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60fps on 7970?

whitestar85 said:
No you tube vids been running mine stick on that if I used YouTube before hand or any video media , anything running in the back ground ??
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Well no actual video was running but i was on youtube.com with ff and loads of other tabs, also had fraps running, msi afterburer and gpuz.

I'm installing mw3 atm (just about figured how to install from disc with steam) lets see how that goes. Origin is down and cant install bf3 as i cant login, and i'm reinstalling skyrim also.
 
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If I have any media tabs my 7950 sticks at 500 so possibly something along those lines also if I used any thing other than I times for music no idea why, bf3 can run at 120fps easy but if had a you tube on tab it gets about 6fps , no joke
 
whitestar85 said:
If I have any media tabs my 7950 sticks at 500 so possibly something along those lines also if I used any thing other than I times for music no idea why, bf3 can run at 120fps easy but if had a you tube on tab it gets about 6fps , no joke
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Lol, well its too late to know now. I was accessing Steam which I had installed on another drive. Now i've resinstalled steam on a new drive and reinstalling Skyrim so I'll try it again with youtube etc open and with out and see what happens. Thanks for the info!
 
Mal X said:
i keep reading all these dodgy 7970 posts, it's starting to spook me
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You can say this again...

@OP, just try and remove things from the equation. A card of that power is a lot better than that, fresh install drivers, do everything you can. If not, RMA.
 
Your system should be able to handle maximum settings. And it should run above 60fps fine as well whoever posted the opposite above. I mean, if you have a 60hz monitor it's going to tear but there shouldn't be any engine problems. I run around this level on my 680 without any problems (albeit on a 120hz monitor).
 
I know exactly what is going on, it seems to be cropping up quite a lot recently, my card included.

What is happening is that youtube or any flash based video is using something they call 'hardware acceleration' to basically utilize the gpu to play the flash content. It's completely pointless as any modern cpu can handle even 1080p youtube videos just fine.

What hardware acceleration is doing is putting your card into a semi-3D power state to play the video and the clocks will not change even if you fire up a game.

To fix the issue go to a youtube video > right click > settings > untick 'hardware acceleration' > test your gpu clocks when watching video (should now remain at idle) and then fire a game up and test gpu clocks (should hit full 3D load.)

Let me know if this fixes your issue mate as it did mine!

EDIT: One thing to note, if you've played the youtube video and paused it, the clocks will still not properly fire up to 3D. I don't know if it's a driver related issue on AMD's side or poor coding from adobe flash player but it's really annoying!
 
Ritsugamesh said:
I know exactly what is going on, it seems to be cropping up quite a lot recently, my card included.

What is happening is that youtube or any flash based video is using something they call 'hardware acceleration' to basically utilize the gpu to play the flash content. It's completely pointless as any modern cpu can handle even 1080p youtube videos just fine.

What hardware acceleration is doing is putting your card into a semi-3D power state to play the video and the clocks will not change even if you fire up a game.

To fix the issue go to a youtube video > right click > settings > untick 'hardware acceleration' > test your gpu clocks when watching video (should now remain at idle) and then fire a game up and test gpu clocks (should hit full 3D load.)

Let me know if this fixes your issue mate as it did mine!

EDIT: One thing to note, if you've played the youtube video and paused it, the clocks will still not properly fire up to 3D. I don't know if it's a driver related issue on AMD's side or poor coding from adobe flash player but it's really annoying!
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UVD does not run at Full 3D clocks even paused also take into account that the web browser itself may still have hardware acceleration turned on.
 
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whitestar85 said:
Any joy mate ?
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Nope, heres what hardocp have to say

They are still limited to 60 FPS, even with VSYNC disabled in the INI file AND the driver control panel. It's not really a problem for gaming, but for performance testing, it's an issue that can cause differences. We tried our best, but we just couldn't get past 60 FPS on AMD GPUs
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Oddly though in their review of the 7970 and skyrim they achieve max of over 100fps saying they disbaled vsync.

So i dont know what the issue is, i'm certain i got over 60fps, admittedly at medium-ish settings, on my 4890.

I'm currently in the process of overclocking it.

Current cc - 1070 mc - 1485 - 3dmark 11 Pscore of 8015 gpu score 9032.

Anyone reckon these are any good?
 
I get 9040 on a 1200mhz 7950 so prob about right I'm running crossfire at stock ATM, are all other games fine? Should not be dropping to 20 fps even if vsync at 60 IMO
 
Games are performing worse than my 4890, sure the gfx are all high but the min frame rates are rubbish, i'm getting 200fps on MW3 but they drop so low they causing the game to stutter, same as Skyrim.

Also i got it to 1100/1500 and furmark 10 mins is fine no issues, MW3 doesnt even push the gpu to 100% and crash the display drivers.
 
Do you have a friend with a pc so you can try your card in their rig if not try a complete fresh install of os. and see if that works.
 
RizlaKing said:
Do you have a friend with a pc so you can try your card in their rig if not try a complete fresh install of os. and see if that works.
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Just did brand new install, got latest drivers and everything is setup correctly i think.

Cant find a single solution to 60fps on skyrim. The overclocking on this card is pretty average.

I have an old 775 p35 q6600 machine that I could try the card on. But i'd have to install windows and go through the whole process which i have no time for.

Not sure this card is worth £400, i'm gona give it two more days to see what else I can do otherwise its going back.
 
3d mark score seems in check pressure temps all good ? H
Are u running any monitoring program's to test what's happening when things get choppy ? Maybe whack the fans right up to eliminate temps getting high,
 
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