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Download MSI AfterBurner 4.3.0 Beta 4
We've just released MSI AfterBurner 4.3.0 Beta 4. This new update once again is intended for more Pascal GeForce GTX 1070/1080 tweaking controls and improvements. Compared to version Beta 3 a new feature was added, you can now fix the Boost MHz and Voltage values by selecting a V/F point in the Curve (CTRL+F) window and then press L.
Here's the complete change-list:
Version 4.3.0 Beta 4
- Added GPU Boost 3.0 technology support for NVIDIA Pascal graphics cards:
- Added percent based overvoltage support
- Added voltage/frequency curve customization support. You may use traditional core clock slider on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and 1080 graphics cards to apply fixed offset to all voltage/frequency curve points as well as use brand new flexible voltage/frequency curve editor window for more precise per-point curve adjustment. The editor window can be activated with <Ctrl> + <F> keyboard shortcut and it provides you the following features:
- You may independently adjust clock frequency offset for each point with mouse cursor or <Up> / <Down> keys
- You may hold <Ctrl> key to set anchor and fix clock frequency offset in minimum/maximum voltage point and adjust the offset of any other point with mouse to linearly interpolate the offsets between the anchor and adjustment points
- You may hold <Shift> key while adjusting the offset of any point with mouse to apply the same fixed offset to all points. That’s equal to adjusting the offset with the slider in main application window
- You may press <Ctrl> + <D> to reset offsets for all points
- You may switch between traditional core clock control slider in the main window and voltage/frequency curve editor window to see how they affect each other in realtime
- You may press <L> after selecting any point on the curve with mouse cursor to disable GPU dynamic voltage/frequency adjustment and lock the voltage and core clock frequency to a state defined by the target point. This feature allows you to test graphics card stability independently for each voltage/frequency point of the curve using real 3D applications or any stress test of your choice. In addition to stability testing usage scenario, MSI Afterburner allows you to save a curve with locked point setting to a profile, so you may easily switch between dynamic voltage/frequency management and fixed voltage/frequency settings in realtime (e.g. to achieve the maximum performance during benchmarking). Please take a note that fixed voltage and frequency settings do not allow you to disable power and thermal throttling.
- Increased default maximum limits for <Core clock>, <Memory clock> and <Memory usage> graphs to improve graphs readability on NVIDIA Pascal series graphics cards
- Improved representation of performance limits graphs for NVIDIA graphics cards per NVIDIA recommendations:
- <Voltage limit> and <OV max limit> graphs have been merged into single <Voltage limit> graph
- <Utilization limit> graph has been renamed to <No load limit> graph
- <SLI sync> graph is now hidden on the systems with single NVIDIA GPU
- Added uP1816 voltage regulators support to provide compatibility with future custom design MSI graphics cards
- Improved validation and handling of erroneous data reported after TDR on NVIDIA graphics cards
- Startup profile is now also affected by <Lock profiles> button, which means that you cannot modify or delete your startup overclocking settings while this button is pressed. This feature can be useful to protect startup overclocking settings from modification while temporarily testing various overclocking scenarios on overclocked system
- Added support for unofficial overclocking mode with disabled PowerPlay on PowerPlay7 capable hardware (AMD Tonga and newer graphics processors family)
- Added ability to use low-level hardware access interface on the systems with AMD graphics cards when legacy VGA BIOS image is not mapped to memory
- Fixed bug causing the maximum value to be invisible on some hardware monitoring graphs under certain conditions (e.g. <Framerate> or <Frametime> graphs after closing 3D application)
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#5284786 Posted on: 06/06/2016 07:53 AM
And another weird anomaly lies outside MSI AB control. Power usage is not calculated inside MSI AB, current usage level comes from NVIDIA driver and being displayed as is.
And another weird anomaly lies outside MSI AB control. Power usage is not calculated inside MSI AB, current usage level comes from NVIDIA driver and being displayed as is.
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#5284812 Posted on: 06/06/2016 09:46 AM
So another weird anomaly popped up. The GPU was clocking in above its core, even boosting to as high as 1850 MHz (which is above stock), of course I am running an OC profile based on Guru 3D's suggestion. Temperature barely cracked above 72 degrees. The odd part is with the OC profile it would usually boost into the 1900's and try to push the 80-82 degrees throttling cap. Performance in game was perfectly fine. The odd part is when reviewing the graphs in Afterburner, the Power % wasn't displaying correctly. Instead of it showing closer to 100% for stock clock and as high as 120% with the OC profile during the loaded runs, the Power % would just constantly show a flat line of 4%, even when in game at a heavy load. Framerate was fine, game ran smooth at 4k maxed out despite this odd spot.
Clearly, I don't think the GPU would be hitting 1850 MHz nor 72 degrees if just running at a 4% power load. The rest of the numbers looked fine. Rebooted the PC and power % in the graph started to act normal and in game with an OC profile the GPU clock speed would hover around 1924 MHz with no issue at a temperature of around 79-80 degrees.
