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Got my 7850 today. It's awesome
Installed the latest beta drivers and have tested a handful of games with my CPU at stock and GPU at stock. It's smoother than my GTX 660 was lol. Don't know whether I had a funky card or something but I'm definitely glad I have made the switch.On another note, I swear some graphics in games look crisper than my 660 was? Gonna be doing some all stock benchmarks and then overclocked benchmarks in alot of games over the weekend and then post here seometime next week. Just sad I didn't get Far Cry 3 download in the box, must have been a xmas only thing Really want to play that game as well.Oh well, I'm off to benchmark ![]() EDIT - I also have to mention the fact that it felt like I was getting alot of input lag on my 660, it appears to be totally gone with this AMD card and it's a joy to behold....must....stop......smiling lol Last edited by ...PACMAN...; Feb 1, 2013 at 03:54 PM. |
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You couldn't have bought the card at a better time.
Any earlier and you may have encountered poor performing drivers and may not have had the same opinion. The progress I have experienced with the drivers since I first owned my 7870 has been huge. Saints Row 3 stuttered with every corner I took, a lot of image corruption in Skyrim, fans would spin up while in sleep mode every 30 seconds a few other DX9 games were affected with image corruption. It seemed like this was about as good as it was going to get especially when the worst drivers for me were when AMD started the never settle campaign. Never settle...I certainly was not settle for those drivers. I was pretty close to giving up and buying an nVidia card but patience paid off. Mentioned games perform as they should on my 7870 without image corruption, at least not noticeable to me. I believe we can expect to see even more improvements on the 7xxx cards in the future, due to the architecture of the 8xxx series cards being GCN as well. |
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ive just bought a 77702gboc version hoping to xfire. but im having trouble with a stutter at the start of games? anyone else had the same problem? im about to do a reinstall hoping its software or alike. thanks
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![]() What drivers are you using and did you install any CAP? Starting from 13.2 beta CAPs are not needed anymore, but otherwise you need to download the latest CAP.
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Actually it was 13.1 WHQL that started with not needing CAPs, AMD has starting integrating them into the driver package itself.
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what the hell is cap? lol I haven't used amd vga for years! im just finishing installs so ill let you know. thanks
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cap : crap application persistence ... eerrrrr.... Catalyst Application Profile ... (if im correct)
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Catalyst Application Profile (containing optimisations targeting CrossfireX setups and particular games/other apps). You stated you have a CrossFireX setup (multiple cards in one system) so they (CAPs) will come in handy.
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i was correct! and faster!!! ... hum i wonder ... waiting a bit more or taking a 7850... or a 7950... gotta do some math... (or wait 8xxx)
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CAP = Crossfire Application Profile IIRC
Chevalr1c beat me to it, damn sell fones
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I'll. say it again... If you are using 13.2 beta, you don't need the CAP whether you're running CrossFire or not.
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W/a 3570k @ 4.7Ghz, PC HD 7870 @ 1200 core:
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new install and absolutely sorted, even getting more fps woop woop! and lmao to the cap, bust a cap lol! btw im hoping to xfire soon as I get a new mobo!
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Thanks, I'm happy with it... it's stable and plays FC3 at max pretty smooth. Now I have a new goal of 8500, perhaps I should adjust RAM speed more, prob squeeze 2400 out of it, lol
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very modest overclock on my GPUs, a few times ive had them clocked as far as 920Mhz on the core and 1400mhz on the ram but i dont think it was very stable. Not that i actually need the extra performance or nothing so i just stuck with 900 on the core.
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Well my GPU'S are 3 X HD5770 2 X HD6950 2 X 7970 No 8"s yet!
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and its Catalyst (we both written so )one question ... on a HD6950 with DVI-D and DVI-I, DVI-D handle 75hz while DVI-I doesnt ? right?
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I think both have the same max, albeit lower resolutions have higher max refresh rates.
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