For those needing 13.8 catalyst review.

[bluezero5]

Not sure has this been posted..
but I feel people might want some easy links.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...frame-pacing-driver-tested-benchmarked-9.html

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7195/amd-frame-pacing-explorer-cat138/13

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_framepacing_review_with_catalyst_13_8_fcat,1.htm

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphi...ings-Frame-Pacing-AMD-Radeon/Closing-Thoughts

http://techreport.com/review/25167/frame-pacing-driver-aims-to-revive-the-radeon-hd-7990/5

my take of the issue. (I am an AMD user too.) is similar to hardwarecanuck's, so I will just post their conclusion here without using my own words: Hope you guys don't mind.

Frame pacing represents an excellent bonus for current Crossfire users, but what about the HD 7990? Does smoother gameplay make it any more appealing? The answer to that is multi-faceted. The HD 7990 crashed and burned for a number of reasons; it was late, power hungry, loud, featured epic amounts of coil whine and it highlighted AMD’s frame timing issues. Performance has now been honed into something resembling a bona fide gaming solution but at this point, months after its release, we feel this ship has already sailed. Anyone who bought a HD 7990 will be breathing a sigh of relief though.

AMD’s new driver is an impressive step forward but we can’t help feeling that it took AMD ages to get to this point. While review sites have been actively reporting and recording AMD’s problems with frame times for the past year or so, the root causes have been around for far longer. Remember, NVIDIA stepped in and fixed their issues without any fanfare years ago.

Even though frame pacing does represent a large improvement for Crossfire solutions, we just can’t bring ourselves to laud it as a technological achievement. Late is certainly better than never but with the 13.8 beta drivers, AMD is simply fixing something which shouldn’t have been broken for so long in the first place.

Nonetheless, late better than never! When company's listen to consumers, we all win.
(it might be the same reason 7990 price is slashed down too!! so yay for everyone!! )

 

[EarthDog]

Nice to have it in one thread as these have been scattered around a couple threads.

Thanks!

 

[bluezero5]

exactly my thoughts.

 

[Janus67]

thanks for the summary bluezero, good break down and conclusion.

 

[trueblack]

Good read, found some required info I am looking for as well.