This seemed like a good thread to ask; especially because I just finished reading another thread where Baisley appears to be some kind of GPU mastermind 
I have a Sapphire 5850 extreme as well, and was using trixx with great success.
However this machine is also my primary computer; and I got a third monitor. Not finding out until later that the 5850 can only support 3+ monitors through native/active DisplayPort (which I had none of); I rigged one of the monitors onto the onboard 4200 (not used for mining; not worth it).
My problem is; trixx will only ever detect/attempt to tweak the settings for the 4200 unless I disable it completely in the bios. I've read that this is a problem with trixx and that there is no fix.
Luckily, MSI afterburner DOES let me select the card to tweak. But it does not let me adjust the vcore and my memory clock seems to adjust itself depending on if i'm mining or not; regardless of what i set it to- as you guys have just described is a problem with MSI AB and Sapphire Extreme 5850.
What i'm wondering is, does anyone have a link or instructions to how do unlock/give MSI the ability to change these settings?
Do I have to uninstall CCC Completely? They seem to 'play nice' provided i'm not trying to use them at the same time. The checkboxes in MSI AB's general tab are already checked; they don't have an effect. Should I bother trying RivaTuner or is it too out of date?
I won't be able to actually attempt any advice until my new heatsink/fan gets here. The blower on my card went out and i'm having to underclock it to hell, with shroud off and 3 fans pointed at it (lost 1/3 of my hasing power) just to keep it below 80.
Thanks
I have a Sapphire 5850 extreme as well, and was using trixx with great success.
However this machine is also my primary computer; and I got a third monitor. Not finding out until later that the 5850 can only support 3+ monitors through native/active DisplayPort (which I had none of); I rigged one of the monitors onto the onboard 4200 (not used for mining; not worth it).
My problem is; trixx will only ever detect/attempt to tweak the settings for the 4200 unless I disable it completely in the bios. I've read that this is a problem with trixx and that there is no fix.
Luckily, MSI afterburner DOES let me select the card to tweak. But it does not let me adjust the vcore and my memory clock seems to adjust itself depending on if i'm mining or not; regardless of what i set it to- as you guys have just described is a problem with MSI AB and Sapphire Extreme 5850.
What i'm wondering is, does anyone have a link or instructions to how do unlock/give MSI the ability to change these settings?
Do I have to uninstall CCC Completely? They seem to 'play nice' provided i'm not trying to use them at the same time. The checkboxes in MSI AB's general tab are already checked; they don't have an effect. Should I bother trying RivaTuner or is it too out of date?
I won't be able to actually attempt any advice until my new heatsink/fan gets here. The blower on my card went out and i'm having to underclock it to hell, with shroud off and 3 fans pointed at it (lost 1/3 of my hasing power) just to keep it below 80.
Thanks