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** Driver Discussions **

** THE AMD DRIVERS THREAD **

** THE NVIDIA DRIVERS THREAD **


Old discussion threads now closed -

** THE AMD DRIVERS THREAD - Closed 18/12/2014**



** Overclocking **

AMD - How To Overclock The Official Way Using MSI Afterburner + Complete Driver Sweep


** Benchmarking leaderboards **


** Official 3D Mark 11 scores **

** 3DMark Firestrike **

** 3DMark Firestrike Extreme Benchmark **

** 3DMark Vantage **

** 3DMark 11 Extreme **

** 3DMark Firestrike Ultra 4K **

** 3DMark Sky Diver benchmark **

** 3DMark Vantage Extreme **

** Alien Isolation Benchmark **

** Arion Benchmark **

** Batman Arkham Origins Benchmark **

** BioShock Infinite Benchmark **

** Catzilla 1.0 Benchmark Scores **

** Civilization: Beyond Earth Benchmark **

** CompuBench **

** ComputeMark Benchmark **

** Dirt 3 Benchmark **

** Dirt Showdown Benchmark **

** Dragon Age Inquisition Benchmark **

** Grid Autosport Benchmark **

** Hitman Benchmark **

** LuxMark 2.0 Benchmark **

** Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor **

** Monster Hunter 1080p and Higher **

** Rat GPU Benchmark **

** Sleeping Dogs **

** Sniper Elite V2 Benchmark **

** Sniper Elite V3 Benchmark **

** Thief Benchmark (New) **

** Tomb Raider Normal Bench **

** Tomb Raider Ultra Bench **

** Unigine Heaven 4 **

** Unigine Heaven DX11 **

** Unigine Heaven Valley **


** Troubleshooting and Warranty information Threads **


AMD - How to Change The Power Control/Limit from +20% to +50% by tommybhoy

Graphics Card Warranty's - Let's see how good they really are *Look* by Nelly

Troubleshooting Video Card problems by Admiral Huddy

How To Make Sure Crossfire Is Working? by ltMatt

Stock Cooler Removal Information by rjk



** Miscellaneous **

Miscellaneous threads may be specific to make/model so please check first. Links are subject to change and removal from this sticky.

AMD 7990 Custom Bios- Remove Throttling by ltMatt








If you have a thread that would have otherwise been Sticky worthy, then please email a moderator to have the thread added to the above list. :)

edit - 10/10/18 - Huddy - fixed broken link to NVIDIA drivers thread.
edit - 18/09/20 - Armageus - updated links due to URL change.
 
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External Links

Below are some weblinks and resources to drivers, utilities, benchmarks etc. All of which you may find very useful if you're upgrading your graphics card.


** In the Green corner **

Nvidia Home - www.nvidia.com
GPU comparison table - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...:_desktop_GPUs
Drivers - http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk
Alternative third party NVIDIA drivers by omega - ideal for legacy cards - http://www.omegadrivers.net/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=section&id=2&Itemid=55


** In the Red corner **

ATI Home - http://www.amd.com/de/Pages/AMDHomePage.aspx
GPU comparion table - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ati_gra...e:desktop_GPUs

Official Drivers - http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
Alternative third party drivers by Omega - ideal for legacy cards - http://www.omegadrivers.net/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=section&id=1&Itemid=54


** Other **

3DFX drivers from 3dfxzone - http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/sfft/
3dfx drivers from Omega - http://www.omegadrivers.net/index.ph...id=4&Itemid=56
SIS Drivers - http://www.sis.com/download/agreemen...url=/download/


** Benchmarks **

Futuremark - for 3dmark 11, vantage, firestrike etc - http://www.futuremark.com/
Unigine Benchmarks - Heaven, Valley, Sancurary etc - http://unigine.com/products/benchmarks/
FRAPS - for realtime video capture and benchmarking - http://www.fraps.com/
CineBENCH by maxon - http://www.maxon.net/index.php?id=162&L=0
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat benchmark - http://cop.stalker-game.com/?page=benchmark
Crysis benchmark - http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=280
Far Cry benchmark - http://www.farcry2-hq.com/news,483,f...s-overview.htm
PassMark benchmark - http://www.passmark.com/products/pt.htm



** Popular tools and utilities **

Driver sweeper - remove driver leftovers from your system - http://phyxion.net/
GPU-Z - Lightweight utility t o provide video card and GPU information - http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

** Overclocking tools **

MSI After burner - http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/
EVGA Precision - http://www.evga.com/PRecision/
Rivatuner - (ATI/Nvidia) - http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=rivatuner
Powerstrip (ATI/NVidia) - http://entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm
ATITool - http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Tweaking/ATITool/


** Manufacturers **

Asus Graphics - www.asus.com
EVGA - http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp
Gigabyte Graphics - http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/Products/VGA/Default.aspx
MSI Graphics - http://uk.msi.com/product/vga/
Powercolor - http://www.powercolor.com/Global/index.asp
Gainward - http://www.gainward.com/main/vgapc.php?lang=en
Palit - http://www.palit.biz/main/index.php?lang=en
Point of View - http://www.pointofview-online.com/default2.php
PNY - http://www.pny-europe.com/
Sapphire - http://www.sapphiretech.com/presenta...d=1&psn=000101
Club3d - http://www.club3d.nl/products/product_graphics_1.cfm
HIS - http://www.hisdigital.com/gb/
Sparkle - http://www.sparkle.com.tw/
VTX - http://www.vtx3d.com/products.asp
 
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