MSI afterburner help for oveclocking 7970m

So I've read Slickdude's guide, and most of the post following it but I still have a problem. I installed afterburner, edited the config and edited the registry. Now when I start afterburner (newest version) the sliders are on 0 and I can't move them (to overclock). Any ideas?

On Slickdude's guide they should be on 850Mhz for core clock and 1200mhz for memory clock, with lots of room to overclock.

 

As far as im aware, it only works with ver 2.2.1 or earlier. A lot ofpeople have had problems with 2.2.3

 

dalorian, in addition to what joe said, double check your msi config file saved as a .cfg file and make sure there are no duplicate cfg files.

the newest afterburner lacks an ati dll file needed for overclocking...you can either add it in manually or download 2.2.1 or 2.2.0 which is what i'm using

i will be updating my guide with this info when i get a minute

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Just to add to what slick is saying, if you go to My Computer>Organize>Folder and Search options and clikc on the "view" tab, then deselect the box ticked title "Hide extensions for known file types"

Drag the CFG to your desktop, Right click it, change the name from MSIafterburner. CFG to . txt, edit the text and then reverse the process, rename it from .txt to .cfg. and drag it back to the MSI afterburner install directory.

 

Can't find a working version of 2.2.0 or 2.2.1. Can only find Beta versions and they don't work (Always give an error on startup). Anyone able to upload an installer somewhere?

 

what you can do is take the atipdlxx.dll from the beta versions and drop it into the root of the msiafterburner dir in the latest afterburner version

 

I'll try that tonight. Hope it works.

 

This thread should help:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/680930-overclocking-7970m-msi-afterburner-2-2-3-where-can-i-find-2-2-1-a.html

There is a link to 2.2.0. You can install 2.2.0 and then upgrade to 2.2.3 over the top, and it will work.

 

Just did everything again and nothing changed. The atipdlxx.dll doesn't come with afterburner 2.2.0, so I found it online and downloaded it, added it to the root folder of 2.2.3 and followed Slick's guide. When I open afterburner now the sliders are still all the way to the left, with no room to move them to the right at all. :/

 

But that's where I got it. Maybe try uninstalling it completely, verify the program folder is deleted, and try to install again?

 

Are you on dedicated graphics? Fn+F7. Sounds to me like you're on switchable and AB clocks (aka 7970m) aren't being initiated by any app. Open up a GPUz instance and and see if they're both selectable or look in your Device Manager to see if they're both listed.

 

Done, still nothing.

I'm on m17x R2, don't have switchable graphics afaik

 

i'm on a clevo with the 7970M... i have exactly the same problem ... tried lots of driver versions as well as afterburner versions.
i always put load on the gpu so i'm sure it's active.. still not working :/

 

Same here, didn't manage to make it work.... Sad stuff, guess we gotta wait til MSI releases a working version for 7970m :/

 

I'm having the exact same problem

 

I do also join the club with ppl who can´t get Afterburner to work with the 7970m.
On my R4 I´ve now tried to install ever beta version of 2.2.0 in hope that I´ll get one with the atipdlxx.dll, no luck !
And the 2.2.1 I can´t manage to find a download link for anywhere !
I´ve changed the cfg file, changed the register none will work.
Before I change the cfg file Afterburner shows 850mhz and 1200mhz correctly but I cant change the sliders, then I activate the overclock in the cfg and after that the sliders are all at 0

 

Did you make sure that the cfg file didn't save as a txt file?

I might have version 2.2.1 somewhere. If I can find it, I'll upload it for you.

 

Yeah made sure the cfg file was saved as cfg. Ive tried the newest version and 2.2.0. No luck.

 

I got it working a while back and posted a guide in another thread, I'll edit this post and link it when get on my computer

edit: here is the thread

 

Awsome ! that link to the 2.2.1 in that post has the dll file in it and it works perfectly now

 

it seems of the many different versions i tried, that's the only one that works for me