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    RadeonPro questions.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by cachexic, Jul 29, 2011.

  1. cachexic

    cachexic Notebook Consultant

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    1. Why are my FPS and CrossfireX display bars not working in my game? I've tried binding it to different toggle keys, but they are not responding/displaying (game is The Force Unleashed 2, star wars).

    2. Does this game support Crossfire? Anybody know? It's a console port so I'm not sure. I can't peg myself at 60 frames without turning AA/AF completely off and taking view distance down one single notch. Which isn't much of a consession. But I thought dual 6990's would smoke this game.

    Also, I can't seem to overclock the cards much at all without this game crashing. 800/1050 crashed it pretty much instantly. 750/1000 was fine. 775/1000 crashed it but it was performing well. Until I got to a certain point in the game, then it crashed. Does overclocking stability vary from game to game, or did I get some crappy 6990's that don't overclock well?
     
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    cachexic Notebook Consultant

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    I unchecked crossfire in CCC and my framerates are basically identical. So that leads me to believe this game doesn't support crossfire.
     
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    I assume you are running the latest drivers and the latest CAP?

    At the very least I would download the latest CAPs (catalyst application profiles) and see if that helps...

    I am also running the latest 11.8 drivers and they are working really well.
    Only issue is that you loose the brightness control using the FN keys.

    D.
     
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    cachexic Notebook Consultant

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    I'm using the Dell Drivers and whatever version of Catalyst Control Center the machine came with.
     
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    Not catalyst control center, catalyst application profiles (x-fire profiles)

    Go here and download the latest (11.7 CAP 1 as of this post)
    Rage3D
     
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    with radeonpro you do not need the profiles.

    Keep in mind radeon pro is a third party application, you need to enter that and try every single Crossfire type and then load the game and see your FPS. Rinse and repeat until you find the best type.

    There are four types of crossfire but I am at work so I cannot check their names right off the bat.
     
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    cachexic Notebook Consultant

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    Four types of crossfire within RadeonPro? Are you talking about Driver Default, Alternate Frame Rendering, Scissor, and Supertile?
     
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    yeah thats the first setting you should mess with. Sometimes the only setting lol but that alone will boost your FPS significantly
     
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    cachexic Notebook Consultant

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    All right. Thanks for the help, brother.

    +Rep
     
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    cachexic Notebook Consultant

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    I still cannot get the FPS counter and more importantly the crossfire bar to appear in my games. I'm using 11.8 drivers.

    Anybody?
     
    cachexic, Jul 31, 2011
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    The FPS counter never really works. At least never worked for me, as for the XF bar its huge and the last thing I want is most of my left side of the monitor to have that ugly bar.
    Thats why I disable both.
     
    oni222, Aug 1, 2011
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    eCake Notebook Geek

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    installd it and both fps & cf display does not work to even top it off
    on login & loading screens it glitches black green flashes or models half renderd, once in game its fine but the 2 functions doesnt work

    when i disable monitoring then its all fine all glitches gone from loading screen

    some1 else has this or knows about this ?
     
    eCake, Aug 3, 2011
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