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    RivaTuner + Windows 8.1

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ComradeQuestion, Jun 10, 2014.

  1. ComradeQuestion

    ComradeQuestion Notebook Consultant

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    Seems like Riva Tuner isn't working on Windows 8.1. Is there something I should be doing? Seems like it can't manage to turn off driver signing verification.
     
    ComradeQuestion, Jun 10, 2014
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    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    what do you mean it isn't working? what the particulars/conditions of the situation for it to be not working?
     
    thegh0sts, Jun 10, 2014
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  3. octiceps

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    RivaTuner?! That project has been dead for like 5 years. Unwinder hasn't updated it since 2009. His development efforts are focused on MSI Afterburner and RTSS nowadays. I highly doubt RivaTuner would work in Windows 8, and it definitely won't support anything that could be considered a modern GPU.
     
    octiceps, Jun 11, 2014
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    This.

    RivaTuner is = MSI Afterburner.
     
    jaug1337, Jun 12, 2014
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  5. octiceps

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    This is not true as unfortunately Afterburner is but a shadow of RivaTuner as far as functionality is concerned. It's quite sad really. :(
     
    octiceps, Jun 13, 2014
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    If an nVIDIA GPU is present, nVIDIA Inspector is recommended, it's a bit more like RivaTuner
     
    jaug1337, Jun 13, 2014
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    Well actually the only thing Inspector is really good for is the custom game profiles, but otherwise it still can't touch the classic RivaTuner. On the red side, RadeonPro is the similarly stripped down compared to ATI Tray Tools, which met the same fate as RivaTuner as its last update was in 2011.
     
    octiceps, Jun 13, 2014
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  8. ComradeQuestion

    ComradeQuestion Notebook Consultant

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    I moved to MSI Afterburner. Working well. I have my GT730m running with:

    core clock: 819mhz
    memory clock: 1246mhz

    I could probably raise core further but it doesn't allow it.

    Runs Skyrim in ~2k resolution, everything on high, 2xAA and max distance so I'm good to go.
     
    ComradeQuestion, Jun 15, 2014
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    ROFL with that GPU why did you even think of using RivaTuner in the first place?!?
     
    octiceps, Jun 16, 2014
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    ComradeQuestion Notebook Consultant

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    I haven't had a new laptop in a long time. Honestly, didn't know what to expect with this GPU.
     
    ComradeQuestion, Jun 16, 2014
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    Which is why it pays to check the expiration date on things, otherwise you'll end up with a bad case of the runs, or obsolete software from 2009. :laugh:
     
    octiceps, Jun 16, 2014
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