AMD 8.97 driver

Locky · 23 Apr 2012 at 17:12

dave_beast said:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1247318/new-amd-8-97-driver#post_17053412

Interesting Dave, Well it's not working for me, Will have to investigate further.

thanks for the post though.

dave_beast · 23 Apr 2012 at 17:14

Locky said:
Interesting Dave, Well it's not working for me, Will have to investigate further.

thanks for the post though.

No problem mate, might be worth a complete un-install re-install etc if not already done?

Locky · 23 Apr 2012 at 17:16

dave_beast said:
No problem mate, might be worth a complete un-install re-install etc if not already done?

Yep going to try that now, I have sorta fixed it anyway by using Asus tweak and setting the 2D clocks lower than they should be and then turning it off and the clocks stick without the tweak running.

HankScorpio · 23 Apr 2012 at 18:16

What's the difference between this and 12.4 ?

I installed this and it still says I'm on 12.3

Also Skyrim is giving me 20fps now...

Locky · 23 Apr 2012 at 18:42

Did a complete purge of ATI/AMD drivers, fresh install of these and still the second/third cards are stuck in a different power mode, not the 925 they was but 500, and not the 300 the first card is at.

dave_beast · 23 Apr 2012 at 18:47

Locky said:
Did a complete purge of ATI/AMD drivers, fresh install of these and still the second/third cards are stuck in a different power mode, not the 925 they was but 500, and not the 300 the first card is at.

I don't think that can be avoided on cards 2 and 3 on AMD setups tbh, but it's got to be better (cooler) than full on clocks right?

Locky · 23 Apr 2012 at 19:04

dave_beast said:
I don't think that can be avoided on cards 2 and 3 on AMD setups tbh, but it's got to be better (cooler) than full on clocks right?

Yes the same as I had it before, (tweaking).

after I have been in 3d mode all 3 cards drop to the tweaked 2d settings of 150 GPU and 75mhz ram.

thing is, it works perfect in the 12.2 drivers, its a 150mhz when I boot into windows not 500

spose I will have to live with it.

I would like to see zero core work, where the other 2 cards turn off completely like they are meant to, ive seen it work a once after the drivers are installed.

Locky · 23 Apr 2012 at 21:32

One upside I have noticed is my GPU usage has gone for the same settings (I play with sync on) which means performance must be up.

rob77 · 23 Apr 2012 at 22:35

These drivers are great and gave my fps a boost but they still have the delayed CCC on startup. What I did to rectify this was to do a full install of this new beta driver and then go back and do a custom install of only the catalyst control center from the 12.3's. Work lovely now and showing improvements in dirt 3 and heaven

Secret_Window · 23 Apr 2012 at 23:34

Anyone noticed any improvements in Crysis 1 and 2 with these?

chief barker · 24 Apr 2012 at 11:01

This is a definate imrovement in bf3 with my 2 7970s.

Both running at 1165/1575.

Besty · 27 Apr 2012 at 13:15

Just doing two card benches.

Batman and Crysis 2 up by about 10% maybe more in all resolutions. I say maybe more as I cannot seem to hit 1.27GHZ with my crossfire setup with them. Stuck at 1.2GHZ.

Besty · 27 Apr 2012 at 13:57

Besty said:
Just doing two card benches.

Batman and Crysis 2 up by about 10% maybe more in all resolutions. I say maybe more as I cannot seem to hit 1.27GHZ with my crossfire setup with them. Stuck at 1.2GHZ.

I am seeing 10-15% performance improvement in Barman AC/Crysis 2 in Dual-Card mode.

Tri-Fire broken in *some* games, Batman AC is a slide-show, Crysis 2 hard-resets in displayport mode.

3x7970 - 120hz/DVI/1080p

Alan Wake - OK
Heaven - OK
Skyrim - Only uses 2 GPU
Crysis 2 - Broken scaling
Batman AC - Broken, game boots but sub 60fps
Witcher 2 - OK - FPS drops to 30fps during heavy battles and cut-scenes
Battlefield 3 - Edit - seeing triangles in three card and two card mode, single card mode SOLID

Mr Krugga · 27 Apr 2012 at 14:03

It's the best performing driver according to Benchmark3D.

http://benchmark3d.com/amd-catalyst-8-97-18-april-benchmark/3

chipachap · 27 Apr 2012 at 19:18

Installed these over 12.4 official and they give me weird triangle flickers in Fifa 12 and BSOD atikmpag.sys when BF3 tries to load. For reference I am using 7970 Xfire. I will try installing them from scratch and will report back.

chipachap · 28 Apr 2012 at 01:38

Had to do System Restore after installing these to get pc back normal, be wary.

dave_beast · 28 Apr 2012 at 08:22

chipachap said:
Had to do System Restore after installing these to get pc back normal, be wary.

With most reporting improvements, there must be something underlying wrong with your system/setup then.

Besty · 28 Apr 2012 at 09:37

chipachap said:
Installed these over 12.4 official and they give me weird triangle flickers in Fifa 12 and BSOD atikmpag.sys when BF3 tries to load. For reference I am using 7970 Xfire. I will try installing them from scratch and will report back.

+1 these drivers are not 100% stable in crossfire. Especially three card crossfire. I see the triangles in two card crossfire BF3 too but only intermittently.

Three card is a hit and miss affair.

Testing against a single card is SOLID.

Locky · 28 Apr 2012 at 09:41

Besty said:
+1 these drivers are not 100% stable in crossfire. Especially three card crossfire. I see the triangles in two card crossfire BF3 too but only intermittently.

Three card is a hit and miss affair.

Testing against a single card is SOLID.

it seems us crossfire and trifire users are getting shafted with these drivers releases.

Besty · 28 Apr 2012 at 09:53

Locky said:
it seems us crossfire and trifire users are getting shafted with these drivers releases.

My experience is that Tri-Fire was working in 12.2 WHQL and then it got shafted in 12.3, 12.4.

My fourth card should arrive next week (long boring story) if i did not have the EK kit for it, I probably would just ebay it.