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Weird 7970 xfire bf3 eyefinity behaviour

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I recently got a 2nd Gigabyte 7970 :) and I've been happy about the xfire performance in BF3 1080p and eyefinity. I was playing around earlier because I felt that once my frames wen't below 50fps it actually felt like they were about 20-25 fps it was so......choppy? (if that's the word to describe it). So i disabled xfire and sure enough the 30fps i was getting with a single card was definitely twice as smooth as 2 cards at >45 fps.

Now this is my first pc so obviously my 1st time xfiring cards aswell, but surely this is not the microstutter associated with xfire because in 1080p although my cards were at >~70% usage it was still giving me >100 fps and would go up to 99% usage each in explosions with practically no screen tearing.

Sorry for the long post but I felt it was necessary to explain. My main question is is this an xfire/bf3/eyefinity bug or does it seem like something on my behalf? Atm it's so noticeable i'd nearly disable xfire for eyefinity which i obv don't want to do!
 
Check RAGE3E.com - there are several posts about xfire 7970s and poor BF3 performance. I think it's a driver issue. Remember that only late in Dec did DICE sort out BF3 for 6970 cf users through 12.1a preview driver

Also try putting "renderdevice.forcerenderaheadlimit 1" in a user.cfg file in main BF3 folder (minus "")
 
I meant to put it in my sig.

2500K @ 4.5 Ghz on Antec kuhler
AsRock Fatal1ty pro gen3
Corsair GS800
Gigabyte reference 7970 xfire @ 1125/1700.
3 X Acer G225HQV

I'm running everything max except motion blur and MSAA X 4, but my fps never goes below 45 at those settings but is it microstutter that it sounds like? If it is it's not very f'in micro! I've been playin it at 1080p on stock clocks and it's buttery smooth but the frames can't get low enough to see if it's still there! lol one card is perfect! Im using latest 7900 driver and cap3, seems to be working best but i might try diff caps.

@ Badboy, i'll try that now! thanks

My computer won't recognise any 12.x driver or cap after installation but i'm sure there not for 7xxx series
 
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