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    rivatuner or atitool?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by marxs, Jan 25, 2008.

  1. marxs

    marxs Notebook Enthusiast

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    i've read before that rivatuner doesn't read the core/memory clocks correctly. when i run rivatuner, i get 375/502 stock on my 8600m (very underclocked), when i run atitool i get 475/635 stock. now i don't know which application is reliable.

    what are you guys reading as stock speeds on your 8600m gt? note im on 128 vram.
     
    marxs, Jan 25, 2008
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    It appears you are looking at results under different circumstances: idle/normal/max clock speeds. For my 15" 2.4GHz <noparse>MacBook</noparse> Pro I have recorded 470MHz/635MHz (core/memory) as the default (stock) maximum clock speeds with nTune. I believe Barefeats has reported the accurate clock speeds for the <noparse>Santa Rosa</noparse> <noparse>MacBook</noparse> Pro here.
     
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    when i run rivatuner, my max clock speeds are 375/502 and i noticed i can clock to a maximum of 550+/750+ only. using atitool i read max clock speeds set at 470/635 and it seems it can be clocked well over 600/800. given that im both reading the maximum 3d performance clock speeds and getting two different readings...im guessing atitool is more accurate for reading the clock speeds of the 8600m in the mbp? (especially when overclocking).
     
    marxs, Jan 28, 2008
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