MSI Kombustor Changelog

What's new in MSI Kombustor 4.1.28.0 64-bit

Feb 14, 2024
  • Added support of GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER and RTX 4080 SUPER.
  • Added support of Radeon RX 7600 XT.
  • Added support of AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 10GB / 12 GB.
  • Added support of AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT.
  • Updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.57.0)

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.27.0 64-bit (Aug 28, 2023)

  • added support of AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, Intel Arc A570M, Arc A530M, Arc Pro A60M and A30M, AMD Radeon PRO W7900, PRO W7800, PRO W7600 and PRO W7500.
  • updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.53.0)

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.26.0 (May 29, 2023)

  • added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti.
  • added support of AMD Radeon RX 7600.
  • added a in-app message box to notify the availability of a new version.
  • updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.52.0)

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.25.0 (May 29, 2023)

  • updated MAHM (MSI Afterburner Hardware Monitor) support in the GPU monitoring plugin.

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.24.0 (May 29, 2023)

  • added a configuration file (conf.xml) to enable or disable some features.
  • added support of AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT, Radeon RX 7700S and RX 7600S.

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.23.0 (May 29, 2023)

  • GPU Load is now GPU Usage in the On Screen Information.
  • added new command line option to enable GPU monitoring via Afterburner (if present): -do_ab_monitoring By default GPU monitoring via Afterburner is now disabled.

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.22.0 64-bit (Apr 13, 2023)

  • Added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.
  • Updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.51.2)

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.17.0 64-bit (Aug 3, 2022)

  • Updated some OpenGL 3/4 shaders to make AMD Adrenalin 22.7.1 happy.
  • Added support of AMD Radeon RX 6700 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630.
  • Added detection of Intel Arc A380.
  • Improved detection of Radeon GPUs.
  • Updated GPU monitoring with NVAPI 515
  • Updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.48.0)

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.14.0 64-bit (Nov 16, 2021)

  • Compiled with VS2022
  • Updated GPU monitoring with NVAPI 495
  • Updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.44.1)

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.13.0 64-bit (Aug 19, 2021)

  • Added support of AMD Radeon RX 6700M, RX 6800M, RX 6600 XT, RX 6600, RX 6600M and Radeon Pro W6800 and W6600.
  • Added support of NVIDIA RTX A2000.
  • Fixed support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti.
  • Fixed crash when DPI scaling (100%, 125%, 150%, ...) was changed at runtime by the user.
  • Fixed PhysX device name in the log file.
  • Updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.43.0) that include latest PhysX 4.1.2.

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.12.0 64-bit (May 20, 2021)

  • Added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
  • Added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
  • Added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
  • Added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
  • Added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (id: 2504)
  • Added support of NVIDIA A6000, A5000 and A4000.
  • Updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.42.2)

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.10.0 64-bit (Dec 15, 2020)

  • Fixed a texturing bug in MSI-01 and MSI-02 demos.
  • Updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.39.2)

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.3.0 64-bit (Jan 24, 2020)

  • Added support of Radeon RX 5700 XT, Radeon RX 5500 XT, Radeon RX 5600 XT, GeForce RTX 2060 with TU104 GPU and GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER.
  • Updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.29.12.0)
  • Fixed screen name bug (always anonymous) in score submission box.

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.1.0 64-bit (Oct 2, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug in the Vulkan renderer (window resizing).
  • Updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.29.3.0)

New in MSI Kombustor 4.1.0.0 64-bit (Oct 2, 2019)

  • Added a simple GPU monitoring to the main GUI.
  • Added a control panel to the MSI-01 in demo mode.
  • Added a technical guide (PDF).
  • Added PhysX4 CPU/GPU medium++ test that increases the number of rigid bodies (6000) and increases the PhysX solver interations.
  • Added support of GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER and added new RTX 2060/2070 SUPER.
  • Improved the Vulkan renderer (bugfixes + minor changes).
  • Updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.29.0.0) including PhysX SDK 4.1.1.

New in MSI Kombustor 4.0.1.0 64-bit (Oct 2, 2019)

  • Added support of GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and RTX 2070 SUPER.
  • Improved / fixed highDPI scaling support.
  • Updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.28.4.0).
  • Changed the major version number: now 4.x.x.x.

