yasamoka
Let's see how it goes!
yasamoka
Le driver.
Some articles:
Guru3D
PCPerspective
HardOCP
Anandtech
I have already tried these drivers out. I will share my impression after you guys get to try them out as well. I need to try more games too.
Zahix
I guess I'll be uninstalling Radeonpro for good.
yasamoka
Tried it? I'll be keeping RadeonPro for non-FPS games and simply capping FPS where I see fit in FPS games.
EDIT: Read this
article from Tech Report..
It has literally shocked me. Take a look at the FCAT frametime bar graphs...
Zahix
I have tried a couple of games and i'm very impressed with the smoothness.
Metro Last Light, Far Cry 3, Borderlands 2, Tomb Raider have shown great diffrence with the driver.
yasamoka
Awesome. Tried Metro 2033, Crysis 3, Heaven, Valley, Tomb Raider (only the bench), BF3 (couldn't get it down to 60FPS :P), amazing stuff. Very very smooth.
What we're seeing is reflected in that Tech Report article. It might surprise you to see in numbers and graphs.
Zahix
I just realized that sometimes my 2nd GPU usage is jumping to 99% for no reason nonstop without having any load at all. Did anyone face similar problem ?
yasamoka
Yes, me. I think it's just reported as 99% GPU usage.
Also, make sure you uninstall previous drivers THEN install these. I've had some trouble with the first couple of installations.
Zahix
yeah of course I always do a full sweep/safe mode, then install.
It's not just a number, the clocks are maxed out and its getting some heat.(53 deg)
yasamoka
Weird. It has no effect on performance though, right?
And in what games in that happening?
Zahix
Getting more heat in general ingame. But it's happening on idle as well.
yasamoka
Is ULPS off or on?
Zahix
It's on
EDIT: I noticed that ZeroCore technology isn't working .
EDIT2 : I have a feeling it's the MSI AB.
yasamoka
Try with ULPS off. Turn it off via MSI AB. You need the newer beta versions.
Zahix
After Turning ULPS off, It didn't happen since then.
yasamoka
Great. These drivers were a disaster for me stability-wise. Hopped on a fresh installation of Windows 8 a couple days ago, maybe I will try this driver again.
Zahix
What problems did you have with the drivers?
yasamoka
Freeze, crash to desktop, and reboot with high GPU load in games & benches. Black screen on Windows startup which I fixed with a reinstall. Couldn't fold. Disaster.
edhunter
Hello guys,
I just got a 2nd Vapor-x 7950. I uninstalled all previous drives and installed the drivers again from the catalyst CD it came with.
I am not sure if its working as its supposed to - in the catalyst overdrive menu the first GPU gets full load while the second is still 0 for example when run unigene. Though I tried when I first installed and I got double frame rate.
Can anyone suggest some tools to run some better monitoring and testing on these?
thanks,
Ed
Zahix
First, Congrats on the new card, I own the same ones but 2x8pin power and I can't be more satisfied.
Second, this will sound obvious, however, I will ask. Have you put the Crossfire Bridges on the cards?
Third, Make sure in the Bios that both Pci-e cards slots are working at 8x.
Fourth, always download Driver from the official website and never from CDs. they are always outdated . (are you on windows 8.1 ??)
You don't need to download CAP with 13.8 as it comes with it built-in.
You need to enable Xfire from catalyst before anything.
Don't put load on the cards before checking the above first. if all are OK then I will help you with further troubleshooting.
