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AMD Catalyst 12.8 (8.982.0 July 27) AMD Official WHQL

You're right there could be a whole plethora of issues.

However, it was fine before on the old drivers and now it's not on these ones. I hope you don't deal with your clients in such over complicating ways otherwise you may find yourself out of business if they get wind of it!

This isn't about me no matter how much you turn it into some kind of odd personal crusade.

p.s. your grammar is appalling.

MY grammar is appalling yes.

Yes it was fine with the old drivers and now its not, its upto him if he wants to get the to bottom of it or not and not you.

There is nothing complicated about my suggestions, its only complicated for you clearly and im not suggesting anything to you so why are you so upset about it.
I have more clients all the time so clearly my approach is not over complicated as you make out, it gets results and im in high demand at my main job because no one at any place that i have worked has been able to get around the issues like i have and that's coming from what they say, 90% of what i do is bespoke, so yeah im not worried about clients.

Its you who started this, your reply to me had no contributing factors at all, you have been here long enough to know about my bad typing and grammar so stop crying about it, if its to much for you then don't bother replying to me seeing as your not able to decipher what i type, so stop hurting yourself by trying.

Nothing more to be said, the OP is going to do what he feels best out of what has been suggested.
And yes will be offering advice about drivers and stability in the future and it wont be just rollback at the slightest issue im sorry to say.

Bye.
 
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He has, the drivers! And he's resolved it!



Good night mate.

A couple of questions I did try these but I am having a few bf3 freezes not sure weathers it's this driver.
Anyway I have gone back to the 12.7 beta, my question is in after burner is it meant to say 9.14.10.0924 catalyst 11.12? I'm not using CCC just using the drivers.
Thanks


How about the CPU ?

Yeah I will give that a go, what I'm going to do is try the betas again over the next few days and if it still does it I will go stock CPU to see.
Regards

No where did he say that rolling back has resolved his issues and in fact he has a new one.
But hey it seems you know better than him.
 
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Going back to previous drivers where presumably the issue is not there... Otherwise why roll back?

Thought you were going? :p
 
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anyone else having annoying problems installing the 12.8s? after the installation finishes, it doesn't return my screen, so i had to vnc to it to restart
 
with 12.4 i get between 95-99% on all 3 gpu's.. with 12.6 or higher i only get between 65-85% on all 3 gpu's + less fps

At what res? It's known that the last couple of releases are geared towards two cards rather than 3 or 4. Anyone I've seen at 1080p has never gotten 95% scaling on 3 cards in BF3 MP.
 
anyone else having annoying problems installing the 12.8s? after the installation finishes, it doesn't return my screen, so i had to vnc to it to restart

Happens me a lot after installing or un-installing, I just wait for the HD light to stop flashing and then hit the shutdown button.
 
Motherboard

Asus P8P67
CPU

I5 2500k @ 4.7Ghz @1.38
Graphics

MSI 7970 OC @1200/1675 1.168V
Memory

16GIG Kingston DDR3 1600mhz
Cooling Solution

CVorsair H60
Display

28" LG HD LCD TV @1080p
Soundcard & Speakers

Logitech G35
Hard-Drives

Intel 330+320 SSD
Optical Drives

DVD ROM+RW
Power Supply

XFX Black Edition 750W
Case

Corsair 600T
Input Devices

Razor Deathadder Left Handed Mouse + Logitech G11 Keyboard
Operating System

Windows 7 64

These drivers are god like in bf3. 7970 @1200core 1700memory 1080p full ultra @4xaa barely drops below 60fps vsync. Loving it AMD.


Motherboard

asus rampage 2 extreme
CPU

920 @ 4.7 ghz
Graphics

xfx hd 7970 BE crossfire @1350/1800
Memory

12 gig corsair dominator 1600 mhz
Cooling Solution

thermal chill 120.3/feser 360,dual 655 pumps with ek top,ek hf/w blue top/ek , EK 6990 block
Display

