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ATI 5970 x2 (Quadfire?) Drivers

^JP^

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Hi,

Just got my 2nd 5970 from OCUK this morning and having a few issues with drivers on Windows 7 64bit.

With the ones from the DVD it seems to be working fine.

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But if I install the Dirt 2 Hotfix driver I keep getting BSOD with atikmdag.sys.

A quick google search shows this problem for years with ATI but no real "fix".

With just one card in I can run the Dirt 2 hotfix drivers fine so its pretty strange since its already running crossfire on the single card.

Anyone else with two 5970s what drivers are you using?

Thanks!
 
I think it's a problem with the drivers. I was reading that using 2 in quad-fire you might even actually get performance loss's for now. Wait till mid month.
 
^JP^ said:
Hi,

Just got my 2nd 5970 from OCUK this morning and having a few issues with drivers on Windows 7 64bit.

With the ones from the DVD it seems to be working fine.

b0m.png


But if I install the Dirt 2 Hotfix driver I keep getting BSOD with atikmdag.sys.

A quick google search shows this problem for years with ATI but no real "fix".

With just one card in I can run the Dirt 2 hotfix drivers fine so its pretty strange since its already running crossfire on the single card.

Anyone else with two 5970s what drivers are you using?

Thanks!
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We tested DualXFire at work with 5750s and it was just as stable as 295 dualSLI... aka... not very.

My only advice is to use the Beta drivers - I was contemplating jumping to quadX like yourself but the arsing around with getting my first 5970 has really put me off the idea.
 
take some pics i wanna see inside your case :D but why do you have 2 5970s? if you can get a game what needs 2 of them, and you have both cards struggling to play the game. Please...send me the FPS and all the settings you have on the game!
I would wait till 2010 where ATI will release the proper drivers.
 
Seems to be running great with DVD drivers. Guess I will just have to wait for new ones to have CF work with Dirt 2.

Plays Crysis fine at 2560x1600 with everything on max so thats nice.
Could not do it before with the single card.

Inside the case is pretty boring but here you go.



HAF 932 case is a nice size and good cooling but looks like crap on the inside.

(Now going to clean the dust off the TRUE ;))
 
Ok if he says he is a bencher then whats the point its the same thing as buying a car and testing it once - looking at the speed dial -

If you are a gamer you need to either buy more games or stop where you are!

you could have bought a whole new pc for that price

The CGI thing is true - most professional cgi studios have worse specs then you for rendering movies

I would have bought something good for that price say, a 42" Tv
 
wakayoda said:
Ok if he says he is a bencher then whats the point its the same thing as buying a car and testing it once - looking at the speed dial -

If you are a gamer you need to either buy more games or stop where you are!

you could have bought a whole new pc for that price

The CGI thing is true - most professional cgi studios have worse specs then you for rendering movies

I would have bought something good for that price say, a 42" Tv
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Ah right, well I play all my games at 2560x1600 and having this much power does make a difference.

I have a pretty ok car also (WRX STI).

I don't really benchmark, just some times to check the performance is ok.

Already have a good home cinema setup (50" Kuro with all the trimmings - posted some place in the Home Cinema thread on here)

I had not upgraded my PC at all for over a year so buying two new cards was not really much of an issue.

And I am pretty sure that any CGI studio is going to have far better and more specialised hardware for what they do.

Thank you for your concern though.
 
nice verbal posture jp and great manners , a nice refreshing change . do you have that cpu clocked to keep up with them puppies

cheers
 
muppet said:
nice verbal posture jp and great manners , a nice refreshing change . do you have that cpu clocked to keep up with them puppies

cheers
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Thank you muppet :cool:

I run the CPU at 4ghz but to be honest I am still GPU limited with these drivers and at this resolution.

I did have the single 5970 running at 850/1200 to check it would do 5870 speeds and it did no problem. VRMs 80-85c on GPUZ.

I hope the new drivers are due out soon and may be then I can play with the clocks a bit and see what the system can do.
 
its nice to see someone not compromising

good skills, those cards do look incredible up close [i wouldnt have put them in a haf but thats just my preference]

looks like the rest of your rig is spot on too

just a shame that multi GPU drivers are always shambolic

i tried 4X5870 and 2X5970 setups for bench runs on vantage and 06

both of them failed hard because of drivers
 
wakayoda said:
you could have bought a whole new pc for that price

I would have bought something good for that price say, a 42" Tv
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People throw FAR money away on drinks and cigarettes... I must have spent the price of 15x 5970's this year and have NOTHING to show for it. Yes the cards are overkill in my opinion, but sweeeet rig. :D
 
Tri-fire 5870 seems to be a more reliable option than quad-fire. The benchmarks i have seen show the tri-fire option getting good gains and usually beating quad-fire due to quad-fire not working properly.
 
rjkoneill said:
its nice to see someone not compromising

good skills, those cards do look incredible up close [i wouldnt have put them in a haf but thats just my preference]

looks like the rest of your rig is spot on too

just a shame that multi GPU drivers are always shambolic

i tried 4X5870 and 2X5970 setups for bench runs on vantage and 06

both of them failed hard because of drivers
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Thank you.

I know the HAF is a pretty nasty case but I just have it laying on its side under my desk and put my feet on it. :D
Every time I do a phase or w/c setup I always end up not using it a few months later and go back to air in a cheap case.

When you tried the quadfire setups did you use the "normal" beta drivers or the dirt 2 hotfix ones?

Would be nice to know if anyone else had problems with the dirt 2 hotfix ones also.

TheRealDeal said:
Tri-fire 5870 seems to be a more reliable option than quad-fire. The benchmarks i have seen show the tri-fire option getting good gains and usually beating quad-fire due to quad-fire not working properly.
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The problem was I did not want to change my motherboard or soundcard right now. So only had the option of running two cards. I guess I could have gone with 1x 5970 and 1x 5870 in Tri mode but with the cost of the 5870 being so high it was not that much more to get another 5970 and just cross my fingers on good drivers being on the way.

I can always put the 5970 in another PC or just sell up and get whatever DX11 card nvidia launch next year.




If anyone has any idea when ATI might launch new drivers then please say!

Thanks all!
 
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