Radeon Evergreen Islands Club (HD 5xxx/6xxx/7xxx/8xxx)

[mediasorcerer]

hey widj, did you do a clean install with your drivers, and are you on the ghz bios?
Did u update cap profiles too btw?

 

[TRWOV]

Wonder if it has anything to do with the apparent job cuts in engineering.

I don't think so. They have just been announced and 12.11 should have been on testing long before that.

 

[Widjaja]

idk.. i'd poke around at other issues, and try to narrow it down. I've got the same drivers and crossfire 7970's and not seeing any flickering in skyrim.. Look for a custom config, and i'll dig around and see if i can find anything for ya

Been searching around the net and there is a thread dedicated to the issue at Guru3D.
What custom config?
I have tried removing the skyrim prefs and the other ini along with renderinfo and it did nothing.
Changed the graphics settings in game, yet still nothing.
Removed AA and AF, to see if that was the issue.

hey widj, did you do a clean install with your drivers, and are you on the ghz bios?
Did u update cap profiles too btw?

I have uninstalled my drivers first through the AMD install manager in control panel, then used driver sweeper in safe mode before each driver install.
The GPU I have is a Ghz edition and runs at 1010/4840 stock.

I have never used the CAP profiles.
Are they necessary for single GPU?

I don't think so. They have just been announced and 12.11 should have been on testing long before that.

That's good to hear.

The only thing which seems to stop the flickering in Skyrim is setting AA to supersample in CCC but the FPS drop is noticeable.

 

[exodusprime1337]

Cap Profiles from what i understand are good for single cards as well as crossfire.

 

[Peter1986C]

So whose on steam then?

I am, same nickname.

I'll play along too. I'll post my 3dmark11 scores when I run a new test on my 6950. I just RMA'd my dead 7970 and when I get my replacement I will post those scores too.

Club has grown quite a bit since I last looked.

True, but the list is ordened per card series and some users are spread across those series (having multiple cards). I might add a per user sorted klist to the OP later.

I'd like to join the club and throw in my 2 7970s, reference models by Asus and Sapphire, watercooled. I'll try to run a quick bench and throw that up too later tonight.

Added.

hell manofthem, you would get a free pass into any club is it was up to me. As much as you do for the community.

True ^.

ill eventually join this club and the WCG/Folding team

Good. I have regarded you as a semi-member already anyway and concerning the WCG team, I would like to see you helping us over the 8.000.000 PPD mark.

Yeah I'm on steam.
Wanting to add people?

Just added you.

Only today I have realized your user name is mediasorcerer and not mediocresorcerer.

<------- is on steam also.

When I login into Steam, I think I will add you folks if I think about it (I often forget about the community aspects of Steam, just playing a game, lol).

So we're benching now?

http://imageshack.us/a/img546/9637/80160622.jpg

I'll post a result later.

Well, some are benching. I will wait with that until I resolved some issues with my system. I will add a Google Docs spreadsheet to the OP later so that we can fill in and compare the results of various benches (most likely 3DMark 11 (being the 3DMark version that will have the most consistent settings across the club), Heaven 3.x and Furmark, maybe some game benches), as well as other stats like driver versions.

Currently own a ASUS 5850(ref) and my MSI 7970(ref) should be here tomorrow.

Cool if I join?

Added.

Count me into the club, rockin 2 reference diamond 7970's @ 1200/1675

Added.

A lot of folks think just frame rates is what makes a good card, but theres more to it than that, frames can jump all over the place depending on the application or game, whereas the overall quality of the picture, screen tearing,etc,etc, and how smooth it runs overall also counts for a lot in my book.
And the radeons consistently beat the 680 in metro, and that's a great indicator of there power .
amazing oc exodusp.!!

All these results make me fell inadequate

http://imageshack.us/a/img201/6889/6950oc.png

No worries, probably I will score lower.

Cap Profiles from what i understand are good for single cards as well as crossfire.

That's what I understood as well.

 

[manofthem]

^^ Wihoo I'm in! thanks

 

[Peter1986C]

Of course you're added. You qualify at least as much as the others. Oh, and I realised just now that you wrote "throw that up", lol. While there is nothing disgusting here, is there?

 

[qu4k3r]

Hi there, Can I join?

