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    [NEW] AMD/ATI Radeon CCC 12.10WHQL/12.11Beta MAJOR Driver Update + 12.10 CAP1

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Prasad, Oct 22, 2012.

  1. failwheeldrive

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    AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P23350 3DMarks

    My vantage score went up 3000 points from the stock driver!!!! That's a 15% gain :D This driver is amazing! I played some Crysis Warhead with ZERO slowdown and excellent fps the whole time! With the stock driver and underutilization, I would see constant slowdown in large areas. Thank god we are finally seeing the 7970m's true potential!

    My only problem is I can't get MSI afterburner working properly. It just shows 0 on the clocks, and I can't get it to show fps, temp, or utilization. Any ideas on how to fix that?
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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    any more gaming experiences with the new driver? i am more curious about the ingame performances
     
    Silverfern, Oct 22, 2012
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    I'll let you know once I figure out how to monitor utilization and framerates without afterburner. I'll try fraps. I know that there wasn't any slowdown whatsoever in Crysis, which is a major improvement :D

    edit: Afterburner is showing fps, but nothing else. I'm getting a constant 60fps in Crysis Warhead, where before it would frequently drop into the high 20s! So happy right now lol
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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    u can enable overdrive in ccc via this trick.try that to see if u can overclock via overdrive!!

    C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" -xcl
     
    johnnyman27, Oct 22, 2012
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    More performance info: Saint's row has also majorly improved. It was one of 2 games that were inplayable with the enduro issues. Now, I stay at a constant 40+ fps while outside driving around/blowing crap up/etc. Before it would drop down to 15 fps and turn into a slideshow. It is soooo much better now.
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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    sorry, not sure what you mean. When I open up the afterburner file I see a bunch of file folders and the afterburner application. What am I supposed to do? forgive my ignorance please lol.
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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    can u elaborate more on the instructions to enable overdrive?
     
    HaloGod2012, Oct 22, 2012
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    I am currently on shipped BIOS A08.test with my M17xR4 with HD7970M.

    Should I upgrade to A09 before I also apply CCC 12.11?

    Can someone confirm for me the best way to upgrade CCC to 12.11 is to remove shipped version of CCC, reboot, run ccleaner, reboot, install CCC 12.11, reboot?

    Thanks
     
    rabidt, Oct 22, 2012
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    u just add -xcl command at afterburner shortcut and press apply.hen run afterburner from shortcut.after that restart laptop then the overdrive option will be added in ccc!! :)
     
    johnnyman27, Oct 22, 2012
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    He means right click the icon --> Properties and then this:

    [​IMG]
     
    DaCM, Oct 22, 2012
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  11. failwheeldrive

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    Thank you!
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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    kolias, Oct 22, 2012
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    So I added -xcl in properties, then clicked afterburner and nothing happened. I rebooted the computer and opened ccc, but didn't see anything about overdrive. Did I do something wrong, or are there steps I'm missing? Please let me know :) Thanks!
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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    and don't forget to remove -xcl from the shortcut after the reboot, so you don't execute the same command whenever you want to run Afterburner.
     
    darxide_sorcerer, Oct 22, 2012
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    this is a kind-of stupid question, but did it ask you to reboot?
     
    darxide_sorcerer, Oct 22, 2012
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    johnnyman27, Oct 22, 2012
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    Ok I removed the amd 12.7 drivers...rebooted...removed intel drivers and reboot...installed new intel drivers reboot then installed this new beta and can't even boot into safemode. did I do wrong?

    ...tapatalk...
     
    m3n00b, Oct 22, 2012
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  19. failwheeldrive

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    Ok, it didn't ask me to reboot, but I did anyway. I went in to remove -xcl and when I did, my computer crashed and I got a BSOD. I think I may have executed the command a couple times... did I screw something up? Should I just restart the process, try adding -xcl and see if it asks me to reboot this time? I'm scared I'm going to screw something up with my noob skills lol

    edit: here's what made it crash: I removed -xcl and started afterburner. It shows my clocks now and lets me change them, but whenever I click "apply" my computer crashes with a BSOD. It has happened twice now. What should I do?
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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    here is mine 3dmark11 stock 12.11 beta.why combined score is so low compared to urs?



    the overdrive option is still missing from ccc?if yes try to install afterburner 2.2.1 then try again the -xcl trick to see if it works

    http://download1.msi.com/files/downloads/uti_exe/vga/MSIAfterburnerSetup221.zip
     
    johnnyman27, Oct 22, 2012
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  21. failwheeldrive

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    It will vary each time you run the benchmark.
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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  22. Quagmire LXIX

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    They really opened the faucet with these drivers! and it's about time, 400FPS on Tiger Woods 12 was just unplayable ;)

    3DMark11
    12.8 whql P5850 (850/1200) P6633 (974/1560)
    12.11 beta3 P6573 (850/1200) P7311 (970/1560)

    Dirt Showdown benchies from original Dell drivers (12.5 I think) to 12.11 beta3 increased by 23%

    Nice work AMD, sad, for your good work you get laid off.
     
    Quagmire LXIX, Oct 22, 2012
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  23. failwheeldrive

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    Ok, it has crashed 3 times now whenever I try to apply an overclock in afterburner. This is really freaking me out. Any suggestions on what to do?
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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  24. Quagmire LXIX

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    Try completely uninstalling Afterburner along with profiles. Then reinstall after reboot.
     
