13.11 Beta 6 Driver Performance - 7950 Crossfire & 1125/1600 - 1440P

LtMatt · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:18

Specs

i7 2700k@ 4.8ghz
8Gb DDR3 2133Mhz
2x7950 @925/1250
Windows 8
13.11 Beta 6 Drivers
Frame pacing enabled
1440P

Benchmarking Procedure & Settings

FOV (where applicable) 82
Ultra/Extreme Preset used from in game options.

Battlefield 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2b5b3vK-TY
Bioshock - Used in game benchmark
Crysis 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxrjqhSAnAo
Dirt Showdown - Used in game benchmark
Farcry 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW2gDhEMfyk
Hitman Absolution - Used in game benchmark
Metro 2033 - Used in game benchmark
Metro Last Light - Used in game benchmark
Tomb Raider - Used in game benchmark
Sleeping Dogs - Used in game benchmark
3DMark 11 - Firestrike
Unigine Valley - Extreme HD

Metro 2033#Metro LL - Used AAA, advanced Physx disabled. Everything else maxed out.

SCORE
12761 with AMD Radeon HD 7950(2x) and Intel Core i7-2700K Processor
Graphics Score 16502
Physics Score 12252
Combined Score 4838

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1493117?

LtMatt · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:19

See my previous benchmarking thread here for a comparison on how this new 13.11 driver compares to the previous 13.10 driver. Below ive worked out the percentage different for minimum and average fps between the two driver sets.

13.11 Beta 6 vs 13.10 Beta

Battlefield 3
MIN: 8.8% faster
AVG: 3.7% faster

Bioshock
MIN: Not counted as MIN is bugged
AVG: 0%

Crysis 3
MIN: 6.6% faster
AVG: 3.9% faster

Dirt Showdown
MIN: 2.7% faster
AVG: 1.7% faster

Farcry 3
MIN: 2.5% faster
AVG: 4.9% faster

Hitman
MIN: 0%
AVG: -0.9% (margin of error)

Metro 2033
MIN: 76% increase
AVG: 4.3% faster

Metro Last Light
MIN: 2.2% faster
AVG: 6% faster

Sleeping Dogs
MIN: 3.4% faster
AVG: 2.7% faster

Tomb Raider
MIN: -2% slower
AVG: 0.9% faster (margin of error)

Firestrike - GPU Score Only
0.7% faster (margin of error)

Unigine Valley Score Only
-0.7% slower (margin of error)

Addicted · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:28

Very nice, but are the drivers an improvement over the previous or not? I don't see anything to reference previous drivers, so hard to make a guess as to if they're good or not!

LtMatt · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:35

Addicted said:
Very nice, but are the drivers an improvement over the previous or not? I don't see anything to reference previous drivers, so hard to make a guess as to if they're good or not!

See my second post above which ive just finished editing. I've just worked out the performance differences vs 13.10 beta for every game on the minimum and average fps.

vUNREALv · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:41

Ive got 7950 xfire going from the 13.11 beta 3 to 13.11 beta 6 my battlefield 3 performance has gone down so I've gone back to the beta 3's.

LtMatt · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:44

vUNREALv said:
Ive got 7950 xfire going from the 13.11 beta 3 to 13.11 beta 6 my battlefield 3 performance has gone down so I've gone back to the beta 3's.

Did you forget to disable ULPS or something? I'm seeing definite gains in Battlefield 3. Not that i need any more performance in this title though.

Rusty0611 · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:46

Nice work, Matt

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redrooster303 · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:54

Nice one Lt. Since getting these cards I have experienced a few CTDs on sleeping dogs and far cry 3 (only games ive played so far) and I know its not my cpu as with all the previous cards Ive had I never got a CTD now they happen quite a lot. All my previous cards were NVidia, is this something that just happens with crossfire and I should just get on with it or am I missing something.
Cards aren't OC'd yet an d I'm on 13.11 beta 3 I think.

teppic · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:58

Some good increases in minimums there, especially for BF3 (clearly Metro 2033 has had some major issue resolved...).

