Hawk1
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Just got my new issue of MaximumPC and they have a section on overclocking your video card. Now, I'm not one who has overclocked my VGA before (other than CCC), so I was looking forward to this. They used Rivatuner because "this free third-party program offers far greater user control" over the utilities AMD and Nvidia provide, and "the capacity to create overclocking profiles for various computing scenarios are just a few of the ways Rivatuner stands out from other utilities." They then go on to show you how to use it to OC/control fan speed for AMD or Nvidia cards.
Why no ATItool or ATI traytools? I've never used any of these (including Rivatuner), although I have downloaded looked at ATItool, and I see you can create various profiles for OCing. Just curious as to why you would think MaxPC would not use these. Do they not support all/enough Nvidia cards, or is it they just had to pick one and decided ATItool would sound too biased toward ATI/AMD? Whatever.
Anyway, if I were to try OCing my video card, would Rivatuner be easier than ATItool? About the same features?
Thanks.
Why no ATItool or ATI traytools? I've never used any of these (including Rivatuner), although I have downloaded looked at ATItool, and I see you can create various profiles for OCing. Just curious as to why you would think MaxPC would not use these. Do they not support all/enough Nvidia cards, or is it they just had to pick one and decided ATItool would sound too biased toward ATI/AMD? Whatever.
Anyway, if I were to try OCing my video card, would Rivatuner be easier than ATItool? About the same features?
Thanks.