Again, nothing in Event Logs indicating a driver crash or stability issue.
Did u remove AB to see if the 'problem' still exists?
If No its AB problem.
So another weird anomaly popped up. The GPU was clocking in above its core, even boosting to as high as 1850 MHz (which is above stock), of course I am running an OC profile based on Guru 3D's suggestion. Temperature barely cracked above 72 degrees. The odd part is with the OC profile it would usually boost into the 1900's and try to push the 80-82 degrees throttling cap. Performance in game was perfectly fine. The odd part is when reviewing the graphs in Afterburner, the Power % wasn't displaying correctly. Instead of it showing closer to 100% for stock clock and as high as 120% with the OC profile during the loaded runs, the Power % would just constantly show a flat line of 4%, even when in game at a heavy load. Framerate was fine, game ran smooth at 4k maxed out despite this odd spot.
Clearly, I don't think the GPU would be hitting 1850 MHz nor 72 degrees if just running at a 4% power load. The rest of the numbers looked fine. Rebooted the PC and power % in the graph started to act normal and in game with an OC profile the GPU clock speed would hover around 1924 MHz with no issue at a temperature of around 79-80 degrees.
Again, nothing in Event Logs indicating a driver crash or stability issue.
Did u remove AB to see if the 'problem' still exists?
If No its AB problem.

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#5284818 Posted on: 06/06/2016 10:02 AM
Did u remove AB to see if the 'problem' still exists?
If No its AB problem.
Can you stop posting nonsense in AB threads please?
Did u remove AB to see if the 'problem' still exists?
If No its AB problem.

Can you stop posting nonsense in AB threads please?
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#5284936 Posted on: 06/06/2016 03:36 PM
So are you thinking it is either a bad graphics driver install or a bug in the driver that is the main cause (I know Nvidia has already acknowledged at least one bug in the current driver affecting fan functionality)? Or could there be something causing a conflict with the driver?
I could attempt a complete uninstall of Nvidia's stuff (both the driver and their Experience software), remove Afterburner and any other applications that might be tapping into the driver (which I can't think of anything other than possibly my Spyder3Elite which creates monitor profiles and accesses the graphics card's LUT). I can then go into safe mode and verify nothing old is still lurking around (eg, the GTX 970 that I had in the PC before the GTX 1080), then start again with a clean install.
I have other monitoring software on the PC but, unfortunately, none of them monitor the GPU. Corsair Link allows me to view CPU and motherboard stats (temp and fan speeds only) along with their CPU cooler and ASRock's only allows me to view the motherboard and CPU (voltage and fan speeds, no temps that I recall).
Thanks again.
And another weird anomaly lies outside MSI AB control. Power usage is not calculated inside MSI AB, current usage level comes from NVIDIA driver and being displayed as is.
So are you thinking it is either a bad graphics driver install or a bug in the driver that is the main cause (I know Nvidia has already acknowledged at least one bug in the current driver affecting fan functionality)? Or could there be something causing a conflict with the driver?
I could attempt a complete uninstall of Nvidia's stuff (both the driver and their Experience software), remove Afterburner and any other applications that might be tapping into the driver (which I can't think of anything other than possibly my Spyder3Elite which creates monitor profiles and accesses the graphics card's LUT). I can then go into safe mode and verify nothing old is still lurking around (eg, the GTX 970 that I had in the PC before the GTX 1080), then start again with a clean install.
I have other monitoring software on the PC but, unfortunately, none of them monitor the GPU. Corsair Link allows me to view CPU and motherboard stats (temp and fan speeds only) along with their CPU cooler and ASRock's only allows me to view the motherboard and CPU (voltage and fan speeds, no temps that I recall).
Thanks again.
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So another weird anomaly popped up. The GPU was clocking in above its core, even boosting to as high as 1850 MHz (which is above stock), of course I am running an OC profile based on Guru 3D's suggestion. Temperature barely cracked above 72 degrees. The odd part is with the OC profile it would usually boost into the 1900's and try to push the 80-82 degrees throttling cap. Performance in game was perfectly fine. The odd part is when reviewing the graphs in Afterburner, the Power % wasn't displaying correctly. Instead of it showing closer to 100% for stock clock and as high as 120% with the OC profile during the loaded runs, the Power % would just constantly show a flat line of 4%, even when in game at a heavy load. Framerate was fine, game ran smooth at 4k maxed out despite this odd spot.
Clearly, I don't think the GPU would be hitting 1850 MHz nor 72 degrees if just running at a 4% power load. The rest of the numbers looked fine. Rebooted the PC and power % in the graph started to act normal and in game with an OC profile the GPU clock speed would hover around 1924 MHz with no issue at a temperature of around 79-80 degrees.
Again, nothing in Event Logs indicating a driver crash or stability issue.