Rusty0611 · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:59

I know you like comparisons from the big daddy single chips so I thought I'd throw a Tomb Raider one in here. Same settings as you. Will stick in spoilers to save the thread from being clogged:

LtMatt · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:59

redrooster303 said:
Nice one Lt. Since getting these cards I have experienced a few CTDs on sleeping dogs and far cry 3 (only games ive played so far) and I know its not my cpu as with all the previous cards Ive had I never got a CTD now they happen quite a lot. All my previous cards were NVidia, is this something that just happens with crossfire and I should just get on with it or am I missing something.
Cards aren't OC'd yet an d I'm on 13.11 beta 3 I think.

I notice you have HIS ICE-Q cards. Your cards are probably throttling even at stock and causing the crashing issues you mention. Have a good read of this thread. It will show you how to remove the throttling problem and get much better performance from the cards. Post in that thread if you need help. The best long term solution is to flash the first bios you see in the OP.

Rusty0611 said:
I know you like comparisons from the big daddy single chips so I thought I'd throw a Tomb Raider one in here. Same settings as you. Will stick in spoilers to save the thread from being clogged:

Good lad Rusty.

BaDBoY_uK · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:00

How do those Metro scores work? 76% and 3%?

redrooster303 · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:03

Yeah sorry I didn't mention this but I've already done all that. I just wondered that's all as I don't have much experience with crossfire (only ever had SLI).

It may just be those games, I'll have to see.

vUNREALv · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:03

LtMatt said:
Did you forget to disable ULPS or something? I'm seeing definite gains in Battlefield 3. Not that i need any more performance in this title though.

No mate I always disable ulps. Currently running 1100/1375 my resolution is 5760x1080 the beta 6 certainly perform worse than the beta 3 drivers for me.

LtMatt · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:07

teppic said:
Some good increases in minimums there, especially for BF3 (clearly Metro 2033 has had some major issue resolved...).

Yes overall nice drivers with some small improvements from the previous sets. Hard to notice a difference in game though to be honest.

BaDBoY_uK said:
How do those Metro scores work? 76% and 3%?

If you see the second post i put a link to the previous benchmark scores. Metro2033 had a minimum of 12.5 then and this time 22. This is the reason for the very high percentage increase in minimum fps. Metro benchmark is a bit buggy so i wouldn't pay too much attention to it.

redrooster303 said:
Yeah sorry I didn't mention this but I've already done all that. I just wondered that's all as I don't have much experience with crossfire (only ever had SLI).

It may just be those games, I'll have to see.

Maybe try reinstalling drivers, using driver fusion to clean your system up of old nvidia drivers as well as amd drivers, as per my thread here. Try verifying game cache files for sleeping dogs and farcry 3. Make sure you gpu's are completely stable. Try adding a notch or two of vcore to make sure. Make sure gpu's are not over heating and causing the crashes. Keeping them below 75-80c should be good enough at stock. The only other thing i can think of is a fresh windows install.

redrooster303 · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:11

I'll take a look at some of that, thanks.

BaDBoY_uK · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:14

Fair enough Lt

LtMatt · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:15

vUNREALv said:
No mate I always disable ulps. Currently running 1100/1375 my resolution is 5760x1080 the beta 6 certainly perform worse than the beta 3 drivers for me.

Fair enough stick with Beta 3 then. Don't think there is much difference between Beta 3 and 5. Beta 3 had a bug in it regarding 4K, hence Beta 5 was released a few days after.

vUNREALv · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:50

I'm just doing a fresh install of win 8.1 on my xfire rig now when its sorted I will give these beta 6 drivers another go.

LtMatt · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:57

vUNREALv said:
I'm just doing a fresh install of win 8.1 on my xfire rig now when its sorted I will give these beta 6 drivers another go.

Furry muff. Working well with no crashes or anything here.