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AMD Releases Newer Hotfix Driver, Addresses Far Cry 2 and STALKER: Clear Sky Issues

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well if your not having problems with the current driver, or the first hotfix, i say dont install it, if you are, id recommend a fresh install of the hotfix if its a complete driver itself.

Otherwise wait for the Cat 8.11 drivers.
 
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erocker said:
In Task Manager it's currently showing me 1289M/8103M page file. In Virtual Memory settings it says Recommended: 6141 MB / Currently allocated: 4106 MB
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What was your commit charge after a few minutes of game play?
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LOL FIXT!!!! It seems to be an extreme error version of the issue where after you install the first time your adapters drivers arnt "turned on". When I booted up a random time after poking at it. They were "off" and everything was low res. I had a hunch, turned on second adapter, rebooted, and BAM! They are working! Im not going through that again though, im not gona touch them for a month!
 
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LOL FIXT!!!! It seems to be an extreme error version of the issue where after you install the first time your adapters drivers arnt "turned on". When I booted up a random time after poking at it. They were "off" and everything was low res. I had a hunch, turned on second adapter, rebooted, and BAM! They are working! Im not going through that again though, im not gona touch them for a month!
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So fixed for crossfire not getting performance it should then?? But that has nothing to do with the single card stuttering issue..
 
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I just discovered that GRID isn't working for me with these drivers! I just get an apphang on startup.:cry:
 
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Hmm, get rid of the hotfix and use Cat 8.10 and see if things return to normal for other games.
 
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Yeah, I'd love to. I'm redoing my entire rig this weekend. I added a 2nd 4870 yesterday and it fixed my Far Cry 2 DX10 problems! For some reason I can't switch back to 8.10's from the hotfix, the driver just won't take no matter what I try, and that's with going into everything and removing every ati file I can find. It's time for a Vista reinstall, I've been procrastinating way too long.
 
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Yeah, I'd love to. I'm redoing my entire rig this weekend. I added a 2nd 4870 yesterday and it fixed my Far Cry 2 DX10 problems! For some reason I can't switch back to 8.10's from the hotfix, the driver just won't take no matter what I try, and that's with going into everything and removing every ati file I can find. It's time for a Vista reinstall, I've been procrastinating way too long.
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Let me ask you something, what do you have your PCIe Frequency set to?
 
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100mhz.
 
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isnt that only used as a extreme measure to get a GPU stable? Like how the AGP bus was.
 
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isnt that only used as a extreme measure to get a GPU stable? Like how the AGP bus was.
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I stumbled upon this post that explains it best:

The whole idea of increasing the PCIE bandwidth isnt because the video cards transfer 4GB of data each second EVERY second (standard speed), but because when the cards need a burst of data (stuff in the ram that didn't fit into texture memory), it will occur faster, creating less of a bottleneck to all the other data transfers that it has to do.
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FC2 is a prime example of this. If you are noticing any odd slow downs you can increase the PCIe Freq. between 101 to 110 to see if minimum frame rates improve. But keep in mine that this will vary from one make/model of motherboard to another. What this means is that you have to experiment with different PCIe Freqs. to find what's best for your system. You may find an improvement with a higher frequency or, you may either find a higher frequency offering improvement that's unstable or no difference at all.

I've tried it myself and I am no longer seeing frame rates dip into the teens while driving around and can use ultra shadows instead of very high.
 
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