Newest ATI CCC 10.11 (crossfire issue)

[Kazaa]

Anyone have FPS drops from time to time with the new drivers installed?

[skribetm]

might want to roll it back to 10.10 if it slows down fps, 10.11 is 10.10e (beta) so it isnt that stable.

The following performance improvements were observed with this release of AMD Catalyst 10.11:

·         Battleforge™ :  Performance increases up to 3% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing disabled.

·         STALKER – Call of Pripyat™ benchmark:  Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations


Resolved Known Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 10.11 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
Running fullscreen DirectX 9 applications/games after enabling Aero effects and rebooting no longer causes the system to randomly stop responding
Primary display no longer blanks out intermittently during "World in Conflict™: Soviet Assault" DirectX10 gameplay with CrossFire and Dual Monitor enabled
"Stone Giant" DirectX 11 demo no longer intermittently fails in fullscreen mode with CrossFire enabled under Multi-GPU configurations on some cards
Task switching out of "Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2" and then back into the game  no longer causes CrossFire to become disabled
Enabling in-game Anti-Aliasing and utilizing Edge-Detect filters no longer causes smoother lines but blurry textures when compared to the Standard filter on some cards
Desktop line corruption is no longer observed after hotplugging the HDCP display on some cards
Enabling Overdrive through the Catalyst™ Control Center for single display systems no longer results in GPU clocks running at high levels in non-GPU intensive scenarios 


Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:
Task switching to desktop and then back into "Far Cry 2" DX10 game may result in performance drop with CrossFire enabled under Multi-GPU configurations
Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may show de-interlacing lines
Display may intermittently turn blank on launching "Enemy Territory™: Quake Wars" or during game play under Multi-GPU configurations on some cards
With CrossFire enabled, flickering may be observed in OpenGL games when refresh rate is set to 100Hz or higher on some cards
Desktop may dim after exiting "Mafia™ II" game on some cards
Under multi-adapter configuration, various rotated displays in Eyefinity set up might not be retained after reboot
Mouse cursor may intermittently be corrupt/missing in one of the displays under Eyefinity configuration while playing games/samples
Tearing corruption may be visible in specific "StarCraft II" game campaigns at low resolution settings (1024x768) on some cards
Switching from 32-bit to 16-bit colordepth during WMV media playback may cause the video to go blank on some cards
Enabling CrossFire in "Far Cry 2" DirectX 9 may result in low performance and benchmark failing to complete on some cards
"Tom Clancy's Endwar™" may stop responding during game cut scenes on some cards
Enabling anti-aliasing in "StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™" may cause outline highlights to be rendered incorrectly on some cards
Green texture corruption may be observed when resolution/video settings are changed in "Metro 2033" game in DirectX 10 and 11 mode on some cards
Rebooting a system with a CRT connected to the MiniDP port may cause all resolutions except 640x480 to go missing
Windows Media® Center application may stop responding or system may intermittently fail while playing 1080p video in 2x2 & 4X1 Eyefinity mode

[1Boner]

How do you "roll back" your drivers??

[skribetm]

How do you "roll back" your drivers??

go to your device manager > display adapters > click video card > driver tab > roll back driver

will work onyl if previous driver version was installed. if not, you default to VGA and you have to reinstall manually.

[1Boner]

Thanks.

I'm hoping this "device manager" is easy to find.

I'm at work now--but I think I remember updating my 5870 last week and have noticed my usually rock steady 60fps start to "wobble".

Gonna check it out when I get home--thanks again.

[skribetm]

Thanks.

anytime!
really easy to find, just click start(windows icon);
then in the search programs and files box, type "device manager."
no need to browse/look for it in the control panel.

[1Boner]

Just checked driver on my 5870 and it is version 8.791.0.0.

I clicked to update my drivers and it said I was up to date.

Is the version you guys are discussing for something different than what I have possibly?

It says "ATI Radeon 5800" series.

[skribetm]

thats the pkg version. chk the one beneath "catalyst version."



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[Spikes]

I run 10.2, have had problems with everything 10.3 and up.

[Kazaa]

Hey guys,

The new drivers aren't the problem, it's the MSFFB2 compatibility with AH2 still.

I plug in my CH stick and everything is normal, I plug in my MSFFB2 and my FPS drops like a rock.

[1Boner]

I run 10.2, have had problems with everything 10.3 and up.

Where did you find 10.2?

I went to driver downloads at ATI and all I could find was 10.11.

Is there a reason I would want to use 10.2??

Thanks, Bobby G.

[Ack-Ack]

How do you "roll back" your drivers??

The best way to do it is download the previous driver, uninstall the current driver, use a program like Driver Cleaner Pro and make sure all files related to your drivers are removed from your system, reboot and then install the older driver.  I've never had faith in the driver roll back feature of Windows.

ack-ack

[Ack-Ack]

Hey guys,

The new drivers aren't the problem, it's the MSFFB2 compatibility with AH2 still.

I plug in my CH stick and everything is normal, I plug in my MSFFB2 and my FPS drops like a rock.

Unless MS creates new force factory drivers for your MSFF stick, you're going to be stuck with that FPS problem.

ack-ack

[Kazaa]

Unless MS creates new force factory drivers for your MSFF stick, you're going to be stuck with that FPS problem.

ack-ack

I know bro, I guess I'll have to go back to my CH gear.

[715]

Hey guys,

The new drivers aren't the problem, it's the MSFFB2 compatibility with AH2 still.

I plug in my CH stick and everything is normal, I plug in my MSFFB2 and my FPS drops like a rock.

That's interesting.  I would never have guessed a joystick would reduce frame rate but, sure enough, it does.  I tested offline under controlled conditions and with my MSFFB2 connected got 56 fps and disconnected got 68 fps.  My joystick is reducing my frame rate by 18%.  It didn't matter whether or not the Sidewinder software was running (well at least I learned I can disable that without problems and not have to look at its icon in the tray).