ATI 7.10 Overdrive question

[njj1046]

Hi,

I recently upgraded to the 7.10 cats because there were supposed to be performance improvements in many games, but in particular I was interested in the ETQW performance gains.

I play a lot of Wolfenstein ET.. yeah I know it's old and some ETQW, but since installing the 7.10's things seem slower, not faster in these games.

Looking in the overdrive section of the CCC, it reports the VPU@500MHz and memory@594MHz in windows. Requested MHz for 3D are 621 and 720 respectively.

I have minimiser programs for both games mentioned above so I can quickly nip back to windows for anything with the game still running.

If I leave the CCC open on the overdrive page, run one of the above games and minimise it, the VPU and memory frequencies are still running at default 2D frequencies.

Is the overdrive kicking in at all or is it reverting back to 2D speeds as soon as I minimise one of these games? If it isn't kicking in, it would certainly explain slower 3D performance recently.

Running an X1900XT, AMD 4400 dual core, 2 Gig Corsair on an Asus A8N-E.

Any tips would be appreciated.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Are you running the games full screen or windowed mode, from my experience the CCC will stick at 2D speeds if the 3D apps are not in full screen. Use rivatuner to keep a check on your clock speed when you are ingame, when out of game check the monitoring graph and this will tell you all you need to know.

 

[njj1046]

I'm running them in fullscreen.

I'll give rivatuner a try, thx for the tip.

 

[njj1046]

Tried rivatuner and it confirmed that the overdrive was kicking in in both games What an excellent little program

Oh well maybe the 7.10 cats just aren't good for me