New in MSI Kombustor 2.6.0 32-bit / 3.5.2.1 64-bit (Jun 9, 2016)

  • 2015.07.13 - v3.5.2.1
  • ----------------------
  • - fixed a bug in the GPU detection code
  • (a Radeon R9 290X was displayed as a R9 390X).
  • Version 2.6.0 - 2015.07.08
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  • - added command line option to specify the number of particles
  • of the fractal flame test. Ex: /fractal_flame_particles=2000000
  • - added 4K resolutions (3840x2160, 7680x2160, 11520x2160)
  • - added support of latest desktop GeForce (GTX 960, GTX 980 Ti and TITAN X).
  • - added support of latest notebook GeForce (GTX 980M, GTX 970M, GTX 965M, GTX 960M and GTX 950M).
  • - added Radeon R9 Fury X, R9 390X, R9 390, R9 380, R7 370, R7 360, R7 350 and R7 340 support.
  • - updated GPU Shark 0.9.5.0
  • - updated: ZoomGPU 1.13.0

New in MSI Kombustor 3.5.1.0 64-bit (Aug 28, 2015)

  • fixed a crash with Radeon R9 in the GPU monitoring plugin.
  • updated GPU Shark 0.9.2.0
  • updated 3D framework

New in MSI Kombustor 3.5.0.4 64-bit (Aug 28, 2015)

  • added support of desktop GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980.
  • updated GPU Shark 0.9.1.4
  • updated 3D framework

New in MSI Kombustor 3.5.0.2 64-bit (Aug 28, 2015)

  • fixed GPU detection on notebooks with NVIDIA GPU and Intel GPU (tested on ASUS N550J with NVIDIA GTX 850M + Intel HD 4600).
  • moved PhysX 3 DLLs from plugins/ folder to Kombustor root folder.
  • now, all 3D tests are benchmarkable but only tests with [B] have online scores.
  • disabled online score submissions for PhysX benchmarks.
  • updated score submission module.
  • updated GPU Shark 0.9.1.2

New in MSI Kombustor 3.5.0.1 64-bit (Aug 28, 2015)

  • updated the Plasma demo (particle size).
  • updated the PhysX 3 rigid bodies demo with more spheres (500).

New in MSI Kombustor 3.5.0.0 64-bit (Aug 28, 2015)

  • added new demo/benchmark: Plasma (OpenGL 4.3 + compute shaders + ssbo).
  • added new furry stress test with pq torus.
  • added new experimental demo: fur rendering with bindless textures (OpenGL 4.4).
  • added support of desktop GeForce GTX Titan Z, GT 730, GT 720.
  • added support of notebook GeForce GT 700M series, GTX 700M series, 800M series and GTX 800M series.
  • updated 3D framework
  • updated GPU Shark 0.9.0

New in MSI Kombustor 3.4.0.2 64-bit (Aug 28, 2015)

  • updated score submission module.
  • updated 3D framework

New in MSI Kombustor 3.4.0.0 64-bit (Aug 28, 2015)

  • added support of latest GeForce cards (GTX Titan Black, GTX 750, GTX 750 Ti).
  • benchmark scores can now be submitted to an online GPU database
  • added new multi-GPU test: OpenCL Julia4D.
  • added a section with experimental demos (no benchmark, demo mode only).
  • many bugfixes.
  • updated 3D framework
  • updated GPU Shark 0.8.1
  • default resolution is 1280x720

New in MSI Kombustor 2.5.9 32-bit (Aug 28, 2015)

  • added support of GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970.
  • update: GPU Shark 0.9.1.4
  • updated: ZoomGPU 1.9.4

New in MSI Kombustor 2.5.8 32-bit (Aug 28, 2015)

  • fixed GPU detection on notebooks with NVIDIA GPU and Intel GPU (tested on ASUS N550J with NVIDIA GTX 850M + Intel HD 4600).
  • NVIDIA GPUs: display of all Pstates as well as base and boost clocks.
  • fixed memory size reading for NVIDIA GPU.
  • update: GPU Shark 0.9.1.2
  • updated: ZoomGPU 1.9.3

New in MSI Kombustor 2.5.7 32-bit (Aug 28, 2015)

  • online scores submissions are disabled. Use Kombustor v3.4+ to submit a score.
  • added support of latest desktop GeForce (GTX Titan Z, GT 730, GT 720, ...).
  • added support of latest notebook GeForce (GT 700M series, GTX 700M series, 800M series).
  • added support of latest desktop Radeon (R9 295X2).
  • update: GPU Shark 0.9.0
  • update: compiled with ZoomGPU 1.9.0.

