Attention 6970 CF Guys, these new drivers rock.

dominick32 · 01-26-11, 11:37 PM

Fellas, I have been benchmarking with Crysis Warhead the last couple of days and was pleased to see the 1/26/2011 Catalyst Drivers come out. I am seeing some dramatic speed boosts with my 6970 Crossfire Setup. I was using the beta drivers for 64bit win 7, and games that I am playing and benching include: X-Plane 9, Mafia II, and Crysis Warhead.

Just to give you an idea of the speed increase moving to the new 1/26 drivers.
MAFIA II image quality seems to have improved and I used to get this slight blotchy stutter/hiccup every once in a while, that is complete gone and the game is smooth as butter.

X-Plane 9 seems to have smoothed out as well.

But the biggest difference is definitely Crysis Warhead since I have been benchmarking it. I am running two Diamond 6970's in Crossfire X clocked at 950/1440, 0% powertune wattage. Before the new catalyst, using maximum DX10 enthusiast settings, with maximum 1920 X 1200, 8XAA, using warhead benchmark and the AMBUSH timedemo, 1 loop the card was achieving:

66 FPS average with 8XAA, enthusiast, 1920x1200,dx10
74 FPS Average with NO AA, enthusiast, 1920x1200,dx10

After the driver update tonight, no change at all:

75 FPS AVERAGE with 8XAA, enthusiast, 1920x1200,dx10

91 FPS Average with NO AA enthusiast, 1920x1200,dx10

.........after 5 different timedemos to make sure I wasnt going crazy, the game is noticeably faster and smoother all around. There may even be some IQ improvements across the board, wow great work AMD!

Anyone with 6950's and 6970's in crossfire, these drivers have seemed to work A LOT OF KINKS out with the initial beta and release drivers for the 6900 series, I would recommend everyone picking this new 1/26 catalyst up immediately.

Dom

wagex · 01-26-11, 11:58 PM

WOOHOO i might have to get another one.. after i get the rest of my monitors

ShadowEW · 01-27-11, 08:03 AM

I'm planning on getting another HD6950.. on the basis of the 6970 unlock.
Which BTW, Has been running like a beaut.. No lags, no pauses, no hangs, no BSODs, that unlock seems to work flawless...
Just going to grab the 11.1 Catalyst now *at work* and update when I get back =3

Link to the ATI Drivers Page: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
Link to the HD6XXX Win7 X64 Drivers Page: http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloa...n_win7-64.aspx

bda1967 · 01-27-11, 11:25 AM

Hopefully those of us runnnig single 6970's will see some improvement too. I DL'd them last night but haven't had much of a chance to compare performance.

ShadowEW · 01-27-11, 02:05 PM

Just done a few tests... and... I get barely any difference in 3DMark Vantage..

Allbeit.. I did get around 50 marks more on the Performance test.. but running it about 3/4 times.. Just an anomaly.. Still around the 17K mark.....

dominick32 · 01-27-11, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ShadowEW

Just done a few tests... and... I get barely any difference in 3DMark Vantage..

Allbeit.. I did get around 50 marks more on the Performance test.. but running it about 3/4 times.. Just an anomaly.. Still around the 17K mark.....

I'm not sure of the difference with a single card.
But I am positive with crossfire enabled on my two diamond 6970's that these new drivers have improved my gaming fps tremendously. Especially on Crysis Warhead. Did you get another card? Or are you running a single card?

Dom

ShadowEW · 01-27-11, 03:34 PM

Still running a single card at the moment.
I 'had' the money for a second card, but splashed out on a new monitor instead.

