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    7690m XT holding back

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Fokezy, May 28, 2012.

  1. Fokezy

    Fokezy Newbie

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    I'm fairly new to these forums and I know how it's like when veterans have to answer some frequenly asked questions,but bear with me...

    I have the Pavilion dv7-6c02em with the amd 7690m XT 2gb graphics card.I love this laptop,it never gets overheated,runs great and the drivers I have are stable altho they sometimes crash while switching to fullscreen in minceraft...But I feel like this graphics card can do more,I get around 600 graphics score in 3dmark11 which is pretty horrible(should be getting around 1500) I overclock my memory from 800mhz to 900 and get a small fps increase while the temps are around 75 celsius(sometimes can go up to 83),but I see people talking about running bf3 on ultra with 40-50 fps and I'm always at about 20 on ultra-high. I have Powerplay on at maximize performance and some other tweaks that dont actually do anything and I can see my cpu usage at 99% in bf3 and crysis 2. Is there something I can do to increase my performance? Ill post some screenshots if you guys wanna help me...
    Btw the benchmark is in extreme mode
    Also,if there isnt anything major I can do, what settings do I tweak in Catalyst to get max performance? I put the slider to optimal performance,but it doesnt do anything,in fact optimal quality has a higher score.
    Edit: I was playing crysis 2 on 15 fps ultra as usual and I get to another level,then BAM...fps is 35-45 and im out in the open,50 aliens are shooting at me,I just blew up a building and fps is silky smooth but I guess it will go down eventually
    Thanks in advance.
     

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  2. Bobmitch

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    First...don't run 3DMark11 in Extreme mode. Run in performance mode...that is the norm. Also...when testing...try with Powerplay on and off and compare.
     
    Bobmitch, May 29, 2012
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    chinedooo Notebook Guru

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    Your gpu might be underclocking itself. Run a game and keep gpuz running in the back to make sure its running at normal clocks.

    Sent from my SCH-I405 using Tapatalk 2
     
    chinedooo, May 31, 2012
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  4. Fokezy

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    Its usually at 725 ghz so that's good, but I think I have to optimize it..anyway ill post those screenshots,i get around 1600 in performance mode so turns out that is kinda good.And when I have powerplay on,my clock wont go over 100 so its definately helping
     
    Fokezy, May 31, 2012
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    running Battlefield3 on ULTRA is pointless, if you ask me. run it on HIGH if you really insist on having good quality textures in multiplayer maps. also, make a file named user.cfg in the same folder as bf3.exe and put the following lines in it:
     
    darxide_sorcerer, Jun 2, 2012
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    I get around 25 at custom settings with that
     
    Fokezy, Jun 2, 2012
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    do you use optifine for multi-core processors for minecraft? It broke my 7690m xt twice (I found out its the cause the second time it happened). Only a windows reinstall fixed it. When it was broken, performance was terrible and all benchmark scores were oddly low. Re-installing drivers didnt fix so I took extreme measures... and it works great again now. Idk if this applies to you though.
     
    ironman, Jun 2, 2012
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  8. Fokezy

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    Actually,I didnt use anything to boost minecraft...I tried Icenchancer for gta 4 which ran horribly and made my computer overheat and bsod on top of adding gta 4 to startup list.So I deleted everything related to gta,I have it on ps3 allready...
     
    Fokezy, Jun 3, 2012
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    Fokezy, Jun 14, 2012
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    I dont wanna reopen a new question,so I hope people will se this one. I was thinking of installing unofficial leshcat drivers for my card,but as it requires a lot of stuff like deleting drivers,I wanted to know if these are reliable and is there a way I can backup my drivers before installing
     
    Fokezy, Jul 11, 2012
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    Double post?!





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    I tried installing a 12.5 beta I got from the AMD site and my lappy blackscreened while gaming. I reverted back to the factory drivers in safe mode and now I am good to go again. I am not sure if this is a newer version of the beta or not though.

    This is on the 7850m though.......
     
    LTBonham, Jul 12, 2012
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    Install this:
    http://www2.ati.com/drivers/hotfix/catalyst_12.7_hotfixes/catalyst_12-7_beta_windows7_20120629.exe

    Then this:
    http://www2.ati.com/drivers/hotfix/catalyst_application_profiles/amd_catalyst_12.7_cap1.exe

    This will ensure that the latest hotfixes are applied.
     
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    So far these drivers seem to work great. Thanks Mac. I don't know about performance increase just yet as I have been working tons. You notice any change? Any of the 7690 XT users have better luck with these drivers vs previous?
     
    LTBonham, Jul 12, 2012
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    I'll try these before I try leshcat,but mainly I want OpenGL games to work better and bf3 to work better.Anyway,I'll report back in a few hours
     
    Fokezy, Jul 17, 2012
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    Update: I installed these drivers,my card shows up as 6700 series.Battlefield is unchanged,openGL games now work as they should,but I get a lower benchmark score in Rage and textures need a while to pop up(memory management problem of 6700 drivers).So I reverted back to my old drivers and I have to install leshcat,but I'm kinda skeptical about how they will work(mainly the installation process).If anyone can show me how to make a fail-proof backup,please share

    Update2: I installed leshcat and they aren't that good,in fact they are the same as mac's drvers,so I reverted to the old ones until we get something better
     
    Fokezy, Jul 17, 2012
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