12.8 VS 12.11 performance numbers

notJUSTguitar · Oct 23, 2012

Hi everyone. I just updated to AMDs 12.11 beta 4 drivers from 12.8.

I ran 3Dmark 11 before and after. I didn't run any games, but if people want me to, give me a list of games and I can get that done soon

Test setup:
CPU: Intel i7 2600K @ 5Ghz
MB: Asus Maximus IV Gene-3/Genz
RAM: G.SKILL Sniper DDR3-1866
GPU: MSI R7970 Lightning
OS: Win7 x64

This is a clean install of Windows, and any programs that aren't needed are closed upon starting Windows. I ran every configuration multiple times, and got nearly identical results.

12.8 results
For the first run, I ran the gpu at stock settings.
P9297 marks

(Yes, I know I screwed up the screenshot)

For the second run with 12.8 drivers, I overclocked the GPU to 1215/1485 (Core clock/memory clock)
P10247 marks

12.11b4 results
GPU at stock clocks.
P10465 marks

GPU overclocked to 1215/1485:
P11428 marks

xsuperbgx · Oct 23, 2012

Nice results! Thanks for documenting and posting that.

notJUSTguitar · Oct 23, 2012

xsuperbgx said:
Nice results! Thanks for documenting and posting that.

Thanks. I figured I might as well run something before I updated to see how much of a performance increase I got.

irrykuxeh · Oct 23, 2012

Wow! Best drivers yet!

Janus67 · Oct 23, 2012

Holy moly nice increase!

Woomack · Oct 24, 2012

Nice results. So the only question is what they improved or what is missing in these drivers

Frakk · Oct 24, 2012

BF3 = Ultra Preset (All maximum settings) @ 1920 x 1080P; Gigabyte 7870 @ 1200 / 1500

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4726178

trekky · Oct 24, 2012

does this update work on 6950/6970?

EarthDog · Oct 24, 2012

Woomack said:
Nice results. So the only question is what they improved or what is missing in these drivers

Thats funny as I, in my head said, 'oh dear god, please no IQ issues again'!!

Frakk · Oct 24, 2012

trekky said:
does this update work on 6950/6970?

It seems not, GCN only. :eh?:

Glaze132 · Oct 24, 2012

Yes. Will it give you the same increase? Don't know. Try it and share.

Woomack · Oct 25, 2012

EarthDog said:
Thats funny as I, in my head said, 'oh dear god, please no IQ issues again'!!

I made only some fast runs in 3DM11 and Vantage and so far I haven't seen any problems with quality ( drivers on default settings ).
I also checked 12.11 Beta3 and Beta4 and both are working the same.
On my daily pc with 7970/stock clocks, results in 3DM11 and Vantage are about 1k better on 12.11 beta than on 12.9 beta.

Edit:
I found review of these drivers where is also info that power consumption on 12.11 is higher by about 12W under load. So maybe they changed something significant after all.
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graph...chmarked-surprising-performance-gains/?page=5

Frakk · Oct 25, 2012

Woomack said:
I made only some fast runs in 3DM11 and Vantage and so far I haven't seen any problems with quality ( drivers on default settings ).
I also checked 12.11 Beta3 and Beta4 and both are working the same.
On my daily pc with 7970/stock clocks, results in 3DM11 and Vantage are about 1k better on 12.11 beta than on 12.9 beta.

Edit:
I found review of these drivers where is also info that power consumption on 12.11 is higher by about 12W under load. So maybe they changed something significant after all.
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graph...chmarked-surprising-performance-gains/?page=5

That explains why i'm down on my maximum overclock from 1250 to 1240.
Which is not even worth thinking about given that performance is up significantly in every game i own, (other than Dirt Showdown which is actually down a little for some strange reason)

Mandrake4565 · Oct 25, 2012

Will newer drivers make a difference in older cards like my 5850?

EarthDog · Oct 25, 2012

As stated above, we dont think so, No. Its only for the GCN architecture.

frakk said:
That explains why i'm down on my maximum overclock from 1250 to 1240.

How would that explain it?

Mandrake4565 · Oct 25, 2012

That would have required reading the entire post ED

thanks.

scrambler · Oct 25, 2012

Frakk said:
BF3 = Ultra Preset (All maximum settings) @ 1920 x 1080P; Gigabyte 7870 @ 1200 / 1500

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4726178

The gains are quite massive in MP too. Just using my static point I see a 5 frame jump. Overclcoked I now sit nice nicely in 70-80 frame area.

jaymz9350 · Oct 25, 2012

EarthDog said:
How would that explain it?

I'm guessing the new drivers stress the core more gaining performance but possibly lessening OC headroom.

EarthDog · Oct 25, 2012

Interesting... never thought about it that way! It didnt change a thing on my peak 3d11 clocks though.

Perhaps Frakk is really on the brink of stability and that could be part of it?

No clue.

Frakk · Oct 25, 2012

EarthDog said:
Interesting... never thought about it that way! It didnt change a thing on my peak 3d11 clocks though.

Perhaps Frakk is really on the brink of stability and that could be part of it?

No clue.

What jaymz9350 said.

On 12.8 i could get it to pass stress testing @ 1250 - 1.3v and i have benched at that speed a few time (but it feels like a death run)

On 12.11 it just will not go over 1240 @ 1.3v any more (and it feels even more like a death run)

Its pretty clear i don't have a good Gigabyte 7870, 2 on ocUK bought the same card as me, one ofter my recommendation and then had the nerve to post a 1315Mhz stress test pass

Another got a cheap B-Grade one and got that to 1280Mhz on the stock volts, and then posted 3DMar11 score clocked at way over 1300Mhz

Silicone lottery.... Meh, i have it now, i'm still very happy with it and (used to) run it daily @ 1200 / 1500. i now run it @ 1185 / 1450 to give it a little breather and because the new drivers have such a massive boost, tho i will probably clock it back up to my usual again soon

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