BenQ 9H.L5JLB.QBE =3

01-26-11, 11:37 PM	Thread Starter #1
dominick32 Senior Solid State Aficionado Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York	Attention 6970 CF Guys, these new drivers rock. Fellas, I have been benchmarking with Crysis Warhead the last couple of days and was pleased to see the 1/26/2011 Catalyst Drivers come out. I am seeing some dramatic speed boosts with my 6970 Crossfire Setup. I was using the beta drivers for 64bit win 7, and games that I am playing and benching include: X-Plane 9, Mafia II, and Crysis Warhead. Just to give you an idea of the speed increase moving to the new 1/26 drivers. MAFIA II image quality seems to have improved and I used to get this slight blotchy stutter/hiccup every once in a while, that is complete gone and the game is smooth as butter. X-Plane 9 seems to have smoothed out as well. But the biggest difference is definitely Crysis Warhead since I have been benchmarking it. I am running two Diamond 6970's in Crossfire X clocked at 950/1440, 0% powertune wattage. Before the new catalyst, using maximum DX10 enthusiast settings, with maximum 1920 X 1200, 8XAA, using warhead benchmark and the AMBUSH timedemo, 1 loop the card was achieving: 66 FPS average with 8XAA, enthusiast, 1920x1200,dx10 74 FPS Average with NO AA, enthusiast, 1920x1200,dx10 After the driver update tonight, no change at all: 75 FPS AVERAGE with 8XAA, enthusiast, 1920x1200,dx10 91 FPS Average with NO AA enthusiast, 1920x1200,dx10 .........after 5 different timedemos to make sure I wasnt going crazy, the game is noticeably faster and smoother all around. There may even be some IQ improvements across the board, wow great work AMD! Anyone with 6950's and 6970's in crossfire, these drivers have seemed to work A LOT OF KINKS out with the initial beta and release drivers for the 6900 series, I would recommend everyone picking this new 1/26 catalyst up immediately. Dom __________________ Next Level Hardware Solid State Drive Technology Discussion Thread ...3770k@4.5 GHz...Noctua Dh14...Asus z77 dlx...Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB... ARES 8Gb 2x4.... crossfire 2 x diamond 6970's at stock clocks...4TB x2 in raid 1...corsair hx1050 psu... Dominick32 states "Bow down to your SSD god dominick32 and kiss my feet which are actually made of pure light. Jason4207 Responds: "Upon closer inspection to go in for that foot kiss I'm noticing that the 'light' isn't doing you any justice. This should help. :) Circa 2010
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01-26-11, 11:58 PM	#2
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01-27-11, 08:03 AM	#3
ShadowEW Registered Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Walsall, United Kingdom	I'm planning on getting another HD6950.. on the basis of the 6970 unlock. Which BTW, Has been running like a beaut.. No lags, no pauses, no hangs, no BSODs, that unlock seems to work flawless... Just going to grab the 11.1 Catalyst now at work and update when I get back =3 Link to the ATI Drivers Page: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx Link to the HD6XXX Win7 X64 Drivers Page: http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloa...n_win7-64.aspx __________________ CPU-Z Validation Phenom II 1090T 4332.22 MHz CPU-Z Validation Phenom II 1090T 4515.12 MHz (Suicide Run 1.648v) Case: Antec Twelve Hundred , CPU: AMD Phenom II 1090T BE , GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD6950 2GB (HD6970 Bios) , RAM: Mushkin Silverline 2x4GB 1333MHz , Mobo: Gigabyte GA 790FXTA-UD5 OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
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01-27-11, 11:25 AM	#4
bda1967 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Central Ohio, USA	Hopefully those of us runnnig single 6970's will see some improvement too. I DL'd them last night but haven't had much of a chance to compare performance. __________________ i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz - Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 - 8GB DDR3-1600 G. Skill PC3-12800 Diamond HD 7970 - OCZ Agility 3 240 GB SSD / (2) 500GB HDD's storage - HAF X - Hyper 212 Plus Fatality Pro X-FI - Cooler Master 850 watt psu - Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Athlon II X4 635 Propus @ 3.6GHz - MA770T-UD3P - 4GB G. Skill DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 Sapphire HD 4870 - 320 GB HDD - Modified HP case - Nirvana NV120 BFG GS 550 watt psu - Windows 7 Ultimate 64 FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz - Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 - 8GB Kingston DDR3 1600 XFX HD6870 - 320 GB HDD - Antec 900 - Hyper 212 Plus Corsair CX500 - Windows 7 Pro 64 HEATWARE
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01-27-11, 02:05 PM	#5
ShadowEW Registered Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Walsall, United Kingdom	Just done a few tests... and... I get barely any difference in 3DMark Vantage.. Allbeit.. I did get around 50 marks more on the Performance test.. but running it about 3/4 times.. Just an anomaly.. Still around the 17K mark..... __________________ CPU-Z Validation Phenom II 1090T 4332.22 MHz CPU-Z Validation Phenom II 1090T 4515.12 MHz (Suicide Run 1.648v) Case: Antec Twelve Hundred , CPU: AMD Phenom II 1090T BE , GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD6950 2GB (HD6970 Bios) , RAM: Mushkin Silverline 2x4GB 1333MHz , Mobo: Gigabyte GA 790FXTA-UD5 OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
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01-27-11, 03:34 PM	#7
ShadowEW Registered Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Walsall, United Kingdom	Still running a single card at the moment. I 'had' the money for a second card, but splashed out on a new monitor instead. BenQ 9H.L5JLB.QBE =3 __________________ CPU-Z Validation Phenom II 1090T 4332.22 MHz CPU-Z Validation Phenom II 1090T 4515.12 MHz (Suicide Run 1.648v) Case: Antec Twelve Hundred , CPU: AMD Phenom II 1090T BE , GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD6950 2GB (HD6970 Bios) , RAM: Mushkin Silverline 2x4GB 1333MHz , Mobo: Gigabyte GA 790FXTA-UD5 OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
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