and possibly the install path if you're using version 1.82. That's about it. The start up folder is located at C:\Users\your name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

 

So where can I download this driver you speak of? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

 

Ignore this thread, it's no longer relevant. Mods: If you can close this thread it'd be great.

New thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...0-crossfire-work-sleep-hibernate-battery.html