ATI Catalyst 8.3, Hybrid CrossFire and CrossFireX Announced

btarunr · Mar 5, 2008

LTJOE118 said:
Sorry, trying to get the hang of this forum stuff.

benches

I just keeps getting better. :toast:

I'm interested in how the HD2900 XT fares.

crow1001 · Mar 5, 2008

LTJOE118 said:
Sorry, trying to get the hang of this forum stuff.

So here is my before 8.3 installation

and here is my after 8.3 installation

Looks like you have clocked the X2 after YOU installed the 8.3 drivers, i know GPUZ is showing 2D clocks but they have increased over the first GPUZ shot with previous drivers.

kylew · Mar 5, 2008

LTJOE118 said:
Sorry, trying to get the hang of this forum stuff.

You suck!

How're you getting such scores? lol, clock for clock an E8400 isn't that much faster than a Q6600 is it? I'm getting about 19,200 with a CPU score of about 5600

. I should be getting well over 20k judging from your results.

LTJOE118 · Mar 5, 2008

crow1001 said:
Looks like you have clocked the X2 after YOU installed the 8.3 drivers, i know GPUZ is showing 2D clocks but they have increased over the first GPUZ shot with previous drivers.

HMM THATS WEIRD. I know I had them overclocked to max last time. Maybe it was because Last time I used the CCC and this time I used the Rivatuner to OC the card. Thats weird but thanks for catching that one for me. :toast:

Will run some more test after I have some fun with the 8.3 Drivers.

Let me know what you think. :respect:

DOM · Mar 5, 2008

LTJOE118 said:
HMM THATS WEIRD. I know I had them overclocked to max last time. Maybe it was because Last time I used the CCC and this time I used the Rivatuner to OC the card. Thats weird but thanks for catching that one for me.

Will run some more test after I have some fun with the 8.3 Drivers.

Let me know what you think.

also the cpu is faster

EastCoasthandle · Mar 5, 2008

Yea I noticed that too. Why is it that ATI cards reduce cpu scores like that?

CY:G · Mar 5, 2008

So where can we find the Windows XP version of the drivers, i cant find them!!!!, im so close to breaking 20k too with a e8400 and HD3870x2, im at 19444 right now, im hoping the drivers will bump me to 20k !!!!

kylew · Mar 5, 2008

ps, I was joking when I said LtJoe sucks

olstyle · Mar 5, 2008

Are there any HydraVision goodies in the guru3d release?
Thats what me and my 2900XT are waiting for.

LTJOE118 · Mar 5, 2008

Wish I could revert back to 8.2 but I don't want to. lol. These drivers are good. Im going to go and get a 3870 for the triple.

thequestor · Mar 5, 2008

CY:G said:
So where can we find the Windows XP version of the drivers, i cant find them!!!!, im so close to breaking 20k too with a e8400 and HD3870x2, im at 19444 right now, im hoping the drivers will bump me to 20k !!!!

You wont. CrossfireX is Vista/DX10.1 not XP/DX9

Ravenas · Mar 5, 2008

Are the 780g boards the only ones that will have hybrid crossfire?

CY:G · Mar 5, 2008

thequestor said:
You wont. CrossfireX is Vista/DX10.1 not XP/DX9

So there are no speed upgrades for people with H3870x2, there are no 8.3 Drivers for XP???

erocker · Mar 5, 2008

XP can't recognize more than two gpu's. New XP drivers will be out, however Vista now comes first. If you have an X2 might as well get Vista 64 anyways.

CY:G · Mar 5, 2008

erocker said:
XP can't recognize more than two gpu's. New XP drivers will be out, however Vista now comes first. If you have an X2 might as well get Vista 64 anyways.

Man i TRIED, when i just finished building my new system a week ago (Specs on sig) i installed Vista 64 on it and it really tested my patience until i just said FUCK THIS and installed XP 64bit....

The offender to getting me mad was a file transfer i was doing from a USB HDD that holds a backup of My Documents folder, the folder weighs 30gb and the progress bar was just not moving, it was SOOO slow, after that i installed XP 64bit, did the same copy and it transfered like butter...

Im planning on getting a single HD3870 to go with my 3870x2 in the near future, and im gonna have to get used to Vista's flaws just so i can use it...

EastCoasthandle · Mar 5, 2008

Cat 8.3 is now available for download getting while they hot!

t_ski · Mar 5, 2008

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=vista32/common-vista32

kylew · Mar 5, 2008

CY:G said:
Man i TRIED, when i just finished building my new system a week ago (Specs on sig) i installed Vista 64 on it and it really tested my patience until i just said FUCK THIS and installed XP 64bit....

The offender to getting me mad was a file transfer i was doing from a USB HDD that holds a backup of My Documents folder, the folder weighs 30gb and the progress bar was just not moving, it was SOOO slow, after that i installed XP 64bit, did the same copy and it transfered like butter...

Im planning on getting a single HD3870 to go with my 3870x2 in the near future, and im gonna have to get used to Vista's flaws just so i can use it...

Did you try SP1?

MarcusTaz · Mar 5, 2008

erocker said:
XP can't recognize more than two gpu's. New XP drivers will be out, however Vista now comes first. If you have an X2 might as well get Vista 64 anyways.

Why 64? I run 32 and I have read that 64 actually does not perform as well in certain cases. Also after installing RTM SP1 the PAE switch seems to work fine...

Anyway, I hope this tessalation support gives our cards the needed boosts to compete with Nvidia...

CY:G · Mar 5, 2008

kylew said:
Did you try SP1?

Nope, i shall install it in another partition and try SP1.

ninjagordy · Mar 5, 2008

catalyst 8.3 is kack!

well guys,

i installed 8.3 and my 3870 x2 is running well pants now...going to revert back to my previous drivers....

anyone else get this issue??

:banghead:

Fitseries3 · Mar 5, 2008

no...my x2 runs fine. but when i enable xfirex, i get the same scores???

DanishDevil · Mar 5, 2008

Isn't your 3870 dead anyway fit?

Fitseries3 · Mar 5, 2008

i "borrowed" another x2.

binormalkilla · Mar 6, 2008

Well surprise surprise, AA does NOT work in UT3 or Frontlines Fuels of War (based on UT3 engine). I tested with 32X AA and I got nothing.......

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