RivaTuner is een uitgebreid programma waarmee je nVidia- en ATi-videokaarten kan overklokken en softwarematig finetunen. In de Detonator en Catalyst drivers zitten een hoop ongedocumenteerde opties. De meeste van deze doen weinig, maar sommige zijn van invloed op de kwaliteit van het beeld, of de stabiliteit van je systeem. RivaTuner helpt je met het aanpassen van al deze opties. De nieuwste versie van dit programma is 2.0 RC 15 en wordt kent de volgende veranderingen:
Here's just a tiny overview of the new options:
- New hardware support including GeForce 6800 and RADEON X800 series.
- Full ForceWare 56.xx - 6x.xx support
- Added databases for the ForceWare 56.55, 56.56, 56.57, 56.64, 56.72, 60.60, 60.72, 61.12, 61.32, 61.34, 61.40, 61.45 and 61.71 drivers.
- Updated ForceWareAntripotector and NVStrap antiprotection patch scripts the ForceWare 56.55, 56.56, 56.57, 56.64, 56.72, 60.60, 60.72, 61.12, 61.32, 61.34, 61.40, 61.45 and 61.71 drivers.
- Added Catalyst 4.1 - 4.7b certification for SoftR9x00 and ATIOverclockingAntiprotection patch scripts. Please take a note that SoftR9x00 script core has not been changed, only the certification info showing that the following drivers are approved by us have been added. So you don't need to re-patch driver with SoftR9x00 if you already use Catalyst 4.1 - 4.7b patched with the previous version of RivaTuner. However, ATIOverclockingAntiprotection script contains actual code changes to support Catalyst 4.7 beta version.
- Added core / ambient temperature monitoring for RADEON X800 series
- Seriously changed driver-level overclocking module. Unfortunately, the most of overclocking community don't seem to understand the specifics of separate 2D/3D clock frequency adjustment on GeForceFX based boards, which results in plain wrong overclocking guides on some websites and false bug reports posted by some inexperienced users. Due to these reasons, RivaTuner's driver-level overclocking module hides the most of advanced controls from beginners now. My apologies to power users, you still can enable the previously available features via the registry.