Don't use ATT's Flash OSD, did some testing today. It is detrimental to FPS. Using a still scene in Dead Space 2, 70fps without, 65fps with FlashOSD on. Probably the way it renders, better off using the default FPS OSD.
Make a hotkey in ATT to bind show/hide FPS instead of OSD.
Played a little Witcher 2, definitely need driver updates for this game. Little difference in fps between high and low settings. Screenshots below on medium 1680x1050, 20-40fps, lag is quite noticeable in fights where it dips to 20-25.
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I have similar result, with the same setting I sit around an average of 25 fps, min 20 top 35 ( at 750/900). Can you tell me your procedure to update driver? I don't want to mess them. A lot of people seem stuck at the same driver version 8.812 even if the ccc updated.
P.S. I am still using the bootcamp version
How far can you overclock on the stock 1v voltage?
I am at 820/1000 stable. I am half tempted to see how much extra I can push it with 1.05v but to be fair, everything I have been playing runs great at 1980x1200.
did you do any mods to your laptop ? what do you use for OC ? MSI tools or this guide ?
make sure windows power profile is set to performance, not powersaver or anything else, also check volts as you may need to bump them up a bit. 0.855v should go all the way up to 800 core for most.
is there benefit on running higher than 900 for memory? Been at 900 but seeing people running 950.. just curious if that does anything.
went ahead and tried to answer my own question.
3dmark11 .955v 800/900 got P1696
3dmark11 .955v 800/950 got P1717
so ~20 points in 3dmark11 not sure what that equates to in gaming FPS though
is there benefit on running higher than 900 for memory? Been at 900 but seeing people running 950.. just curious if that does anything.
i struggle at 730/950 with MSI stock voltage. they i tried the ATI tray tools and with raised voltage 1.02 i was able to get stable (so far) 780/950 in Crysis 2.
amazes me that you can get that with lower voltage. what's wrong with mine ?
Well I've only played Crysis 2 at .955v with 800/900 but haven't tried .955v 800/950 with Crysis2, although it was stable doing 3Dmark06/3dmark11
Can anyone provide results in FPS for Half Life 2 episode 2 at stock speeds?
I played this a little while back on my mbp on OSX side so everything was stock, was able to max it out at 1680x1050 and vsync'd and it was 60 steady.
@ninja when you say lock it at 2.2 do you mean you've disabled turbo boost?
On a side note, I had to get my logic board replaced because I overheated my CPU/GPU from overclock... haha just playing. My SD card reader was never working since I got it and I finally decided to take it in, picking it up later tonight as it's ready. (Thermal paste didn't void warranty- what they don't know what hurt you hehe)
Anyway I'm hoping I'll be able to OC at .955 800/900 like I have been since I've been really happy with that. And hoping the heat won't be bad or else I'll have to redo thermal paste again.. blah!
Yep, I find that the extra wattage from TB really heats up the mbp and I have to set the fans at max to keep it cool. With TB disabled and my card at 600/800 @ .85v I can run my fans at 3600rpm and it remains cool to the touch ( I use this for sofa gaming) and with the card at 800/1000 @ .95v I have to set the fans at 4600 to keep it cool. Also this is on the stock paste