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AMD "Never Settle" 12.11 Driver - benchmarks

BS Dave said:
LtMatt - no idle bug here, just using CCC, no registry hacks, stock bios
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What card make? Can you try using afterburner, +the /xcl increase clock limits method and tell me if it causes the bug for you?

I realise this is probably asking a bit much, so feel free to tell me to do one. :p
 
MSI 7850 TF3 OC and no idle bug here. Honestly, this driver would be perfect if it weren't for these arfifacts in Witcher 2:/ Everything else runs fine, so I'll either have to roll back to 12.4 and lose performance or stay with 12.11 and finish the game with artifacting;/ Is there anyone who plays the Witcher 2 and has similar problems?
 
Matt, what are you using to add more voltage to the Vram?

I had 1700Mhz:eek:(considering it never used to go past 1500MHz) the other night playing BF3, but 1.5hrs in, I got a pink pinstripe crash:confused:, I presumed the vram tripped up?

Agree with the memory loosening or whatever because I'm now getting higher stable clocks on the memory alone.:)

@opeth,

never saw your post, but if it was in response to what I wrote, It was only friendly banter.

:)
 
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tommybhoy said:
Matt, what are you using to add more voltage to the Vram, I had 1700Mhz:eek:(considering it never used to go past 1500MHz) the other night playing BF3, but 1.5hrs in, I got a pink pinstripe crash:confused:, I presumed the vram tripped up?

@opeth,

never saw your post, but if it was in response to what I wrote, It was only friendly banter.

:)
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It's fine. :p
 
tommybhoy said:
Matt, what are you using to add more voltage to the Vram?

I had 1700Mhz:eek:(considering it never used to go past 1500MHz) the other night playing BF3, but 1.5hrs in, I got a pink pinstripe crash:confused:, I presumed the vram tripped up?

Agree with the memory loosening or whatever because I'm now getting higher stable clocks on the memory alone.:)

@opeth,

never saw your post, but if it was in response to what I wrote, It was only friendly banter.

:)
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I use afterburner tommy. I've tested up to 1719 and not had a single crash on stock volts with the memory, but when i tried around 1800 i had a crash.

At 1823 i had a crash in battlefield 3 at 1.637, i then bumped it up two notches and its been fine since, so im now at 1.649.

I might even be able to lower it another notch, not really tested but i figure one extra notch always provides that extra level of stability. Plus the memory temps haven't changed, or if they have its by a very small amount.

Its the one good thing the 7970 reference cards have going for them, good vrm cooling on the whole it seems. Heard stories about saphire x and vtx cards having stock memory temps up in the 100c range.

I find its best to bump the memory voltage up in two notches at a time until you find stability.

1823 is close to my maximum i think. I tried 1875 earlier (360gb of bandwidth) with 1.681 and i think it needed another notch to be fully stable as i saw a bit of image flickering.

If you can get 1719, thats 330gb of bandwidth tommy, 1823 is the magic number if you want 350gb, thats a ton of performance right there for AA heavy games.

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NP. :)

matt,

I don't have the option in AB for vram voltage, it's not in Trixx or His either, have you always had the option in older AB's or is it a new one you have?

Do you know if the pinkstripey crash related to vram clocks.
 
tommybhoy said:
NP. :)

matt,

I don't have the option in AB for vram voltage, it's not in Trixx or His either, have you always had the option in older AB's or is it a new one you have?

Do you know if the pinkstripey crash related to vram clocks.
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Pink stripe crash is definitely vram tommy, i get dark green stripe crashes on mine.

I'm quite jealous that you get pink actually, its much more vibrant than my dark, depressing green.

Which version of afterburner are you using? I'm using 2.24, it worked in 2.23 as well. You just need to unlock voltage control+monitoring in the settings/options.

If you're using an old beta version update, tha latest version is nice and stable.
 
Thanks matt, couldn't tell you which one I have but it's been there a while, been to lazy to update it.:o

Iv'e been needing a new OS install for ages too.

It's stable enough, but going by greggs 3D mark thread, there are 7970's with matching clocks getting considerably higher scores in comparable systems, so somethings not right somewhere, but I have that much installed, it's a hassle and have been quite busy lately, I just cba.

I shall have a look tonight and see what AB I'm on, and give the newest one a shot.
 
I take it the 'never settle' 12.11 drivers the 12.11 beta drivers on the bottom of the Amd driver page ?

Been living under a rock for a few days :(
 
Well its early days, only had these drivers on for a couple of hours but I've got my 7870 at 1262/1450 @1.2v and scored 1694 in heaven.. p8674 in 3dmark
During heaven run max temp was 58 but i did notice vrm1/2 max temp was 127 . . is that worrying?

Time to see if its battlefield3 stable..
 
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leoncuprar said:
Well its early days, only had these drivers on for a couple of hours but I've got my 7870 at 1262/1450 @1.2v and scored 1694 in heaven.. p8674 in 3dmark
During heaven run max temp was 58 but i did notice vrm1/2 max temp was 127 . . is that worrying?

Time to see if its battlefield3 stable..
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The VRM's are rated for 115c or something like that, 127c is concerning as i have never seem my VRM's at 70c.

Is that a constant temperature or some sort of spike?
 
LtMatt said:
Which version of afterburner are you using? I'm using 2.24, it worked in 2.23 as well. You just need to unlock voltage control+monitoring in the settings/options.

If you're using an old beta version update, tha latest version is nice and stable.
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Done that.

LtMatt said:
If you can get 1719, thats 330gb of bandwidth tommy, 1823 is the magic number if you want 350gb, thats a ton of performance right there for AA heavy games.
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Had a play with that on the stock bios.

Then played BF3 for an hour and a half with core@1256v, memory running@1668v and got my clocks stable at 1200MHz/1823MHz:

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/zu3k8/

Top bloke matt, along with your AB tip and AMD's magical fairy dust, suddenly my 7970 has decided to wake up!

:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
tommybhoy said:
Done that.



Had a play with that on the stock bios.

Then played BF3 for an hour and a half with core@1256v, memory running@1668v and got my clocks stable at 1200MHz/1823MHz:

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/zu3k8/

Top bloke matt, along with your AB tip and AMD's magical fairy dust, suddenly my 7970 has decided to wake up!

:D:D:D:D:D:D
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Nice tommy, 1200 core is more than overkill these days tbh, welcome to the club. :cool:

You have a reference card right? What are your temps like? What volts did you need on the memory to reach that?

I can do 1200 core @ 1.161 volts now with these drivers. (stock 1.112)
 
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