3007
Soundcard & Speakers

x-fi forte + logitech z-5500
Hard-Drives

3 ssd's + 2 tb black
Power Supply

xfx 1250 watt black edition
Case

p180
Input Devices

logitech g510, g700 , logitech driving force gt , logitech 270 web cam
Operating System

w7 64 bit
Extra Info

http://s550.photobucket.com/albums/ii415/steve_hen/steveos rig/

yes i agree these drivers are god like ! i gained 10-15 fps , and my min fps went up 10-15 fps also in bf3 at (1600p ultra/4x aa)

and for some reason my max overclocks have increased a lot ?? i'm hoping to be able to hit 1500/1900 next time i try 1450/1875 is stable

i though the june26 12.7 was awesome , the 12.8 is even better
 
1080p
but even at 3840x1080 it doesn't go as high as 95-99% with 12.6 or higher

With 12.4's you get 95% scaling on 3 cards in Bf3 MP? Usually anything over a 32 man server doesn't scale well for me. Could be latency though aswell. I want to sell one of my cards and get a 7990 when it comes out.
 
Just installed these and got the horrible screen tearing/flickering on Aero desktop that I had a couple of revisions ago :(
 
Well I'll be sending back my GTX670 tomorrow and ordering my 7970. BF3 is the main game I'm playing at the moment but from other titles I can see the want for the AMD card.

What driver is best for BF3 for the 7970?. It would be handy for some people's input on this as that will be the first game I'll be trying. I just hope I'm going to be happy with the card and not send it back to get the GTX 670 again as that's £20 spent on postage for sending back the 2 cards if I do switch back. For the £300+ I'm spending I'm not worried at spending £10-£20 to make the right choice :).

You're right there could be a whole plethora of issues.

However, it was fine before on the old drivers and now it's not on these ones. I hope you don't deal with your clients in such over complicating ways otherwise you may find yourself out of business if they get wind of it! It'd be like those plumbers who charge for a whole rework of the pipes when the tap is broken.

This isn't about me no matter how much you try to turn it into some kind of odd personal crusade.

Everything I say you completey ignore and you proceed to argue with yourself about something I haven't said.

p.s. your grammar is appalling.

Mods please have a word with Rusty as he's quite offensive and really isn't people friendly from what I've seen. First Rusty questioned Final8y's English as in not being his first language, then he said his grammar is appalling. I'm sorry but this forum gets used INTERNATIONALLY and his demeanor is unacceptable. I have many international friends and can only applaud their efforts to learn a new language. Can Rusty speak all of the other languages fluently?. If not then how would he feel getting ridiculed for it?. He had a point of discussion, just as Final8y did, but he crossed the line several times. He certainly does not handle social situations well if challenged.

I'm not here to argue though. Rusty will be ignored. I just feel very offended for the people who learn a new language and then have to deal with an attitude like Rusty's here at OCUK. If this is meant to be a family atmosphere then what is it based on?. Shameless?. Come on OCUK and stomp this kind of attitude out around here as it's immature and offensive. Who am I kidding though?. This is the Graphic Card section......
 
3 7970 cards in BF3 @ 1080p is CPU limited, its not down to the drivers.

In 1080p Ultra, they will push about 35-45% utilisation each.

3 7970 cards in 1440p works rather better.
 
I will be ignored yet you still took effort to post all that. OK mate :)

If you care to look through my previous posts you will get a proper picture rather than extrapolating one post and drawing some strange conclusion from that.

e.g. dirt showdown code giveaway.

I'm a bad, bad man obviously.
 
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Well I'll be sending back my GTX670 tomorrow and ordering my 7970. BF3 is the main game I'm playing at the moment but from other titles I can see the want for the AMD card.

What driver is best for BF3 for the 7970?. It would be handy for some people's input on this as that will be the first game I'll be trying. I just hope I'm going to be happy with the card and not send it back to get the GTX 670 again as that's £20 spent on postage for sending back the 2 cards if I do switch back. For the £300+ I'm spending I'm not worried at spending £10-£20 to make the right choice :).

Welcome aboard JD, you just joined the cool kids club. :p

12.8 driver with 12.7cap 3 is the driver set you want. Uber performance in bf3 for 7970 with this driver. They've really nailed it and finally cracked that code what gimped aa on AMD cards.


I will be ignored yet you still took effort to post all that. OK mate :)

If you care to look through my previous posts you will get a proper picture rather than extrapolating one post and drawing some strange conclusion from that.

Step away from the keyboard Rusty Galloway. :D
 
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