GMA Booster - clock your GMA 950 back to 400MHz!

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Spotted this over at the MSI Wind forums (and mentioned in the WOW topic here) but GMA Booster has been released.

This allows you to reclock your GMA 950 graphics back to it's intended 400Mhz - instead of it's stock 166MHz. As a disclaimer, I can't vouch for if this will fry your Aspire but mine seems OK so far. As with any overclocking - you takes your chances :P

Website for it is here:

http://www.gmabooster.com/

I've tried it on WOW and it does feel smoother. I'm currently grabbing Half Life 2 via Steam to see if this makes it playable...

Note the software is commercial, but you get a 7 day free trial so you try before you buy. Apparently it'll be less than $10 to register.

I figured I'd share this as it might well make a difference to gaming on the Aspire :)

Sol
 
I noticed a difference in OpenGL based games such as Teeworlds. I can't seem to find a price though.
 
just tolet everyone know, the creator is changing the software to make it an indefenate trial based software. so it will be free. just wait till he can get the changes to the site, and he'll be uploading the new version
 
Well, 1.2A is out. No changes that I have noticed. I tried HL1:OF in OpenGL rendering and noticed that that worked well too. So, he is going to make it free? I was just about ready to buy...
 
I have a problem with GMA Booster : Internal Error, after i see a gray box called "Form1"
AA1Ctrl was disabled. .NET 3.0 Installed.
I will try to install release 3.5
 
benjgvps said:
Well, 1.2A is out. No changes that I have noticed. I tried HL1:OF in OpenGL rendering and noticed that that worked well too. So, he is going to make it free? I was just about ready to buy...
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LOL Free nope if you look at the site you will have to download a NEW build every week as it will expire every 7 days... BUT if you make a donation you will be provided with a key that will not expire...... Hmmmmm is a fun way of saying it's still shareware...

He should just release it without an expire date and allow users to download new versions as and when available just like all other freeware. That way he is more likely to get a donations from users. As to thye donation sidre he hasn't suggested a minimum so guess 1p is enough then lol :twisted:


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Andrew
 
I downloaded this and tried it out. I played through the second level of Halo with the GMA Booster turned off, then retried the level with the GMA Booster turned on. I really didn't notice any difference in FPS. The big battle scenes would still slow down, and I didn't have a way to test and see if the base FPS improved at all. From a playing standpoint, it ran the same.
 
err.. I think in the long run, with regards to games and gaming, it's usually the video card power which has the last say... so..
 
Tried the GMA Booster. It pops open with a weird error message but then seems to run ok (this is in Windows Vista).
I noticed the FPS going up a good bit in GTA 3 @ 800x 600, it plays ok but crashes with GMA Booster at 400 MHz, at 250 it still does it but far less (all other settings are same as 250 for me).

In F.E.A.R. I noticed a very substantial increase in FPS from barely playable to quite playable @ 640 x 480 medium settings. This was at 400 MHz. But with all games YMMV of course.
 
hansbehrends said:
Tried the GMA Booster. It pops open with a weird error message but then seems to run ok (this is in Windows Vista).
I noticed the FPS going up a good bit in GTA 3 @ 800x 600, it plays ok but crashes with GMA Booster at 400 MHz, at 250 it still does it but far less (all other settings are same as 250 for me).

In F.E.A.R. I noticed a very substantial increase in FPS from barely playable to quite playable @ 640 x 480 medium settings. This was at 400 MHz. But with all games YMMV of course.
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You "noticed" or you saw actual frame rate increases using a program such as FRAPS?
 
DougHillman said:
hansbehrends said:
Tried the GMA Booster. It pops open with a weird error message but then seems to run ok (this is in Windows Vista).
I noticed the FPS going up a good bit in GTA 3 @ 800x 600, it plays ok but crashes with GMA Booster at 400 MHz, at 250 it still does it but far less (all other settings are same as 250 for me).

In F.E.A.R. I noticed a very substantial increase in FPS from barely playable to quite playable @ 640 x 480 medium settings. This was at 400 MHz. But with all games YMMV of course.
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You "noticed" or you saw actual frame rate increases using a program such as FRAPS?
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Heres my post in another thread about this program

Ok ran some benchmarks with a real game. heres the results for F.E.A.R.

GMA @ 166MHz (normal under clocked speed)
Minimum FPS: 8
Average: 21
Maximum:44

Time below 25 FPS: 62%
Time Between 25 & 40 FPS: 35%
TIme above 40 FPS: 3%

Thats not tooo bad for fear on this net book, but here with this GMABooster:

Test 1: GMA @ 400MHz (Real speed of a GMA 950, not under nor over clocked):

Minimum FPS: 9
Average: 25
Maximum: 65

Time below 25 FPS: 53%
Time Between 25 & 40 FPS: 33%
TIme above 40 FPS: 14%

Test 2:GMA @ 400MHz (Real speed of a GMA 950, not under nor over clocked):

Minimum FPS: 9
Average: 26
Maximum: 66

Time below 25 FPS: 50%
Time Between 25 & 40 FPS: 38%
TIme above 40 FPS: 12%

So as you can see, the speed boost is very noticeable. its not huge, but it is there.
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anyone got the "internal error!" box with form 1 with a gray box on top left? any solution to this?
 
I got it working now, installing all the windows upodate seems to work

but it really only goes up to 250Mhz according to everest

half life 2 seems to have like almost no change in performance. I think making it true 400mhz will make it more playable.
 
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