11.10 extra overclock ability? Also general GPU question.

Anyone else notice that the 11.10 ATI drivers for BF3 let you overclock higher? I'm up to a never-before seen 825/1100 stable from my previous 770/1070! Anyone else experience this?

General question: I've done some searching, but don't quite have a conclusive answer. In terms of performance, which clock is more important, the Engine clock or the Memory clock? Or is it like comparing apples and oranges?

ANOTHER question - what software do people use when they have yellow numbers running the GPU temp and average FPS on the top left corner while gaming? It's not Fraps.

 

This appears to be one SW that can do it
HOW TO: See GPU temps while you game [OSD] - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net

Here is a PIC evga precision - Bing Images

 

Doesn't seem to work on the G73JH

 

This one should work :
Afterburner 2.1.0 download from Guru3D.com

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...14597-11-10-preview-drivers-overclocking.html

Havent tried them yet because I never got an answer

 

With regards to whether they're linked in the 11.9 thread? I got mine straight from the BF3 blog off AMD's official site. I think someone said it was corrupt but it worked for me. Still waiting on an answer to my core / memory question

 

Hmm ok, then one more if you dont mind just install them over my current ones? I believe I am on 11.8, then when WHQL come out, I can install those over these? (Ok two questions aha)

About your core vs memory question, imho, with our 5870 specifically, a core overclock yields better results; we already have some of the fastest vRam (GDDR5) at 1ghz as well as memory controllers, its the core that processes all of the pixels and things, then passes them to the memory. But this is partly why I am saying for our 5870 specifically, because we need fast enough memory/vram to compensate, which we have.

Now, if you were playing at a higher resolution as well for example, then a memory overclock can be of equal or greater importance.

So imo, if you have the 1600x900 screen, core OC is much better, if you have 1920x1080, a happy medium between core/memory OC is likely the best (maybe slightly skewed towards the core)

Hope that helps.

 

I've been installing over drivers since early 10.x, never a problem, this one is not an exception, so yes, I'd say no reason to driver sweep or any of that. Just install over and play.

As far core vs. memory, I found through testing the memory in fact yields little to no results, while core yields a pretty decent FPS increase. I've been having a weird crash with BF3 on 820/1000 though, the game will minimize, will still be running in the background, but cannot be pulled back up. The desktop will be stuck in 1280x720 until I force close BF3. Hmmm.

Further input on core vs. memory would be appreciated

 

Phnx, sorry about the EVGA post, I did not look at the dates on it. Core clock is the same as engine clock AFAIK
Core Clock vs Mem Clock vs Shader Clock - A few questions - techPowerUp! Forums
This discussion seems to explain the clock question better than I can.
BTW did you get Afterburner to work for you? I have it installed but can not seem to figure out the OSD option.
From what I have read some 5870 seem to OC better than others. 750/1100 seems to be the max for me.

 

In Settings>>Monitoring>>Active hardware monitoring graphs>>mark option you want, to be shown on screen:

 

I use a program called ATI tray tools to get FPS OSD. This program hasn't been updated in awhile and there's a newer app called radeon pro, but I haven't tried that one yet.

Like others have said, the core clock usually makes way more difference than the memory.