Tri-Fire, Fixed with eyefinity?

Phoenixdancer · 28 Apr 2010 at 00:58

Hey all

Been reading up on Tri-Fire with Eyefinity enabled and read it doesnt work...

Is this true? these posts are old on other forums now and a few driver versions have passed since.

if its broken and wont work i will simply send my 5850 back to the shop lol

Final8y · 28 Apr 2010 at 01:20

Phoenixdancer said:
Hey all

Been reading up on Tri-Fire with Eyefinity enabled and read it doesnt work...

Is this true? these posts are old on other forums now and a few driver versions have passed since.

if its broken and wont work i will simply send my 5850 back to the shop lol

I think it depends on the Tri-Fire combination used.
So far i have only seen the 5970+5870 users saying that its not working.

Phoenixdancer · 28 Apr 2010 at 01:32

Bummer... Was hopeing a 5970 + 5850 would work fine

twist3d0n3 · 28 Apr 2010 at 09:44

i'm using the 10.4 pre drivers, and it's working with my 5970+5870 combo!

i get a modest fps gain in l4d2, only thing i've tested so far.

this thread has more details

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=262&threadid=132349&enterthread=y

rancid_elf · 28 Apr 2010 at 10:41

I am running a 5970 + 5870 in eyefinity using the latest leaked drivers and its working

Phoenixdancer · 28 Apr 2010 at 11:21

Thank you guys !!!!

So the performance is increased now? before it was very low wasnt it?

twist3d0n3 · 28 Apr 2010 at 11:23

like i say, i've only tried it with l4d2 so far. i was getting around 120-150 fps with everything maxed (8xAA and at a res of 6100x1200), now i'm getting 160-190 fps.

All of my gpu's are running at 950/1200 clocks

Final8y · 28 Apr 2010 at 11:35

Looks like good news all round.

Phoenixdancer · 28 Apr 2010 at 11:50

twist3d0n3 said:
like i say, i've only tried it with l4d2 so far. i was getting around 120-150 fps with everything maxed (8xAA and at a res of 6100x1200), now i'm getting 160-190 fps.

All of my gpu's are running at 950/1200 clocks

Hi again.

Have you got any other games to try???

would very much like couple more games tested to make sure they work

My EK 5850 block arrived just now and im just waiting for my 5850 MSI card to come, UPS is delivering today

twist3d0n3 · 28 Apr 2010 at 13:26

Phoenixdancer said:
Hi again.

Have you got any other games to try???

would very much like couple more games tested to make sure they work

My EK 5850 block arrived just now and im just waiting for my 5850 MSI card to come, UPS is delivering today

hehe, well my steam list is 93 games strong

once i've got this uni work sorted for today, i'll have a little look at some other games. i'll report back this evening on it

rancid_elf · 28 Apr 2010 at 13:34

With previous drivers I was only getting 20fps in BC2 & Dirt 2 with a res of 5760x1200. This was with a 5970 + 5870 on stock.

Now with these latested previews I am getting about 60-80 fps in BC2 and about 60-70 in Dirt 2.

It is not a lot better than just the 5970 but its an improvement. I must also state that until I get my water cooling installed I am running my 5870 on my 3rd pci-e slot which is only x8

Phoenixdancer · 28 Apr 2010 at 16:26

hi rancid

to clarify, your 5870 is actualy improveing performance?
or is it about the same?

also which drivers are we talking about? im running 10.4 atm

rancid_elf · 28 Apr 2010 at 20:44

Phoenixdancer said:
hi rancid

to clarify, your 5870 is actualy improveing performance?
or is it about the same?

also which drivers are we talking about? im running 10.4 atm

Right with a single screen gaming the 5870 adds a hell of a lot. In Eyefinity it only adds about 5-10% performance increase. This is somethign I hope they fix.

At least now I am not getting 20fps max on any game in eyefinity as I was before.

Driver wise I am using the last preview drivers I saw on here.. 15's I think

twist3d0n3 · 29 Apr 2010 at 13:09

AvP is still borked, gonna try a few more games today and see what the dealio is

somewhatdamaged · 1 May 2010 at 17:59

Clive Barkers Jericho doesn't work, and i get a jerky feel to BFBC2 with my 5850 enabled with my 5970

I have a feeling we will be waiting many months for this to be fixed

Phoenixdancer · 1 May 2010 at 20:09

Just played JC2 with the 5970 and 5850.. yea its got a jerky feel to it but the frame rates are much better.

Will try newer dirver

blackninja · 1 May 2010 at 20:27

Technically it works and does not bog the framerate as it used to (now on 10.4 drivers) but I still play BC2 on Eyefinity on the 5970 only as it is smoother than when adding the 5870, Dirt and unigine show small fps improvements in tri-fire but still the 5970 feels smoother ... so no worth while gain yet but definitely improving!

Essexraptor · 1 May 2010 at 20:38

Ok a noob question or confirmation really

I've just moved up to a 5970 from 2 x 5870's. I was about to sell the remaining 5870 but I take it if I was a real "wild child" I could just "cross" it into the 5970 to make a hybrid Triple XFire???
No adjustment to the clock speed etc?

I'm waiting for my active adaptor for 3 screen Eyeinfinity but run 2 x 24" screens off the 5970 at the mo... hence the interest in what you guys are doing

Phoenixdancer · 2 May 2010 at 11:25

yes u can.

Also something to think about guys.

I decided to stick the 5850 in the PCI-E 1 and the 5970 is PCI-E 2.

I did this so i could see the 5970 all the time as its the best looking tbh

BUT this forced me to have to plug in my monitors to the 5850, I felt that this would slow my games down???

But in just cause 2 it was fine, apart from feeling slightly funny.. looked choppy in placed but i will put that down to bad drivers for tri-fire at the moment.

is there anyway to have my monitors run off the 5970? as i could like to disable the 5850 in some games as the choppy ness is to much.

Essexraptor · 2 May 2010 at 11:59

Thanks for the heads up. Will put the 5870 back in and give it a whirl!!