No CrossfireX option in Catalyst

elJarmen · 7 Dec 2013 at 19:33

Hello,

I built this PC yetserday and after I booted into windows and installed 13.11 Beta 9.4, there was no option under the "Performance" tab to enable CrossfireX. I tried 13.11 B9.5 which was the same.

I tried WHQL 13.09 and 13.10 and CrossfireX works there, but they give me insane temps and instability. I obviously want to always stick to the latest Beta drivers.

MOBO: GA-Z87X-D3H
GPU: ASUS 7990
CPU: i5 4670K

This was supposed to be a "gaming" weekend since I'm officially back to gaming after 1.5 years, but AMD obviously thinks otherwise

. I do appreciate your time trying to assist me.

darket · 7 Dec 2013 at 19:45

On my 7990 i never had a option to disable or enable crossfire, its a dual card and it works slightly differently from 2 7970's in crossfire.

Basically , it should be enabled as default and i think *maybe* having the crossfire option in ccc is a bug rather than intended .

elJarmen · 7 Dec 2013 at 19:47

darket said:
On my 7990 i never had a option to disable or enable crossfire, its a dual card and it works slightly differently from 2 7970's in crossfire.

Basically , it should be enabled as default and i think *maybe* having the crossfire option in ccc is a bug rather than intended .

Yes but I should have added that in Heaven benchmark and in Shogun 2 game I got zero load on GPU2 (latest Beta drivers) whereas on WHQL drivers I actually see the option AND get both cores running under load.

Uncle Petey · 7 Dec 2013 at 19:48

You mean this?

elJarmen · 7 Dec 2013 at 19:53

^^ yes Uncle. But more importantly, the fact that GPU2 doesn't get any load.

Uncle Petey · 7 Dec 2013 at 19:56

Yeah, I was having similar issues earlier on today with a 7990, but that's another story

elJarmen · 7 Dec 2013 at 19:59

Uncle Petey said:
Yeah, I was having similar issues earlier on today with a 7990, but that's another story

Care to elaborate? May solve my problem?

Uncle Petey · 7 Dec 2013 at 20:01

It wasn't so much about gpu load, more about win8.1 being an arse and ended up with me going back to 13.10, so I doubt it would help you much

elJarmen · 7 Dec 2013 at 20:06

Uncle Petey said:
It wasn't so much about gpu load, more about win8.1 being an arse and ended up with me going back to 13.10, so I doubt it would help you much

I am on win8.1 and I am back on official 13.10 too

. Glad to see I'm not the only one.

Defy Belief · 7 Dec 2013 at 20:40

I have this option for my 7990 now after changing from Win7 to Win8

Uncle Petey · 7 Dec 2013 at 20:55

I've just managed to get 13.11 b9.5 installed (finally) and the option is still there in CCC...

merlin88 · 7 Dec 2013 at 21:02

I have the same problem. GPU-Z says crossfire is enabled but i can't see the option in catalyst control center.

elJarmen · 7 Dec 2013 at 21:14

Uncle Petey said:
I've just managed to get 13.11 b9.5 installed (finally) and the option is still there in CCC...

Well this is exactly what I want. How did you manage mate?

Uncle Petey · 7 Dec 2013 at 21:24

I was unable to install it before due to win8.1 being silly about beta drivers and forgetting what it had previously allowed.
Matt passed on a link that showed how to disable driver signature enforcement and I managed to install them. CCC still had the enable xfire option when I checked.

Are you having any trouble installing 9.5?

If so, uninstall your drivers and follow this guide and then reinstall 9.5's and bingo

LtMatt · 7 Dec 2013 at 21:26

merlin88 said:
I have the same problem. GPU-Z says crossfire is enabled but i can't see the option in catalyst control center.

7990 owners don't have that option to enable/disable crossfirex under the performance panel. Only w8 and w8.1 users have the option to enable crossfirex for applications that don't have a profile. Its not biggie though as you can easily create your own application files. capiche?

elJarmen · 7 Dec 2013 at 21:29

Uncle Petey said:
I was unable to install it before due to win8.1 being silly about beta drivers and forgetting what it had previously allowed.
Matt passed on a link that showed how to disable driver signature enforcement and I managed to install them. CCC still had the enable xfire option when I checked.

Are you having any trouble installing 9.5?

If so, uninstall your drivers and follow this guide and then reinstall 9.5's and bingo

No I can install 9.5 just fine, but xfire is not enabled in it. Seems to me my 7990 hates Beta drivers as any WHQL driver works just fine. You'd think it has something to do with the fix you posted but I had tried it before and still nothing.

merlin88 · 7 Dec 2013 at 21:32

LtMatt said:
7990 owners don't have that option to enable/disable crossfirex under the performance panel. Only w8 and w8.1 users have the option to enable crossfirex for applications that don't have a profile. Its not biggie though as you can easily create your own application files. capiche?

Is it normal to get 60 fps with a 7990 in bf 4 on ultra maxed out at 1080p? Or do i need to create an application profile to get better fps?

Uncle Petey · 7 Dec 2013 at 21:34

elJarmen said:
No I can install 9.5 just fine, but xfire is not enabled in it. Seems to me my 7990 hates Beta drivers as any WHQL driver works just fine. You'd think it has something to do with the fix you posted but I had tried it before and still nothing.

Perhaps you can try installing an earlier version of ccc by itself over the version you get with 9.5?

LtMatt · 7 Dec 2013 at 21:35

elJarmen said:
No I can install 9.5 just fine, but xfire is not enabled in it. Seems to me my 7990 hates Beta drivers as any WHQL driver works just fine. You'd think it has something to do with the fix you posted but I had tried it before and still nothing.

Windows 8/8.1 is the problem im afraid. It does not affect Windows 7. If you follow the advice Petey posted it will fix it, couple with the certificate advice i mentioned earlier. If it worked for Petey it should work for you. Unless you're jinxed of course, in which case get away from me before you bring me bad luck.

LtMatt · 7 Dec 2013 at 21:36

merlin88 said:
Is it normal to get 60 fps with a 7990 in bf 4 on ultra maxed out at 1080p? Or do i need to create an application profile to get better fps?

Depends on your setup, settings used etc.