6970 Crossfire Poor Performance in EE

Tradio · 04-19-2012, 03:41 PM

core i5 2500k 4.0 GHz
8GB RAM DDR3

2x 6970 in Crossfire (LATEST DRIVER AND CAP INSTALLED)

in MAX SETTINGS (with UBER-SAMPLING OFF)

I get poor frame rates and poor GPU USAGE

60% of the time i get smooth 60 fps but the other 40% the frame rate dips into the low 30's-40's and GPU usage dips to low 40% on both cards.

For a high end system like mine I expected solid 60 fps 95% of the time

anyone else with crossfire experience poor performance?

Valten88 · 04-19-2012, 04:53 PM

You are lucky man...
Be happy with what you have and wait for a patch!

Cattleclysm · 04-19-2012, 06:33 PM

Did you get 12.3 Catalyst and latest CAP?

Gekigangar · 04-19-2012, 07:55 PM

I have same setup and get 15fps in the opening battle. Game is just a beast. I'm gonna try dropping my resolution.

ComradeLenin · 04-19-2012, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gekigangar

I have same setup and get 15fps in the opening battle. Game is just a beast. I'm gonna try dropping my resolution.

Fix your drivers and update your caps.

I have a single 6970 and a 3 year old Phenom II 940 CPU and I get 40-75 FPS at 1920 x 1080 with max settings (Ubersampling off). No reason why you should have to lower your resolution.

The Janitor · 05-05-2012, 05:55 AM

I have basically the same rig as you (except my i5 is at 3.3 Ghz) and have the same problem.

It seems like whenever I'm looking at a bunch of NPCs framerate goes way down. And the GPU usage is at like 30%. But if I turn around the framerate and GPU usage goes back to normal. It's like the game suddenly stops using the CPU when there's to many NPCs around or something

I dont remember having this issue on my old rig which had a Q9400 and a single 6970

I'm starting to think it's not a coincidence that we have the same problem with the same hardware, as if TW2 doesn't like having an i5 paired with 2 6970's...

Mephistophelas · 05-05-2012, 11:33 AM

Yeah thats strange... I have a 5000 series.. 5830 and I get way better FPS than that. I run on medium settings however... game still looks great... with your setup you should be running max settings no problem.

Tiabhal · 05-05-2012, 05:39 PM

i have an i7 920 @3,6 ghz with an hd5850 @1920x1200....

40 fps average details all @ max ubersampling OFF...

with 2 6970 you should put bersampling ON and have 60 FPS...can you try with a single 6970? probally is only a driver/crossfire configuration problem

The Janitor · 05-06-2012, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiabhal

i have an i7 920 @3,6 ghz with an hd5850 @1920x1200....

40 fps average details all @ max ubersampling OFF...

with 2 6970 you should put bersampling ON and have 60 FPS...can you try with a single 6970? probally is only a driver/crossfire configuration problem

Even with crossfire off and on the very lowest settings I have the same problem. Framerate is fine one moment, but if I look in a certain direction with many NPCS the framrate just plunges down to 30-40

andiDiamond · 05-06-2012, 01:34 PM

I agree, think this might be a problem with the HD 6970. I have had nothing but problems with this game and i have only got the one. I had HD5770 1GB in crossfire before i got my HD6970 and had to turn crossfire off to play this game but it worked fine.

I have been a loyal ATI/AMD customer since the HD2900 days but i think the next graphic card i get will be NVIDIA

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/54...591EACCD6BC2F/

04-19-2012, 03:41 PM	#1
Tradio Join Date: May 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 57	6970 Crossfire Poor Performance in EE core i5 2500k 4.0 GHz 8GB RAM DDR3 2x 6970 in Crossfire (LATEST DRIVER AND CAP INSTALLED) in MAX SETTINGS (with UBER-SAMPLING OFF) I get poor frame rates and poor GPU USAGE 60% of the time i get smooth 60 fps but the other 40% the frame rate dips into the low 30's-40's and GPU usage dips to low 40% on both cards. For a high end system like mine I expected solid 60 fps 95% of the time anyone else with crossfire experience poor performance?

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04-19-2012, 04:53 PM	#2
Valten88 Join Date: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 7	You are lucky man... Be happy with what you have and wait for a patch!

04-19-2012, 06:33 PM	#3
Cattleclysm Join Date: Dec 2011 Reputation: 86 Posts: 571	Did you get 12.3 Catalyst and latest CAP?

04-19-2012, 07:55 PM	#4
Gekigangar Join Date: Sep 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 1	I have same setup and get 15fps in the opening battle. Game is just a beast. I'm gonna try dropping my resolution.

05-05-2012, 05:55 AM	#6
The Janitor Join Date: Oct 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 18	I have basically the same rig as you (except my i5 is at 3.3 Ghz) and have the same problem. It seems like whenever I'm looking at a bunch of NPCs framerate goes way down. And the GPU usage is at like 30%. But if I turn around the framerate and GPU usage goes back to normal. It's like the game suddenly stops using the CPU when there's to many NPCs around or something I dont remember having this issue on my old rig which had a Q9400 and a single 6970 I'm starting to think it's not a coincidence that we have the same problem with the same hardware, as if TW2 doesn't like having an i5 paired with 2 6970's...

05-05-2012, 11:33 AM	#7
Mephistophelas Join Date: Jan 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 40	Yeah thats strange... I have a 5000 series.. 5830 and I get way better FPS than that. I run on medium settings however... game still looks great... with your setup you should be running max settings no problem.

05-05-2012, 05:39 PM	#8
Tiabhal Join Date: Mar 2011 Reputation: 29 Posts: 98	i have an i7 920 @3,6 ghz with an hd5850 @1920x1200.... 40 fps average details all @ max ubersampling OFF... with 2 6970 you should put bersampling ON and have 60 FPS...can you try with a single 6970? probally is only a driver/crossfire configuration problem

05-06-2012, 01:34 PM	#10
andiDiamond Join Date: Jul 2007 Reputation: 0 Posts: 62	I agree, think this might be a problem with the HD 6970. I have had nothing but problems with this game and i have only got the one. I had HD5770 1GB in crossfire before i got my HD6970 and had to turn crossfire off to play this game but it worked fine. I have been a loyal ATI/AMD customer since the HD2900 days but i think the next graphic card i get will be NVIDIA http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/54...591EACCD6BC2F/