    Quagmire LXIX, Oct 22, 2012
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    Ok, thanks man.

    edit: removed and reinstalled. Now it's showing 0 on clocks again and still can't monitor gpu utlization, temperature, or clocks. It will only monitor fps. Should I tr to get overdrive working in ccc or try to do the steps to allow overclocking in afterburner?
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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  26. m3n00b

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    m3n00b, Oct 22, 2012
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    i just tested the clocks 1020/1560 on bf3 multi and its not stable... :rolleyes:
    then i roll down 1010/1560 and its 100% stable for 40minutes play.
    on caspian border 64 players all ultra(2msaa+hbo on+16anistr+1080p),minim 55fps-max 73fps :eek:
    very good boost......
     
    kolias, Oct 22, 2012
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    very nice! Are you overclocking in afterburner? I can't get mine to work with 12.11; it just shows 0 on the clocks :(
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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    So ho do you get AB to show temps/usage?
     
    m3n00b, Oct 22, 2012
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    yeah, I'd like to know too. I'd also like to be able to get it to overclock without giving me a BSOD lmao
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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    Mine behaves really weird, I can overclock with no problem when on the built in monitor but when I overclock while on the external monitor instant bsod.
     
    mahalsk, Oct 22, 2012
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    weird... mine is bsoding on the built in monitor. I uninstalled afterburner, so I guess I'll try resintalling and see if I can get it working again. I'm assuming you can't see temps or utilization either?
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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    I can but with HWinfo. you can configure it to show everything on display or on graphs.
     
    mahalsk, Oct 22, 2012
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    no i oc via ccc-performance-overdrive.
    i dont know the way,cause johnnyman make it work for me.... :D
     
    kolias, Oct 22, 2012
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  35. failwheeldrive

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    Would you mind pointing out the options I need to select to get tempterature monitoring to display while gaming? thnx

    Oh I see, I tried that earlier today and that's when my computer started BSODing lol
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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  36. HaloGod2012

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    anyone getting crashes in diablo 3 with this driver?
     
    HaloGod2012, Oct 22, 2012
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    P6588 3DMarks with AMD Radeon HD 7970M(1x) and Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor

    Holy Mother of God
     
    Rudlin, Oct 22, 2012
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    nope, but I'm getting crashes with everything else lol. It seems the only way I can stop the BSODs is from uninstalling afterburner. I hope it works until they get this driver fixed, then I can start overclocking again.
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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  39. failwheeldrive

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    that's about what my reaction was when I benchmarked, too lol
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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  40. Prasad

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    Guys, I did a clean install of 12.11 Beta3, but my 3DMark 11 score has dropped from P6900 to P6500. I know I shouldn't give a crap about synthetic benchmarks, especially when I tested BF3 and performance has significantly increased! But I'd really like to know if I'm the only one experiencing this!? Have I missed something? Am I truly not getting the driver benefits upto potential?
     
    Prasad, Oct 22, 2012
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    Yay more Bsods after updating afterburner! Everystart up!

    ...tapatalk...
     
    m3n00b, Oct 22, 2012
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    i dont use afterburner with 12.11 and im fine, i flashed the vbios to the overclock i want and now im good
     
    HaloGod2012, Oct 22, 2012
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    nevermind im going back to 12.9, 12.10 wont install and 12.11 crashes too much
     
    HaloGod2012, Oct 22, 2012
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    My impressions so far:

    3dmark11: 800+ points gain on P score (but does it matter?)
    Skyrim: No complaints.
    Sleeping Dogs: Major FPS gain. Benchies from 12.8 Catalyst went up from 36+fps to 55+. And no slow downs what so ever during high speed driving around. Absolutely happy with gains.
    Red Orchestra 2: HoS. Much smoother gameplay. But not know fps difference.
    Diablo 3: FPS in hundreds. Doesn't look like gained alot tho.
     
    Rudlin, Oct 22, 2012
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    Guild Wars 2. Definetely fixed underutilization here. Even with 60fps limiter I still see screen tearing. Silky smooth gameplay.
     
    Rudlin, Oct 22, 2012
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    Turn off AA and put 1x with v-sync off and my fps doesn't go below 59 in BF3. Nice.
     
    Seanzky, Oct 22, 2012
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    Ok so however do I go about installing the 12.10s? I try to install and it says everything is up to date and wont install. This is after I removed everything 12.11 related.

    ...tapatalk...
     
    m3n00b, Oct 22, 2012
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    I'm only getting BSODs with afterburner, it has been stable since I removed it... I would like to be able to test out overclocks, but my benchmarks are higher now stock than they were when I was overclocked before, so I guess I can't complain. I'm going to try using this driver until the official debugged driver comes out, then I'll install my ssd and do a clean install with the official 12.11 release. As is, I'm very happy with performance, but the afterburner crashes are a pain.
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 22, 2012
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    when are u getting the BSODs? during gaming or right when launching afterburner? is it random?
     
    HaloGod2012, Oct 22, 2012
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    damn u all with the 7970m :p! ima try it with my 7750m and c what the performance boost is
     
    PaKii94, Oct 22, 2012
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