HIS HD5670 IceQ 1GB GDDR5 x1
Sapphire HD5830 Xtreme 1GB GDDR5 x2
Powercolor HD6790 1GB GDDR5 x2

 

[_JP_]

I'm going to see if I can get some vantage scores up.
Meanwhile, time to enrich my steam contacts list.

 

[Widjaja]

I am, same nickname.

I've added you.

 

[Jetster]

I'm in HIS 7950

 

[Random Murderer]

I have two 6850s, a reference HIS model and a Visiontek that has a revised power section. Both have BIOSes I modified myself for increased fan speeds and a mild overclock.
I also have two reference 7970s, one Asus and one Visiontek. Both are flashed to XFX Black Editions. When I want to bench, they get flashed to GHz editions, as that BIOS seems to overclock better than any of the others I've tried.

 

[Peter1986C]

Hi there, Can I join?

HIS HD5670 IceQ 1GB GDDR5 x1
Sapphire HD5830 Xtreme 1GB GDDR5 x2
Powercolor HD6790 1GB GDDR5 x2

You are added.

I'm in HIS 7950

You are added.

I have two 6850s, a reference HIS model and a Visiontek that has a revised power section. Both have BIOSes I modified myself for increased fan speeds and a mild overclock.
I also have two reference 7970s, one Asus and one Visiontek. Both are flashed to XFX Black Editions. When I want to bench, they get flashed to GHz editions, as that BIOS seems to overclock better than any of the others I've tried.

You are added.

 

[manofthem]

Of course you're added. You qualify at least as much as the others. Oh, and I realised just now that you wrote "throw that up", lol. While there is nothing disgusting here, is there?

Nothing disgusting in here, this place is all goodness and happiness.
But I'll admit, "It's a great way to lose pounds before a show."

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

I have two 6850s, a reference HIS model and a Visiontek that has a revised power section. Both have BIOSes I modified myself for increased fan speeds and a mild overclock.
I also have two reference 7970s, one Asus and one Visiontek. Both are flashed to XFX Black Editions. When I want to bench, they get flashed to GHz editions, as that BIOS seems to overclock better than any of the others I've tried.

lol of course the GHz edition clock better they push the GPU vcore up from 1.175 default on reference cards at 925 to a whopping 1.25v when under boost lulz

 

[Random Murderer]

You are added.

Thanks!

lol of course the GHz edition clock better they push the GPU vcore up from 1.175 default on reference cards at 925 to a whopping 1.25v when under boost lulz

Except that boost doesn't work when the BIOS is flashed to a non-GHz edition card. It is a constant clock and voltage.
Also, when using other BIOSes i was still raising voltages to the same levels and couldn't achieve the same OCs. The next best overclocking BIOS I found was an Asus BIOS I grabbed from XS.

 

[eidairaman1]

nothing disgusting in here, this place is all goodness and happiness.
But i'll admit, "it's a great way to lose pounds before a show."

hahah

 

[Bow]

Count me in please,
2x Sapphire HD 6950 2gig each.

 

[Peter1986C]

Added

 

[Peter1986C]

I was away this weekend and did not make it to fully prepare for the massmark. I will do so soon, putting a spreadsheet online and guidelines so that it is clear how we will do the massmark.

 

[agent00skid]

Are laptop GPU's allowed in?

 

[eidairaman1]

Are laptop GPU's allowed in?

from same brood yes

 

[erocker]

I suppose I'd like to sign up! Haven't thought much of it but with these latest drivers it's almost as if I got a free upgrade for my 7970. Which with a 2560x1440 monitor is very welcome!

 

[agent00skid]

Oh. Then I think my Mobility Radeon HD 5650 would like to say hello.

The shaders in my APU would so too, but I guess they'll just have to be annoyed by the "No APU's" rule.

 

[The Von Matrices]

I got my Diamond 7970 a few days ago. I had bought and was using 7950's in Crossfire for a week before I bought the 7970 that but I found out the hard way that AMD's drivers for the 7900 cards don't work well with both CrossfireX and Eyefinity at the same time without intermittent crashes. I wish I had read the many forum posts scattered throughout the internet about this before I bought the pair. Anyway, I think I have a pretty good card and I maxed out the CCC memory clock limits on the stock BIOS. I flashed the BIOS to the release BIOS with the very high CCC limits, and I have been running stably at these overclocked settings for two days with no issues. Any higher clocks will cause programs to crash. I was surprised that increasing the voltage doesn't help at all, but after reading others' experiences it seems that this clock wall is not unique.