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Crossfire 7970 big sham???
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This is what I have dmhenson1989......
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36378108@N06/9611307658/http://www.flickr.com/people/36378108@N06/
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@dmhenson1989 - have you updated the BIOS to the latest? And did you do a clean install with the beta drivers, or on top of the last set?
Did we ever talk about chipset drivers or not, like for ur mb from the MF website? Duno if they will do much but cant hurt i guess?
Also if u did want to uninstall ur gfx drivers and do a clean install. Try using this but be warned i think some ppl have issues with it. Also maybe give driversweeper 2.10 version a go too.
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/catalyst-uninstall-utility.aspx
Also if u did want to uninstall ur gfx drivers and do a clean install. Try using this but be warned i think some ppl have issues with it. Also maybe give driversweeper 2.10 version a go too.
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/catalyst-uninstall-utility.aspx
If you are using the Sabertooth R2.0 board, I am using Bios 1503 with no issues, there are updates since that bios, one even this month but mine is running fine.
http://support.asus.com/download.as...OOTH+990FX+R2.0&os=&hashedid=Yk1gGoRISkgLawoj
http://support.asus.com/download.as...OOTH+990FX+R2.0&os=&hashedid=Yk1gGoRISkgLawoj
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Not sure if it was said or not, but besides the driver, do you have the profiles installed as well?
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Don't profiles come with the latest AMD Drivers now?
yes I believe they do.
I did experience a problem very like the one you're having - where Crossfire appeared to be enabled in CCC but it wasn't. (Also, I'm using CCC 13.4, and I dont see the tickbox in the above screenshot - crossfire is working fine for me, so dont worry about that tickbox).
If crossfire isn't being enabled (though the heaven benchmark suggests it is), you could have one of the following issues:
* The crossfire bridge is not attached properly.
* Driver install is borked. You need to uninstall drivers, then use the amd uninstall utility (google it), then reboot and reinstall drivers. This seems to me the most likely culprit.
* one of the cards is not properly seated. Best thing is to remove BOTH from the PC and put them back in carefully and firmly.
(If still have problems, would be worth trying each individually as the primary card, to see if one of your cards is faulty.)
Do you have MSI afterburner or RadeonPro installed, anything that can show GPU usage while playing a game? If so, run a demanding game (not heaven) and watch what the GPU's are doing. Chance are you'll see one stay at 0, or both stay under 50%.
There's an easier way to check if crossfire is working. Right click on the CCC tray icon, and find this option:
Tick the show AMD logo option, then start up a game. You should see a white box in the top right corner of your screen containing text like "AMD Crossfire". If it's not there, crossfire isn't working.
The suggestion someone said that vsync might be on sounds very possible too. In CCC, check it is "Use application settings", and also in your games, check VSync is off.
Which games have you tried? I can't remember if you answered this.
If crossfire isn't being enabled (though the heaven benchmark suggests it is), you could have one of the following issues:
* The crossfire bridge is not attached properly.
* Driver install is borked. You need to uninstall drivers, then use the amd uninstall utility (google it), then reboot and reinstall drivers. This seems to me the most likely culprit.
* one of the cards is not properly seated. Best thing is to remove BOTH from the PC and put them back in carefully and firmly.
(If still have problems, would be worth trying each individually as the primary card, to see if one of your cards is faulty.)
Do you have MSI afterburner or RadeonPro installed, anything that can show GPU usage while playing a game? If so, run a demanding game (not heaven) and watch what the GPU's are doing. Chance are you'll see one stay at 0, or both stay under 50%.
There's an easier way to check if crossfire is working. Right click on the CCC tray icon, and find this option:
Tick the show AMD logo option, then start up a game. You should see a white box in the top right corner of your screen containing text like "AMD Crossfire". If it's not there, crossfire isn't working.
The suggestion someone said that vsync might be on sounds very possible too. In CCC, check it is "Use application settings", and also in your games, check VSync is off.
Which games have you tried? I can't remember if you answered this.
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Matt's running W8, you are running W7.
Ahh well that explains why we have the box and they don't. Just another reason to love Windows 8, hey Tommy?