New in MSI Kombustor 3.3.0 64-bit (Jul 24, 2014)

  • added support of GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GTX 760 and Radeon R9/R7 series.
  • added CPU burner module
  • updated the GeForce GTX LED controller.
  • updated 3D Framework
  • updated GPU Shark 0.7.5

New in MSI Kombustor 3.2.0 64-bit (Jul 24, 2014)

  • added new demo: PhysX 3 Rigid Bodies (CPU PhysX only).
  • added new demo: PhysX 3 Fluids (GPU PhysX or CPU PhysX).
  • inproved the support of SLI systems
  • added a tiny utility to control the GeForce GTX LED logo.
  • fixed bug in average FPS value.
  • updated with latest 3d framework.
  • updated GPU Shark v0.7.4 (GPU monitoring).

New in MSI Kombustor 3.1.1 64-bit (Jul 24, 2014)

  • fixed a bug related to GPU Boost for NVIDIA GPUs
  • no crash with R320.00, crash with R320.18).
  • updated with latest 3d framework.
  • updated GPU Shark v0.7.2 (GPU monitoring).

New in MSI Kombustor 3.1.0 64-bit (Jul 24, 2014)

  • added new GPU core burner v2 stress test
  • added limiting policies for NVIDIA GPUs (GPU Boost 2.0)
  • added GeForce GTX 770 support
  • updated with latest 3d framework
  • updated startup interface
  • updated GPU Shark v0.7.1 (GPU monitoring)

New in MSI Kombustor 3.0.0 64-bit (Jul 24, 2014)

  • updated with latest version of the 3d framework.

New in MSI Kombustor 3.0.0 Beta (Jul 24, 2014)

  • updated GPU core stress test (fur test) fur and background images
  • added support of triple temperature monitoring via MSI Afterburner
  • third beta release for MSI team
  • updated GPU memory load reading.
  • added support of Afterburner for reading GPU data
  • Connect to MSI Afterburner checkbox).
  • second beta release for MSI team.

New in MSI Kombustor 2.5.6 (Jul 24, 2014)

  • only MSIKombustorDX11.exe (Win7/Win8) is available.
  • added support of latest GeForce (GTX 780 Ti and GTX 760) and Radeon R9/R7 family graphics cards.
  • update: GPU Shark 0.7.5
  • update: compiled with ZoomGPU 1.8.21.

New in MSI Kombustor 2.5.5 (Jul 24, 2014)

  • bugfix in GPU Boost management for NVIDIA GPUs (no crash with R320.00, crash with R320.18).
  • Update: GPU Shark 0.7.2
  • Update: compiled with ZoomGPU 1.8.17.

New in MSI Kombustor 2.5.4 (Jul 24, 2014)

  • added support of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770.
  • Update: GPU Shark 0.7.1
  • Update: compiled with ZoomGPU 1.8.16.

New in MSI Kombustor 2.5.3 (Jul 24, 2014)

  • added support of AMD Radeon HD 7990 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780.
  • Update: GPU Shark 0.7.0
  • Update: compiled with ZoomGPU 1.8.14.

New in MSI Kombustor 2.5.2 (Mar 28, 2013)

  • added support of NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST and Radeon HD 7790.
  • added new 16/9 resolutions (one, double and triple HD/WHQD monitors).
  • Update: GPU Shark 0.6.10
  • Update: compiled with ZoomGPU 1.8.13.

New in MSI Kombustor 2.5.1 (Feb 8, 2013)

  • New: added more command line options to batch-start 3D tests. See the start_3d_tests.bat file for more details.
  • Update: GPU Shark 0.6.8
  • Update: compiled with ZoomGPU 1.8.11.
  • Bugfix: /log_score command line option broken.

New in MSI Kombustor 2.5.0 (Nov 29, 2012)

  • New: added new quick OC test (based on GL4 tessellation) in 3D tests. You can quickly check your OC settings on a GeForce with a Fermi or Kepler GPU.
  • Update: KLoaderWin32.exe updated for Win8.
  • Update: GPU Shark 0.6.7
  • Bugfix: added offsets to core and memory clock speeds on GeForce GTX 600 series.
  • Update: compiled with ZoomGPU 1.8.10.

New in MSI Kombustor 2.4.2 (Sep 12, 2012)

  • Update: GPU Shark 0.6.6
  • Update: compiled with ZoomGPU 1.8.7 (minor bugfix for some systems without graphic driver).