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    Catalyst 11.7-11.8.11.9 RCx Overclocking Broken

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Disgustipated, Sep 11, 2011.

  1. Disgustipated

    Disgustipated Notebook Consultant

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    As of driver revisions 11.7, 11.8, and 11.9 RCx, it seems that many of us cannot overclock any more without hitting instant BSOD as soon as the overclocks are applied, even if ULPS is disabled.

    11.6 has no problems overclocking with Trixx, Afterburner etc, but for some reason these last 3 drivers are completely broken for those of us with mobile GPU's.

    Anybody else experiencing this or have a solution? Pretty frustrating, especially considering it forces you to choose between the better performance of the newer drivers for new games or the overclocking of 11.6.
     
    Disgustipated, Sep 11, 2011
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    I am running in 11.8 and overclocked. Actually, I haven't had a BSOD by overclocking :confused:
     
    ryzeki, Sep 11, 2011
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    Interesting. Perhaps it's Llano related then? Those of us with Llano and dedicated GPU's (HP DV6z and Asus K53TA) can't get 11.8 etc to work with O/C without using modded vBIOS.
     
    Disgustipated, Sep 11, 2011
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    Could it be related to integrated GPU+dedicated gpu issue?
     
    ryzeki, Sep 12, 2011
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  5. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    They gotta make either 11.9 or 11.10 better for Llano dual GPU users.
    My HD 6970m OCes just fine.
     
    DEagleson, Sep 12, 2011
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    Probably. Definitely Llano based. AMD probably won't fix it though...
     
    Disgustipated, Sep 13, 2011
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    HP is the only ones shipping Llano APU notebooks with dedicated gpus, right?
     
    DEagleson, Sep 13, 2011
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    No. The Asus K53TA has one as well.
     
    saturnotaku, Sep 13, 2011
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