Driver help with 5970 and 5870

[hobib_ali]

I currently have a 5870 with the latest catylst drivers in my rig.
I ve bought a 5970, so do I need to uninstall the current 5870 drivers and remove the 5870 and the add the 5970 and then install the 5970 drivers?

or are the 5870 and 5970 drivers the same?

Also If I wanted to have both 5970 and 5870 how would I go about installing the cards and drivers?

I have a x58 ud7 mobo and a xfx 850 watt black edition pwr supp and a xfi sound card.Vista 64bit.6gb ocz ram.

Please advise.

ps. rig bought from overclockers site.

 

[RJC]

I would be inclined to uninstall the 5870 drivers, install the new card load the drivers and then install the 5870 for tri-fire hopefully the Catalyst software should detect all ok, when I have installed 2nd ATI gpu's in the past I have not needed to adjust anything.

 

[hobib_ali]

Thanks for advice, I will work on the new set up after a cuple of hours on ruse.

By the way how did you increase ur i7 to 4ghz? I have a 920 and with the gigabyte ud7 overclocking feature (smart6quick boost) it doesnt let me overclock above 3.2ghz and thats the twin turbo mode!

 

[RJC]

Bit of a late reply,

I use the BIOS to setup the overclock, 200mhz on the BCLK and multiplier at 20, voltage set to 1.28v, memory speed set to 8 x (1600) unicore at 16x.

 

[hobib_ali]

Please help
From the control panel I Have uninstalled the driver for my xfx 5870. The driver was catlyst 10.8

I then removed the physical 5870 and replaced with the 5970.switched the computer on, I then used the driver disc that came with my 5970 to install the 5970.
I restarted the computer and after a minute or so it keeps on crashing especially if I start a programme i.e start a game, I then uninstalled that driver through the controll panel and downloaded the latest driver for the 5970 from AMD.
no luck computer still freezes and crashes. When I go into the safe mode it does not crash.

I have downloaded a programme from cnet called Driver Sweeper as Isuspect that its a driver issue. I really dont want to install the operating system again as I cant find my game saves for my steam games.

Im stuck big time.

Can some one help me plz, Im a noobie

Can I uninstall the drivers in safe mode

 

[Barzini]

Please help
From the control panel I Have uninstalled the driver for my xfx 5870. The driver was catlyst 10.8

I then removed the physical 5870 and replaced with the 5970.switched the computer on, I then used the driver disc that came with my 5970 to install the 5970.
I restarted the computer and after a minute or so it keeps on crashing especially if I start a programme i.e start a game, I then uninstalled that driver through the controll panel and downloaded the latest driver for the 5970 from AMD.
no luck computer still freezes and crashes. When I go into the safe mode it does not crash.

I have downloaded a programme from cnet called Driver Sweeper as Isuspect that its a driver issue. I really dont want to install the operating system again as I cant find my game saves for my steam games.

Im stuck big time.

Can some one help me plz, Im a noobie

Can I uninstall the drivers in safe mode

This is what I would do:

- uninstall the ATI drivers, then shut down computer and physically remove the 5970.
- Boot up computer with your monitor connected to the on-board graphics
- Run driver sweeper and remove all traces of ATI drivers on your system
- Shut down and re-insert 5970, boot up, install latest catalyst drivers (10.8)

Some people dislike Driver Sweeper, but I have found it to be an excellent tool and have never had problems with it, I use it every month to wipe away drivers before installing the latest Catalyst.

Hopefully this should solve your problems. If not you may have to bite the bullet and do a clean re-install of Windows... just make sure you back-up all your stuff first...

 

[hobib_ali]

This is what I would do:

- uninstall the ATI drivers, then shut down computer and physically remove the 5970.
- Boot up computer with your monitor connected to the on-board graphics
- Run driver sweeper and remove all traces of ATI drivers on your system
- Shut down and re-insert 5970, boot up, install latest catalyst drivers (10.8)

Some people dislike Driver Sweeper, but I have found it to be an excellent tool and have never had problems with it, I use it every month to wipe away drivers before installing the latest Catalyst.

Hopefully this should solve your problems. If not you may have to bite the bullet and do a clean re-install of Windows... just make sure you back-up all your stuff first...

Hi Thanks for ur help
The issue is I cant start my comp as it keeps on crashing, its ok on safe mode. so can I uninstall the drivers use driver sweeper and the reinstall all while im on safe mode?

 

[MoRT489]

This seemed to work fine for me with 5870cf:

1. Uninstall ATI drivers from control panel.
2. Switch off PC, insert and plug in both 5970 and the 5870 with all power leads connected and crossfire bridges.
3. Boot up and hit F8 just before windows login (can be pressed repeatedly) and select safe mode.
4. Run DriverSweeper to remove all ATI files, reboot when promted.
5. Run the installer for Catalyst 10.8, when prompted reboot.
6. Run the installer for the 10.8a Catalyst Crossfire Profiles.
7. Open CCC, check if crossfire is enabled.
8. Run MSI Afterburner and launch Furmark (multi-gpu test) in a window and detach the graph (button at top, this way it fills the height of the window and u can see more rows of graphs). Check that each GPU is being used (should reach 100%).

If it still doesnt work, welcome to the wonderful world of ATI drivers...

 

[hobib_ali]

This seemed to work fine for me with 5870cf:

1. Uninstall ATI drivers from control panel.
2. Switch off PC, insert and plug in both 5970 and the 5870 with all power leads connected and crossfire bridges.
3. Boot up and hit F8 just before windows login (can be pressed repeatedly) and select safe mode.
4. Run DriverSweeper to remove all ATI files, reboot when promted.
5. Run the installer for Catalyst 10.8, when prompted reboot.
6. Run the installer for the 10.8a Catalyst Crossfire Profiles.
7. Open CCC, check if crossfire is enabled.
8. Run MSI Afterburner and launch Furmark (multi-gpu test) in a window and detach the graph (button at top, this way it fills the height of the window and u can see more rows of graphs). Check that each GPU is being used (should reach 100%).



Hi Thanks for the advise, just 1 more question.
I do not have a msi gpu card
How would I get afterburner and would it work on a xfx and radeon 5870 5970 on my computer ?

If it still doesnt work, welcome to the wonderful world of ATI drivers...

 

[hobib_ali]

Hi Creed, sori Im very new to forums , hope im doing things right.

1 more question.

Will the MSI afterburner programme work on my computer as I have a xfx and radeon.
I dont have a MSI card.

and where will I get afterburner from?

 

[Barzini]

MSI Afterburner will work fine with your XFX card. Download the latest version (2.0.0) for free from http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm. Google is your friend...

 

[hobib_ali]

ok barzini

looks like the driver sweeper worked

no more freezes or crashes.

I also had nvdia pysic x on my computer, somthing that should not of been there i think as i only use ati cards.

I will download after burner now. thanks again for everyones help..

 

[MoRT489]

Some games will still need physx installed i think, like metro 2033, but if this is the case they will tell u.