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humbug · 26 May 2013 at 23:33

I think I will wait for the official release ^^^

evohicks · 27 May 2013 at 16:37

chief barker said:
I'll have to do that tomorrow, I am just about to leave for work.

To be honest I have been playing BF3 with just one card, all settings maxed out and it's really smooth, I haven't clocked the card either yet.

I'm still debating whether to sell one.

Did you get your issue sorted out chief? I am asking because I am getting this in P cars, it uses the 2 cards more in the menu's than the race lol.

pgi947 · 27 May 2013 at 22:10

This suggests to me that we may have leaked drivers from the CF prototype program floating about!! Get looking chaps!!

Some potentially good news in the world of eternal grudges today, with more evidence of a new game in the Legacy of Kain series being unearthed. Buried in the driver files of a new patch to AMD's Crossfire program are several references to "War for Nosgoth" and "Nosgoth."

In other news, The AMD/Microsoft partnership on the XBO is valued at a whopping $3bn!

humbug · 27 May 2013 at 23:09

pgi947 said:
In other news, The AMD/Microsoft partnership on the XBO is valued at a whopping $3bn!

What? that's more than twice AMD's total annual revenue :eek:

Do you have a link?

Final8y · 27 May 2013 at 23:11

http://www.gamechup.com/amd-xbox-one-project-cost/

humbug · 27 May 2013 at 23:22

Final8y said:
http://www.gamechup.com/amd-xbox-one-project-cost/

Nice... With The Sony deal probably being similar. Some server and Cloud Gaming wins, the new Jaguar mobile chips being vastly better than ARM are Clover-trail is bound to get some Tablet and low power Mobile wins.....

This year and next is shaping up to be dominated by AMD's comeback, bigger than the Athlon XP days.

pgi947 · 28 May 2013 at 06:51

AMD have all of the next gen consoles wrapped up, including the wii u. Hopefully this extra cash may go towards some much needed r&d in the cpu dept & some positive marketing/advertising.

MeMeMeMe · 28 May 2013 at 11:25

humbug said:
Nice... With The Sony deal probably being similar. Some server and Cloud Gaming wins, the new Jaguar mobile chips being vastly better than ARM are Clover-trail is bound to get some Tablet and low power Mobile wins.....

This year and next is shaping up to be dominated by AMD's comeback, bigger than the Athlon XP days.

Let's not get too excited. In those Athlon days, AMD had the best CPUs. They are sadly a way from that, yet.

Plus, the 3 billion is a multi-year deal, not something they get all at once. That and the Sony deal should give them a nice bit of support. Assuming they can deliver, with no foundry issues or shortages, etc.

humbug · 28 May 2013 at 12:11

MeMeMeMe said:
Let's not get too excited. In those Athlon days, AMD had the best CPUs. They are sadly a way from that, yet.

Plus, the 3 billion is a multi-year deal, not something they get all at once. That and the Sony deal should give them a nice bit of support. Assuming they can deliver, with no foundry issues or shortages, etc.

If the Sony deal is the same its +80% Revenue pre year for 6 years.

Zeed · 28 May 2013 at 13:58

One week till new drivers guys. Cant wait what for metro fixed ones

pgi947 · 28 May 2013 at 14:13

Is the metro driver a performance improvement or stability? As metro, from the little I've played, is quite smooth since the game patch.

C64 · 28 May 2013 at 18:18

Any reason to swap from 13.3 beta yet ? i think I tried 13.4 and coh crashed for example.

So is 13.5 stable ? and now we have to use a separate caps profile download again ? Isn't it embedded in the driver like 13.3 ?

LtMatt · 28 May 2013 at 18:28

C64 said:
Any reason to swap from 13.3 beta yet ? i think I tried 13.4 and coh crashed for example.

So is 13.5 stable ? and now we have to use a separate caps profile download again ? Isn't it embedded in the driver like 13.3 ?

13.5 is where all the homies is at. :cool:

EDIT

You need the 13.5 Cap file on the website.

shankly1985 · 28 May 2013 at 18:34

C64 said:
Any reason to swap from 13.3 beta yet ? i think I tried 13.4 and coh crashed for example.

So is 13.5 stable ? and now we have to use a separate caps profile download again ? Isn't it embedded in the driver like 13.3 ?

13.5 fo sho G

pgi947 · 28 May 2013 at 18:50

Check the op c64, I have listed any potential issues with 13.5...though for me it's been flawless. Had a minor issue of of me not fully installing my card

If I get chance I'll take grid 2 for a whirl tonight and report back with some performance feedback.

Edit: across the board looking around 3-5% performance gains over 13.3.

C64 · 28 May 2013 at 19:26

Shall install 13.5 then odd though that we back to separate profiles

pgi947 · 28 May 2013 at 21:15

GRID 2 Performance!

Ok the basics first, the good and the bad!

The bad, Crossfire isn't functional in the slightest, second card stays at 300/150 0% while playing.

The good, runs pretty well on a single 7970.

Ultra preset 1920x1080, first career race:

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
8476, 97438, 67, 98, 86.989

Should EASILY sit on a 60 frame sync with a 7870XT+, possibly lower cards.

Game feels super super smooth, besides a CAP for crossfire I can't imagine any improvements being required...

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LtMatt · 28 May 2013 at 21:16

Good stuff PG Tips. How are the graphics?

pgi947 · 28 May 2013 at 21:17

Stunning

Give me a min I'll grab a couple of screenies of me crashing hopelessly

Locky · 28 May 2013 at 21:18

pgi947 said:
GRID 2 Performance!

Ok the basics first, the good and the bad!

The bad, Crossfire isn't functional in the slightest, second card stays at 300/150 0% while playing.

The good, runs pretty well on a single 7970.

Ultra preset 1920x1080, first career race:

Should EASILY sit on a 60 frame sync with a 7870XT+, possibly lower cards.

Game feels super super smooth, besides a CAP for crossfire I can't imagine any improvements being required...

Force AFR for crossfire? should work.

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