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    7970m and Civilization 5 Problem

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by bobcat_bot, Jul 3, 2012.

  1. bobcat_bot

    bobcat_bot Newbie

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    I know a lot of people in the past have had issues with Civ 5 and the DirectX incompatibilities, but I'm still having the crashing problem even with this card. It is almost certain to be a driver issue (C++ libs up-to-date, fresh install of Win7), so I ask:

    Has anyone been able to play Civ 5 with DX11 with the 7970m? If so, what drivers are you using?
     
    bobcat_bot, Jul 3, 2012
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  2. bobcat_bot

    bobcat_bot Newbie

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    BUMP

    Come on, not one person on here has played Civ 5 on the 7970m?
     
    bobcat_bot, Jul 3, 2012
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  3. praemitto

    praemitto Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm having the same problem with both Civ V and Gods and Kings. I'm using the 12.7 beta drivers from AMD.

    I would also like to see if there is anyone with the 7970 who has been able to play Civ V using direct x 10/11 and not 9.
     
    praemitto, Jul 3, 2012
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    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    I've been running Civ 5 (without gods and kings), on DX10/11 mode, my 5830m for a couple of years with no crashes. Currently running the 12.4 drivers

    Of course, towards the later stages of the game, it slows down a lot at the end of each turn if I'm playing on a huge map with 15 civs and 10 city states.
     
    moviemarketing, Jul 3, 2012
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  5. Nick11

    Nick11 Notebook Consultant

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    Folks, I have the same issue here! I have a 7970m in my Clevo P150EM. I get pretty consistant crashes when trying to run the game in DX11. How I have resolved this issue is running the game in DX9....

    Although this sucks this is one of the few games where graphics dont mean a whole lot.
     
    Nick11, Jul 3, 2012
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    jiaco Notebook Guru

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    Civ 5 will forever be known in history as being the first software implementation of a button that when clicked does absolutely nothing. While latter, many other companies would implement similar buttons, which were entirely clickable but served absolutely no purpose, in their applications. Nobody has ever come close to annoying a tired, waiting user base as Civ 5 did with the "Please wait" button.
     
    jiaco, Jul 4, 2012
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    Oh, man, a consistent crash in a major game such as Civ 5, a game I'm playing quite a bit, is not good. I have no idea how the competition fares, but AMD better get their act together with their drivers :(
     
    amirfoox, Jul 4, 2012
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    I agree, AMD and their drivers has been a drama going on far too long IMO, hope they can solve it soon.
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    I found that using the 12.6 drivers allows Civ 5 G&K to run as intended; I've got a 7970m in a Clevo P150EM that, up until today when I updated to 12.7 beta, could run Civ 5 G&K but couldn't run Skyrim. The 12.7 beta drivers allow Skyrim to run (it appears to be some kind of issue switching from the Intel graphics chip to the 7970m during the game's startup), but crash Civ 5 every time within 5-10 minutes of launch in DX11. I'm about to roll back to the 12.6's and see if that'll fix it.
     
    thraxis, Jul 10, 2012
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  10. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    12.5 should run civ 5 too...
     
    SlickDude80, Jul 10, 2012
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  11. Xt3nd3d MagZ

    Xt3nd3d MagZ Notebook Consultant

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    i have a 650m and i run it perfectly.
     
    Xt3nd3d MagZ, Jul 10, 2012
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    I don't have a solution for your problem, but I've been playing Civ 5 with Gods and Kings expansion with DirectX 10/11 without any issue on my 7970M. This is with the stock drivers Sager provided to me (8.951.6.1), as well as the 12.6 WHQL drivers directly from AMDs website, and currently the 12.7 beta drivers from AMDs website.
     
    Wallzii, Jul 10, 2012
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  13. Qqz

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    Im playing civ 5 gods and kings with d11 with a clevo p170 em 7970m, no problems what so ever.
     
    Qqz, Jul 22, 2012
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