DAAMIT HD5xxx (Evergreen)

[Eroo]

Catalyst 10.8 is out, and it works flawlessly.  Its said to offer a few performance improvements so try it out.

Nope, doesnt work flawlessly. Still cuts BC2 framerates by half for crossfire users. I promptly rolled back to 10.5, best ati did in months.

Why is that? Did they remove sli support for some games?

[Arcmanov]

Well, it works flawlessly for me, as did 10.7

Not sure why that is happening to Cap.  I use Vsync wherever I find it, and everything runs at a solid 60 fps...including Bad Company 2...and I'm pretty sure there'd an IQ improvement in there somewhere.  It looked goooooood.  Or it could be that I haven't played it in a week. 

[phoenix31tt]

just throwing it out there.... NONE of the 10.x drivers that i tried worked for me.. even on a fresh install...

so i'm still @ 9.12 and that works flawlessly... dunno if i missing any significant performance gains from the later drivers.. but willing to sacrifice it until those drivers really stable neways...

[MessiaaH]

9.12 was working flawless for me all d time, but sc2 had a bug where units jus disaapear on u, so was forced to upgrade tuh 10.7 and stay there, but it seem to be behaving heself, 10.8 up next.

[Spazosaurus]

I get 120+ fps on BC2 with 10.5, 40 with any later driver...and it aint me alone. Strange you not getting issues. I feel your crossfire off is you only getting 60fps Arc.

[MessiaaH]

arc getting 60 fps constant cuase he has vsync on, which wud lock it @ 60, if i not mistaken.

[Spazosaurus]

Could have a point. I will try later.

[Arcmanov]

MessiaaH is correct.  All fps locked at 60.

I used to get the problems mentioned until I did an OS re-install.  Its a last resort, I know,
but still an option.

[rassmatic]

Well I usually keep vsync on to prevent screen tearing. You can also notice when a game drops from 180+ fps to 60. That usually happens with the frame limit cap off.

[Arcmanov]

MessiaaH is correct.  All fps locked at 60.

I used to get the problems mentioned until I did an OS re-install.  Its a last resort, I know,
but still an option.

But why you have Vsync on for? Depending on what gpu i using i does have it on or off to get maximum performance out of the card.

What Rage said.  Having the game's fps locked to the native 'speed' of your monitor ensures that you won't see
vertical tearing of objects on your screen.

Kinda like this...



That image is with Vsync off. It doesn't look too good.  Especially when you're turning quickly.
Not too concerned with fps rates over 70.  The human eve wont detect 100 fps and above,
so I not too concerned with 'maximum performance'.

Once I getting 60 fps with all IQ options at max, at whatever the monitor's native res is, I am happy.

[MessiaaH]

^^ indeed, 60 FPS is all ur eyes could diffrenciate anyways, anything above 60, it doh matter, its all going to look d same. i also play with vsync on, for d reasons arcman already listed.

[Spazosaurus]

Even with vsync off, i dont get that tearing, in any game.

and this is the issue im talking about...

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=279&threadid=135143

not me alone getting this, strange that none of you are having this issue, but I got it bad. Roll back to 10.5 makes things peachy once more.

[Arcmanov]

OK...maybe I spoke too soon about 10.8.  All of a sudden last night, REALLLLL issues, and only in Bad Company 2.  Very strange.

Had to roll back to 10.5 myself.


...or maybe Captain Awesome is possessed of a very particular goat-mout. 

[MessiaaH]

hmm, if the issue seems to be isolated to bc2 mite try it, i have to be on at least 10.7 for SC2 cuase it has a bug for 5000 series cards, where units/structures juss goes invisible, 10.7 have d fix, so i wont be using any earlier driver, so mite stil try my hand at d 10.8, once sc2, gears, dirt2 in order, i good to go. bc2 on d back burner for d moment.

[TriniXaeno]

I think it's ATI's way of telling Arcmanov to make a move to Starcraft 2. lol

[phoenix31tt]

ent @ wyatt...

i find it strange doh that i dont get the issue in SC2 seeing as i running 2x5770's, maybe its for higher end 5000's

[MessiaaH]

http://www.guru3d.com/news/amd-radeon-hd-6870-benchmarks-/

[Arcmanov]

Nice...

* looks forward to 2 x 6850 *  

[MessiaaH]

i mite sell meh 5970 and go 6970