MSI Afterburner Lanza nueva version 3.0.0 Beta 19 (2014/3/27)

Ya se encuentra disponible para descargar el software de overclocking MSI Afterburner 3.0.0 Beta 19. Guru3D y MSI han estado trabajando duro para acercar el mejor programa posible entregando en esta oportunidad una nueva versión Beta siendo una pieza de software indispensable para manipular las tarjetas de video. Entre las actualizaciones se encuentra el soporte de la tecnología Intel QuickSync encoding.

Change notes: 

• Added optional unified GPU usage monitoring path via D3DKMT performance counters. You may tick “Enable unified GPU usage monitoring” option in “AMD compatibilities properties” in “General” tab as a workaround to replace native AMD GPU usage monitoring if it is working improperly (e.g. broken GPU usage monitoring in AMD ADL API for AMD Sea Islands GPU family)

• Added basic monitoring for unsupported GPUs (e.g. Intel integrated iGPUs):

• Now GPU usage and videomemory usage can be monitored and displayed in On-Screen Display on any GPU, so you can use MSI Afterburner to monitor graphics subsystem on laptops without dedicated NVIDIA/AMD GPU

• Extended GPU usage monitoring for Intel integrated iGPUs. You can independently monitor usage of main GPU execution unit (labeled as “GPU usage”) and MFX unit (labeled as "VID usage" to keep NVIDIA-styled GPU domains naming.

• Added “NV12 compression” to the list of available video formats to “Videocapture” tab. This format can be used to replace uncompressed video recording with fixed 2x compression ratio at the cost of some color information loss caused by RGB to YUV 4:2:0 color space conversion

• RivaTuner Statistics Server has been upgraded to version 6.1.0

A few notes of configuring Intel QuickSync encoding in MSI Afterburner.
First, ensure that your hardware supports QuickSync Video technology. The following hardware is required:

• Intel CPU with QuickSync Video technology support (SandyBridge, Ivy Bridge or Hawell core). You may use this link into to see if your Intel CPU supports this technology.

• Mainboard with integrated Intel HD graphics support (refer to your mainboard specs to see it)

• To use QuickSync on such platform you must:

• Enable Intel HD graphics in your mainboard BIOS. If it is enabled correctly, you must see Intel HD graphics active in your device manager next you your discrete AMD/NVIDIA graphics card

• Install the latest Intel HD graphics driver. QuickSync works via Intel HD driver so using outdated driver may degrade encoding performance drastically

• There are 3 QuickSync acceleration modes available in MSI Afterburner:

• Disabled acceleration - uses CPU software emulation. It is left for performance testing/debugging only and it REQUIRES additional Intel Media SDK installation. It is not recommended to use this mode.

• Direct3D9 acceleration - uses Direct3D9Ex accelerated encoding. This mode is only available under Windows Vista and newer OS. This mode REQUIRES connecting monitor to Intel HD graphics output or forcing monitor detection for Intel HD graphics. Detailed instructions on forcing monitor detection for enabling QuickSync can be found here.

• Direct3D11 acceleration - uses Direct3D11.1 accelerated encoding. This mode is only available under Windows 8 and newer OS. This mode doesn't require any monitor detection tricks so it is strongly recommended to use it if it is available (i.e. if you're under Windows 8).

To verify that everything is set up properly just hit the <Benchmark> button. It will try to encode some short video in your current desktop resolution and show you the results. If you system is not configured properly, benchmark won't start.
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